Sorry, I’m a bit behind with this…we are all home in our respective parts of the world now & I have been in bed most of the day…you’ll find out why tomorrow I expect.

Anyways, Valencia…

It’s a relatively short drive from Barcelona to Valencia but Aki has the bright idea that (especially as it is the first time in Europe for the Peelanders) we should take the opportunity to actually see a bit of ‘real’ Spain so we leave relatively early & after the Sagrada trip we head off down the coast.

We break for lunch at a little resort called Miami Platja. We take a walk on the beach & then have an excellent lunch at a café up the road. Good work Aki, it was really nice to take a couple of hours out from the venue/ van/ hotel routine. I love touring but sometimes it is really frustrating when you drive through amazing countryside or visit famous cities & see nothing but the venue.

After lunch we head down to Durango…will you look at the size of the place!!

Scary.  This could have been very embarrassing. At the time that we were originally told that Peelander were due to go on there are 5 people in the place that must have a capacity of 800 or so. Fortunately our info is wrong & we actually have another hour during which a respectable crowd show up.

Before that we are taken out for another excellent meal. They go to ridiculous lengths to accommodate my veggie tendancies, so much so that I need help from the carnivores to finish me food.

Peelander again go down a storm with Red climbing all over the building & knocking bits off it in the process.

Another excellent show from EES & I have a great night too, the staff at Durango are excellent , again, as at most of the Spanish venues they are super professional but also really into their rock. The house sound guy even spends most of the show ferrying drinks to me from the bar…that’s what I call service.

Peelander fly out after tomorrow’s show so tonight is the end of tour party. In my room this consists of me, Kazuto & Green sitting at our pooters for an hour & then crashing out…we are so rock n roll.

Maekawa san is so addicted to technology that he insists on being on line on two different devices at the same time.

Long drive to Vitoria so we are up early & Green rescues our R n R reputation again by smashing an ash tray. Not quite your Rolls Royce in the swimming pool but we work to tighter budgets.