heat-stroke

Friday 15th September 2006

2:45 a.m. CET Had a good night tonight, there was yet another group of German students in who helped to lift the atmosphere of the room, despite a bit of a lacklustre outset!

Saturday 16th September 2006

1:07 a.m. BST Walked to the shop in Zeebrugge this afternoon, unfortunately I hadn’t anticipated how hot it was going to be and I felt rather ill as a result. I took it easy this evening and actually ended up having a very good night, probably the best I’ve had for a couple of weeks. Again there was a good mixture of younger and older people in the bar, including a group of lads from the RAF who sat next to the piano for most of the night, and shouted out loads of requests, including No Surprises by Radiohead, which I managed to play from memory. There was also a large group of older people sat behind me, who were very keen on Simon & Garfunkel so I played a few of their numbers and they went down well. Again had requests for a few songs that I didn’t know so I made a note of them.

The relief Ent’s manager Dave gets off tomorrow after having done three trips. James returns tomorrow and I will be doing one trip with him before my welcome return to Nottingham on Monday, and a (though I say so myself) well-deserved 5-week break.