You can tell you're back gigging when you find yourself in a service station looking at the range of Ginsters products and deciding which one is going to be your dinner this evening.  It's nice to be back, but it sure isn't good for your diet.

And for all you folks who aren't from the UK, Ginsters are a company that provide pastry goods filled with various fillings that all taste of onion to all the service stations in Britain.   Not quite haute cuisine.

For those of you who didn't get down to the Leeds or Manchester gigs, we do have some photos that we'll post just as soon as we've removed any where we don't look radiant.  Before you ask, me and Phil were relegated to 'Roadie' status for these gigs, so that's why there's only three people on stage.  I was busy tuning guitars off-stage - Dave insists on writing every new song in a different tuning just to keep us on our toes. 

Big thanks have to go out at this point to Roddy Frame for having us both nights - give 'Surf' a listen at http://www.myspace.com/roddyframe

It's lovely.

There are many nice things about playing theatres - quiet audiences, those lights all round the dressing room mirrors, the lingering sense of panto in the air - but the nicest in this case was that because there's no smoking in the Lowry, Anna's 10-week old boy, Rhys, got to come to his first ever gig.  He managed to watch most of the set from the sides, though got a bit tired and had to go for a lie down before the end.  I know how he feels, actually.

Keep your eyes peeled for more gigs - there'll be some appearing soon.  Now I've got the taste for factory made pastry goods, I'm keen to get back on the road...

Daniel