25th October 1999

Just back from darkest Cornwall where a wonderful time was had by all. I was staying with Mr Mitt Gamon who has since been renamed El Diablo by his wife due to his bad behaviour over the weekend. We had a little rehearsal with a young man named Alex who was in charge of the rhythm department for the forthcoming gigs and played some of my stuff and some of Mitt's stuff and a couple of covers so that the punters could swing their pants to something they knew. One of the covers was The Beatles "Eleanor Rigby" which was given a jungle treatment and clocked in at about 170bpm. We played The Darlington in Camelford on Friday and The Blisland Inn in Blisland on Saturday. Any real ale enthusiasts should check out The Blisland if they are in Cornwall as they have some serious beers to blow your head off, the biggest being Normans Conquest which is a head-spinning 10%. Off up to Liverpool next week and I will fill you in on what happens next week.