Oh damn, still in this dream.

Gigging tonight at Westminster Boat House.

The band (bastards) have put 'Beat It' back in the set at the last minute; and in Dm. Bliss. 
I've set up an old Charvel (tuned down a full step) and have tried to run through the solo a couple of times....erk, I'm not in that state of practise, and the result was a bit....(searches for euphemism) messy. This and two weeks into not smoking weed. Oh well, I'll just fake it.

Abingdon School ball on the 28th. Will try to see Juan and Janet.

Fra and Cressy have invited S. and I to their villa in Portugal for the first week of August, which should be relaxing, though the flights are somewhat pricey.

I found out that the band leave for Cannes from Gatwick next Thursday morning at 7am. We're onstage at 10pm. Thursday's going to be a long day. Airport 2 hrs before take-off for check in, and come offstage at 1am next morning. No wonder so many bands live on Columbian marching powder. I'm too old for such things (the headaches, my dears) so I shall head to the hotel and try to get three or four hours sleep in the afternoon. Who knows what the rest of the band will do? As long as  they play well I don't really mind. I'll give 'em my advice but I doubt that will influence them overmuch. Though actually, as we'll be in a foreign land they won't have any opportunity to behave badly in an chemical fashion. Of course, there will be bucketloads of booze for those that way inclined, but I'm a quality not quantity man.
Transporting kit is the biggest problem I face in gigs abroad. I can hire amps, but I need to take my own guitar and fx. I think I'll leave my no.1 Strat at home though. My second will do.

I have to look up various folk when I'm in Cannes. Stephen has a cousin out there, and there are a few chums who have ended up in the South of France, sunning themselves on beaches and doing very little. Will check out who's about.

Looking forward to it really, and I have all Friday to wander around looking for bookshops. (This was a particular hobby of mine, when on tour.)

Still....virtual books from here on in....maybe. Apart from firsts, of course.