It has been a strange week. There is lots to do here, but my mind is already in England. On Monday, I will be leaving for Bogota, and then early Tuesday morning, my 14 hour flight to the UK.

Spaarndam

The three weeks following should be full of adventures. My main priority? To spend as much time as possible with my kids in Skelmersdale.

My youngest son Davey and I .... continue reading 'Preparing for Travel'

Girón, Colombia, 30th of December 2009 (adapted from a ‘report’ to my kids)

...reminded us of our own Villa de Leyva

We decided to visit Girón this morning. It would make a welcome change from all the days we had been waiting around at the hospital. It had been an emotional time.

Girón is about 10 miles from Bucaramanga, with an authentic Colonial .... continue reading 'Visit To Girón'

Today was a down day.

I started the day listening to a song I recorded yesterday, and realised it wasn’t very good. I would have to do it again.

Shiva the Destroyer

bollocks

From there, .... continue reading '… even on a down day'

We went out on the town this evening, sporting umbrellas.

before

I felt strangely excited about that. Having spent 30 years in England, I always travel with an umbrella, and in fact, I had taken two of them to Colombia. This was the first time I had the opportunity to use them.

Walking around with our English umbrellas, we attracted much attention, from the many people watching the phenomenon from the safety of their front doors.

For some reason, my umbrellas are always broken, with bits of metal sticking out at odd angles from the black nylon covering. These particular umbrellas .... continue reading 'Downpour Dance'

(adapted from an email to my kids dated 11th December 2009)

Hey kiddies!

I am writing to you from my new desk in my new office/music room. It is still pitch black outside, since it is only quarter to 5 here. The cocks are busy though, they are making their wake-up call from about 3 am onwards.

The move went quite smoothly. We managed to get everything ready according to plan. This is something I had not expected, because Greys and Vanessa are always behind any and every schedule. The combination of them being Colombian and women is usually disastrous. .... continue reading 'The Move to Villa de Leyva'