05/08/07
Edinburgh 3 -
Categories: Aug 1st 2007
Well the journey went well. We left Manera's around 5.30am. We found Dizzy under a pile of duvets and he groggily made his way to the car and moaned that couldn't have a cigarette and wanted a coffee. No, don't thank me for picking ya up ya bastard. ;-)
Anyway the journey was a blast. Manera played loads of great music from his MP3 player, we all took the piss out of each other. Dizzy and Coppin ate an extraordinary amount of service station food. Right down to the family burger meal where there was still a burger left over and I left them to discuss how to split it in two with no knife. Animals.
Eventually after about 260 miles of driving under my belt Coppin took over. I think he wanted to take over sue to the fact I was having so much trouble getting in and out of the car park. I did some really shit parking but fuck it, there wasn't anybody there so I parked over two bays.
Coppin was an expert driver and was zooming round trucks and shit heaps going two miles an hour on a single lane motorway and eventually we got our arses to the flat. We didn't have much time to explore it as there wasn't any proper parking nearby, but it's gorgeous. Even better than last year and it's a bit cheaper too.
I drove the guys over to Linsays and finally got somewhere tp park. Made my way into the bar and had my first beer of the day. My god did it taste nice. It was 4pm and I'd be travelling for 12 hours. I gave Linsay a big hug and after looking at all the posters and feeling back at home, Manera pointed out that one of my posters had already been graffiti'd. Someone poked out my eyes, drew devil's horns on my head and wrote a speech bubble that said, I am the devil incarnate. Must have met them last year in the Speigel Tent.
Spent the rest of the day helping Alex and the gang putting up the venues. It's really cool to watch a room turn into an Edinburgh venue. We also started plugging Rob Debb's show because there was a Dungeons and Dragon group in the Hillside venue using one of the rooms.
Coppin asked me if I could lend him twenty quid for a cab, which funnily enough was exactly how much he owed me and gave me a few hours previously. Hm.
Once most of the work was done, we fired up the barbecue and ate like the hungry working bastards we were. Men. Working,. Food.
We went home fairly early. Well half ten and got a cab back. Kev the Shepherd was staying with us but was having a drink and enjoying himself so he said he's come over later.
I waited for him to call, but woke up around 3am with a message from Kev asking where the flat was. Sure he'll be OK.
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