WE GOT most of the packing done last night, so there’s not too much of a scramble to get on the road to Kirriemuir after a session with my regular Friday morning guitar student.

We roll up at the festival marquee just after 2pm and get loaded in. There’s a band sound checking so we hang in our backstage portacabin which is well stocked with snacks, food, water, soft drinks…and a cooler full of zero alcohol Peroni. Great attention to detail!

Soundcheck goes great then we chill for a while before going to the merch area to set up.

I have a grand time playing and there’s a lot of familiar faces out in the crowd…and at the merch cabin afterwards. A lot of the folks from Berlin’s GotM (Guardians of the Memory) who saw me last timeI played Bonfest – seven years ago – and had me over in Berlin a year ago to play at their anniversary concert…and a guy I haven’t seen for well over 40 years came to say hello.

We have a fantastic evening and manage to get home before midnight. Result!