January 2011
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Day 9 - Mons to (almost) Exeter
Good morning England! Good morning Harold Hardragar, good morning Bet Lynch, good morning Kelly Holmes, good morning St Julien of Norwich! At 6am this morning, I woke up in Mons, Belgium, now I write you from the Kentish marshland where little Pip met Abel Magwitch! And of course, the sun shines on this weary band of travellers!
The journey we’ve taken this morning is the very same one...
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Day 8 - Heiloo to Mons
I like Holland. I like it a lot. Leaving it this morning was hard. What will I miss the most? The American/Dutch accent? The remarkable record collections?! The excellent collection of pets that we met? Or the warmth in which we were greeted and saluted?! All of the above I reckon, but most of all, the Gouda sandwiches. Who wants to set up an import/export business?
Now, we’re back in...
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The Cut Ups in Heiloo →
A video of a loud band in a very small room!
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Day 7 - Antwerp to Heilloo
The drive out of Belgium was somewhat more complicated without a satnav! I was charged with the map duties, but it turns out that the names of places were different on each of the 3 maps I was using! The band were so concerned, they almost stopped watching Seinfeld. Almost.
We got to North Holland through my Ray Mears style navigation, and made it to Rowald’s house- Rowald is the singer of...
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Day 6 - Brussels to Antwerp
Where to start with the last 24 hours?! You might first want to read yesterday’s blog and my super positive mood to put what I’m writing now in perspective!
The Cut Ups went and had a wander around the medieval part of Brussels; a really amazing place! We couldn’t believe our luck to be here! We watched some of the Napoli/Fiorentina match in a bar, then trundled back to the...
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Day 5 - Den Bosch to Brussels
Do you ever have days where you can’t believe how well everything goes? That day was yesterday, and friends, it sure did go well! Norbert our host, and his friend Jort fed us an extremely delicious dinner, not because they had put on the show, but simply because they thought they should! Top guys! The show last night was really top draw, a venue that was open plan; we opened up and got such...
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Day 4 - The Hague to Den Bosch
When the good lord takes me off this mortal coil, and I am naught but dust, all I can hope heaven to be would be the djs from Cafe Du Vinger playing Reagan Youth, Dag Nasty and Blitz into my everlasting ears. Gerrit and his friends put on a top notch show- mention must go to Suicidal Taxi from Rotterdam, on their fifth show! The venue itself was a throwback to the John Tallack Centre, the...
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Day 3 - Paris to The Hague
Chums, last nights show was a treat - the good people of Paris were good to us. Unfortunately, my use of words abandoned me, during a lengthy gap between songs due to an electrical problem, i resorted to shouting the 3 words that the French Republic was built on… “liberte”, “fraternite”, “egalite”. It was met with a further pause and a distinctly French...
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Day 2 - Le Havre to Paris
The English Channel looks much the same on this side; but perhaps less mysterious! Le Havre is a port town, quite near where Henry IV landed on his way to Agincourt. I haven’t seen him yet, but I guess I’ll find him on facebook when I get home.
The morning began with an attempt to seamlessly join in with the good people of this city by the sea; this involved speaking a conglomeration...
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Day 1 - Exeter to Le Havre
I’m writing to you from France on the first day of our tour with Crazy Arm. ‘ow it works is thus… there’s nine of us in the van; four Crazy Arms, four Cut Ups (Jack, Reza, Dan Heron and me) and our intrepid French explorer/driver Seb. We left Exeter at an unholy hour and are now in Normandy, at the mouth of the River Seine, fact fans.
I’ve been practicing my French...
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Originally in the matchday programme (26/12/10 - a...
My first experience of Exeter City came from a curious route. Born into a family split into two camps- cricketers and Cornishmen, the chances of me ending up at the only St James Park not run by a madman (anymore) seemed unlikely circa 1992. Yet here I am 20 years later, a completely confirmed Grecian, so what changed? You might not believe me, but here goes…
Born and bred of Cullompton is...
The Cut Ups in Europe
Tour dates with Crazy Arm!
11/01/11 - McDaids, Le Havre (FR)
12/01/11 - Les Combustibles, Paris (FR)
13/01/11 - Cafe De Vinger, Den Haag (NL)
14/01/11 - Plein 79, Den Bosh (NL)
15/01/11 - Garcia Lorca, Brussels (BE)
16/01/11 - Den Rots, Antwerp (BE)
17/01/11 - Buk Buk, Heiloo (BE)
18/01/11 - Cafe Du Parc, Mons (BE)
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