"It's not just Tulips and Cheese….. To
Norway, Holland and Bulgaria"
Day 5
This being
Whitsun weekend, we were advised to leave early for Goes, the next town, close
to the western coast of Holland.
Apparently
thousands of people use this road over this weekend and so we followed this
advice ….
Of course
there was no traffic at all and we slid into Goes with no problem and a little
time on our hands.
Then some
strange things happened ….
Goes is a nice
town, small but clean and pleasant. Our hotel was in the centre and sat at the
side of a really nice square which was a pedestrian area, surrounded by cafés
which were full
A nice
location (and a really nice hotel by the way) but it meant we had to carry our
bags a long way from the car park.
Actually we
wouldn´t have found the hotel at all if it hadn´t been for the kindness of two
senior citizens on bicycles who offered to guide us there when they saw that we
were obviously lost!
Many of you
know Louis Rentrop who heads up all things Heep in the Netherlands and he had
organised a little meet & greet at the venue and arranged for the promoter to
pick me up at the hotel.
It was good to
see Louis and everyone and we took some pictures, argued some trivia and then I
had a couple of interviews to do.
I am not
exaggerating when I say that those of you who have been with me and the music
over all these years continue to be a major source of encouragement and
inspiration to me and I hope we can go on sharing and enjoying these moments for
a long time to come!
Our sound
check was late and they had to hold the doors. All of this really dampened the
level of enthusiasm but we summoned the energy to do the
show and enjoyed the participation of the fans.
It was a
late night and not a particularly satisfying one but we kept our spirits up and
planned our attack on tomorrow.
