Decky in a shopping centre recording his debut solo record in a 'Tenacious D' style vocal booth.

We sold enough t-shirts and CDs to get diesel to take us to Edinburgh which is always a good sign. Edinburgh is one of our favourite cities in the UK. The venue we play in is called Bannermans, it has to be one of the best venues in the universe for our purposes. They fed us, watered us and even let us sleep in the flat above the venue which is a welcome change from the van.

The gig was brilliant and we sold more merchandise than we ever have before at a show. Afterwards we got some good news - More Than Conquerors had helped us fill one of our empty days with a show in Castleford.

Conor's brother lives in Edinburgh along with some good friend of ours, so although we were crying out for a good nights sleep and a decent shower we decided it would be rude not to go out. We ended up in a club with a pole dancing room in it, needless to say we had a go and threw some serious shapes.

Gascan Ruckus and More than Conquerors in Castleford making the most of their rider.

We hit the road early the next day, we had a five hour drive ahead of us so it was laptops out and reading material at the ready. When we got to the venue we could scarcely believe our eyes, we were playing in a massive shopping centre, which also had the biggest indoor ski slope in England, strange but good. More Than Conquerors were excellent and they even induced a mosh pit which I nearly lost a tooth in, worth it. It was good to see another band from back home and they were easily the best band we've played with so far. This time we did have an early night, god knows we badly needed it.