Sean Allan

Morning Skyvers!

During covid I showed a pals lad 3 chords on the guitar and how tae (badly) play Redemption Song. The night he's playing Porty Town Hall. Feckin show off, right 😁

He's on at 6 so I better get up and get in tae the office so I can get finished and away early

Hae a barry day a'body

Never got tae NE but made several purchases in Sounds. Would have made more but so much o their 2nd hand collection was so filthy I wouldn't even play them on their equipment to test! Surprised such a good store doesn't clean its 2nd hand stock

+ Nice odd purchase in a wee 'jazzy' book/record shop

Morning Skyvers!

Hiho, hiho its back tae work i go. And the weather ootside is frightful...

Still, its Friday the morn 😁

Loved our #StationToStation tour but it is nice getting back tae yer ain bed

A wee jam and a couple o Dutch brewed Tiny Heinys the night wi pals. Magic

Hae a barry day a'body

Morning Skyvers!

Currently enjoying breakfast cruising off the coast o Hartlepool. No something I thought I'd ever say, but there ye go!

Late morning train back tae Edinburgh awaits

Been a smashing #StationToStation tour. Unforgettable in many respects. Love The Bowieverse

Hae a barry day a'body

Brilliant, thanks Bart. I'm thinking my Kate Bush represses which were "born in the Netherlands" were pressed there!

I'm on it!

Morning Skyvers!

Ein Klein ontbijt in a canalside café before a day o shopping I've been telt.

Haarlem better hae a record shop 😁

Sunny and no too cauld here BTW . Nice.

Tea time ferry tae Newcastle awaits.

Heineken, bingo and dancing on the Noord Zee. Cannae beat it

Hae a barry day a'body

Morning Skyvers!

Greetings vom Berlin Hauptbahnhof. 08:06 ICE tae Amsterdam shortly then a wee transfer tae Haarlem

Nae plans for The Netherlands except eat and drink. Wife might hae other plans of course

Hae a barry day a'body

Evening Skyvers!

Love Berlin

Last night here is an early yin though as we've an 08:00 ICE zug nach Amsterdam tae catch.

A night in Haarlem awaits afore the ferry tae Newcastle on Tuesday

Hae a barry evening a'body

The sound behind the vision - The Berliner Former Hansa Studios recording engineer Eduard Meyer recalls his time with Bowie and Iggy.

Morning Skyvers!

Über puggled after a full on day yesterday

Spent 4+ hours in Hansa studios guided by Eduard Meyer

The DAM Trio didnae disappoint Brilliant set superbly executed Still cannae get over we are staying in the same hotel

Hae a barry day a'body

www.the-berliner.com/berlin/the-s...

I have meet & greet tickets for Glasgow!

Unbelievably, Carlos, George and the band are staying in our hotel. We had breakfast with them a short while ago! Crazy!

Morning Skyvers!

#StationToStation tour Day 8

The day I feel like a wee boy on xmas day who got a bike

Noon we're on a tour o Hansa By The Wall including the big ballroom where Bowie sang the vocals tae Heroes

This evening we see some o his band perform The Berlin Trilogy

Hae a barry day a'body

Dinnae forget yer sunnies and yer Factor 30 😎

Morning Skyvers!

#StationToStation tour continues

Is it day 6 or 7. Cannae mind

Coffee in the blazing sunshine in AlexanderPlatz. Fantastic

Pals arrive this evening tae join us till Sunday and see Carlos Alomar and band playing The Berlin Trilogy the morn

Hae a barry day a'body

Morning Skyvers?

#StationToStation
Leg 5
Day 6
Hanover-Berlin

Odd place Hanover, no a lot going on but it does hae surfing & a Bavarian hunting lodge in the city centre. River looked too cauld tae try the surfing but the Löwenbräu was barry

Reichstag rooftop visit awaits

Hae a barry day a'body

Arschloch!

Yesterday I came up wi a barry thought for this morning's greeting but I forgot it

"The day we are travelling on Wheels I Steel tae Saxon, eh?"

Shite song, shite band, shite joke. Probably just as well I forgot it.

Just pulling oot o Essen hauptbahnhof and wondering why I'm hungry

Morning Skyvers!

#StationToStation tour
Leg 4 the day
Düsseldorf-Hanover
FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY

Die Schwebebahn was magic BTW. They once took an elephant on it to go to the zoo & it fell oot in to the river!

Expect a chill day trinken/essen as an early start to Berlin the morn

Hae a barry day a'body

When in Düsseldorf and ye think "wonder if I'm near KlingKlang" and Google Maps tells ye tae look oot yer hotel room windae...

Morning Skyvers!

Leg 3 #StationToStation tour continues wi a second day in Düsseldorf

Weather yesterday was mad (warm & sunny) great for a stroll along the Rhine & through the fischmarkt

AM will see us on the Schwebebahn, PM likely shopping afore mair trinken und essen

Hae a barry day a'body

Cheers Tom

Ma inner geek suggests a flying visit tae the flying train is on the cards!

Morning Skyvers!

Nice stopover in Brussels yesterday, the day its the swish and speedy ICE tae Düsseldorf via Köln

The altstadt beckons. No had an altbier since Euro 2024!

Might take a wee trip oot tae Wuppertal. I hear they hae a suspended railway there! Probably bier tae

Hae a barry day a'body

Cheers pal!

They're really for ma benefit. I usually cannae mind what I did the previous day!

Morning Skyvers!

"Just for one day" the live aid musical was barry. Well worth a deek if ye get cheap ish tickets

Leg 2 #StationToStation tour this morning - St Pancras tae Brussels

Moule frites for tea the night. Magic!

Hae a barry day a'body

Morning Skyvers!

Happy Hallo - feck that

Last hol o the year, the #StationToStation tour starts in an hour. Leg 1 Edinburgh to London. Dead excited

Also the day:
The Bowie Centre
Some west end show aboot Live Aid

Hae a barry day a'body

Morning Skyvers!

Our maist insipid performance this season fair disappointed me last night

Still. Case packing the day. Hopefully finishing in time tae hae one last jam wi the boys (no a euphemism) before ma #StationToStation hol starts wi the 08:30 Big Smoke train the morn

Hae a barry day a'body

Morning Skyvers!

No, I've no slept in

Up early. Sorted a couple o families oot wi cargo bike and ebike loans for a trip doon east Lothian

Holiday baldy at Turkish Hairways

Packing soon

Fingers crossed I'll be in The Safari by 3:30 tae lube up afore the neuhun match

Hae a barry day a'body

Thanks Bart

Look oot for four very excited Scots wearing these tees!

Morning Skyvers!

Last day in the office until 13 Nov the day

Only fitba' the morn, case packing and a baldy in the diary afore Friday's choochoo tae London

Brussels, Düsseldorf, Hanover stopovers before Berlin tae see The DAM trio perform Low/Heroes/Lodger

Hae a barry day a'body

It's only October and they've got the badges done. The single will be oot in November on The Poppy Thieves label...

Morning Skyvers!

Barry day oot in the granite city yesterday. Good 2nd half performance fae The Hibernians & a thoroughly deserved win

In the office the day and the morn. Fitba' wednesday. Holidays on Friday

Looking forward tae getting away but sad tae miss a pals funeral

Hae a barry day a'body