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Thursday 14th April: Oslo

An early flight. In fact most of them were early flights.
Another great venue and a beautiful city.

Only a few things to iron out at sound check. The crew were the best I have ever known. Most of them I knew from last year's tour plus some new faces. Something I have never experienced before on the road was to have our own catering. Rachel and Christine served dinner at 06:00 pm each night, after the soundcheck and before the show. Handwritten menus every night. They would go to the local market in each city and prepare wonderful meals fit for kings. And if you managed to find that day's Guardian at an airport, you might just get a second helping of bread and butter pudding which was to die for. And I'm an expert.

At first, the itinerary looked badly planned and we were to return to Oslo on four occasions and Copenhagen on five. No bad thing, they were great cities. Our tour book was known as the 'Book Of Lies' there were so many errors in it. What had happened was that a lot of the venues had sold out in hours and extra shows where scheduled to meet the demand for tickets, so we were to return to these places for all the best reasons. However, it meant fewer days off. No problem, we were in good form and in good spirits.

With master chefs Rachel and Christine in the makeshift kitchen.
Early flight to Norway.	Our menus were handwritten every night by Rachel and Christine.
Another early flight.	On the practice pad backstage in Oslo with only Connie Nielsen to keep me company!
Warren at the front of one of the theatres. He took a photo of every front of house poster.	Looking round a market place before a sound check. With flights most mornings, hotel rooms were you can't open the widows and soundchecks every day, it was good to wander around the various towns, get some fresh air and take in the local atmospheres.

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