04/09/11

Only one word for Scotland- amazing- I just loved everything about it and there was such powerful energy there, must be all those mountains. It feels like we've been away for ages, so it must have been good.
Every day we just walked and walked, through forests and heather-covered moors, up hills and mountains, besides mountain streams and lochs. I filled up my water bottle from one of those streams, it was the cleanest water I have ever tasted, cold as well. I ate  raspberries from the sides of pathways whilst gazing at swathes of wild flowers and saw toadstools the size of a hand. Even saw some red squirrels and the backsides of a herd of deer.
Despite suffering from a phobia of heights, I managed to walk over a huge dam wall, cross a river on a very wobbly suspension bridge (terrifying!), and climb up a very steep mountain, Ben Vrackie, it was so high, I couldn't bear to look down till I had reached the top safely.  I was brave and managed not to cry, not even once!
We discovered a tea shop where they blended all the teas themselves and served the most deliciously huge slices of cake, and there was nothing better than to come back knackered after walking and stop off there. Then when we got back to the hotel we would go and have a sauna and jacuzzi, for our aching muscles.
Lovely things to buy, tweeds, tartans, beautiful jewellery.
Would I go again? Deffo !!

Cling News

Hey everyone, it's been ages, I know, but we really have been going all out to promote our new video. It was a tough time, Gerald was up all hours of the night, every night, I told him to slow down , but he didn't listen and now he has come up with an abscess in his mouth, the size of a golf ball! I don't know how he walks around in so much agony, I wouldn't have even let it go that far!!
Beyond Your dreams has had a fantastic response , we have had a few dozen TV stations in the USA request it for broadcast, I'm sure you all know that we submitted it to a few in the UK as well, including MTV, but we are still waiting to hear back from them. It seem that people are a lot more open to electronic  music in the States, it seems to be bigger over there. We also got on a lot of Internet TV stations , including Moon1 TV in France. So generally, we are pleased with the result that we had, a lot more people are aware of Cling and it has upped our profile loads and of course given us more credibility as a band. lets face it, if we had a lot of ££££££'s to hire a good PR firm, I'm sure you would see it in more prominent places,money talks.
All is well in the Cling household, Princess Cocolina is a s spoilt as ever, after over a year she has decided that she likes her smart basket after all and she curls up in there every night now, She is so plump that she takes up the whole basket!
My sister's house in Chicago caught fire and burnt down. It was a faulty humidifier. Fortunately no-one was living in the house at the time, but still, it must be a terrible thing to have to sort out. I was very shocked when it happened and now I feel quite paranoid about fires.
We finally had our conifers trimmed. Typical English workmen, all they did was complain about what a hard job it was and how much they'd under quoted us, what a cheek, they got really good money for half a day's work, they were so lazy anyway, kept stopping to rest every 10 mins! Anyway the result is that we have a lot more sunshine in the garden so it was worth putting up with all their moaning!

Cling News

Hi everyone, it's now been a week since we put the video for Beyond your Dreams online and the response has been phenomenal, the best ever, everyone seems to like it, I don't think we've had many critical comments at all,  which is amazing really as you always get a few that really slate you off. So basically we are over the moon that it all turned out so well.
A big thanks to Matt and all the crew at LondonMusicVideo.com. not only are they a great bunch of people, but they truly deliver the results that they promise, a rare commodity. Thanks guys, love you .....
So now we have something good, you can imagine we are going all out to promote it, Gerald will work himself to the bone and become even thinner and I don't know what will happen to me!
If by any chance you haven't seen our new video, check it out and see for yourself! Beyond your Dreams Video
Ciao for now, Beautiful people!!!

Sunday

The last couple of days have been amazing, so beautifully hot and sunny, it seems as if everything was waiting for the sun as all the flowers in the garden have suddenly blossomed. Even my yoga room/study was warm yesterday, normally it is the most freezing room in the house. I ended up getting sunburnt in patches l, as obviously it has been a very long time since my skin has seen the sun and I was absolutely lily white! If the weather is like this when we go to Cornwall we are going to have the best time ever!
 Anyway, we took my Mum out for afternoon tea at this old rambling church in the countryside near where we live . They have resorted to serving tea on a Sunday to try and raise money to do repairs on the church. It was lovely actually, we sat outside under a tree next to the gravestones, with a magnificent view of the hills and fields, and it was so peaceful and quiet. Quite  a few people started to show up after that, Gerald and I were the youngest by far, some of the old dears looked on their last legs, but they were very sweet and typically English, one nice old lady even commented that my dress was very pretty. Oh yes and I made some off the cuff remark that they should mow the lawns and I was quickly put in my place and told that the church gardens were a wild flower sanctuary, hence the uncultivated look.
 Gerald and I secretly returned there tonight on our way out to dinner, we sat in contemplation as the sun was fading from the sky, there was a lovely energy all around us, don't know if I'd ever go there in the dead of night under a full moon  though!

Cling News

It's been a tough week to get through, apart from having this nasty cold, which I'm sure you're all sick of hearing about !! On Monday I got a rancid email to say that I had flunked one of my exams, this put me on a downer as I have had distinctions in most of the other subjects, so it kind of demotivated me. In fact I avoided going to study at all this week, Gerald said I was too ill to go anyway, but it's going to be hard, mentally, to go back tomorrow and sort everything out. I will have to sit the damn exam again as well.
The next thing was the video, after waiting for so long we finally saw a version. Unfortunately we weren't quite happy with it so more work has to be done, which means waiting even longer now. Honestly, I get quite despondent at times, I think, "what is the point of it all?" I can understand why so many give up. If it wasn't for the fact that I believe in our music and know that it deserves to be heard, I would probably have reached the final straw by now. Something good must be around the corner ...
I'm finally getting better and so looking forward to singing and running and yoga again !!

Don't grumble, be happy!!

Having one of those weeks where everything goes pear shaped,still, mustn't grumble, there is always someone worse off than you are! Yesterday I just collapsed on the sofa in the afternoon and didn't really stop coughing until the early hours of this morning,  it was terrible, I was even too scared to fall asleep in case I choked! Gerald is keeping his distance from me, can't say I blame him, it's not a pleasant thing!
Sometimes it's only the sheer will to succeed that keeps me going . It's nothing logical or sane really, but I've sacrificed too much to give up over yet another setback or disappointment. And this week has had a couple, it must be said. Being the eternal optimist, I believe that there is nothing in this world that can't be sorted out, it's just a question of having some patience... and some faith... and some courage.
I've talked myself into feeling better already, excuse me whilst I zoom out the door, I have a very early morning call tomorrow, I love getting up at the crack of dawn, it reminds me of  when I used to go to meditation classes!

Mooching around

Imagine my horror to wake up the other day  coughing and spluttering, with a sore throat , this has developed into a nasty cold, very frustrating as I can't sing or run. I'm trying to take advantage of the situation by resting a lot and catching up on other things that don't really require a lot of exertion. What a pain, but nothing can be done, just have to wait for it to go away. Just mooching around really, it doesn't help that Coco keeps waking me up after a few hours sleep, typical cat, she gets us all up then goes back to sleep herself a little while later!!
Went and voted the other day, I don't understand why everything has to be made so complicated, to me the person with the most votes should win, keep it simple. All this palaver  just starts to get on your nerves in the end.
Can anyone solve an enigma? We have a garden bench and no matter where we move it to in the garden, it always ends up full of bird poo, is it a magnet or something? Any solution will be considered.
Saw a lovely little island in a travel brochure, that I would really love to visit. It seems to be the only way that we are going to get some sunshine. I believe that pesky ash is back again and loads of flights have been cancelled.
Hope you all have a great weekend xxx