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Hi all. Merry Christmas.

I've not blogged for a while and to be honest it's because I've not had that much going on in my mind to allow me to do my blog justice.

I wasn't looking forward to Christmas at all, but so far it's been really good and I've been very relaxed.

I hope you are all well and please take the time to watch my Christmas video recorded earlier in December.

So, I would have written a load more stuff in my blog from the studios, however, the internet connection was absolutely shite.

The studio however was awesome. We ended up getting 5 tracks done , all of which were a little amusing...... Of course now the hard work begins, the mix!

Made me realise that I rely on music to get stuff out of my head. It's a long time since I managed to really make something I'm proud of.

Miracle was a song I wrote and recorded with the band a while ago. Whilst we get the other stuff mixed, maybe the land of blog can judge whether I should just shut up before I even start.......

It's Sunday evening and we've been recording for two days. So far, we've managed to record almost a whole of an old tune called Chimp and written a new one.

The strange thing about going back in time and reuniting with the old band members is quite how easy it has been to get straight back into the mindset I left behind in 2000. Everything we've ever done has a quirk to it that is unique to the characters of all four of us.

Having spent the last 18 months exorcising demons in myself - being back in the past is an interesting experience.

Half way through. Lets see what the rest brings.

So, here we are, Matt, Baker and I sat in the studio in Scotland having set everything up last night and got out of the studio at 12am.

Back in the studio this morning, we're starting to record Chimp. So, hold on , tune in and cop out to this blog as I continue the updates. You're all going to need to protect your ears soon.....

So, I've arrived just outside Inverness for 4 days in the studio recording new material.

I have literally no idea what I will come back with. All I know is that this will be the longest period of time in my life I will have been without female company of any type. I'm already twitching.

9.5 hour journey was astonishingly quick in real terms. I'm tired, it's wet and we're setting up now. I'm just hoping that all goes smoothly. Keep your eye on the blog of the next few days to see the progress.

It's the 1st Dec and it will soon be Christmas. I'm not looking forward to it at all. I've always found celebrating Christmas difficult, it brings back too many memories of times that cannot be returned to me. Things change and people change. Someone said to me this week that everyone needs reminding that people 'retain the right to change their mind in life'. With Christmas approaching, I wish I had enough control of my mind to stop it changing. It changes every minute and never ends up back where it was the minute before.

I took the photograph above in Salisbury today and it reminded me of a good friend who's out of the country this weekend. It's been a long weekend so far and I'm only half way through. Hopefully her long weekend is going ok too.....