Verity's Blog

Celebrating a walk to remember...

Today it is 9 years exactly since I reached Santiago de Compestello after a 5 week, 800km walk across Spain in memory of my father! I woke up at 5am this morning and it all came flooding back, how with two wonderful Canadian friends I had met along the way, we reached the city at 2.30am in the light of the moon after a 53km final walk and sat on the plaza in front of the cathedral in awe of the journey we had been on and the distance we had covered.

Looking back on the last 9 years, the Camino truly defined the road I have chosen to walk through my life since then. Proving to myself that I could walk across a country despite blisters and aching muscles set me up to have the courage to push the limits in the music industry and step out inspite of my fears. The girl who set out on the road to Santiago arrived as the woman who returned home to start living her dreams and stop procrastinating.

That my fans chose to call my album "Journey" serves as reminder of how those 800km across a foreign country were indeed the turning point in my life, and that losing my father was the biggest lesson in how short life is and that there is no space for regrets and 'what if'. Just get out there and DO IT and be part of the change you want to see in the world!

To the road ahead and wherever it may lead!

Click here to read the journal of my Camino

Pics from our trip up the coast

Band caught speeding...

We just had an epic trip up the Garden Route on tour and had the good fortune to get taken for a spin on a speedboat on The Krom Rive at St Francis Bay with 2 of our Future Owners - #35 Jono Heinamann (driving the boat & one of our biggest supporters) and over 1000 copies away from Jono  is Future Owner #1039 Russell Milella who signed up for an album after our show that night!  Thanks guys for giving us the ride of our life...

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Farm Backpackers - Living their Dreams

A few weeks back I headed off for a weekend in Ceres with friends. We decided to take a slow drive the first day and stay wherever our fancy took us. We ended up at the bottom of the Ceres pass and noticed a rusty sign announcing 'The Farm Backpackers'.  Being the adventurous sort, Pete & I headed down a farm road through groves of orange trees until we happened upon the backpackers, nestled on the banks of the Breede River.  It was a rustic looking place with all sorts of eccentricities so we decided to explore.

The next thing around the corner walked a friend of mine & it turned out that just the week before, she and her boyfriend, had packed in city life to come and pursue their dream of running a  backpackers. I was blown away!  Donna & Graham had already gotten the place spic and span and it was awesome to spend the night in one of the rustic farm cottages. We had an evening of laughter and silliness round a big campfire, toasting marshmallows and drinking red wine.

I was really inspired by their courage to leave the life they know and do something completely new. It is an amazing little spot and I can't recommend it highly enough for a group of friends to hire out the weekend - go for walks, swims, hang out round the fire or get fired up in the classic Rusty Bus Bar.  I know we certainly will be heading back there for some more good times....

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Karatara Road Trip

The day after my birthday I headed up to Karatara again with some friends to visit the Eden Campus again. I was very excited, because accompanying me on the trip was Oren, from LA, who was going to film the students to be part of his movie about people making their dreams come true; Donna, my new manager, to give the students a guru lecture on marketing & Jan, a Swiss photographer, to capture the students on film and turn his pictures into an amazing moving image piece!

Loving London

  On March 2nd I touched down in London after a pretty painless flight from New York and it felt really great to be back in the big old city I called home 7 years ago.

Nibbling on New York

On Wednesday March 1st, I found myself sitting in JFK airport waiting for my flight to London and have an incredibly satisfied feeling washing over me. Outside I could see my Aer Lingus plane with a bright green clover leaf on its tail and it felt like a fitting sign for my time in America and this last weekend in New York – so much LUCK!

Arriving In New York

Well, I arrived in New York on Friday 24^th Feb from Nashville. Even my flight into the city was exciting. ...

Farewell Nashville

   Looking back at the girl who arrived in Miami last September, hired a car and drove across three states to find music city, I have come a long way! It has been an incredible adventure for me to be immersed in the deep south of America and to learn all things ‘Country’ from the ground up. As I started packing my bags last week I felt incredibly sad to be leaving the city I have called home for the last five months...