In the later part of October 1970, David met a young German girl by the name of Gabriele Liehmann.
Although she was only around 16 years old at this time, she made quite an impression on him.
Gaby recalled them meeting in an interview with Popfoto Magazine in 1977, “With David and me everything went automatically.
I was still going to school at the time, to earn some money I worked as photo-model.
It so happened that we took some photographs at the festival.
When I went to the shelter to get a cola for refreshment I ran into Mick Box, guitarist with Uriah Heep, and shortly after David came along as well.
We talked nonsense between the three of us and in between I had some more photographs taken.
Uriah Heep was playing and afterwards we met again in the shelter where the refreshments were.
The next morning David and I were still standing there chatting.
In the afternoon David had to fly back to London .”
David told Gaby he would write back and sure enough he did.
Gaby says, “We wrote almost every day telling each other what we were doing and from this friendship by letter became love.”