Travels With The Corrds

With this being the last Havens we will visit for a while, we stopped at our local Bargain Booze on the way to pick up some celebratory plonk. Above you can see pictures of Andrea making her purchase, and Sadie apparently trying to get through the glass to the wall of wine on the other side...

It was another nice day, even though it doesn't look like it on the pictures. It was actually very warm, which made the drive to the Lake District a bit more pleasant.  

When we got near to the gig, we drove through the village where we went for food last time we were here, before arriving at Havens for our fourth and final gig of the Easter Weekend.

After loading in and pottering about for a bit while Derek and Dave sorted out all their wiring (Andrea and I had a hilarious situation at the van, near which a sad bloke made sad attempts at being overheard as he was trying to be impressive and, sadly, failing!) we went to pick up our caravan key and made our way to the supermarket/shop.  

After buying food and having a browse, we got back to the van and drove around to the caravan. Lovely weather, still, and so much so that we could even leave the door open for a while as we made some food.

After we all sorted our food out (I took a funny video of Derek being after the pie Andrea brought, but settling for his own sandwich), Derek went for a kip in one of the rooms, Sadie did some work, and Dave watched some telly while Andrea and I played Ludo and had a few drinks.

When Derek woke up and joined us again, the nice day had turned into a bloody freezing night, so we put the fire on full while we got ready for the gig, and then drove back round to the club. 

The set went great, again, despite it being Bank Holiday Monday (usually the day when everyone's going home). The audience were all up for it and everyone was dancing and clapping and joining in with everything as usual - all apart from a teenage Axl Rose lookalike sitting with a teenage Marilyn Manson lookalike at the front who wore their best moody looks and sat with arms folded for the whole night... awww, I remember when I thought I was cool, too... he he he... Poor sods - playing fun games with Rory The Tiger is probably not quite their idea of a great holiday. On a personal, funny note, I actually managed to (finally!) record a bit of the Havens 'Jingle' which plays before we go on stage, which I'm really chuffed about. Just so we don't forget...

After the set we got all our stuff together and loaded out, then bid a cheerful farewell to Havens as we set off homeward in our Corrdmobile, under a very starry night, indeed.

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