Travels With The Corrds

The weather is a bit strange at this time of year, innit?!

I slept through most of the changing weather down to Coventry, after snapping these pictures above, which were quite early on in our journey. I like the field of flowers with the gloomy question ‘IN DEBT?’ floating about in the middle of all the happy yellowness…

Once in Coventry, after being stuck in traffic jams and having the usual major difficulties in getting around Coventry Centre to find Jumpin Jaks (always have a nightmare finding it), it came about at the last minute that Andrea wouldn’t be able to make it to the gig… so - somewhat disappointed but always ready for anything - we loaded in and soundchecked, altering the stage set-up accordingly. The Entertainments Manageress at Jaks didn’t seem at all bothered about our change of line up, and gave us a huge pile of drinks vouchers which we made good use of later in the evening.

After setting up we decided to head over to the ‘Old Orleans’ restaurant next door for our grub, and put our names down on the list for a table before nipping along the road a bit to the Orange House for a few drinkies to kill the hour (not saying anything about skanky leftover mushrooms on the table, Sadie…).

After a couple of drinks and a few laughs in the Orange House we headed back to Old Orleans to find that we were in for a bit more waiting for our table. Once happily sat down we ordered a table-full of starters (mmmnice chicken wings of a different sort…) and had a good old chill out before going backstage at Jumpin Jaks to do make up and all that girly stuff.

Stage time was 11.15pm for a 45 minute set (we were happy) and the show went really well, as always. Lots of great dancers in the audience, and the place filled up very nicely as the set went on.

After the show, we got ourselves another couple of drinks (celebrating the fact that … our Sadie got a 1st in her music degree at LIPA (Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, for those who don’t know… it’s very impressive…), packed away and sat backstage for a breather, before happily stretching out in the van and heading off home, all of us a little worn out after a very full and eventful day.

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