Day 17 - Reading, Fez:

Yet again, I awake to cold, grey, miserable weather. It set the tone for 
the day, and I think we all felt chilled to the bone, struggling to get 
warm. Upon entry to the venue, I soon discovered that there was no 
warmth to be found in here either! I find a shower..........which nearly 
gets me warm, but then I have to get out, and soon become freezing again! 
A ham sandwich, a cup of coffee, and a banana later, I decide to head 
back to the bus, put something warm on........a hollowed out Yeti would 
be nice (I settle from a jumper 100% cotton), and distract myself by 
catching up with bits and bobs of work, and tour diaries etc. As I'm 
sure you can tell, I'm not exactly an English Laureate, and most of 
these diaries were written after the event. I am however noticing that I 
am crossing tenses, and perspectives in my writings, so I hope you don't 
find this too offensive and wish to cause me harm!

We were very apprehensive about playing this gig, as we have never played 
in Reading before. Even though every crowd is different, sometimes you 
can get an idea of how the gig will go, based on past 
experiences................................as we had none, we couldn't do 
this!

One other thing I was nervous about, was the fact that it was still 
freezing......nightfall made the whole place even colder, and even the 
stage was quite cold. Trying to get my fingers warmed up before the gig 
was a nightmare, so I just settled for keeping my hands in my pockets for 
as long as possible!!

The gig itself went really well, fingers soon warmed up, Will sang like 
an angel, Tom amazed with his agile finger-work, and Bren beat the living 
monkeys out of some drums. We coordinated our efforts nicely, and managed, 
in our opinion, to successfully recreate our songs. Job done! My only 
issue with the gig, was a cheeky guy near the front who ignored the 
rules about camera usage during the gig, and almost blinded me during one 
of the later songs. He is now marked for death :-)



Day 18 - Day Off, London:

Nothing to report here, just a nice day off at home!! 



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