When I woke up the sun was out. It was a change from the bitterly cold weather in Falkirk. The wind cut through you like a knife and the temperatures dipped to minus 5c on the drive back down the M74.
All too soon we had the call to vacate the room so we went downstairs in time to get our Sunday lunch,which was wonderful. Our destination was only a few miles across the border at Langholm and we drove there after stopping at the supermarket to buy rolls butter and ham for our journey back home after the concert.
The sun was bright and the daffodils were in abundance as we drove along the A7 to Langholm, arriving in good time.
Walter the lighting man was very helpful as he set the stage for us in a bright and modern theatre that served the local rural community. We took some photos of the area around the theatre and Richard had a play on the very nice Steinway piano.
It was a good show with a very appreciative audience and the band were asked to sign the visitor's book afterwards!
They kept us supplied with very good coffee as well. It was much appreciated.
The show started at 7.30 which meant that we were on the road well before 11.00, so as not to annoy the neighbours.
Mike once again drove the van and we sat in the back eating the ham rolls and looking forward to a night off after nine concerts on the trot.
An over-zealous traffic cop stopped Willy who was driving the 4x4 just north of Manchester and issued a ticket for driving with his fog lights on!
We had to dawdle for a while until he caught up and we met up at Lymm Truckstop. We then carried on down the motorway to Hylton Park where we put some more diesel in the van. Mike, Willy and Nina then left us and drove down to South Wales, while I drove us back to Northampton. We dropped Lee off at about 4am.
He rang us a few minutes later to say that his terminally ill father had died an hour beforehand. If Willie hadn't have been stopped by the police, would we have got him home in time? I don't know.
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