A frustrating day for us all. First of all there was the phone calls to try and locate my camera. They have it but it's going to be an extra journey to collect it. We tried to work out if we could divert to Shrewsbury on the way to St Helens but it wasn't possible in the time we had.
Then we were told by the agent that we couldn't gain access to the venue until 5.00 which was a blessing in disguise. We've done the show so many times that we can almost set up in our sleep. However the traffic on the M6 was terrible again and while we arrived at the venue on time (having driven down a one way street the wrong way) Mike was caught up in an accident and didn't arrive until an hour before the show. We had a quick sound check and played the show before a small but very enthusiastic audience. Thanks go to Mike, Mike, Mike, Tony and Jordan for making us very welcome.
We then set off on a trip around St Helens looking for a takeaway and found one after about ten minutes driving in circles. Then we went looking for a petrol station and finally we set off for home.
After the traffic chaos following the Shrewsbury concert where it took an hour to drive from Spaghetti junction to the M42, with traffic from the M5 and M6 funnelling into one lane, and then to drive along for mile after mile with no work being carried out......!!!!
Anyway, we left the M6 at junction 15 and took the A50 to the M1 and home. I was glad to let Richard drive that stretch and I had a doze in the passenger seat.
This was the toughest day of the tour so far. Nothing specific, just a load of frustration really.
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