We had a really great day out last Sunday. We were invited months ago to perform a concert at Downside Abbey in Somerset,UK. The band and friends and their families all came along. We had Sunday lunch and a few beers (Butcombe Bitter) in this really fab little pub in the same village .. a very homely and friendly place .. in fact were going back to the pub to do another gig in the near future. After, we were given a tour of the Abbey and all the gardens and woodland by one of the monks .. the grounds cover thousands of acres of land ... there was Deer roaming, it was simple brill. On the way we detoured a few miles to take my mother to a little village where she spent some of her early teen years. Any how here's some piccys from the day

My Mother and me at the village church she used to attend and sing in the choir.


Some of the gang wandering around .. the wife is next to me on the mobile.


All of us with the monk who showed us around


In the evening there was a buffet and then we did the gig which was held in a community hall within the grounds. They sold all the tickets and we had an audience of 150. After we set up and sound checked we did all go back to the pub for more beers before the buffet and gig.

Derek