We set off to Northampton during the afternoon to collect Cozy, who'd just flown in after playing some European festivals. He loaded a different drum kit, a black and white Premier kit that used to belong to Hot Chocolate back in the 70s.
We made our way through the traffic from Northampton to Bedford, where we queued at traffic lights for ages, then drove past the huge airship hangars where the R101 was built and flown. We joined the A1 and drove south to Stevenage.
The venue is situated down a narrow access. Chris tried to take the van all the way down, but he saw how much the passageway narrowed and decided against proceeding further. We loaded in and left the van out in the street.
This was our last full club show on the tour. There was a good turnout, including a family from Witney in Oxfordshire, who'd seen us at Dumbleton and made the journey (which took them four hours) across to see Nicki one more time. The audience were happy to sit and listen, and warmed to Nicki straight away.
Bob's friends also made the journey up from London and I was pleased to spend time chatting, as we'd not met for over a year.
All too soon the evening came to an end. Nicki received a standing ovation for her performance. We retired to the dressing romm while the club performed the "Flag" ceremony, then packed up the kit. Chris backed the van in and we soon got loaded.
Bob stayed the night with us as we had an early start the next morning.
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