Travis & Fripp: Bishop's Cleeve

The drive to Bishop's Cleeve near Cheltenham was wonderfully smooth, with Trevor's sat nav device cleverly managing to avoid delays and traffic jams reported on our route. Whilst Trevor went off to grab a coffee, I wandered to venue where I bumped into Adrian and Andrea from last year's King Crimson tour. It was good having a natter and catching up.


Inside the boys were soundchecking...

The concert was introduced by PJ Crook to a crowd of regular church goers, the curious and T&F fans. Though some territories were familiar, the tone and feel was different tonight.

There was a beautiful moment when one piece finished: complete silence from the audience - only the background whirring of the heating system thrummed against the old stones of the place.

At another point in the performance, Robert asked us to celebrate the impending marriage of Adrian and Andrea, something everyone in the building did with great gusto! How special for them I thought. And it couldn't have happened to a nicer couple.

My impression was that tonight's performance was a touch longer than last night in Broad Chalke but I could be wrong - my sense of time gets sliced and diced with this music.

Afterwards, Trevor and I helped Trev strip the equipment down and help load the van. Having chronic back trouble got me out of the heavy lifting but I was able to roll up a few leads and wheel the odd box of tricks to the van outside.

We made it back to Chez Lever (taking an hour and half), reflecting on our three days together and acknowledging our luck at being in the right place and the right time in order to be able to hear this music.