An interesting first day proper of the tour saw us dodge the rain to play under a pier, in a pleasant town square, and with the Bee Gees!
Well, not playing with the Bee Gees of course, but we did honour their Manx heritage by visiting the statue of the three brothers on the seafront at Douglas. As well as posing for various photos (see above/right!) we played our new arrangement of their hit How deep is your love, which pleased one or two passers by at least!
Before that, following a lazy morning which finished with us watching the Lionesses’ victory over Colombia in the women’s World Cup, we went along to Ramsey, only to find out that the rumours were definitely true - there is no way onto the pier currently. So instead we went and played under the pier (yes, we played Under the boardwalk!), negotiating some rather wet sand which we sank into more as we played!
Although we were only planning a short performance if few people were around, we were then joined by a fellow cellist from Sheffield (who used to play in an orchestra with Jeremy), and her dad, so we played a bit more! Then James’s family came along too, and we went into the town square to play a bit more for general punters. We were surprised how quiet everything was on a Saturday in August, but clearly the town is quite a sleepy one generally.
We’re back in Ramsey tomorrow, for the half marathon - eek! We’ll just have to hope the training pays off, and that the weather plays ball…
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