It's been a long time since I went to stand in a field to listen to a band play -
An added draw was the gig was taking place in the grounds of Jodrell Bank , with the promise of the Lovell Telescope being used as a giant projection screen.
Having left Mr Ben with Gma and Gpa
we collected lovely friends Kathie and Ian and set off for a day of science and music.
As darkness fell, we had made our way to near the front of the crowd,
and the telescope was turned to face us.
Elbow were everything that I hoped for - I just love their sound -
Guy Garvey (#thebestpeopleareborninbury) is the most fabulous singer,
the band the smoothest musicians.
The rain that had threatened all day
(Garvey joked that the weather forecasts had sounded like a biblical catastrophy)
started ten minutes in and never let up.
But Guy was still happy to join the crowd and get soaked with the rest of us.
All the best songs -
Weather to Fly, Build a Rocket Boys, Lippy Kids, Leaders of the Free World
As we walked back to the car through the mud and the debris, the final projection was a Union Jack on the telescope - perfect.
Admitedly there followed a 2 hour wait in the car before we could get out of the car park -
but the flasks we'd left there were still hot, so we had coffee and jaffa cakes and just sat it out.
Nothing was going to spoil a very special day - our one day like this!
During the afternoon/early evening there were support bands on the stage (Liannne La Havas and Field Music rather good, Willy Mason ok, Cherry Ghost we missed altogether) -
but we only wandered in and out, spending most of our time in the Science Area.
There were talks, demonstrations and displyas - all in the shadow of the Lovell Telescope
{ I've always loved Jodrell Bank - from childhood days out, to time spent there as a physics mad 16 year old on courses at Manchester University, when the director told us in confidence that the Mark I telescope would betelescope was to be renamed the Lovell Telescope!}
As darkness fell, we had made our way to near the front of the crowd,
and the telescope was turned to face us.
Elbow were everything that I hoped for - I just love their sound -
Guy Garvey (#thebestpeopleareborninbury) is the most fabulous singer,
the band the smoothest musicians.
The rain that had threatened all day
(Garvey joked that the weather forecasts had sounded like a biblical catastrophy)
started ten minutes in and never let up.
But Guy was still happy to join the crowd and get soaked with the rest of us.
All the best songs -
Weather to Fly, Build a Rocket Boys, Lippy Kids, Leaders of the Free World
The projections on the Lovell were breathtaking.
I've found this great video of the final number - of course it was One Day Like This -
we were about 10 metres behind this camera man - singing our hearts out!
And this one shows the fireworks - we were somewhere in front of this camera!
As we walked back to the car through the mud and the debris, the final projection was a Union Jack on the telescope - perfect.
Admitedly there followed a 2 hour wait in the car before we could get out of the car park -
but the flasks we'd left there were still hot, so we had coffee and jaffa cakes and just sat it out.
Nothing was going to spoil a very special day - our one day like this!
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