Bath
A wonderful weekend in Bath enjoying the end of the Royal School of Church Music course which Bruce has attended for 15 years. He startled us by singing a solo in the Gibbons 2nd service Magnificat and making a speech at the final assembly! What a fine line up of singers 160 in all. We attended the mattins and evensongs in the Abbey and the delightful concert on Friday evening. The accommodation at the YMCA was basic but OK (my bed was not that comfortable and there was noise in the night from stag and hen parties outside and seagulls in the early morning but we would have experienced the same at the Hilton!). A good full breakfast for £1.95! I bought a fine new panama hat at the hat shop. We enjoyed sitting in Victoria Park and eating ice creams in the Royal parade gardens and the sun shone after long weeks of rainy London. Ann joined us on Sunday afternoon and cried at evensong. Dad's presence was very much with us both with his favourite Howells, Bairstow organ music and "S...