long journey in Steve's van Friday, all day on the field Saturday, and long journey back on Sunday ... all for 3 mins in the competition/
It started at 7:30 when Sue took me up to the Cobham service station on the M25 to wait for Steve.. who had already picked up Jim and Karl, then around to Houndslow to pick up Iain and Sacha and head north.
A good run until the M6 where we hit road works and 50 mph limits but much slower in the queues. Meeting up with Noeleen, Billy, and David N at the hotel.
Eventually getting to Paisley after 7pm in time for dinner. we were in the premier inn and food came from the next door pub (meal deal with breakfast). 
Next morning early breakfast and off to the parking and shuttle bus... we were on at 10:20, but needed to do tuning and such.. also the case of the missing Gordon .. no sound or communications from him.tuning was the normal thing, but I think we were a bit late to advance to final tuning as it all seemed a rush .. Gordon appearing over the horizon at the last minute. We were rushed to the start line and this upset some balance.
On to the actual playing .. we were not as good as we should be and some big early mistakes (E not together) and some rushing (tempo was a little fast for some)
as we came off we got caught for a membership check but this also caused a bit of confusion and mis-communication ... then we sauntered off . Dropping the kit back to the cars/ vans so we did nto have to carry them all around.
