Choir Tour - a parents view

Greetings from the UK - we feel like chorister groupies after dropping in and out of the tour over the Wells and Bath and Cambridge legs of the trip.  Not that we are alone however with Cushla and Isabella, Alex and Josh, and new arrivals Sarah, Wayne and Grace all over at the moment.

The cities visited have all been stunning -  even with jet lag and summer crowds, impossible not to be amazed by the architecture and beauty. Not sure how much of this is getting through to the boys, but did hear a few comments about the amazing cathedrals, so some are obviously noticing it.

The Choir was excellent at Wells. It is a huge cathedral but evensong is held in a separate area with everyone sitting in the stalls around the choir - so a lot more intimate than the usual experience.  Crowd of 30 or so and comments from locals were that choir is as good as anything they had seen - so a great way to start the UK leg of the trip.

We didn't do the trip to Christchurch, but a few of the boys had travel sickness courtesy of the windy roads. Didn't seem to affect singing though which apparently went very well.

All seemed pleased to get to Bath and 4 nights in one spot. The Youth hostel was at the top of a hill overlooking Bath and had great grounds for the boys to play spotlight, bullrush etc.  Comments from a few of the boys about the food being good - in England, so all well on that front as well.  The option of cooked breakfasts going down well with many.  Lots of washing/drying/shoe cleaning/ironing  etc each time we arrive, so all the carers are all very busy.

The Bath Cathedral service on Saturday was excellent - and there was noticeably more energy around after the day off spent visiting Roman Baths, and swimming on the Friday.
 
Just caught up with the tour again after a few days away.  Boys seem good, and based on the detailed description I was given of breakfast at Corpus Christi College, all still looking good on the food front.  The group apparently mastered the art of punting today -  Possibly the best day of summer so far, so a good day for it.  The evensong was at St Johns College, and was once again lovely - about 50 in the stalls for the service. 
 
No pictures of the punting unfortunately, but there are a lot of cameras on tour so sure there will be plenty to look at when the boys get home.    Here are a few pictures until then.
 

Cheers Chris Doyle