The coach to Hereford ended up taking five hours from London. We spent the time reading, listening to podcasts and writing the last post as we passed through the Cotswolds on our National Express coach. We made it to ‘The Jam Factory’ where we were greeted really warmly by our sound tech Alex. The venue was half-bar-half-venue and whatever was on stage played to the rest of rooms through speakers. The first band played a mix of covers and originals, including a Laura Marling cover which I appreciated. The other band was called Dead Elvis and after finishing their set they all left, including the first band and there ended up being more people on stage than in the audience... there’s three of us, so go figure ! We had a lovely chat to Alex about beer and trains (the two ideal Czech conversations) and even had a non-alcoholic beer from ‘Vinohradský Pivovar’. Our accomodation was lovely and our host told us that she’s been listening to our band all day, that she wanted to come to the concert but had to look after her dog Lulu. Lulu was very sweet so we completely understood, although it would have doubled the size of our audience. Onto Bristol next.

– Iris

Here's a little reckless and drawn-out version of Red from The Jam Factory, Hereford (01/10/2026)