Great gig - the rain failed to materialise too! It was a fairly balanced mixture of stuff from the first and second albums, plus a couple of songs I'd not heard before. The highlights included the self-backing using a beatbox on "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" among others. The performance was powerful and gutsy.
The music was broken up with some good witty repartee as well; now I know something about bats which I didn't. I also liked the bit about "Funnyman" being inspired by a friend who'd had psychological problems - which kind of put the song into a different context to where I'd placed it from casual listening and made it far more poignant. In fact there were several songs where I became more aware of the meaning of the lyrics because I often listen to music whilst working for instance, and thus don't necessarily focus so much on the music itself.
The baked potatoes etc were being served in biodegradable containers which are, apparently, edible. It was also announced that all the refuse from the concert would be recycled. We saw one person who had cycled there. Pretty much everyone else (like us) appeared to have got there by car. It did occur to me that I might be able to cycle there, but as there were two of us, the car would've still gone anyway.
Thetford Forest does seem to be a nice venue and I'll be keeping an eye out for other stuff there.
