I felt a bit old at band tonight. We welcomed Jenny back to the band. Jenny was one of the first flutes along with Hilary when I joined (along with Rhiannon and Linnette on second). We were trying to remember tonight when it was that she left the band – think it may have been before we all decamped from the condemned band hut in favour of the town music centre (from which we were evicted for … umm … making too much noise?!?), before ending up in the school.

However, in the intervening time Jenny’s had three children, one of which is eight! Is it really 12 years now, that I’ve been at Abingdon Concert Band. I guess I have got married and published a book…