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The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

The BBs are up in Tewkesbury, Gloucester, to play for Jo's sister's 50th birthday at a rented house/hamlet up in the honey-limestone hills of Middle Stanley, deep in the Cotswolds. As it happened, it also marks the end of the twelve-year run of The BBs as Jo announces her departure in a post-breakfast meet-up at the Premier Inn, before the band return to the venue to pick up the gear for the last time.

next album: A Short Trip to Southwold, Suffolk - 24th July 2016
previous album: Fred's Camping, Curry and the Closing of B&Q, Thetford, Diss and Ipswich - 16th July 2016

On the A11, just outside Thetford, we make a stop to fill up with diesel, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

On the A11, just outside Thetford, we make a stop to fill up with diesel

On the A14, there's the tragic sight of a crashed Morgan, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

On the A14, there's the tragic sight of a crashed Morgan

We meet up with Rob and Henry at Kettering Services, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

We meet up with Rob and Henry at Kettering Services

Henry roams around the forecourt, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Henry roams around the forecourt

Max finds his room, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Max finds his room

Max wanders around the Tewkesbury Premier Inn, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Max wanders around the Tewkesbury Premier Inn

Rob with his leopard-print guitar case, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Rob with his leopard-print guitar case

Rob's on the phone, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Rob's on the phone

Max checks for texts, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Max checks for texts

Rob's guitar is hanging around, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Rob's guitar is hanging around

We head off to the van, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

We head off to the van

Henry gets in a twenty-point turn, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Henry gets in a twenty-point turn

Gear is unloaded, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Gear is unloaded

Stuff is unloaded from the vans, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Stuff is unloaded from the vans

The venue and the Cotswold hills, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

The venue and the Cotswold hills

The band and Martin have a coffee, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

The band and Martin have a coffee

The band's gear, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

The band's gear

Jo pretends to do an 80s-style music video, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Jo pretends to do an 80s-style music video

Max and Rob unpack stuff, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Max and Rob unpack stuff

Henry sorts his kit out, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Henry sorts his kit out

Time for a sound check, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Time for a sound check

A load of glasses, and a nice view out, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

A load of glasses, and a nice view out

Jo gets on the mic, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Jo gets on the mic

A former barn is slowly converted, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

A former barn is slowly converted

We poke around on the estate, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

We poke around on the estate

Heating and hot water from eco-wood-burners, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Heating and hot water from eco-wood-burners

guests mill around, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

guests mill around

Henry gets a beer, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Henry gets a beer

The party assembles, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

The party assembles

Max and Rob, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Max and Rob

The band have their own table, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

The band have their own table

Henry and his shirt lurk in a doorway, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Henry and his shirt lurk in a doorway

Jo does a rare voluntary pose for the camera, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Jo does a rare voluntary pose for the camera

Honey limestone farmhouse, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Honey limestone farmhouse

Henry tests his SPDS under blue lights, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Henry tests his SPDS under blue lights

An evening scene, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

An evening scene

Jo's sister does a speech, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Jo's sister does a speech

Henry's mic stand wrecks his snare drum, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Henry's mic stand wrecks his snare drum

Max has a laff at breakfast, before the end, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Max has a laff at breakfast, before the end

The view back at the venue in the morning, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

The view back at the venue in the morning

The band packs up for the last time, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

The band packs up for the last time

Easter Park - the Dowty Seals and Trelleborg site, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Easter Park - the Dowty Seals and Trelleborg site

What looks like a derelict military base, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

What looks like a derelict military base

Max at some services near Huntingdon on the A14, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

Max at some services near Huntingdon on the A14

On the A11, The BBs' Last Tango in Tewkesbury, Middle Stanley, Gloucestershire - 23rd July 2016

On the A11

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On the A11, just outside Thetford, we make a stop to fill up with diesel

On the A11, just outside Thetford, we make a stop to fill up with diesel

On the A14, there's the tragic sight of a crashed Morgan

We meet up with Rob and Henry at Kettering Services

Henry roams around the forecourt

Max finds his room

Max wanders around the Tewkesbury Premier Inn

Rob with his leopard-print guitar case

Rob's on the phone

Max checks for texts

Rob's guitar is hanging around

We head off to the van

Henry gets in a twenty-point turn

Gear is unloaded

Stuff is unloaded from the vans

The venue and the Cotswold hills

The band and Martin have a coffee

The band's gear

Jo pretends to do an 80s-style music video

Max and Rob unpack stuff

Henry sorts his kit out

Time for a sound check

A load of glasses, and a nice view out

Jo gets on the mic

A former barn is slowly converted

We poke around on the estate

Heating and hot water from eco-wood-burners

guests mill around

Henry gets a beer

The party assembles

Max and Rob

The band have their own table

Henry and his shirt lurk in a doorway

Jo does a rare voluntary pose for the camera

Honey limestone farmhouse

Henry tests his SPDS under blue lights

An evening scene

Jo's sister does a speech

Henry's mic stand wrecks his snare drum

Max has a laff at breakfast, before the end

The view back at the venue in the morning

The band packs up for the last time

Easter Park - the Dowty Seals and Trelleborg site

What looks like a derelict military base

Max at some services near Huntingdon on the A14

On the A11