author: Kevin Whittingham Our last day in Norway consisted of a morning meeting at the Oslo Temple corps & the last chance for sightseeing before our evening departure back to the United Kingdom. With it being Father's Day back at home, a number of… more »

author: Kevin Whittingham The morning broke with better weather in Drammen than the previous day, the hills surrounding the valley finally visible. The town looked so much more picturesque without the grey clouds, mist and persistent rain! Sadly there… more »

author: Kevin Whittingham Boscombe Band continued their journey south towards our final destination of Oslo, arriving in the city of Drammen in terrible weather. Constant rain fell throughout the day (the weather must be preparing for the start of W… more »

author: Kevin Whittingham After another night’s relaxation with billets, or in the case of four lucky Bandsmen, a top floor hotel apartment with hot tub & sauna (such a tough job being the blog editor!!), our coach departed for Lillehammer. The… more »

author: Kevin Whittingham The Florida Tour had Clearwater in 1994, the USA/Canada tour had Minneapolis in 1998, and now this tour has a concert to match those epic performances! The 2011 Boscombe Band excelled themselves with a barnstorming concert i… more »

author: Kevin Whittingham A reasonably early start saw the Band meet at Askim corps in grey, cloudy misty conditions, with driving drizzly rain for our long trek up North to Røros. Probably a good day to be inside our coach for the 8 hour mar… more »

author: Kevin Whittingham Three days into our Scandinavian tour and another border has been crossed with Boscombe Band arriving for the first time into Norway. The journey today took us further north into more hilly & forest territory with some… more »

author: Kevin Whittingham The majority of Sunday afternoon was spent aboard our coach travelling up the Swedish coast, after leaving Denmark via the spectacular Oresund bridge over the water from Copenhagen into Malmo. Most people spent the time wit… more »

author: Kevin Whittingham After breakfast at our billets (which consisted of cold meats, Cheese, Bagels, Orange Juice & Tea), we arrived fresh and slightly less travel weary to the Army hall for morning worship. Before the meeting the Band had the… more »

author: Kevin Whittingham The first day of the tour has already passed after a scorching hot concert at Copenhagen Temple tonight! Our flight was a short & uneventful 1.5 hour trip with British Airways, but with the chance to explain to a few l… more »