And so, as the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness tips into (in Scotland at least) cold, darkness and car headlights sluicing through the rain, Kelly and I go into the studio to record that long-talked about album.

The venue is the excellent Substation, in Rosyth, where we generally rehearse. The dates: Thursday 3rd and Friday, 4th November – two three hour blocks to get as much down as we can, and get it mixed with our engineer, Duncan. Wish us luck!