The university choir had a bit of a cold start this evening. The heating was sometimes flaky last term and despite being checked earlier today, it was not helping much by the time we arrived. Fewer people than normal had come out in any case due to icy conditions so we ended up having a shorter rehearsal than normal – enough to get a start on the main piece for our next concert in May but not so much that we had turned into blocks of ice by the end of it.