Episode Details

Departure is almost here, which means it is time to pack the suitcase, find the black socks, charge every mysterious little device, and start hydrating like your upper register depends on it.

In Episode 11 of Follow the Journey: A UK Choral Pilgrimage, Clara and Miles offer a funny, practical survival guide for the final days before the choir and pilgrims leave for England. They cover choir dress guidelines, what to pack in your carry-on, what can go in the group duffle bags, how to survive Heathrow and the first 48 hours, why USB-C is suddenly everywhere, and where to buy forgotten essentials in Wells, including Boots, Superdrug, Tesco, Waitrose, Holland & Barrett, and Peacocks.

There is real advice here too: hydrate before the trip, protect your voice, do not shout through a pub evening and expect to sing beautifully the next day, pack your medication in your carry-on, and never trust checked luggage with anything essential.

A cheerful, slightly cheeky pre-departure episode about packing wisely, singing well, and not arriving at Evensong sounding like a haunted kazoo.