Wakehurst Place, the National Trust's most visited property, is famed for its festive Carols which usually attract 3,000 people to a service in front of the largest Christmas tree in the UK. For Nick Chubb, the first alarm bells rang when he had to push his van the last few yards of a 40-mile journey that had taken nearly five hours.
"With temperatures plummeting to -7C, I was concerned for the loudspeakers, wondering at what temperature the rubber would freeze up completely. But they performed superbly which freed me up to be concerned for myself: although my crew had taken refuge indoors, I was at front-of-house where I had to take my gloves off to mix, wondering at what temperature my fingers might drop off altogether."
(Jim Evans)
