"You never enjoyed the world aright till the sea itself floweth in your viens, and you are clothed with the heavens and crowned with the stars."

I never realised those were the words of an old English Mystic poet called Treherne till recently.

I saw a reformed version of the band a couple of years ago. Clive and Robin were not there, but Mike was in fine fettle. I saw Robin a few times during the nineties at various solo gigs in the North East .

They were the greatest musical influence during my formative years at Art College in Newcastle, and the tunes still dance in my head