The musicians struck up on Friday afternoon in the middle of the airside departures level at Heathrow Terminal 5. The guitar and double bass combo were called The Cash Cows – a name that will raise a hollow laugh from airline bosses who say the French, Qatari, Saudi and Australian owners of the UK’s biggest airport enjoy a licence to print money.
The first song, as I recall, was “Brown Eyed Girl”. Van Morrison’s classic contains the line “In the misty morning fog”. But outside, the skies were clear and air traffic controllers were coping with the busiest day of the year so far.
