I saw Muppett in all his glory the other week in the Dales at Dent, he was performing at and compering a fundraising concert in aid of this year's Dent beer & music festival. He did many of the songs he's known for, such as the reggie wild rover (along with the dance), the Ilkla Moor rap, Ghost chickens in the sky as well as one I've not seen him do, the Yorkshire version of country Road (clogged up road).

Spoke with him the next day when I bumped into him half way Whernside, with a massive pack on his back (with his shorts on). He now supports a beard which he started growing when he was in hospital back in January suffering very badly from Pneumonia. He's lost a fair bit of weight (wasn't on the big side to start with).

He mentioned that when he's not with his grand children he's spending a lot of time up in the dales but was going to come along to some of the festivals this year.

So lets hope he comes along to Holmefirth this weekend.

In the meantime go into youtube and tap in Dentdale show 2008 and you can see a snippet of him doing the reggie wild rover as well as some Irish songs.