Hi Mo We made the Shroppy Fly twice and moored up at Middlewich to find out about the boat and Folk fest in June. Thanks for the tips. The Shroppy fly on a Monday night was lovely. The new people have the lease for 5 years so there should be some continuity there. My fiddle played up - wouldn't hold its tuning on one of the pegs - but I was lent a lovely fiddle by one of the other customers. We went to Chester and found they are quite amenable to buskers. Middlewich was the disappointment as no one seemed to know much about any folk apart from' it happens in the peripheral pubs' ' we think there might be an open mike session'. The pub nearest to the canal had 10 bands on - none of which seemed folky. Going to try today to get a my fiddle re pegged or I'll have to bring a different instrument in June, but not sure we will bother with the canal fest. FloraG.
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