Hopefully having learned from my near brush with a roadside ditch (see "Teeside" thread), this Friday 4th February I embark on my first solo pub gig (as in "not a club", just face the punters).

Trepidation doesn't describe it - so if any 'catters happen to be near the Puzzle Hall Inn (Hollins Mill Lane, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire HX6 2QG) this Friday to hold my hand, I for one will be prostrate with gratitude and promise to kiss your feet.

Ah, the "bidet" is a little in-joke in our family: If pronounced properly, it should sound like B-Day. Yep - this Friday marks xx years from when I first peeped out of my mum and thought "looks OK, I'll try it" - the fool!

C U there?