Well, my wife and I are about 4 ½ weeks away from beginning our trip to England. My new CD is finished and will be ready for distribution in 2 weeks. The following itinerary is what we have planned so far. I hope to meet as many UK Catters as possible and so if any of you cannot make it to one of my gigs, please let us know if there would be some other place where we might get together.

August 3 - Leave Anchorage
August 4 - Arrive at Gatwick Airport, take the train to Broadstairs Folk Festival
August 5 - Guest artist at Tom and Barbara Brown's sing around
August 6 - Breakfast gig at The Old Curiosity Shop in Broadstairs
               - Afternoon gig at Harper's Wine Bar in Broadstairs
August 7 - Lunch time guest at Sing Along session at The Neptune
               - Afternoon guest at Folk Club at Broadstairs Cultural Center
               - Evening performance at the Bandstand on Broadstairs Promenade
Aug 8-13 - Sightseeing in London
August 8 - Guest artist at Herga Folk Club in Middlesex
August 10 - Guest artist at St. Albans Folk Club
August 13 - Musical evening somewhere near Hull
August 14 - Staying with Barb'ry in Churchtown
August 15 - Guest artist at Four Fools Folk Club in Adlington
August 17 - Travel to Llangenneth, S. Wales to visit with Sussex Carole and Crane Driver
August 20 - Sightseeing in the countryside,
August 21 - Visit with rumanci and more sightseeing
August 22 - Visit with El Greko
August 23 - March through downtown London, 700th anniversary of death of William Wallace
August 24 - Bullet train to Paris
August 26 - Bullet train back to El Greko's house
August 27 - Return home to Anchorage.

So send me your ideas for what to see, and where to stop and anything else you can think of that will make our trip even that much better. We can't wait to see England. We look forward to being with old friends again and making new friends along the way.

Best wishes,
Mike
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