Knackered, face hurting from permanent smile, elated. Last night was a dream, Los Marbles' collective talents were one hell of a platform for "doing my own thing". They were brilliant, one and all, and although Vicki (kitchenpiper) stood out clearly as the heroine of the event, everyone had their moment of glory, their special contribution; and it felt like a "team". And 6 of the 9 on stage were Mudcatters! Back home and a large whiskey later, doing the "post mortem" with David, Vanessa, Dan and Aliki, I could find no flaws that were not mine.

I was also touched by the presence of several individuals in the audience - though I will mention only two here: Mary O'Connor, Herga's revered source singer who has passed songs to the likes of Carthy and Coe; and Martyn "the voice" and Dan W-R, broken rib and all had just hopped over from France early for the concert.

I hadn't been too happy with the first half (the sound balance wasn't settled, Saskia's fiddle seemed to be on mute); but the second half flowed like water for me. When the page with the acknowledgements came up on my list I thought "surely not - have I missed some song?".

Off to Winchester for a dayjob interview this pm - this could end up as a watershed time for me; so, just in case - "Remember me like this"...

Thank you all for your wishes and your kind comments!