Mr Eyre (folkiedave) was in fine form although I beat him to the pub,

He did indeed beat me to it - by cunning use of public transport. The bus clearly arrived early - I was there at its normal arrival time and there was a queue building up at that point and Jim was already anticipating his first pint of Hambleton's. My other excuse was that I had forgotten the card I had bought for Neil and had to go back for it.

Which was really a link into the fact that one of the leading singers for the past twenty+ years, Neil Henderson,was missing today - Neil had a stroke back in July and is not yet well enough to come, indeed he is still in hospital. There will be many who miss Neil.

I am certainly one of them.