Following on from the success of treaties at this year's Saltburn festival, where she won the Shanty singing competition, we now have a second UK Mudcatter getting well-deserved recognition.

At Bromyard Folk Festival last weekend, Alanww won the Bromyard Shantyman competition, which he didn't even know he'd entered! Very nice comments made by Johnny Collins and Jim Mageean, among others. This was no mean feat, as the competing field was the whole roomful of shanty singers, and there were many excellent singers there.

There is no truth in the rumour that Alan wore his morris gear and his rag coat just so the judges would remember him from the morning singaround to the evening... :0)

Keep it up, Alan!

Noreen