Thanks for all the advice so far. Looks like I need to tune in to radio on Saturday (if its anything like last Saturday's rain then I'll have nothing much else to do anyway).

Sadly the dulcimer club will next be on Friday 4th July I guess (first Friday right?) when I'll be gone (leaving on the 3rd). Incidentally my wife plays a hammered dulcimer, but then she's a few thousand miles away...

I haven't got to the violin shop but did feel moved to buy a guitar from Accent music on 202 so have some means of making music.