Brett,

If you want Spring, there's a bed spare here. All you need is a ticket. I am not ready or able yet to retire, but my friends who have are blooming like the flowers.

I am trying to cope with a return to work after a month in UK, mostly on family business, but I got in some singing, mainly in Chester with the Poms From Oz. Also I got to sing Fields of Gold at my niece's wedding reception, that was a nice moment.

My 10 yr old nephew was also inducted into the folk scene. He can SING. Another nice moment was a bar in Coniston breaking into applause when he emerged from the gents, from where he had halted all conversation with Norfolk Whalers through two wooden doors. That's projection. He did then hide under the table!

So I suppose my thoughts are more about passing on the torch than retiring from the fray.

Do come back.

Chris