I thought I'd stick me oar in. I had a fantastic week at Whitby, lost me voice, won the worst taste shirt competition , won two tickets to Bedworth, and took part in Maypoles to Mistletoe production, had a great time in the shanty sessions, and the Mick McGarry sessions. The lad deserves a gong as big as a dustbin lid. His sess should have finished at 8 each night but he just kept going, finishing at 10.30 on Friday.
The shanty sessions and Mick haywoods night raised £1532 for the lifeboats.
Regarding prices, well hell if you can't spend some money and enjoy youself then don't go. Yea prices are a bit high. When the euro was introduce in Spain the price of a glass of beer went from less than 1000 pesatas to 1 euro overnight. Doubled. If any of us were running a business in Whitby, would we charge the going rate? Apparently the lease for the Fleece is up for 140k plus 1k to the brewery every week.
For anybody that's interested it's the Black Bull Bender this weekend at Jim and Mu Wilkinson's farm at Tranmire , just off the A171 Whitby Moor Road. Beer at about £2, home made sarnies £1.50, breakfast for £3, admission for whole 5 sessions £7. Free camping and vanning. Just up your street Betsy.
Kev Hall