R N, I think we spoke on the snowy evening at the Spilsby Theatre. Thanks for getting in touch. I'll publicise the new album here when it arrives next week, but please feel free to e mail me on david.oakley7@btopenworld.com

Er, Sireen, I think that the track that you like is number 2 - "Noreen's Waltz". Personally, I have always liked the "slippery Hand", but I think that few would be surprised about this revelation.

I'll bang on about Cara's "The Notes in the Stones" in a new thread next week, when the boxes arrive. So far KJ, Ossonflags and you, Noreen are the only recipients of bootlegs, in an attempt to thwart Skipjack's evil plan to go platinum again with his CDRs for a fiver.

The original, with a beautiful barcode and an Oaklet photo of Ballybunnion Castle on it is a tenner.