Ok - now the Cap'n's gotten over his latest operation we're heading back to the UK for Christmas.

We're flying in on 30th November and back on the 6th January. We have to be in Hertford for the first week or so, then up to Newark for a few days and then probably back down south for a few days.

We have to babysit my four year old grandson the three days prior to and after Christmas and want to get up to Scotland on 29th December for a concert near Glasgow. We would like to spend New Year's Eve with like minded souls in Scotland if that can be arranged and then it's back down south, probably via Newark, to fly back.

We want to get to some sessions while we're over - I don't mind driving a reasonable distance to get to meet Mudcatters. Like most Mudcatters we both really want to meet Sir jOhn while we're in Newark - is the Hull Flok Club on every week?

We don't want to bring Kendall's guitar over with us - I've watched the baggage handlers at work! If anyone has a guitar that we can borrow for the period we would be very grateful.

Hopefully this will be but the first of many trips to visit my family/tour the UK but it may be six months or more before we can get over again so we would like to make this one a good one and put more faces to the names on the Mudcat.