I have just discovered that Capercaillie are making a rare visit to the south of England to appear at the Eastleigh Festival near Southampton in Hampshire on Sunday 7th August.

The Festival line-up also features Beth Neilsen-Chapman, Bellowhead, Ashley Hutchings and Session A9 on the same day - the latter led by Capercaillie's Charlie McKerron.

We get very few chances to see Capercaillie perform live in the south of England so I hope I won't be the only one hot-footing it along the coast from Sidmouth to Eastleigh to see them.

Anyone else from the London / Surrey / Sussex / Kent areas looking to break their journey home from Sidmouth would do well to look at the Eastleigh website www.eastfest.co.uk as they've got a strong line-up.

I'm really looking forward to Sidmouth this year and an encore at Eastleigh on the way home will do me fine.

Tony Evans