Thank you Jack. I'll make a note of those details. Not sure when I'll be up next. I's certainly like to come and try telling a story at the Guid Crack Club (think that's what it's called) - that's at the Waverley. The storytellers in Edinburgh at the Scottish Storytelling Centre have heard me tell stories but have not heard me sing yet. I used to sing when I was younger but stopped when I had a serious illness (recovered thanks to surgery). Restarted singing in January. When I come up again I will be looking for one or two folk clubs/pubs to visit at the same time.

My stories last for about the length of 2 songs. Or at least that is what I'm aiming for. There isn't a storytelling circle in Middlesbrough so I use the local folk clubs instead as a venue for my stories.

I am also developing as a musician but that's slow work. I am having guitar lessons but that goes at a very, very slow pace. I also play the djembe - I am in a local drumming circle - we go aout and play gigs.