Politeness is all I ask for Tim. Unless people are actually positively rude and tell me to my face that I'm not wanted, then I assume that I am welcome. The rest is up to me.

I was not surprised at all at being included in the normal social chit-chat – it was what I expected – and the conversation went a good deal further than that, to the point where we established the common ground of Mudcat. What did surprise me, and fused the event into my memory, was Banjo-Flower's reaction. After that, when our paths crossed at various sessions around and about, I saw a familiar, friendly face that made fitting in all the easier.

I've heard Dáithí play lots of times on his whistle and they're often the tunes I listen to instead of joining in with. I see Dáithí as a familiar face rather than one of the "same smug faces". We have only had about 3 minutes direct face-to-face conversation about the Gaelic written on our respective T-shirts but I am sure that I would be made welcome if I were to visit the proposed Lincoln session


DC