I was at a festival a couple of years ago and one morning went down to breakfast as usual. I found a table and sat eating breakfast. A friend from Gloucestershire asked if she could join me and we chatted for a while. After a few minutes a couple from my home town turned up and then another friend from Manchester. I realised that though all these people knew me they didn't know each other, and I took great pleasure in making introductions. I suppose that that moment made me realise that, through my interest in folk music, I was a member of an interconnected network of people and friends and it gave me a great feeling of warmth and security.