"but a shame that nobody from the South of the county could be bothered to get their arses of the sofa and come to support us - we never let them down when the Folk-Meet's 'dahn sarf'."

Having just re-read my post (insomnia rules OK - should be 'riles'!) maybe I was a bit hard on the south-county contingent, I'd not taken into account the 'Mothering Sunday' factor. Apologies if I offended anyone! :-)

And, although the talkers at the back were an annoyance to us Old Folkie Farts, I think we have to understand that Alford isn't a Folk Club per se, it's an 'Acoustic Music' club with a PA, where anything musical goes, noise can be overcome by turning the PA up, and having a 'social' is part of their ethos. I guess we shouldn't be too hard on them for not understanding 'The Rules' as would normally apply at a Folk Club.

It was a nice place to play, and I'm certain they enjoyed us! And Fiona was a revelation on descant recorder. Woooooo-Hoo!