Got home from Sewerby this afternoon. Had five great sessions in the Ship (every night of the time I was there from thursday), and some good ones in the Orangery in the afternoon where we played (and danced) to full houses of visitors to the hall. The Ship had three rooms of sessions - Old Time tunes (and a few songs and spontaneous flatfooting) where I spent my time, a Bluegrass session with some amazing players, and a song session where the Ducks mostly hung out. The pub, who put on a beer festival for us, never stoppped serving and never threw us out - we usually left around 1am because we were knackered. The weather slowly improved over the weekend , till the last full day (monday) was perfect, and we jammed outside the hall all afternoon in the sunshine. I finished off with a trip to Bempton Cliffs at lunchtime today and watched V formations of gannets arriving across the North Sea, as well as a couple of Puffins, the forerunners of many. Very satisfying few days - and it's all free!
There'll be another one in September - I can't wait.
Cheers
Ray