But, Dick, to what extent are you playing clubs which have always booked you in the past, and to what extent are you looking for new places to play in the UK? Perhaps the clubs that book you happen to be the strong ones. I bow to your greater experience, but there's a big difference between someone like you who made his career in the days when the club scene was strong, and someone like me who only tried recently. You're not a member of Britfolk, are you? I think others here who are will confirm that the view among most pros seems to be that there are indeed massively fewer guest clubs today than there were 20-30 years ago. I myself have counted the numbers that have closed and opened since 2000. My article was privately vetted by a small groups of friends who happen to be some of the bigger names on the folk scene. They agreed with the main thrust of my argument.