For those who don't know the area, it might be explained that The North Pole, at which, weather permitting, a singing session will take place on 12th February, is a pub at Drumfries, roughly mid-way between Buncrana and Clonmany (Inishowen, Donegal) - it is housed in a converted railway station building. A petrol station a couple of miles to the north of Buncrana advertises itself as the last chance for fuel and provisions before the north pole!