The Tree inn Folk Club in Stratton, near Bude. It hasn't existed for many years now, but the baton was passed on in the form of tune sessions at The Tree that still go on to this day. Without that club, with John and Cheryl Maughan at the helm, I would never have played music at all. I was too old to start, knew hardly any tunes and was pretty awful at times, but they relentlessly encouraged me and I never looked back.