Well visiting clubs in different counties provides you with experience to some degree, Raggytash,
but does not alter the fact there are a lot less guest booking clubs, particularly weekly booking guest clubs than there used to be. I regard that as not a healthy sign..
I would base my argument on this phenomenon, resident singers and floor singers appear to try harder when there is a respected national guest,such as Carthy, NicDow Wilsons JohnKirkpatrick,PeteCoe conversely singers clubs that allow many unpractised paper plonking practitioners seem to drive away practised performers