greg, thanks to a happy concatenation of events you can come after all... (prophesied by Nostradamus, of course!- "In the year when the long-lived Queen of the bows and the lion dies, and the five wanderers meet in line, then the red rose shall briefly outshine the white and the mountains be swallowed by the sea while great music is made by the people )

As interpreted by neo-structuralist scholars of the University of Port Sunlight this means that after the death of Elizabeth the Queen Mother (born Bowes-Lyon) and following the planetary alignment, Lancaster will dominate York while the Pennines (thanks to the efforts of a team of Dutch tunnellers) are temporarily moved east into the North Sea for the duration of the People's Voice Folk Festival. However you should be aware that a 12th century byelaw still permits the killing by longbow and arrow of any Welch, Southron, or infidel of Cheshire on the third Sunday of the month.

For some up to date information about the Festival visit the Cottingham-live website at www.hammonda.fsnet.co.uk PVFF