Letty, thanks for your exhausting - sorry, exhaustive report! All I can add is that minidiscs cost twice as much in Holland as in Germany, that our (that is Herma, Wolfgang and me) Chinese meal on Saturday night fully met our expectations - it was great - and that Groningen is a lovely and lively city. I'd love to come back some day - but with you moving to Ireland I may be tempted to go and see you there ...

Herma, take a holiday, come and see me and let's practise a few songs for the next gathering! (Which will no doubt be swamped by Yorkshire Mudcatters, so we'll need to do something!)

BTW, what make is that polo shirt? I think I've got all the red ones I own, but still ... Does it have a tiny Canadian flag stuck to the collar?