A terrific session in the Slop tonight with massed icing bags and lunatic fiddlers.

However, Uday has jacked the beer up 30p a pint, and has given us a week's notice to find a new home. He is rather conveniently diverting his 30ps, and complaining that he can't afford the £200 PEL.

So next week is the last Slop session for the foreseeable future. It would be braw to make it a big one, but perhaps we should all buy a half pint and nurse it all night. I don't see why we should line Uday's pockets when he's giving us the heave-ho.

The ayatollah is looking into moving the session to the Queen's in Barton, but that looks like a Monday night. I will make some enquiries at the Haven Inn, Barrow, where the new landpeople have shown interest. Ironically, that is where Uday moved from..........