Na-mara at Redbourne Folk Club - Thursday 19th October 2006

Thursday night saw us out on the road again. This time it was just up the road from St. Albans to the Cricketers Arms in Redbourne for a singers night. Again, this was a wonderfully welcoming club and when they say singers night, they really mean it. Virtually everybody that showed up for the evening brought an instrument or two and 'did a turn'. It is amazing how much talent there is around. Redbourne is a small place and there was a lot of local talent on show. We had everything from the hammer dulcimer, to sprightly elderly ladies, to poetry reading - with hats.

Rob and I did pretty much the same set as in Reading and were pleased to be invited back onto the stage to finish the evening. Usually I don't drink until I've finished playing - the first folkie to go on a diet through not drinking - so, when we were asked back on, I had had a drop of the black stuff, but it didn't seem to impair anything. We added Willy Taylor to the set to finish with a bit of a bang.

Thanks to Robert Taylor and his son Ryan for coming along and supporting us.

Thankfully it was only a short journey home to find that bowl of Cruchy Nut cornflakes and bed.