All aboard for the 2007-2008 season, A showcase session at Cambridge FOlk Club

Rob and I have been back from holidays for a few weeks and getting back up to speed again. The early rehearsals revealed the benefits of a restful holiday and we had some lovely sessions. Occasionally, like pre-season friendlies for football teams, we also had a couple of clumsy sessions. But, we had our first outing since returning last night - a showcase session at Cambridge Folk Club. The feedback on our contribution to a typically varied and telanted Cambridge evening, was very good indeed. Ably looked after by Doc Roscoe, who is such a good sound technician, we were sandwiched in between George Breakfast, a very talented singer-songwriter obviously very well known and liked by the club members, and Grandpa George's Jumping Fleas, a very entertaining four-piece ukelele band.

We decided that we would focus on French songs and Asturian tunes, and they went down really well. This meant that we could introduce some new material St Martin D'Auray - from the singing of Marc Robine - When I Took My Horse to Water - from the singing of Gabriel Yacoub. We also played our new song, The Bite, about the British volunteers in the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. Later comments from audience members picked all of these out as highlights which is immensely gratifying. Again, the Cambridge Folk Club maintained its reputation in our eyes for quality music and a great welcome.

Post gig curry was then sought but our searches proved that, when searching a good Tarka Dall at close on midnight, if a restaurant is open, go there. Both of us thought we knew where a curry house was on the way home but then couldn't find it. A kindly waiter at a Baldock curry house couldn't persuade his chef to rustle something up - so, it was a slice of toast and marmite, then bed. Despite having a bladder like a camel, carrying two pints of Newcastle Brown all the way home made for a stressful last few miles.

The Cambridge evening and response has really encouraged both of us that we are going in the right direction - and we have had a verbal offer of a support slot in 2008 - and this has really energised us. Both of us have been working different new projects forward today.