As promised, this blog is minimal. Here's one of the things that the brilliant Karen Street and I have been quietly working on. . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo3udoNYbFs&feature=youtu.be We hope you have a rather splendid Yuletide and look forward to seeing...

  Well! This is an action packed edition and I promise the next one will be minimal! (Photo by Lasse Nordin - several years ago but kindly sent it recently) Guess where I have been? . . with my Dad on a dancing weekend to Blackpool!! We found where Blackpool rock is...

  HI all, Lots happening at the moment, yet I need to be brief (don't fall off your stools). . . First of all. many thanks to saxophonist Andy Tweed who sent me this link - do read it and send in your suggestions! I assume by 'accordion songs' they also allow tunes? I...

  Hello! (Footsie Steve with his homegrown pumpkin) They say a picture paints a thousand words so this natter is more pictures for a change. . . I love this time of year! The colours, the light, the air. . . . . Apologies for a few mistakes on the last blog - the...

  Hello out there! Did you know that yesterday was the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings?! I used to live in Hastings and am rather fond of the place, from the sessions at the Wellington I used to have with Barry Dransfield, Dave Roberts and Chris Fyfe to gazing...

  Well now! I've had such a lovely week and am now parked in Sandown, Isle of Wight. I may not live here (IOW) now, but my visits are becoming residential and I've already had a plodge on Sandown beach. As Philip Hoare says. '...it is never not beautiful here'....