With all this talk of Swine Flu (oink) I was a bit concerned to go feeling under the weather last week. It's just a cold, partly induced by a strained throat, if you really wanted to know! But I was a bit relieved when Thursday's gig at the Fenton was cancelled for reasons beyond our control. That show is now re-arranged for Thurs Aug 20th. As always see the myspace site for an upto date giglist.

That left us just one band gig last week on Friday up at the Moorlands in Ogden. It was a typical British summer's day. Yes, torrential rain all day with the wind whipping up over the moors. More like November I thought. I was quite surprised to see how many people had turned out to eat, drink and be entertained on such a filthy night. Things are going pretty well up there!

This was our second visit and followed on from the first with a good response, particularly towards the end of the night. Encours were taken, with more being asked for! I was then talked into doing just one more by a girl who was going to France the following day, and was yet to pack. Quite why this meant she wanted another song I'm not too sure, but it's always nice to be asked-for whatever reason!

With my throat well and truly knackered, it was a good job we weren't working the rest of the weekend. I was off to the Europeans at Northampton. It was another full action-packed weekend, with plenty of summer rain on Sunday. A tiring way to have fun, but you know I wouldn't let that stop me. Now for a bit of rest and hopefully some time to work on new songs (I couldn't obviously record any vocals last week). Then the band is out on Friday at The Hop in Wakefield, another venue becoming very popular for music.

See you next week, and don't let the swines get you down.