Wow...

I've never been to IVFDF before, but having just got back from this years, I think I'll be going again. I had a *fantastic weekend*.

I arrived Friday in time to go to the bar with a couple of people from Rag morris before the main event kicked off. Friday nights ceilidh was with GloryStrokes 'Possibly the world's only traditional english metalcore dance band'. I've never heard them live before, it has to be said, they rock!!!!. It was an amazing evening. Not being very fit, and having had, erm, several pints, I was sweating buckets, and trying not to die of a heart attack like the old man I felt . Then it was back to our accommodation for a late night session.

Saturday I was out fiddling for Rag until 3ish, a good mix of sides, dancing and, it being morris, beer. After we had got changed and organised a group of us went off to a gig with 'Crucible' and 'Spiers and Boden' which I enjoyed. I wasn't sure about it in advance, but some of the other Rag people said good things, and they were right.. Another ceilidh Saturday evening. Not such a lively band this time, but none the less good. Being a little slower I was able to not feel quite so old. I must work on that . After that there was a gig by The Grinders' Misfortune Society. They were similar to GloryStrokes, but just a gig this time. Then off to the late night session until not much before the sun came up.

Sunday was very leisurely. There were a couple of workshops I wanted to go to, but by the time we had crawled out of our sleeping bags, got organised, and had a fry up, it was too late. We made it to the survivors ceilidh, some people were decidedly flagging by this point . It was a much slower affair, but good fun again.

I bought the GloryStrokes CD 'Industrial Revolution' and played it very loud in the car on the way home, I love it. It did make me realise that driving and stomping to the beat don't really work well together though

A fantastic weekend with a really great bunch of people.

Time for some sleep now I think