Sunday is usually a day or rest and for once us showman were to enjoy a comparatively restful day.

Our Dolly was parked safely in the Underbank Rugby Club and we had been asked to wait until 11.30 am to collect her. Also we had already conquered the final hill of our Holmfirth adventure so as the saying goes it was all down hill from here and our final performance at The Bridge Hotel that evening would close the curtain on one the finest of vagabonding weeks.

Steve sorted us our with a Sunday fry up and a lift back up to the club and we agreed that we would all catch up with he and Lesley before we set off for home.

We arrived promptly and shunted us Dolly down hill for once into the bright lights of Holmfirth. The road was quite busy and we spent most of the journey in our own company void of many passers by other than fast cars. We spent our time talking about our next journey around lancashire and how we hope to vagabond together again next year.

Heading Holmfirth

We arrived and set up for the final performance.

A full house, hurrah!

Our show went very well and once more our applause lingered.

We are proud of our production and look forward to performing it for fresh audiences in Lancashire this August.

We were both tired at the end of the show and we packed away and listed the props, costumes and instruments. We slipped briefly into the last night party gig and mamboed a goodbye to our promotors and the organisers of Holmfirth festival.

Shake a leg!

Whilst thanking people I do have a list.

We are most grateful to Blaize who have produced this years vagabond show and look forward to plotting and planning next years shunts. Ellen Thorpe and Paula Horton work tirelesly backstage for Blaize researching and and applying for the money that makes the art happen and along with our own Janice Benson share every round of applause we receive out on the road.

http://www.blaize.uk.net

We need to thank Shaun (Blez) Blezard for all his assistance with technology and for his amazing photos that have and will help us promote our show in the future.

http://shaunblezard.net

Also to The Ashton Group in Barrow who very kindly gave us space to rehearse our show free of charge affording us more budget towards our design.

http://www.ashtongroup.co.uk

Jim Woodland who has both written some of the material and directed our show also shares our applause. Thanks Jim. I enjoyed it very much.

http://jimwoodlandsongs.wordpress.com

Holmfirth Festival and Arts Out West our promotors for the last few weeks of vagabonding along with Spot On Lancashire who we look forward to joining in August for more of the same.

http://www.spotonlancashire.co.uk
http://holmfirthartsfestival.co.uk
http://www.arts-out-west.co.uk

Good old Dolly and of course our partner and friend the grand master showman Maxim.

He’s a good runner!

A fine gig and joyous experience. Thank You!

Thank you all!

Dolly and me are about to embark on other adventures so please check my own website for the gig list.

http://garybridgens.wordpress.com/diary/

We will see you all in August when we Ramble On some more.

Ta for now.