The Wharf, Welford

Dancing on a rather grey and damp evening - thank you if you watched - and among some motorcycles, as is usually the case at Welford.

The Star, Geddington

Always a good audience in Geddington, a lovely place near Kettering, and the home of perhaps the best surviving example of an Eleanor Cross, as well as a ford that the web editor and deputy squire could not resist driving through. We were delighted to be joined by Hips 'n' Haws, a clog dancing side from Northamptonshire, who joined us on our 20th anniversary tour last year. Photos above of the figures on the cross, of each side, and of a massed band of musicians from both sides who played for everyone to join Hips 'n' Haws in a dance.

The Dog and Gun, Walton

We were joined on a beautiful spring evening by the Coventry Morris Men. From top to bottom, Coventry dancing something that I forgot to note down, then dancing a sword dance while supplying the music themselves by humming and singing it. Then us through a cherry tree, and then us preparing to dance Beaux of London City (Badby).

Thanks to Coventry Morris Men for joining us. It is always good to dance with another side, to see dances we don't, along with dances we do but not done the same way.

The Swan, Braybrooke

First dance out of the year, a home match! One or two spectators, but plenty of dancers and musicians.

The Deputy Squire / Web Editor would like to apologise sincerely to the poor residents of the village whose driveway he blocked for the whole evening. He will look more carefully in future.

Plough Monday Feast 2010

It is our habit to have an evening on or near Plough Monday, with food and dancing. More pictures to follow, but here is one of this year's event, at the Coach and Horses, Lubenham, across the border in Leicestershire. Thanks to David West for the photo. Plough Monday, the first Monday after Twelfth Night, is an important date in the English tradition. See Ploughmonday.co.uk for more.

Late Night Shopping in Market Harborough (2)

Late Night Shopping in Market Harborough (1)

We started by dancing in the High Street outside the Congregational Church, hopefully not putting off too many people who were waiting for the next performance of the live nativity play, starring church members and friends, some sheep and a donkey. We then danced further along the High St., in Adam and Eve Street, and Church Street. Here are some photos.