kids having fun at Shepley

Those were the days when my kids used to play like that
This band was very entertaining but it wasn't so good when the artistes were trying to do soundchecks in the nearby marquee

The village of Shepley is quite a pretty rural village not far from Holmfirth and the cricket club grounds was an ideal setting for the spawning of a brand new folk festival.
I worked my shifts on Friday and Saturday so on Sunday I decided to make a leisurely bus trip through the West Yorkshire countryside to see how it was fareing.
The first person I saw was a lady I know who stewards at lots of these festivals and before you knew it I had been roped into stewarding at Cleckheaton festival in July (I blogged about my camping trip there last year). The only thing is I don't have any more holiday time to put in at work and working Fridays and Saturdays could be tricky.Where there's a will there's a way though, maybe I can shift swaps or such like.
The ambience at the small festival was very pleasing even though most of the festival goers had gotten soaked through the day before due to the torrential rain. Sunday though was dry although a little overcast.
The afternoon concert took place inside a marquee which felt very warm indeed (cosy) although the artists on stage were feeling it more due to the array of lights beamed on them. The penultimate act was the Lisa knapp band who was suberb with her fiddle playing and haunting melodies so I was wondering if the headliner of this little concert could match her.
I wasn't disappointed though as 'Eliza Carthy and Saul Rose' were the relaxed professionals we have watched them grow into. I remember seeing Eliza when she was just a young teenager following her mother and father around to all their gigs, then later when she sported shocking pink/red hair in her early years of performing. Her northern wit is legendary and she and Saul bounced off each other effortlessly. I have never seen so much sweat pour from a performer (male flamenco dancers excepted) than what poured off Saul this muggy afternoon, you could have collected it in a bucket.
I overheard Eliza's mum Norma Waterson remark to him that he should work on getting himself fit instead of travelling up and down the country selling drugs I did a double take when I overheard this but then I realised that it seems he used to work for a legitimate pharmaceautical company as a salesperson..nice people all of them

Here is a photo and videoclip I took from my front row seat!LOL

btw, she looks more like her mother as the years go by, even their hairstyle is similar nowadays