July was a month packed with mischief and mayhem starting with Durham Miner’s Gala on pole duties for the Hatfield Brigade. This is always up there with my favourite days of the year, and thankfully, the forecast lightning storms stayed away…..nothing like being caught in one of those while hanging on to a rod sticking ten feet up in the air!

A cracking day was had by all.

Even if I do have to cling on to that banner for dear life every year…..

Opening for the great Mark Thomas as part of the ‘GET OFF YOUR ARSE!’ Festival organised by Commoners Choir, was a fantastic night, and massive respect to Boff and the team for pulling off a genuinely brilliant weekend I was so proud to be a part of.

Sadly, the same day was marred by the fascists marching here in Scarborough, and I spoke at the counter-demonstration before hitting the road.

The following weekend was all about Pauline Town, and the big WSO event organised to mark her birthday; a fantastic night which raised in excess of £3600 to keep those daily food parcels flowing from The Station.

We finished the night with a big ensemble ‘No Pasaran’, featuring a choir of comrades, duelling fiddles, and a room on its feet.

And I ended the month at Black Country Folk Festival, sharing a stage with Matt Johnson, Jess Silk, and Attila The Stockbroker in another rip-roaring collaboration to close my set.

A fantastic day all round.

Capped off with a photo I think sums up perfectly just how much fun I am having on the road this year.

We fight on. Always.