This year’s Aldbury Morris Men’s
annual weekend away was centred at the lovely market town of Stamford in
Lincolnshire. We stayed at the Candlesticks hotel and after a long journey up
on the Friday evening we met them at the Bull & Swan where they had a jam
session.
The tour proper started on Saturday with
a dance out in Stamford with representatives from the intriguing Goth/Steampunk
looking Hemlock Morris side. Then we ventured on to Empingham a quaint hamlet
(with nice pub) and then to Uppingham for lunch at another drinking
establishment. In the afternoon it was onto Charters Bar at Peterborough before
heading back to Stamford. The evening was a meal in the vaulted cellar at Candlesticks
and another musical session.
On Sunday morning we were at our own
devices and so we visited the grand dovecot and barn at Willington before
joining up with the Aldbury and Hemlock sides at Great Baford where they danced
by the riverside.
As an added treat we witnessed several
historic planes fly over including the last flying Vulcan bomber on its final
flying tour of the UK.
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