Being Friday the Twenty-sixth Day of April, 2019 ...

David, he of the hand-made harp, educated us ...

The theme-tune to this well-remembered TV cartoon is actually entitled Trumpet Hornpipe.
Like those Pugwash stories, the notion of the hornpipe having any maritime authenticity is entirely fictional.

Being Friday the Fifth day of April, 2019 ...

And we are still all Europeans!

Our club is very blessed to regularly play host to the most accomplished melodion player on the south coast ...

Oh, and Elizabeth is pretty impressive on her flute too.

Being Friday the Twenty-ninth day of March, 2019 ...

Being also the day on which we did not Brexit.

Roger was unrepentant ...

Mike invited us to take a transatlantic voyage with Saint Brendan on a fragile vessel ...

There's an island.
Oh. no it's a whale!

Being Friday the Twenty-Second Day of March, 2019 ...

Being also 2 days after the spring equinox, there were songs about flowers ...

We missed Mike who was holidaying in Madeira.
Here's an image he sent ...

The top half was alright but the rest was a fish!

There were a couple of obscure wines ...

Isn't that a posh name for cider?

Angela was required to explain the term 'wherry' ...

As he rode her over to Farringdon Fair.

We departed in hopes for the morrow ...

... dawn will bathe the sky.