Our visit to the Dog had it all - thunder, lightning and the first really torrential downpour of the summer.  Not to be deterred, members of Kemp's dripped in over the course of an hour and joined the heaving mass of holiday-makers in the bar.  The temperature and humidity rose to such a point that it was all but raining indoors and many chose the relative comfort of an umbrella outside.

As is so often the case, these sort of evenings are what you make of them; the crowd wanted to see some dancing, a brighter interlude approached from the West and we had a good number of dancers - so we set to dancing - to loud applause.  A single extended set rather than our more customary two short bursts sufficed.

Heading indoors as the rain made a determined reappearance, we made ready for a few tunes.... Only one thing could be more annoying than incessant rain and that is a drunk with a guitar; this one had been "entertaining"  continuously from before we arrived so presented a bit of a challenge.  We thought a quick blast of Princess Royal might encourage him to take it in turns but no, he just played louder.

Just as we reached that "sod it" moment and made for the door somebody must have nobbled him because it all went quiet...  well just a few tunes then.  The beer and sandwiches came out, the band played continuously until 11pm (at the request of the audience I hasten to add - nothing worse than a drunk with a melodeon is there?) and we had lots of friendly conversations with people enjoying their holidays.

All in all, a really enjoyable evening.  Many thanks to Geoff and Lorraine for their kind hospitality.

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