Seacroft Holiday Park, East Runton

Ginge was meant to coming with me on the gig, but he was stuck in bank holiday weekend traffic. So I set off and ran into traffic approaching Thetford. I was sufficiently thick that I elected to turn round and skirt round Thetford on country roads. Thereafter I had a good run to East Runton arriving at 6:30 as planned. This is a new gig for us - you have to check in at reception and they let you through a barrier. The club house is immediately on the left with access doors to the stage there. I had just got the door open when Dave arrived with Martin (Nigel pulled up a bit later). Dave was please to see I had my Foot Tappers T shirt on. The club house is new and very well fitted out. Got the gear in and set up with no problem. We don’t bother with soundchecks nowadays ‘cos it is not that professional. Mark Buller (the agent who was compering) arrived and started off his kids show. There were a few families in but it was by no means packed, however, Mark’s show went very well I thought. We were only doing two sets, so we started off with our slightly revised set 1 which now includes “How Long and Seasons of Gold” and it went pretty well. The medium sized crowd were very appreciative and we finished off with a request for “Wipe Out” which got Dave well lathered up! In the break we were talking to Rachel the site managers daughter who had learned to read drums and was interested in having a go – she also liked Martin’s hair; calling it African Sunset. After a break for Bingo, Mark called us back for the next set which we started with the Searchers medley. Then we brought on Rachel, who it turns out is a bit of a barefoot drummer, to play “Hey Baby”. Very entertaining but rhythmically challenging! Played out the rest of the hour picking and mixing between sets 2 and 3 and got a generally good reception. At the end Mark Buller came over and congratulated us on a much improved show, great harmonies and tighter sound; and talked about booking us in some better gigs. Got packed up and away in good time and was home (via Norwich) by 1:15am.