2 days later a small but worthy team had a very pleasant evening dance out with Jackstraws and Customs and Exiles at The Alfred, Upper Hale, near Farnham. This was followed on Sunday 27th by a return to the Kirtlington Lamb Ale, an annual event which we had missed for the last few years. The day always starts early with quite a long procession from the edge of the village back to the church, for which this year, to our surprise, we found we had a full team. After a church service there is another procession back to the village school playground for a sweet ceremony featuring local children before various dance spots around the village. The day culminated with one dance from each of the visiting teams, and we know by now that Kirtlington’s Nigel will always insult us over the PA system during our dance. This year we made it easy for him by doing Coconuts, trying to ensure they got stuck or broken as much as possible. But as always an excellent day blessed with copious sunshine, despite the generally very poor weather throughout the rest of May.
