On Sat 20th September a somewhat reduced team was guests of Windsor Morris, along with Ditchling Morris, for one of their days of dance. The day started with a visit to the Thames Valley Adventure Playground near Maidenhead for some dancing and a presentation of a cheque from Windsor to them. Next it was on to Marlow for an appearance at the Marlow Carnival in Higginson Park, the highlights of which local radio station Marlow FM were broadcasting live. However during the morris displays it was ‘back to the studio’ so that the local population could be spared the sound of a morris music in case it provoked riots in the streets. Before leaving the Carnival, Simon decided that he really needed to have a go on the Rodeo Bull ride. The ride operator’s eyes lit up at this prospect, and with Simon seated the bucking function was swiftly turned up to maximum, with some spectacular consequences…. Next was some dancing beside Marlow lock – and it’s always entertaining to see the looks on the faces of the unsuspecting crews as their boats rise in the lock to be greeted by 3 fine Cotswold morris teams rather than the usual gongoozlers. The dancing concluded with spots outside the George and Dragon near Marlow Bridge before heading back to the Shire Horse for welcome end of day refreshments.
