Govannen New Years Eve - Lord Nelson, Oakham

The Lord Nelson is a pub with dining on the sqaure in Oakham and is made up of a number of small rooms. We were playing in the biggest of these but it is still small so we squidged the 4 of us into the windowseat. We had played New Years here a couple of years ago and it was quite sedate. We set up early and had a couple of hours to kill before playing. There was a buffet so that helped with the time, and our agent and his wife were there so we chatted to them.
The crowd were much more up for dancing from the start and came in from the various rooms. We even did a few ceilidh dances in the small space. In the end all went very smoothly, despite Dan breaking 2 guitar strings :-)

At the enmd it all felt very much like the end of the school term for us - no Govannen gigs for a few weeks and generally quiet Jan & Feb as is usual. Got home at 2am for the first time in a long time, and quite buzzy so it was 3.30am by lights out so that kinda drove a train thru the next day but hey... Happy New Year...