Summer Strum, Hoylake. July 2019
Summer Strum was great fun. It is a ukulele based music festival, done purely to raise money for charities in the Wirrall and Liverpool areas. It is also, unusually, free to enter. Each year Hoylake Rugby club provides its grounds, clubhouse and a load of volunteers to put this on, and it was superbly well run. Even though the majority of musicians, volunteers and visitors were my age group, it was most definitely a family occasion - although teenagers were conspicuous by their absence! Of course, there was the usual collection of food, drink and trinket stands, and the clubhouse bar was well frequented. There were no facilities (electric, water, toilet disposal etc) for motorhomes or caravans, but the field we were in gave us plenty of space. We made friends with the people in the two vans next to us - Brian and Mo in one, and Mike, Ann and a labradoodle called Gladys in the other. They all had recently taken up the ukulele. In this photo they are in the second row back nex