New inn & millers arms

New Inn Clydach, Millers Arms Ynystawe

The side danced at both these excellent pubs, situated in northern Clydach & Ynystawe as part of our regular Thursday evening summer tours. Any notion that it was summer was dispelled by the grey clouds and chilly winds that greeted us when we arrived at the New Inn. However, the winds dropped, the temperatures started to rise and then hordes of midges (there are rivers by both pubs) descended to feed upon us in a frenzy. They got everywhere and Kevin our box player will probably remove a kilo of the little blighters that have been sucked into his melodeon!

Illness & holidays had afflicted some of the side, so our dance repertoire was limited to what everyone was happy & familiar with. Several people from the New Inn came out to watch us, they being forced out of the bar by the Landlord! We like this kind of positivity!

The Millers provided respite of sorts with fewer midges to bother us, but they were still there! We danced until it got dark and then retired to the bar for a bit of socialising in a midge free zone!