It's a mark perhaps of how little I'm dancing that the last thing I wrote about was the June Weekender at Southport. But it's a surprise to me that I'm writing anything at all.... I should first off point out that I am booked on the next Southport weekender in Spring 2018 - these are the only weekenders I do now and 2018 will be my tenth year. But I should also say even before I made the journey to the Fylde coast - I had decided that September 2017 was to be my last weekender. Years of weekenders have taken their toll - I was jaded and more than a little bit cautious of a future that contain fewer friendly faces, more poor floorcraft and a diminishing return in terms of music, dancing and clean and comfortable accommodation. All of those things were reinforced by my most recent visit - but my determination to ride this storm was tested and I came out the other side clearer where the value is. Some will ask why I don't stop banging my head against this wall, ...