Emily, we are slowly coming out of the lockdown now, I cant wait for museums and art galleries to open in a few weeks time. Dont think there will be any hols abroad this year though, but we are going to london in june and there are even two shows on, socially distanced which I have got tickets for, so I am looking forward to them. Also going to a show at the royal court in Liverpool, called elen and rigby, a comedy full of scouse humour, great theatre, and always has a great atmosphere with interaction betwèen the actors and audience.

Mark, I have been dabbling with third for a while, but I am now starting to take it seriously, wish I had learned third position first, I find hitting the notes a lot more difficult than in first, but I will get there, once I start I am like a dog with a bone.

Greg that blue grass sounds brilliant, wish we had a group of people round here that were interested in violin, you are very lucky, hope you will post some blue grass tunes.

Mouse, intonation is more difficult for me, in third, and I think its because muscle memory is actually workking against me. Because the notes are very slightly closer together, I have to consciously think to alter them, which shows I have gotten lazy in listening to the actual notes, but I will get there with practice. You are correct about my wrist flexibility, when I concentrate on something like intonation I tend to seize up and start pressing to hard with my left hand and at the same time movement goes out the window in my right lol.