Here are some of the most useful and interesting links I've come across. Just run your cursor on to them and click. If you can recommend any others then please contact me and I'll include them in the list.

Breton Music, Song & Dance - All you need to know.....OK Desi, not quite all!

Sid Calderbank - Raconteur, singer and dance caller extraordinaire. In his own inimitable style!

John Chamber's Tune Library - It looks like it's not for the technicaly challenged but it's simple when you know what you want.

Concertina.net's Convert-A-matic - nothing to do with fiddles but the only online abc converter I know of.

Darlington Folk Music Weekend - A great way to spend a weekend.

An Appreciation of the Donegal Fiddle - just what it says on the tin!

The Duchy of Lancaster - Here's where to discover the origins of the County Palatine and Bona Vacantia.

The English Folk Dance and Song Society - What's happening nationally.

Fiddle On - The magazine for all your UK fiddle news and gossip.

The Fiddler - All the news and views from across The Pond.

The Fiddler's Companion - An amazing resource of fiddle tunes and information.

Fiddle Tunes of the Old Frontier -The Library of Congress, Henry Reed Collection.

Folk Archive Resource North East - FARNE - The traditional music resource from the North-East of England.

Folk and Roots - A UK guide to the folk and acoustic scene.

Folkus - The Folk Arts network of the North-West of England.

Fylde Folk festival - Now in its 35th year!

Google - Yes, this is really useful.

Google Maps - and this is really useful too. Ain't it the truth?

Gregson Lane Folk Club - What's happening locally.

Hobgoblin Music's website - 'an Aladdin's Cave of musical instruments.'

Andy Hornby's website - The great tunesmith from Lancaster and Winder family oracle.

The Internet Archive - If you can't find something here to interest you, check your pulse!

Klezmer Music - in a few words.

Lancashire Folk - What's happening around the county.

'Th'Deighn Layrocks' - The Larks of Dean.

M.B.C.C. - What's happening on your doorstep!

Mustrad - Musical Traditions internet magazine.

National Trust's Name finder - Discover your roots and your namesake's socio-economic status!

Tim Phillips - The maker of extraordinary fiddles (including mine).

John Playford - The English Dancing Master...plaine and easie.

Stephen Robinson - Clitheroe based maker and repairer of Violins, violas and cellos & re-hairer of bows.

The Session - For all the Irish tune enthusiasts.

James Scott Skinner - Aberdeen University's archive, a shrine for fiddle players everywhere.

Skype - Make free video/'phone calls (or enjoy a fiddle lesson!) using your PC and a broadband connection.

Richard Robinson's Tune Book - A great source of tunes from North-west England.

The Village Music Project - The online source of local manuscripts.

The Violin Shop - A good place for advice or a new instrument or accessories at Blackpool.

Chris Walshaw's ABC notation site - Everything you need to know direct from the inventor.