I was the first person to arrive at our cottage near Lampeter for our songwriting retreat. It was sunny, and warm out of the breeze. I got myself some lunch and a glass of wine and sat outside enjoying the sunshine. Lovely.

They say write what you see, especially when you haven’t written for a while. All I could see was Blue Sky. It’s not the most original title, but I picked up my little travel guitar, and found a little bit of inspiration to get myself back in the groove.

Fellow retreater, and Homesongs4Lifer, Gary Carey arrived later that evening. He’d managed to get his car stuck in a ditch. A different kind of groove, you could say. So I’m curious to hear what his first song is about…