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Mark lays to rest the ghost of missing a 1970s festival as he reaches the Isle of Wight.

Mark Wallington lays to rest the ghost of missing a 1970s festival as his tour reaches the Isle of Wight. Read by Hugh Dennis.

Read by Hugh Dennis

Feeling slightly out of place on his tour bus without a free pass, Mark Wallington meanders along the coast to Portsmouth and takes the ferry to Ryde. Having never quite got over missing the famous performance by Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970, he has some ghosts to lay to rest. But performing on his ukulele at the Sandown Tap puts a whole new perspective on life.


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Mark Wallington's humorous account of his ukulele tour of Great Britain

Mark Wallington's humorous account of his ukulele tour of Great Britain which tests to the limit the theory that it is impossible to hear a ukulele without smiling. Read by Hugh Dennis

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