The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #26457   Message #319421
Posted By: Micca
15-Oct-00 - 06:40 PM
Thread Name: Post-Llanstock
Subject: RE: Post-Llanstock
Bill Sables, Llanfair, Jon Freeman, Bernard, Sam Pirt Gomez, Skipjack K8 TerryK, Linda Matson, Patrish, KingBrilliant, Catrin, Noreen Morticia, Eric the Viking, Micca, sian,west wales, dalek, Liz the Squeak, Manitas. I will post pics. to Pene Azul asap.

Well, what can I say, from the moment we walked into the Red Lion on Friday afternnon and met Bron, Bill Sables Patrish and Sam Pirt, until the moment we walked out of the Red Lion this afternoon at, co-incidentally, almost exactly the same time to come home, it is just a kaleidoscope of images sounds and impressions.
It has been said that it was like re-meeting friends after a short break, is SO TRUE.. there was no moment of hesitation, we KNEW each other straight away, the intros, were, necessary to fix names only, We knew each other already
Some of the highlights; Sam Pirts "show off piece" on the melodeon; Bill Sables Bron is TALL; the finest Scratch Celeidh band ever collected; the wonderful singing of everyone; Daleks playing and singing; and the Blues player;,who played and sang late Friday night!!!!! Bron singing and playing and Jim her SO playing Bass a lot..The Moment when Catrin realised how KingBrilliants name came about; Jon Freemans arrival like the Demon King wet and bedraggled out of the night clutching a banjo case and a camera; Sian west wales WONDERFUL cake and Cookiesand the beer was BEAUTIFUL…and all the people..…,.. and the terrible shock of meeting Bernard, who looks enough like me to be a blood relation and we know a lot of the same songs!!! SPOOKY,
I will draw a veil over the reported events in the caravan as I was not present and anything I say would be hearsay and Gossip.
Bron very craftily drafted me to be moderator in the singaround in the pub and in the hall to marshall the singing order and that materially contributed to me being less drunk then I might otherwise have achieved: Thus contributing to my general health and wellbeing in one fell swoop.
My sincere thanks to Bron and the locals at Llanfair Caereinon, to Buff, the landlady of the Red Lion for a truly memorable weekend.
I have provisionally booked my room for next October.