Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Diva Date: 02 Jul 07 - 02:26 PM In the very lovely and peaceful Scottish Borders |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: ad1943 Date: 02 Jul 07 - 04:22 AM I live in Baulkham Hills Sydney Australia Sydney is so central to everything. Do you know that you can catch a plane there and in 12 hours be somewhere interesting ! AD |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Splott Man Date: 02 Jul 07 - 04:10 AM Pontyclun, south Wales (pronounced Pont-a-clean). We've got quite a cluster of Catters here. I live 150yds from JudeL and Soup Dragon, within a stone's throw of Scooby Doo (hers is the house with all the broken windows), within cwtching distance of Dame Pattie Smith EPNS, and within shanty shouting distance of Dr Price. Oh, and good choice, Trubrit, I was born and raised in Dorking. Now, who remembers Dorking Folk Club in The Wheatsheaf, or even before that in the Surrey Yeoman? Splott Man |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: SharonA Date: 02 Jul 07 - 03:09 AM Well, what do you know -- I live about ten miles away from where Greg B. lives! However, I feel I must clarify some of Greg's description: Doylestown is only 26 miles north of center-city Philadelphia "as the crow flies" (but 40 or so miles as MapQuest's circuitous route makes the crow drive). Also, Bucks County does indeed border on the Delaware River, but Doylestown itself is not on the riverside. More importantly for historical accuracy's sake, I must point out that George Washington did not cross the Delaware River at its "southern terminus" (nor even at the southern terminus of Bucks County); he crossed 15 or so miles due east of Doylestown, at a location now known on both sides of the river (PA and NJ) as Washington Crossing, upstream from the Hessians in Trenton by about 10 miles (and over 100 miles upstream from where the river ends at Delaware Bay!); I have driven over the bridge at Washington Crossing many times so I know the place! Moreover, Washington did not make the crossing on "that famous Christmas Eve"; the crossing began during the late hours of Christmas Day, 1776, and was not completed until about 3:00 a.m. on December 26th, whereupon Washington and his troops marched downriver to fight and win the Battle of Trenton (which only took about an hour -- they were re-crossing the Delaware back into Pennsylvania by noon!). Greg is quite correct, though, in describing the area as very scenic with many a horse farm, and in describing Doylestown's revival. They've preserved many of its older buildings and created a nice night-life of activity there. Hey, Greg, have we seen each other at the open mike at Puck's? |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Susan A-R Date: 01 Jul 07 - 10:03 PM I live in Montpelier Vermont, New England, US, about 2 hours from Montreal CA (If the border isn't difficult) Montpelier is a great little town. It's two main distinctions are that it's the smallest US State capital (8,000 souls)) and it's the only state capital without a MacDonalds. Great food, great books, great movies, nice entertainment, and I can walk to all of it. there is white stuff, but tha's part of the charm, although April snow is a bit much. Mudcatters welcome on the futon, as long as you aren't allergic to cats. |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Bat Goddess Date: 01 Jul 07 - 01:19 PM Curmudgeon and I live in an owner-built post and beam house on 33 acres of trees and rock (south slope) in Nottingham, New Hampshire, USA. We're 40 minutes to Portsmouth and our home pub, The Press Room, about the same commute time to the Atlantic Ocean anywhere on New Hampshire's short 16 mile coastline. We're midway (uphill) between the Seacoast and the state capitol, Concord; about 90 miles from Boston, Massachusetts; and 75 miles from South Portland, Maine. (Hmm...about 35 miles from Barry Finn, 4 miles from Jeri.) I've only been here since 1981 -- Tom built the house in '76. He's the true Yankee; I'm a displaced Milwaukean. Nottingham has a population of about 4400 and the chief business in "downtown" Nottingham is a convenience store/gas station/pizza place called Liar's Paradise (from the optimistic fishermen who used to hang out on the benches out front). It also used to house the post office, but that spun off about 20 years ago into its own establishment which finally offered home delivery. Nottingham is also the home of Cedar Waters nudist camp. Cool Cravings, the local ice cream place on Rte. 4 (bumper sticker: "Pray for me, I drive Rte. 4"), sports a sign that says: Ice Cream Lobster Rolls Hot Dogs Loam & Gravel In 1722 the town was granted to 101 petitioners from Seacoast towns between Boston and Portsmouth who wanted to settle a tract of land north of Exeter. The petitioners asked that the town be named New Boston, but Governor Shute gave it the name Nottingham, in honor of Daniel Finch, second Earl of Nottingham. The Earl was a close friend of Colonial Governors Shute and Dudley of Massachusetts when New Hampshire was under that province's jurisdiction. The original grant was considerably larger than now, but Deerfield separated from Nottingham in 1766, and Northwood separated in 1773. If you check out Nottingham on satellite photos, almost all you see are trees -- and Pawtuckaway Lake. |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Catherine Jayne Date: 01 Jul 07 - 08:52 AM Still living in East London, but we are looking at other areas and adding them to our plan to move in the next few years, we don't really want Harry to go to the local schools. Having said that I'll keep buying the lottery ticket, you ever know our numbers might come up!!! |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 01 Jul 07 - 12:47 AM I remember putting my location in some sort of Yahoo map thingie a while ago... what happened to that? |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: TRUBRIT Date: 30 Jun 07 - 11:37 PM Sounds wonderful.......Tom and I own a small house in Dorking --we lived over there for five years through my job (at the time) --we look forward with great pleasure to living there half the year in about 8 years (Januayr through June -- it is too bloody cold to live in Maine January through March/April so our plans include leaving here around Jan 2 and returning when winter has finally done its worst... |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Surreysinger Date: 30 Jun 07 - 08:39 AM Guildford, Surrey, UK. I live in the middle of the town, within 5 minutes walk of bus and railway stations, the town centre and High Street with it's setts (often wrongly referred to as cobblestones) and Guildhall and clock, two theatres and all the necessary amenities - with Surrey countryside all within easy reach, and London 40 minutes train ride away. For the last ten years, the Electric Voices organisation (run by Lawrence Heath) has been providing high quality folk entertainment for the town and its area, and has now branched out to Cranleigh and Farnham as well as Godalming where the borough hall barn dances have been going on for over 30 years. We now also have our own club in the centre of the town. I was born here xxx years ago, and with the exception of a couple of moves to Farnham and Dorking following my Dad's work in the Fire Brigade around when I was in my teens, and three years at University in Aberystwyth, have lived here all of my life. |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: skarpi Date: 30 Jun 07 - 05:30 AM I live where the Ice, Fire and water are . In the N-Atlantic , the land belongs to two condenence both Eroupe and America, we black desert, biggest clacier in Eruope a very big valcano witch is about to go up anytime now , I live where our forfather and mother took land after they left their home, Norway , they sailed across the sea and took land here on this Island , they called it ICELAND so they could be left alone from others the land of Fire and Ice , the land of Brennivin and Rotten shark ( Brennivin is an alcahol made in Iceland ) and also known as Black death . So if you are interested to visit we have in the summer time , for exsamble Vikingfestival in June its a around the solstice and we a folk festival in the North of Iceland in July around 4-7th . We have a big Festival in Vestmann Island first weekend in Agust there are usally about 12-15000 thousand people there , very special one , we have also in Agust a gay pride weekend , we have in September a Light night and thats something special too. So from the North all the best Skarpi Iceland. |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: GUEST,Peter Woodruff, AKA wdyat12 Date: 29 Jun 07 - 05:28 PM Maggie and I live at Whitmore's Landing on Arrowsic Island in Maine. The Town of Arrowsic is the first and only Maine town so far to vote to end Bush's oil war of choice. Some of us are going down to Kennebunkport on Sunday for the Peoples Summit to Impeach. We will march to the checkpoint on the road to Walker's Point to show Bush and Putin our outrage. Peter |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Rowan Date: 28 Jun 07 - 11:31 PM On ~150 acres of bush that's never been cleared, nor even grazed since 1980. There's a bit of creek (usually flowing at 3 teaspoons/month), a bit of tall Eucalypt forest (E. macrorrhyncha, E. melliodora, Angophora and a few others), a bit of tea tree (Leptospermum lanigerum) scrub, a bit of relict native pasture, a bit of rock (the contact zone between the granite batholith and the overlying metamorphosed sedimentary stuff), a bit of flat and a bit of steep. The top is at 1000m ASL and there's no part you can stand on and see all of it. Quite a few gliders and native birds (no currawongs, thankfully) and a resident mob of macropods (a couple of Swamp wallabies, a couple of of wallaroos and a variable number of the inevitable Eastern Greys) that clutter up the half kilometre of driveway before I hit the road to town (usually Armidale) about half an hour's drive away. Armidale is where the more famous (and original) UNE is located, has 25,000 people, a good Art Museum, and more decent entertainments than most Oz country towns twice its size. Cheers, Rowan |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Rustic Rebel Date: 28 Jun 07 - 10:44 PM I'm in Northern Minnesota,US. I have an 80 acre farm in the woods with ponds, hills, small amount of wild flower pasture and trees!! Rapaire, I say trees!! Trees to hug, climb, feed the beaver, fall on power lines, fall on the road, fall on the trails, trees to house flying squirrls and spatulas I have pine and oak, asp and ash, maple (Oh, sweeeet maple), elm and ironwood, popple and birch, basswood and apple!! TREES!!! Oh- and the deer are bringing their fawns around, while the wolves chase them through the garden and trample the cabbage and carrots that feeds the rabbits and woodchucks, that the hawk, owl and eagle swoop down upon and capture therefore saving my cabbage and carrots........... |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Naemanson Date: 28 Jun 07 - 08:38 AM Trust me Megan, it's warm enough. The record low temperature was around 71 degrees F. The standard weather forecast here consists of variations on the theme that includes; "partly cloudy", "chance of rain", and "temperatures in the 80s (F)". The sea is blue with shades of green and sometimes gray. The water is clear as crystal and the fish and corals come in every shade you can imagine including the neon colors. Coldest water temperature I've seen here was also in the 70s F. I'm going kayaking on Sunday. Anyone interested? By the way, average airplane ticket cost from the east coast of the USA is around $2,000. |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: HouseCat Date: 27 Jun 07 - 11:25 AM Yes, BWL, we were there last July and it's just not the same place since Ivan. We made the trek out to Ft. Pickens on foot and nearly perished from the heat but I had to get a look at the dear old place. HC |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 27 Jun 07 - 10:05 AM HouseCat - I live about 40 miles or so from Cantonment. If you go north from Cantoment on US 29, you come to the town of Century, almost on the Alabama border. I live about 25 miles east of Century. I used to catch a lot of fish on the pier at Ft. Pickens. Unfortunately, the road to the park was destroyed by Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and they're still haggling over engineering proposals to build a more hurricane resistant type of road. They don't want to just rebuild the road as it was because it's been wiped out several times before and the consensus is that doing so would be throwing good money after bad. Only pedestrians and boats can get out there right now. |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: bubblyrat Date: 27 Jun 07 - 08:52 AM Near to St. Mary"s Church by the bridge in Henley-on-Thames.Lots of noise and traffic, sadly, but I was born here and I love it !! Anyway, the surrounding countryside is beautiful, and the nearby villages of Bix, Rotherfield Greys and Highmoor are delightful !! At the moment, "Swan Upping " is taking place, and all the swans in Henley are being captured and taken down to Windsor, so that the course will be clear for next week"s Royal Regatta ! Although the river is in spate a bit now, after all the rain we"ve had---could be exciting this year !! |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: pirandello Date: 27 Jun 07 - 08:04 AM I'm in Exeter in the county of Devon in south-west England. About 40 miles down the road is Plymouth from where a bunch of people sailed to invent America. I live on a hill on the north side of town and I can see the foothills of Dartmoor from my living room. Behind my house are fields and woods with deer, pheasant and foxes among other things. Exeter once had a beautiful and ancient city centre containing many historically valuable buildings; then Hitler decided to redesign it with the help of several Heinkel bombers. There's been a resurgence of live music recently though mostly of the rock variety but there are several pubs in the surrounding villages which host acoustic music(so I'm told although I've yet to find them!). It rains a lot. Andrew |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Scooby Doo Date: 27 Jun 07 - 06:33 AM Megan, I am up in Port Patrick next year.But i will try one day to do the Orkneys. Kind Regards. Scooby |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Megan L Date: 27 Jun 07 - 02:52 AM Nah Naemanson the next step is i buy an atlas :) then i can check if its warm enough to visit ;) |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Naemanson Date: 27 Jun 07 - 02:44 AM I suppose the next step is to start visiting. You're all welcome here in Guam.... Gotta pay your own airfare though. |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Naemanson Date: 27 Jun 07 - 02:40 AM Becca72, I used to live in Biddeford. I went to college at UNE back when it was Saint Francis College. |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Mickey191 Date: 26 Jun 07 - 06:09 PM Mid-Hudson Valley, N.Y.S. - Dutchess County. Beautiful scenic hills & many lovely horse farms. George Washington did indeed stay at the Old Drover's Inn. FDR had his home in Hyde Park-Now a National Historic Site, along with the Vanderbilt Mansion. We are about 7 miles from NW Conn. border and in about 1 1/2 hrs. one can arrive at Grand Central Station. Alot of history here-I love it. |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Megan L Date: 26 Jun 07 - 04:27 PM It a lovely place try get across next time scooby |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Scooby Doo Date: 26 Jun 07 - 04:25 PM I was up near the Orkney Isles early this year at John O'Groats. Scooby. |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Megan L Date: 26 Jun 07 - 04:23 PM On Orkney Scotland |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Bill D Date: 26 Jun 07 - 03:39 PM ...about 2 miles S.E. of Donuel. |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Scooby Doo Date: 26 Jun 07 - 03:31 PM |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Greg B Date: 26 Jun 07 - 03:26 PM Doylestown, PA. County seat of Bucks county, about 40 miles as the crow flies North of Philadelphia. We border a very scenic section of the Delaware river, the southern terminus of which is where George Washington crossed over that famous Christmas Eve to 'put brise up yon Hessians an toin da tide a da war.' Doylestown is a 'Renaissance' town typical of a small-town America that died and then came back to life with very nice restaurants, pubs, and shops, all within walking distance of my front door. On the other hand, drive 4 miles the other way and I'm on my friend's horse-farm (where I actually need to be in about an hour to tend to a thoroughbred and a rocky mountain horse's evening needs and to have them generally nudge me around and snuffle me). Pretty nice spot. |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Becca72 Date: 26 Jun 07 - 01:11 PM Biddeford, Maine, about 15 miles south of Kendall, Jacqui, Trubrit and Ranger 1. If you use Don Firth's envelope we're where you'd put the stamp. :-) |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: jacqui.c Date: 26 Jun 07 - 12:04 PM Art - we do have that white stuff but it is still a bit of a novelty to me right now. Thing is, unlike the UK, the system is set up for it here and the roads get cleared pretty fast. Kendall has a snow blower that takes care of the drive so we can get in and out. You just need to make sure that you're dressed for the weather. I'll tell you - after a snowstorm, when the sky is brilliant blue and the sun is shining it's a real joy to be alive. |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: HouseCat Date: 26 Jun 07 - 11:58 AM Bee-dubya-ell, are you close to Cantonement? I know the Pensacola area well, we camped out at Ft. Pickens every summer of my childhood and beyond. It was paradise for a kid in those days, we rode bikes all over Santa Rosa Island and rambled around in the old forts and batteries. |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: The PA Date: 26 Jun 07 - 06:34 AM Cats you are so, so lucky. That is exactly where we have always wanted to live. We go to Cornwall every year for our holidays (too many years to remember) and every year without fail we take a detour on the way home across Bodmin Moor, looking out for our perfect home. We are in soggie Worcestershire and all in all its pretty nice here. |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: polaitaly Date: 26 Jun 07 - 03:31 AM Bainbo, I think you make a good choice coming here by train - the traffic in Firenze is...well I can't even begin to explain how awful is. (The town centre in closed to cars, but there is traffic the same. Mistery.) If I were you, I'd tour the town walking (the ancient part not too large) but, if you have enough time, I'd rent a car for the countryside. Not Chianti: it's very beautiful but really, really too touristic. Try Val D'Orcia, on the road from Florence to Siena: it's simply incredible. Anyway, you can PM me and I'll try to give you more informations. ciao paola |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: SharonA Date: 26 Jun 07 - 02:56 AM I live about an hour away from Mudcat Central, in southeastern Pennsylvania (the Philadelphia area). |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Bee-dubya-ell Date: 25 Jun 07 - 11:03 PM I live in a small cabin my wife and I built on eight acres of trees and wild blueberry bushes. It's located in rural northern Santa Rosa County, in the Florida panhandle, just a few miles south of the Florida/Alabama border. The nearest city of which you may have heard is Pensacola, which is about an hour's drive to the southwest of here. |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Beer Date: 25 Jun 07 - 10:19 PM I have lived in Quebec Canada since 1967 but I don't call it home. Beer (adrien) Good thread |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Donuel Date: 25 Jun 07 - 12:23 PM suburbia by the 30 mile long rock creek park that goes to Washingtom DC |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Midchuck Date: 25 Jun 07 - 12:19 PM Pittsford, Vermont, US. West side of VT about halfway up. We live right on US 7, but back a little ways across a narrow green, in the middle of the village. Ours is one of the first few houses built in the village, and therefore on the highest ground, which is nice when we get really wet weather. Our colonial ancestors weren't really that dumb. Peter |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: redsnapper Date: 25 Jun 07 - 12:09 PM Indeed ScoobyDoo, Andy will be sorely missed this year! RS |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Folkiedave Date: 25 Jun 07 - 12:04 PM I live in Sheffield - home of the "Sheffield Carols" which is in fact a misnomer because similar carols happen elsewhere. I have a wonderful view up the Loxley Valley and at the top on the second horizon there is the Royal Hotel, a great carolling hole as it is known. About 3 miles. |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Scooby Doo Date: 25 Jun 07 - 12:03 PM Redsnapper. You must be disappointed that Andy is not in Wimbledon this year?. Scooby |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: redsnapper Date: 25 Jun 07 - 11:59 AM Dunblane, Scotland |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: HouseCat Date: 25 Jun 07 - 11:58 AM Homewood, Alabama, a pretty little town near Birmingham in the Oxmoor Valley. Home to one of the few American concertina makers (Bob Tedrow at Homewood Musical Instruments) and Dale from Chiff and Fipple lives nearby (for those whistle players out there). |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Rapparee Date: 25 Jun 07 - 11:57 AM Art, I saw a whole bunch of roadrunners on my way to work. Danged near hit some 'em -- those joggers should stay on the sidewalks during rush hour! |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Scooby Doo Date: 25 Jun 07 - 11:52 AM We got the same problem here in Wales only one working mine which is in Hirwaun and thats due to close soon. Have you heard Calennig sing When the coal comes from the Rhondda its worth listening too as they name every pit that is closed now. Scooby. |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: Bainbo Date: 25 Jun 07 - 09:54 AM I'm in a former mining town on coast of County Durham, north east England. When I first moved here from Lancashire in 1979 it was a town of about 25,000 people, and had THREE working coal mines. You can imagine the effect that Thatcher's programme of pit closures during the 80s had. It's getting back on its feet again now, with smart housing, new shops planned, and small factories and call centres. Hay, Paola - we're planning to visit Firenze, back end of September (hoping to get there by train from the UK). Apart from the obvious tourist sights, is there anything we should do or see? Any music going on? Ciao! |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: artbrooks Date: 25 Jun 07 - 09:54 AM Yeah, Jacqui...but don't you also get that nasty cold white stuff in the winter? Saw two roadrunners yesterday. |
Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live. From: jacqui.c Date: 25 Jun 07 - 09:24 AM I'm in Scarborough, Maine, just about fifteen minutes away from Ranger1 and TRUBRIT. I agree with TRUBRIT - outside of England this place is definitely the best! A quarter hour drive takes me to a beautiful beach and we, like Ebbie, have lots of trees as well. We occasionally get deer in the yard and wild turkeys. Chipmunks and red squirrels come to feed on sunflower seeds that Kendall puts in the window boxes. |