Miskin at Easter 2005

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Morticia
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 07:50 AM

well that's Idris and Lynne happy, Andy, wot you got for us plebs wot drink beer?

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: MBSLynne
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 08:25 AM

Is Thatchers ALL RIGHT??!!! I'd probably come to Miskin just for that even if I weren't coming for all the wonderful singing, music, laughing and friends!! It's the best! Even better than Old Rosie!

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Dave Earl
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 09:56 AM

Andy (Miskin Man),

What are you offering non cider drinkers.

It won't affect my attendance but to add to my anticipation I'd like to know what beer is going to be available.

One other question.

Will it be compatible whith choccy eggs?

Dave (can hardly wait) Earl

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Andy Jackson
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 10:50 AM

Hows this for a tentative list

Youngs Bitter,
Woodfordes Wherry
Charles Wells Bombadier
Highgate Foxes Nob,
Young's Special,
Brains Reverend James,
Batemans XXXB

Thatchers medium Cider   
Plus all the normal pub tipples of course

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Dave Earl
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 11:05 AM

That sounds great Andy.

I think a pint of each to start with and then decide what I prefer for the rest of the weekend.

Dave (working up a thirst)Earl

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: My guru always said
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 04:14 PM

For a tentative ale list that seems to have covered most tastes :-)

Miskin Man: Have you heard about the Grand Eliminator at Miskin for the Horizontal Award in the Alternative British Folk Awards 2005?

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: My guru always said
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 04:50 PM

Catters (& associated persons) so far:

Miskin Man
Eye Lander
Toby - Webmaster type fellow for Miskin
Scooby Doo
Zany Mouse
Cats & Jon Heslop
MBSLynne & el_punkoid_nouveau
Kitchenpiper & Jonny Dyer
Cllr & Champagne Carol
Phot
Morticia & Idris
my guru always said
PixieofDoom
Schantieman & Ms Lemon
Richard Atkins
GUEST,secretfriend
Essex Girl & Dave Bryant (hoorah)
Snuffy
Alanww & Sandy
Hawker
Mrs Duck & Geoff the Duck & Progeny (some with different names)
ShadyLady
Tradsinger
Splott Man & Pat Spoons
Breton Cap & Elizabeth
Duellingbouzoukis & Moonunit

And possibly these Catters too:

Pollysqueezebox
GUEST,MBS
Nigel Parsons
Linael
Georgiansilver
Leraud

So, any more for any more (apologies to anyone missed or misconstrued)? What a line-up!

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 06:27 PM

I'll be there

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Nessie
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 06:28 PM

Me too

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Morticia
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 06:55 PM

Phot and Pixie should be put as a together, Hils.........looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Snuffy
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 07:15 PM

Selchie - (RS) will also be there, and Abuwood and Steve

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Andy Jackson
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 07:20 PM

Ok, so I'll have to start calling it Mudcat at Easter now will I ?

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: alanww
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 07:35 PM

Wow, Andy! That's a bl** dy good selection of ales.
I am particularly looking forward to the Woodforde's Wherry and Sandy will certainly appreciate the Thatcher's Cider.
"Ale, ale, glorious ale ...!"
Alan

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: GUEST,MBSLynne
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 03:07 AM

And RAT-W and Seaking.

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Gervase
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 04:21 AM

N-J and meself will be there on the Sunday.

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: GUEST,vectis
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 10:08 AM

I'll be there with other half (well, other three quarters really).

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 02:53 PM

This just gets better and better.

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Dave4Guild
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 03:02 PM

Me and Brenda will be there.

A great weekend!!

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: BB
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 03:08 PM

I'll be there with Tom Brown - well, there's unusual!

Barbara

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Cllr
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 05:57 PM

Thats a lot of Mudcatter nearly fifty how many usaully attend the mudgathers?

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 06:50 PM

You will have to ask Morticia or Hilary for that one Cllr.

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 06:56 PM

Is this the birth of a new collective noun?

"A Mudgather of folkies..."

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Chris Green
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 07:45 PM

Surely "a bellow of folkies" would be more accurate? Moonunit and myself will also be there, BTW!

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: RobbieWilson
Date: 03 Mar 05 - 04:56 AM

See you al soon
love Robbie in Wolverhampton

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: GUEST,Seaking
Date: 03 Mar 05 - 06:49 AM

I shall indeed be there with both the Kinglets..

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: MBSLynne
Date: 03 Mar 05 - 06:58 AM

I'm glad you're going Robbie...looking forward to meeting you. Will you be bringing your offspring?

Ooooh isn't it getting exciting!!!

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Phot
Date: 03 Mar 05 - 12:32 PM

Pixie and I should be there about lunchtime on Friday, Mike get the beers in! MInes a pint of Woodfords, haven't had that since I left RAF Coltishall in 89! Looking foward to seeing you all there.

Wassail!!   Chris

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Dave Earl
Date: 03 Mar 05 - 03:37 PM

Andy,

Arriving Thursday (Aft/Eve)(for stewards briefing etc.)

When does the bar open?

Dave

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Andy Jackson
Date: 04 Mar 05 - 02:23 AM

Just to keep you all going for a couple more weeks I've at last uploaded a load of pictures from last year, non too incriminating I hope! Follow the link from the main page to report 2004.
Dave, the bar opens Midday Friday, by which time the beer will have settled well and need lots of testing.

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 04 Mar 05 - 11:45 AM

To all my old and new friends only 3 weeks to go before we will be drinking Nellies bar dry.

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: MBSLynne
Date: 04 Mar 05 - 01:59 PM

Can't see photos! It says "Not found" and "Error message 404".

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 04 Mar 05 - 02:04 PM

Lynne,
I have just checked it and it all works even seeing you dancing in the campsite.
Yas

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: MBSLynne
Date: 04 Mar 05 - 03:10 PM

Just tried it again and still get the same message... Is it my computer then?

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 04 Mar 05 - 03:23 PM

Lynne,
Did you use the link from the 28/feb which Andy put into this thread.
Andy has gone to Crediton so i cant ask him until he gets back.
Love Scooby.

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: MBSLynne
Date: 05 Mar 05 - 05:36 AM

No, I have Miskin web site bookmarked and went in that way, I think it's just my outdated software...Ted got it ok. Bugger!

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 05 Mar 05 - 07:15 AM

Glad you got there in the end Lynne,see you soon.
Love Scooby

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: MBSLynne
Date: 05 Mar 05 - 10:53 AM

Ok..so officially, Miskin starts on Friday? And presumably the programme starts on Friday too. If we arrive on Thursday, as we intend to.....what happens? What do we do to while away the time? And more important...what do we DRINK???

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 05 Mar 05 - 11:13 AM

Why dont you PM Andy or Jillie and they will tell you whats going to be happening Thursday.
Love,
Yas

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Dave Earl
Date: 05 Mar 05 - 11:47 AM

Lynne,

I imagine if not involved in the set-up we'll be off to the nearest pub.

Dave

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 05 Mar 05 - 11:51 AM

That is a 2 minute walk from the Mill,we use to have sessions there many years ago Dave.
Yas

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: MBSLynne
Date: 05 Mar 05 - 12:02 PM

Sounds good to me! And singing and music...?

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 05 Mar 05 - 12:10 PM

Well it use to but not sure now a days as it changed hands a few years ago,its where Miskin folk festival started in the early 90's as a pub session and grew to a weekend and then obviously out grew the pub to its present format in the Mill.
Yas

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 05 Mar 05 - 03:28 PM

I'm a definite attender, not just a possible. I've already volunteered to start off Thursday PM to help & then get in whenever I can make it. (Couple of church services intervene, and there's only one other tenor!)

Nigel

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 06 Mar 05 - 10:46 AM

We're arriving Thursday too and have offered our services to help but would be glad to share a pint or two over a song (is that the right way round?)

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: My guru always said
Date: 06 Mar 05 - 04:43 PM

Just back from Crediton *smile* & looking forward to Miskin!

For those going to Miskin on the Thursday, the Newport Folk Club is on, should be a Singers night. Don't think I'll get there till the Friday but I'm sure they'll welcome Miskinites with open arms.

Have been chatting to a few people about Mudcatters organising a raffle at Miskin this year. Apparently this used to happen (prizes were mostly Easter Eggs - eggcellent tradition!!) but I don't recall it happening in the past couple of years.

The Festival Crew are all up to their ears with lots of stuff to do, so I wondered if it was something we could sort out? Each bring something to put in, that sort of thing. Miskin's charity this year is the Road Rose Association ( www.roseroad.co.uk - web-page doesn't load for me at the moment), so it would be nice to raise some extra money for them.

What do you think?

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Andy Jackson
Date: 06 Mar 05 - 05:28 PM

How can I put this??
When the Miskin Arms changed hands some while ago it changed into a restaurant - with, effectively, a side bar. It was felt by the new management that folk music and the festival weekend itself were not appropriate to the new image. Because of this we have over the years honed our bar management skills to provide what we are now proud to think of as Real pub" within the Mill and left the Miskin Arms to the locals with whom we have established mutual respect.

In the past we have finished work at a reasonable time Thursday evening and then travelled down to the Newport Folk Club some 15 miles away. This year we have the use of the Mill from Thursday afternoon with the idea of being a bit more ready and less tired out come the start on Friday. Volunters are welcome by prior arrangement but we will not be ready to start the festival proper until midday Friday (when the licences come into force) I hate to see a thirsty man so bring a few cans or something suitable for thursday evening, if you are not popping over to Newport.
If you can't read between the lines please email or phone me for detailed arrangements.

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Splott Man
Date: 07 Mar 05 - 03:11 AM

Pat Spoons won't be there unfortunately, she'll be with Baggywrinkle at Lancaster (She's a busy little girl see). If music rather than song is your thing, there's a sesh (fiddles and stuff) at the Canton Hotel in Canton, Cardiff on Thursdays (about 11 miles, oh, and Andy, Newport club is 22 from Pat's house so it would be about the same from the Mill - ooh there's pedantic!).

I'll be running the Folk Club on Monday afternoon (at the Windsor Hotel as usual). I'll be winding up at about 5pm as I have a gig that evening, but the room is booked until stop-tap for those who want to carry on - but be warned, last year the pub booked a loud cabaret act in the room below in the evening, which made that part of the sesh difficult.

See you there,

Splott Man

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Davetnova
Date: 07 Mar 05 - 05:32 AM

Is there room for a very sober and well behaved Scotsman with a small van? My mother had a little bit of Welsh in her but as it was my dad we let him of.

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 07 Mar 05 - 05:38 AM

Why dont you go on to Miskin website which is above on this thread and contact Miskin Man.
There is a campsite about 500 yards away from the Mill,i am sure there be room.
Scooby

Subject: RE: Miskin at Easter 2005
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 07 Mar 05 - 05:41 AM

Looks like most of the people coming are catters.
This message is now 200,you missed it again Miskin Man.