Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!

Subject: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Mr Happy
Date: 01 Apr 06 - 08:17 PM

Latest News!

Mr Happy & Fiends at Easter will be venturing off to 3 Stags Heads, Wardlow Mires, Derbyshire.

Its a DIY do- bring yerselves, yer tents, vans, caravans, voices,instruments & kitchen sink!

Session/Sinaround Thur nite/Fri nite/Sat afternoon & evening/Sun afternoon & evening - either in pub or on campsite weather permitting.

Camping #1.50p per nite. Luvly food in 3 Stags + all day breakfasts in cafe opp pub.

Campsite facilities include cold water tap!!


Cold water washbasin!!


& cold water WC - not to be missed!!!


All welcome - come on down - it'll be brill!!

venue 3 Stags Heads, here:


http://www.greatbeer.co.uk/derthst.htm

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Mr Happy
Date: 01 Apr 06 - 08:18 PM

ALSO GREAT REAL ALES!:


MATINS;3 PER CENT

ABSOLUTION: 6 PER CENT


BLACK LURCHER: wait for it - 8 PER CENT!! - Best supped wi' lots watter while sat down!!!

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Mr Happy
Date: 04 Apr 06 - 05:49 PM

here's how to get there!


http://www.greatbeer.co.uk/derthst.htm

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Mr Happy
Date: 05 Apr 06 - 12:30 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: HuwG
Date: 05 Apr 06 - 04:08 PM

Probably can't make it (work committments); but best wishes to you and your "fiends".

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Paul Burke
Date: 06 Apr 06 - 03:36 AM

When's Easter this year? Is it 16th or 23rd? If the former, I'll go for it, otherwise I'll be on the boat.

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Purple Foxx
Date: 06 Apr 06 - 03:40 AM

It's the 16th this year.

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: mandotim
Date: 08 Apr 06 - 12:21 PM

Hi! One half of Bit on the Side will be there (i.e. me) plus assorted family. Geoff can't make it as Easter is heavy duty work time for him. See you and the fiends there!
Tim from Bit on the Side

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Mr Happy
Date: 09 Apr 06 - 06:13 AM

Splendid news Tim!

Its possible that in addition to musing, sining, drinking, & cavorting; there'll be opportunities for the more fit individuals to do some hiking [or rambling - depending on how much brew you had night before!], in the picturesque hills surrounding the campsite.

Mrs Happy & fiends are keen on wearing their legs out most weekends, trogging uphill & down dale in all weathers, & she's bought a map of the area yeasterday.

So if anyone feels the need of some self torture in this pursuit, feel free to join them.

While these extra muriel activities are taking place, myself & the all sining & musing party will be carousing in the pub or on campsite if weather's fine - if not fine in Mr Happy's session tent[loitering within tent?]

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Mr Happy
Date: 09 Apr 06 - 04:17 PM

more & more joining Easter concert party!

up to now, those attending
3 Stags Heads, Wardlow,Derbs. get-2-gether are:

MrHappy: multi-instrumentalist & siner

Mr Happy's Fiends: Belfast Jim + Cindy: also multi-instrumentalists & siners


Mrs Happy+ Ramblin' Sally + Roamin' Barbra
[walkers + percussion trio:'Scrambled Eggs']

Carol O'Campervan + Partner [Mystery gusts!]


Francis de Manchester; Banjoist Extraordinaire!

Mancot Marylin: Flauting herself, sining & plucking


Mad O'Tim & Kinfolk: Reservoir Cats & multi-instrumentalism.

maybe Mr Burke, if he's not boating!

Room for more!

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: mandotim
Date: 10 Apr 06 - 05:36 AM

We'll probably get there Saturday pm and stay until Monday. Save us some space for the Giant Caravan!
Tim from Bit on the Side

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: mandotim
Date: 10 Apr 06 - 08:29 PM

There's a distinct possibility that some of the reprobates from the Wilkes Head session in Leek may be coming. Siners,musers and muttly intimentalists all.
Tim from Bit on the Side

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Mr Happy
Date: 11 Apr 06 - 05:43 AM

Crumbs!

Will the pub be big enough?

Shall I bring a marquee??

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Mr Happy
Date: 11 Apr 06 - 09:28 AM

they're rolling in thick & fast now!

2 blind fiends who're also sinin musos [flute,recorders, guitars]are coming.

both have a terrific swallow, so I'll advise Jeff the landlord to make sure he's got plenty 'Lurcher' in the cellar!

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Mr Happy
Date: 11 Apr 06 - 08:20 PM

Last [maybe?] but not least: SAKURA THE FOLK KITTEN!

She did maybe a dozen FF's in 05 & was a sensation! [& real babe puller! - (oh if only I'd bin on me own!)}

Well she's a bigger girl now - but still attractive to all + sundry.

[& Sundry to Saturdry too1]

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Mr Happy
Date: 12 Apr 06 - 07:49 PM

only one more day to survive 'til Good Friday!

I'm/we're all excited!

We're popping in to Cat & Fiddle on the way, then hope to arrive 3 Sags around 3ish Friday afternoon.

Hope to see lots've catters, musos, siners, & audients there.

Weather's 'sposed to be good & warmish, so some outdoor seshes should be ok.

Chow!

Mr H

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Paul Burke
Date: 13 Apr 06 - 03:46 AM

Kelvin the fiddler said he's coming over for Friday night.

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: GUEST,John J
Date: 13 Apr 06 - 04:08 PM

Can we come too? (With v small caravan).

Looking to arrive Saturday mid to late morning, leaving Sunday morning.

John

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Emma B
Date: 13 Apr 06 - 04:11 PM

Will be visiting Sheffield - hope to see you all again sometime over the w'end - didn't it snow last year?

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Mr Happy
Date: 13 Apr 06 - 07:57 PM

John J & All & Sundry,

By all means!

All most Welcome!

Bring instruments, voices, & your very good company!

Should be a WHIZ!

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Mr Happy
Date: 13 Apr 06 - 09:21 PM

hope to be on route 1pm ish.

Plan to pop in Cat & Fiddle on way http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_and_Fiddle_Inn should be there between 2pm-3pm,
have a quick swill & meet up with miscellaneous transigent folkies, then travel in 'convoy' down to Wardlow, so as to arrive en masse & be able to all camp close by each other.

[less distance to stagger for sinarounds]!

Hope to meet plenty mystery gusts in process!

Ayee-caramba, can't wait!

Yippee!

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Tyke
Date: 14 Apr 06 - 02:47 PM

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Kosmo
Date: 14 Apr 06 - 05:37 PM

Sounds fab. The rents' will be on their way tommorrow ...
Followed swiftly by a caravan!
Hoorah!
While the cats away the mice shall use the flap.
Ooh the excitement!
x

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Tally Ho Man
Date: 16 Apr 06 - 01:27 PM

Jan and I enjoyed your company at the 3 Stags Head as much as the beer.

Mmmmmm! Must practice more!!

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: mandotim
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 07:46 AM

Now that was what I call a bit of a do! Had a great time, big thanks to Mr Happy and all the Fiends.
Tim from Bit on the Side

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: John J
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 12:22 PM

I'd certainly go again, it was a very pleasant do indeed....just a shame we could only stop the one night. Mind you, I'm not sure if my liver could stand prolonged exposure that excellent ale.

Thanks for organising it.

John

PS: I'm going to have a whip-round for a Vent-Axia next time....my lungs are still suffering!

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Emma B
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 12:28 PM

Smashing w'end all. The bunny cooked in chocolate sauce on Saturday night was pretty good too.
Just playing your CD Tim - thanks for the b'fast tea

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: GUEST,Georgie & Jed (Eranim)
Date: 17 Apr 06 - 03:24 PM

...this Mudcat thing looks great! Thanks all for a lovely evening - wish we'd arrived a day earlier! Good to meet you Mr Happy and nice to have time for a conversation Tim - hope we can get together again soon...you'll be very welcome at our Ashover session at the Old Poets (every Tuesday), but then it's a nice ride to Chester too! Cheers, Georgie & Jed

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Paul Burke
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 06:45 AM

Jolly do, sorry I could only make a couple of sessions in the end.

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Mr Happy
Date: 18 Apr 06 - 07:13 AM

Greetings & Many Thanks to all who attended & made the events from Fri night to Sun night so fantastic & memorable.

I'm hoping during this summer, me & fiends can get around to your local events, Leek, Ashover etc.

Also lots thanks to Mad O'Tim for coercing fellow folky fiends from around his end & elsewhere to come for compulsory hedonism & alcoholic self abuse.

Georgie & Jed, I checked out your webpage http://www.eranim.com/home.eranim
.

Your sesh looks fab!


I'll be co-ordinating with Tim to try to fix up a similar event before too long.

Once again one & all a BIG CHEERS! & Ta to everybody!!

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Mr Happy
Date: 07 Mar 07 - 09:32 PM

Latest News!

Mr Happy & Fiends at Easter will be venturing off to 3 Stags Heads, Wardlow Mires, Derbyshire. AGAIN!!

Its a DIY do- bring yerselves, yer tents, vans, caravans, voices,instruments & kitchen sink!

Session/Sinaround Thur nite/Fri nite/Sat afternoon & evening/Sun afternoon & evening - either in pub or on campsite weather permitting.

Camping #1.50p per nite. Luvly food in 3 Stags + all day breakfasts in cafe opp pub.

Campsite facilities include cold water tap!!


Cold water washbasin!!


& cold water WC - not to be missed!!!


All welcome - come on down - it'll be brill!!

venue 3 Stags Heads, here:


http://www.greatbeer.co.uk/derthst.htm

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: John J
Date: 08 Mar 07 - 02:29 AM

It was a good do last year, the beer, session and the company were excellent. The food looked v good, we'll try it next time. Shame about the high levels of cigarette smoke....rather limited my singing...mind you, that's probably a blessing!

John

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: mandotim
Date: 08 Mar 07 - 03:13 AM

I'll try to get there, though probably not overnighting.
Tim

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Strollin' Johnny
Date: 08 Mar 07 - 09:05 AM

Another Sinaround! I'll try to get there, I like sinning! :-)

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Mr Happy
Date: 08 Mar 07 - 10:42 AM

'Shame about the high levels of cigarette smoke'



'fraid your memory's a bit hazy on that John - not fag smoke - but almost opaque fumes from the two coal fires when the wind was blowing the wrong way.

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Grab
Date: 08 Mar 07 - 01:17 PM

Very very tempted. Only downside is that our band will likely be having a practise one day that weekend, and I'm not sure I can fit in 3 Stags *and* band *and* continuing married life! :-/

See how it goes anyway. If I do make it there, most likely it'll be up Thursday night and back Saturday morning.

Graham.

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Mitch the Bass
Date: 08 Mar 07 - 01:27 PM

I've poted a news item on http://www.derbyfolk.co.uk

Mitch

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: John J
Date: 08 Mar 07 - 04:32 PM

Not THAT hazy...I wasn't touching the 8% stuff! The smoke from the open fires was, er, interesting on the Saturday lunchtime, but had died down by the evening. There were however an awful lot of smokers in the pub on the Saturday evening. It was a good do none-the-less.

Roll on July!

I look forward to the weekend, hopefully bringing some friends too.

John

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Mr Happy
Date: 09 Mar 07 - 09:10 AM

'Roll on July!' ??

Easter this year is 6th- 10th April 2007!

We'll be at Wardlow from Good Friday 6th April

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: danensis
Date: 09 Mar 07 - 03:25 PM

July is when pubs start to be habitable for we unkippered ones,

John

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Mr Happy
Date: 11 Mar 07 - 06:08 AM

Hopefully the weather'll be good enough for some al fresco sessions on the campsite - with adequate mistrals to disperse any fumes!

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Carol
Date: 11 Mar 07 - 06:13 AM

So nothing happening on Thursday the 5th??

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Black Diamond
Date: 12 Mar 07 - 04:23 AM

Mr Happy
would there be room for me and my husband to camp from Friday night to Sunday??? you make this weekend sound really great and we are tempted, but we are quite new to Mudcat and never done this before. do we have to book???? and are there any loos??????????
Lin

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: mandotim
Date: 12 Mar 07 - 06:01 AM

Without wishing to preempt Mr Happy; there's loads of room providing the sheep have been cleared off the field in time. It's cheap to camp, and cooking is is made largely unnecessary by the excellence of the pub food and the convenience of breakfast at the cafe opposite. Speaking of conveniences; there is a very basic loo on the camping field, and of course the cafe and pub have loos. I've never had to book; turn up and pay at the house (I think it's the one next-but-one to the camping field.) It's great fun, and there is usually some really good music to boot. Hope to see you there. (I'm the one with the wierd looking guitar and even wierder mandolin!)
Tim

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Mr Happy
Date: 12 Mar 07 - 07:12 AM

Black Diamond

you're more than welcome- bring instruments, voices & your very good company!

Facilities include:

Camping 1lb .50p per nite. Luvly food in 3 Stags + all day breakfasts in cafe opp pub.

Campsite facilities include cold water tap!!


Cold water washbasin!!


& cold water WC - not to be missed!!!

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Mr Happy
Date: 12 Mar 07 - 07:15 AM

...........& Tim, I don't feel pre-emptied at all!

lookin 4ward c y'all soon.

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Mr Happy
Date: 12 Mar 07 - 07:33 AM

Carol

not sure about Thursday, if we can get there then, I'd love to, but it depends on other partly members finishing work etc.- so main gang'll prob be there Friday afternoon.

maybe other folks will have landed by Thur & the campsite's open all year round - no need to book.

As the pub: Three Stags Heads is only open on Bank Hols & weekends, it'd be best to check with Geoff the landlord first.

The phone No. is 01298 872268


http://www.greatbeer.co.uk/derthst.htm

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Carol
Date: 12 Mar 07 - 07:37 AM

Thanks
We'll get over on Thursday, early to avoid Bank Holiday traffic and being 'people of leisure' these days.
Then we'll just wait to see if anything happens!

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: Black Diamond
Date: 12 Mar 07 - 09:12 AM

well with all those facilities - cold water AND a loo!! how can we not go, but as my hsuband cant finish work till 6.oo on Friday we wont arrive till late on Friday night - would that be a problem?????
Lin

Subject: RE: Easter MudFolk Peak District:Come on!
From: mandotim
Date: 12 Mar 07 - 09:37 AM

Only a problem in the sense of putting the tent up in the dark surrounded by drunken folkies offering advice....
Tim