BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: My guru always said
Date: 06 Aug 08 - 02:22 PM

Leatherhead is about midway between Heathrow & Gatwick & if we're not away at a festival we'd be happy to assist in any way. Am working through most of September covering for people's holiday so probably won't get to Bromyard I'm afraid.

Last weekend in September is a Song & Ale you might be interested in. If you're not already sorted for that weekend please PM me & I'll give you details. It's camping but we can lend tent & airbed etc. Am certain that you'd love it!

Hil

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: Anne Lister
Date: 06 Aug 08 - 05:32 AM

If you're coming west to meet Carole and Andrew, think of us too - we're midway between Bromyard and Carole and Andrew (well, approximately) and we have guest rooms a-plenty.

Anne

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: JennyO
Date: 06 Aug 08 - 12:32 AM

Wow, thanks Liz! That would be so great! I'll get to meet you too, after all these years of seeing you on Mudcat! On the 10th and 11th I'll be staying in a B and B at Hounslow, which is right near Heathrow, so it should be possible - particularly on the 10th. I'll send you a PM later today and we can hopefully work something out.

MGAS, it would be great to meet you too! I'm also hoping that the last few days in September we'll be back around the London area. Hope you come to Bromyard! I'm just looking at Google maps to see where Leatherhead is. I'm afraid my geography isn't very good.

I don't know when Herga folk club is on, but it would be great to get there if it fits in. If there are any other folk sessions or gatherings towards the end of September, that wsuld be great to hear about.

Carole and Andrew, I'll be sending you a PM soon, but I have to go out now. Ooh, this is getting exciting!

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: Tig
Date: 05 Aug 08 - 07:11 PM

I've never really thought of a fiddle being a dangerous weapon before - now banjos .........

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 05 Aug 08 - 04:25 PM

Jenny - we have a spare fiddle that you may borrow - Limpit is too busy with piano to play it.

We're in east London, and can offer you a bed for a night or two if you need it. We're within fairly easy public transport from Gatwick or Heathrow Airports, but both are some distance away from us. Let me know in a PM and we'll arrange something.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: My guru always said
Date: 05 Aug 08 - 04:01 PM

Hope that we can get to meet you at a Gather in London while you're over Jenny, or perhaps you could stopover with us for a night or two (Leatherhead) if our diaries coincide! Not sure that we'll be going to Bromyard this year though we normally do. Hope someone will be able to help out with a Fiddle, unfortunately we cant as we only sing. Good luck with your planning!!!
Hil

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: SussexCarole
Date: 05 Aug 08 - 03:52 PM

Great that you're coming over here Jenny! Would be great to meet up again...we'll see what we can do.

Carole & Andrew x

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: Charley Noble
Date: 05 Aug 08 - 02:00 PM

JennyO-

Best of luck piecing this trip to the UK together.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: JennyO
Date: 05 Aug 08 - 01:55 PM

Well I've been a bit of a stranger to Mudcat in the last few months. I've been spending more time on Facebook making new friends and getting to know some old ones a lot better.

I hope I haven't been away from here so long that you will all be saying 'Jenny who?'

Life has taken some interesting twists and turns in the last few months, and I am now planning a trip to the UK and France - in the UK from the 10th to the 29th September and France (at my brother's place in Paris) after that till the 10th October.

A friend and I will be at Bromyard Folk Festival on the weekend of the 12th - 14th, and wondered if any 'Catters will be there. There might also be a chance to catch up with people in London right at the beginning or on the last few days of September.

Now I have a big favour to ask. I was going to bring my fiddle, but the airline has told me that it is classed as a dangerous weapon and will have to travel as luggage, and therefore count as part of the already meagre weight allowance, so I was wondering if there was anybody who has a spare one they could lend me during the UK part of my trip. I promise I would care for it lovingly.

If anyone would like to know more, I am going to try to mend my ways and spend more time here, so I'll be checking this thread and PMs. A couple of you might get PMs from me, in fact. I'm really looking forward to this trip!