BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: Alaska Mike
Date: 24 Jun 07 - 12:04 PM

I live in Anchorage, Alaska. Where the moose and Winnebagos run wild in the street. We are 3.5 hours by air to Seattle, 9 hours to New York, and 16 hours to Gatwick Airport south of London. The salmon are thick in the rivers and streams up here right now, so I must be off. So many fish, so little time.

Mike

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: Anne Lister
Date: 24 Jun 07 - 12:24 PM

On a hill on the western side of Pontypool. Which is the most eastern valley of the former coal mining valleys of South Wales. We're about 8 miles north of Newport and 8 miles south of Abergavenny. And we have views across the vale of Usk and the hills above the Crumlin valley.

Anne

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 24 Jun 07 - 01:32 PM

Tabster,
Now i know why you know Dame Pattie so well.Will you be going to Two Rivers Festival,i am going.




Scooby

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: Rog Peek
Date: 24 Jun 07 - 02:04 PM

Rusty Dobro's correct, Kent is S.East of London, I must have had my back to the computer!?????!!!!! Ha Ha..

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: katlaughing
Date: 24 Jun 07 - 03:24 PM

Cats, when I make it over, I shall, thank you!

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: Mingulay
Date: 24 Jun 07 - 03:55 PM

On a boat, on the Grand Union Canal in Middlesex UK. 10 minutes from Heathrow airport and 3 major motorways. Sounds like hell until you look out over the tree surrounded lake at the bottom of the garden and watch the wild birds, foxes and hedgehogs all going about their sometimes noisy business. Copulating wildfowl are incredibly noisy especially at 6 in the morning!

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 24 Jun 07 - 05:04 PM

I have the same problem with squirrels who copulate in the trees plus the wild birds who are upto no good first thing in the morning.



Scooby

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: wysiwyg
Date: 24 Jun 07 - 05:15 PM

Where do we Mudcatters live....

In MudHuts of course. Or MudCastles. Near MudBanks. Or possibly MudPuddles. With our MudPacks.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: Anne Lister
Date: 24 Jun 07 - 05:31 PM

Scooby, I don't think I'll make it to Two Rivers .. life at the moment is ridiculously busy and weekends are either full of work stuff or vital times to recharge the batteries!

Anne

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 24 Jun 07 - 05:55 PM

"By the way Skooby Doo, if you are talking about London England, then Kent is a relatively large county to the South West of London."


"Oh, and Kent's south-EAST of London."


Whew, I'm glad we got THAT sorted out guys, 'cos that's where I live, and I've been getting REALLY confused.

Don T.

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: Ythanside
Date: 24 Jun 07 - 08:09 PM

On the southern side of the river Ythan, middle of nowhere, 25 miles north of Aberdeen, Scotland. Currently a building site where my good lady, myself and an able-bodied pal are constructing our collective retirement package.

BTW, visitors are welcome, and should any Mudcatters make it this far we have a (small & FOC) spare caravan to accommodate them for the duration of their stay. Feel free.

Ythanside

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: Joe_F
Date: 24 Jun 07 - 09:34 PM

In Malden, a suburb just north of Boston, MA, New England, U.S.A. (not far from the antipodes of Perth, Australia), in a studio apartment in an old mansion much uglified over the years. I am near the Orange Line, so I can get into town easily without a car. A pleasant local amenity is Fellsmere Park, with a pond that harbors ducks, geese, carp, turtles, dragonflies, and an occasional swan or cormorant, and with plenty of trees for squirrels, chipmunks, crows, blackbirds, and the like. It is a few minutes' walk away, and I take my constitutional there if no other business gets me out of the house.

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: JennyO
Date: 24 Jun 07 - 10:45 PM

..we have a (small & FOC) spare caravan..

Ythanside, I was trying to work out what FOC might mean - Full Of Cats? Fallen Off Cliff? Fuelled On Cider?

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: Janie
Date: 24 Jun 07 - 11:35 PM

Hillsborough, NC. A lovely community and historic village that has recently been 'discovered' by folks with lots more money than me, and so is becoming too expensive for me to continue to live here. We are on the Piedmont of North Carolina, 3 hours from the mountains and 3 hours from the coast.

Janie

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: goatfell
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 03:22 AM

I live in Saltcoats on The west coast of Scotland, it is about 30 miles away from Glasgow, and from my window I can see the Isle of Arran, I tihnk they should call it little England because there is that many English people living there.

but it is called Scotland in Miniture.

Tom

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: Little Robyn
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 03:25 AM

In Hawke's Bay - that's on the eastern side of the north island of New Zealand.
Down under.
Robyn

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: Ythanside
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 05:10 AM

JennyO; Free of charge, in the tradition of the hillwalkers' bothies to be found in more remote parts. We have dogs, and there are foxes and deer, but no cats or cliffs. No cider either, although the nearest pub (5 miles away) may stock it.
:-D

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: Rusty Dobro
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 06:37 AM

FOC: Folkies Only Considered?

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: Moses
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 07:13 AM

I'm in Ruislip (actually South Ruislip, North West of London - about half an hour's drive from Chesham (George and Vanessa Papavgeris) and 45 minutes drive from the centre of London (in the opposite direction).

Ruislip's a good place to get to other places from - 10 minutes from the M25 (London Orbital motorway), 15 minutes or so from the M1 and 5 minutes from the M40.

I think that says it all - a good place to get away from. Although it does have a 12th Century church and was mentioned in the Doomsday book!

Christine

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: Trevor
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 07:14 AM

South Shropshire - about a third of the way down the Welsh/English border, half-way between Shrewsbury and Ludlow, in a hamlet called Bentlont, Bentlawnt or Bent Lawnt, depending on which map or signpost you look at.

I've got a beautuful view from my cottage, across to The Stiperstones and beyond that The Long Mynd, and in the other direction across mid-Wales as far as Cadair Idris.

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: polaitaly
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 08:03 AM

I live in Firenze , Italy. Sadly, I don't live in the ancient part of the town...or in the beautiful countryside around the town.... but in the middle, the ugly suburbs. But Firenze is small, so downtown is half an hour far.
paola

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: Ythanside
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 08:26 AM

Moses, isn't Ruislip in the tropics? :-D

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: mouldy
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 08:34 AM

I live in a village called Hensall about 7 miles south of Selby, North Yorkshire, (and in the shadow of Eggborough power station). I'm very close to the East Yorks border as the next village along is in it. We are also only about 3 miles from West Yorkshire and about 5 from South Yorkshire. We're the bottom end of the Vale of York (York's 22 miles away) and it is low lying and flat. The river Aire is just under a mile away.

As I always describe it - the pimple on the bottom of North Yorkshire. Look at the shape of the county and you'll see what i mean.

Sorcha, I think I went to Cheyenne about 15 years ago. We have friends who live in Saratoga.

Andrea

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: 3refs
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 08:53 AM

Other side of the tracks from Little Hawks house!
He did neglect(innocently I'm sure) to mention our giant from the literary world Stephen Leacock(Sunshine Sketches of A Little Town). My Mother worked for him in the 1930's. Our over abundance of Teenage Mommies and Redneck Dummies.
Check out the "Orillia Song" on "youtube". It's a place like no other!!

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: Scooby Doo
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 09:01 AM

Moses,
My son is heading to live somewhere round Dartford with his Girlfriend.At the moment he lives in Bath and its where he works.Toby will be south of you then anything like folk clubs down there?.




Scooby

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: Pistachio
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 09:10 AM

Beverley,East Yorkshire, (currently looking like an island due to inclement weather), North of Kingston upon Hull, which is better known as "Hull"!
I'm originally from Bridge of Allan (Beautiful town) in central Scotland tho', a place my late father selected for it's beauty and convenience as a base to travel from.

Passed thru Albuquerque in 1985 on Greyhound trip across, up and over the US of A.
Hazel.

Subject: RE: BS: Where do we Mudcatters live.
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 09:10 AM

I still live in leafy Ascot, 20+ years now, the longest I've lived anywhere. Not bad for a lad born in inner city Brum with gaslight upstairs, no bathroom and an outside lav. ! (Actually the next place my family moved to also had an outside lav., the council only put my parents an inside ensuite after my late mother had her first stroke - I never had an inside lav. till I went to university).
(Paper bag....[Mony Python reference!])

RtS

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.

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: redsnapper
Date: 25 Jun 07 - 11:59 AM

Dunblane, Scotland

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Scooby Doo
Date: 26 Jun 07 - 03:31 PM

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.