Knockholt Autumn Leaves Mini-Festival

Subject: RE: Knockholt Autumn Leaves Mini-Festival
From: Essex Girl
Date: 04 Sep 07 - 03:18 PM

Sue, how come you know all about rams then? See you on Thursday, I've been told that the meal has no theme, just bring whatever you fancy - ( No lamb!!!)and share. As I seem to have rather a lot of veggies I may make a vegetable curry.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Autumn Leaves Mini-Festival
From: Dilligaf
Date: 04 Sep 07 - 04:06 PM

Just bring the vegetables it might just attract the sheep for the men bit like a box of chocolates for ladies,xx

Subject: RE: Knockholt Autumn Leaves Mini-Festival
From: GUEST,Woodsie
Date: 05 Sep 07 - 01:55 AM

Well here we go I'll see you folks smetime over the next 4 days!

Subject: RE: Knockholt Autumn Leaves Mini-Festival
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 09 Sep 07 - 10:06 AM

What a splendid chill-out weekend. Field, Fire, Friends, Frigid water, Fart-huts, and of course the Fabric retreat in case of rain which happily stayed away.

But the Farmer had apparently read this thread and locked his girls up three fields away, so no sheep!

No Fights (although we did hear a bit of nagging going on)

Fantastic camp-fire cuisine by Pete

Some great music round the fire, some roaring harmony moments (or was that the beer talking?), a HUGE amount of alcohol consumed by many.

My sleep habits are not good (and stress doesn't help) and I got the best night's sleep I've had for over a year.

Just a great unwinder...

Subject: RE: Knockholt Autumn Leaves Mini-Festival
From: GUEST,woodsie
Date: 09 Sep 07 - 11:57 AM

Right on Richard a great five days - most peoplpe were still there when I left at 13:00 the weather was great. Thanks to all folkmob for organising this and to the fantastic musicians & singers. Special thanks to Graham who although not a folkmob member anymopre always comes an helps erect our marquee and replenish/montitor the fire.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Autumn Leaves Mini-Festival
From: Essex Girl
Date: 09 Sep 07 - 01:20 PM

Great weekend, didn't want to come home. What a lot of empty bottles and cans we cleared up!! (Who was drinking the cream sherry? there was still some left in the bottle)Thanks Kevin for the vodka, and Annie for the hazelnut liqueur, both of which did wonders for my hangover.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Autumn Leaves Mini-Festival
From: Kampervan
Date: 09 Sep 07 - 01:31 PM

This sounds as though it was a great few days, is there a website for the festival?

Where and when is next years meeting?

How do we get tickets/details?

So many questions, any answers?


Cheers
K/van

Subject: RE: Knockholt Autumn Leaves Mini-Festival
From: GUEST,Dave Kenningham
Date: 09 Sep 07 - 02:07 PM

Thanks to everyone who supported the festival. What an amazing amount of talent over the four nights.

This one was one of the best that I have been to. Great singarounds, superb weather, good friends and a pub just down the road for the steak and ale pies.

Special thanks to Sue and Mike. Without them we would not have been there.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Autumn Leaves Mini-Festival
From: naughtyforty
Date: 09 Sep 07 - 03:00 PM

Thanks to every one for making my fortieth birthday one to remember. I especially enjoyed the balloon and the cake. And the comments in the card were great. Note the user name Sue!! For those of you who left before 3.00pm we had the release the balloon into the wild because it just wouldn't fit in my car!!! However, Isabella performed the ceremony with great style and it went off into the wild blue yonder with a little note attached. Thanks to everyone for making my friend Maria welcome - she absolutely loved the weekend and will definitely be back next year. Thanks to Pete the Hat for the tent, she is extremely grateful.

Hope to see some of you in October half term when I hope to get up for the Wednesday session.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Autumn Leaves Mini-Festival
From: The Barden of England
Date: 09 Sep 07 - 03:00 PM

That was AWESOME!!!
Richard is spot on. Wonderful harmonies, great company, laid back and utterly enjoyable. It's far too long until the next one - but I'm happy to wait. I'll second the thanks to Sue and Mike - special people who help my world go round. Thanks to all who were there - here's to the next one.

p.s. For KAMPERVAN - Keep your eyes out on the FOLKMOB site and also here for the next one. It'll be something to do with Knockholt, and I suspect it will be sometime in mid-June 2008. It's really not to be missed.
John Barden

Subject: RE: Knockholt Autumn Leaves Mini-Festival
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 09 Sep 07 - 03:41 PM

It's almost always teh weekend nearest to the Summer Solstice.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Autumn Leaves Mini-Festival
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 09 Sep 07 - 03:47 PM

PS - John, what is the exact recipe for that arrabiata sauce?

Subject: RE: Knockholt Autumn Leaves Mini-Festival
From: Dipsodeb
Date: 09 Sep 07 - 03:50 PM

Fantastic week! Sob Sob back to reality. No one seemed very keen to leave today... :-( Finally got to bed at 5am this morning, me and Aaron the last to give in!
Roll on next year. Thanks to everyone who made the weekend special. The one priceless and memorable bit of the weekend was Pat and Pete trying to move the toilets into a better position whilst unknown to them Sue Tuckey was still on it.. You should have heard the scream I think she might have sh**t herself LOL

*Debs*

Subject: RE: Knockholt Autumn Leaves Mini-Festival
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 09 Sep 07 - 04:35 PM

Dates for the next Midsummer Madness are already on the Folkmob Site - 18-22 Jun 2008

Subject: RE: Knockholt Autumn Leaves Mini-Festival
From: The Barden of England
Date: 09 Sep 07 - 04:35 PM

Richard,

I'll post the recipe here shortly - I've got to make another batch shortly, so I'll write it down as I go.
John Barden

Subject: RE: Knockholt Autumn Leaves Mini-Festival
From: GUEST,chinaman
Date: 10 Sep 07 - 03:52 AM

Dave Kenningham, Richard Bridge, John Barden, Melodeon Boy, Tone Deaf Leopard, Kev clogs, Dave Gandulph and a host of other fine people around a campfire under a starry sky.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Autumn Leaves Mini-Festival
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 10 Sep 07 - 05:28 AM

And don't forget - "Stir Well".

Or was that Broadstairs or Faversham?

Subject: RE: Knockholt Autumn Leaves Mini-Festival
From: Dilligaf
Date: 10 Sep 07 - 07:51 PM

Both but it was lovely to get away and very drunk with such good company and relax. Just wonder what your on Richard you said something nice for a change are you sickening for something? xx

Subject: RE: Knockholt Autumn Leaves Mini-Festival
From: Girl Friday
Date: 10 Sep 07 - 09:14 PM

What a wonderful five days. I didn't s***t myself. But whilst sat, heard strange rumblings from nearby. This was from the other loo being moved. Surely they wouldn't.. would they?... I had arisen when they tried to launch me into space. A song was written and duly performed on Saturday. The highlight for me is the sight and sound of Richard Bridge dancing around the fire singing along to Four-by-four! Yes- you did.... what fun!!! Roll on next summer!!!!

Subject: RE: Knockholt Autumn Leaves Mini-Festival
From: GUEST,The Barden of England sans cookie
Date: 11 Sep 07 - 05:00 PM

As promised:-

Ingredients
1 medium onion
2 fresh birdeye chillies (or ordinary chillies if birdeye aren't available)
6 cloves of garlic
2 tins chopped tomatoes
1 sweet pepper (any colour)
Dried Tarragon
Dried mixed herbs
Tomato puree
Garlic puree
Dark Soy Sauce (instead of salt)
Sugar
Olive oil

Method

Finely chop the Sweet pepper, onion, chillies and garlic. If you have a food processor then put these in with about half a tin of the chopped tomatoes and blend for about 15 seconds. Then add a desert spoon of dried tarragon, and a teaspoon of mixed herbs. Add the rest of the first tin of tomatoes and blend for another 15 seconds. Place in a microwave safe bowl and zap for 10 minutes.
Take out of microwave and add 2 x 6 inch worms of tomato puree and the same of garlic puree. Add a teaspoon of Dark Soy Sauce, a teaspoon of sugar and a desert spoon of Olive Oil and finally the other tin of chopped tomatoes (you can of course use ordinary tinned tomatoes and chop them yourself).
Zap for another 10minutes in the microwave and allow to rest for about 5 minutes. Taste – and add whatever you need from the above ingredients if needed – and finally enjoy. The resulting 'Arrabiatta' should suffice for 4 servings if you add cooked bacon, mushrooms or whatever takes your fancy.

The pasta I'll leave up to you

John Barden

Subject: RE: Knockholt Autumn Leaves Mini-Festival
From: GUEST,Pete the hat,
Date: 12 Sep 07 - 12:03 AM

What a fantastic Knockholt and to see the field so full on the Sunday at 1300 hrs was for me unheard off? usually people are gone by the time I emerge from me tent on the Sunday.I have given my tent away because it was to small to comfortably accomodate both me and my liver.Take care of it Maria you wont believe the places that tents been. I shall invest in a much bigger tent for June 2008.thanks to everyone singers musicians cooks who made for me this the best Knockholt so far? Thanks Mick and sue if it was not for you?

The Saturday drink at the Tally Ho will remain firmly in my memory so many people came down.

You should have heard that leopard hiss when me and Pat disturbed her having a piss.