BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: freda underhill
Date: 14 Oct 08 - 06:53 AM

aahh.. gives a new slant to the jet lag story.. :-D

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: GUEST,Nessie
Date: 13 Oct 08 - 08:46 AM

Glad to hear she didn't get too plastered in Paris or shanghaied in Seoul, please give her our regards when you next talk.

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: freda underhill
Date: 13 Oct 08 - 06:29 AM

thanks Nessie, yes, she's back! and tho very jetlagged, is back at work!

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: GUEST,Nessie
Date: 13 Oct 08 - 04:13 AM

She ought to be Freda U, I thought she was only in Paris a few days...

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: freda underhill
Date: 12 Oct 08 - 07:45 AM

is she baack?

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: My guru always said
Date: 01 Oct 08 - 08:27 AM

Glad to see that your journeys have been going well for both of you. Also good to see that we may still get to meet if your plans work out, good luck with your arrangements. Safe journey home Jenny!

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: freda underhill
Date: 01 Oct 08 - 06:17 AM

guest jennyo, any chance of logging in for a mudchat?

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: GUEST,JennyO
Date: 01 Oct 08 - 05:55 AM

Heading off for Paris on the Eurostar in a couple of hours. Really sad to be leaving this place. We've made some wonderful memories here - and we'll be making some more next year. I can't wait!

When I get home finally I can start sorting all the photos and videos and maybe get a flickr account or something so I can post some. Some of you might be getting photos we took as well, if you are in them, from me or Rob. Rob has most of the photos on his computer already. He also recorded some of the sessions with his nifty little digital recorder, tho we forgot to record the great Friday night session at the Hop Pole unfortunately. If anyone else did, we'd love to have a copy!

Thankyou everyone who made us feel so welcome. It's been the trip of a lifetime!!!

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: quantock
Date: 30 Sep 08 - 03:18 PM

I'm back in the States now. What a wonderful visit it was! A huge thank you to everyone that Jenny and I saw and especially to those who went out of their way to set up sessions and other events where we could see friends and share music, songs and reminiscences.

Sorry to those who we were not able to see this time.

As Jenny mentioned, we are making plans to be together permanently in the UK, hopefully sometime next year.

Best wishes to all,
Rob.

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work
Date: 30 Sep 08 - 06:13 AM

100!!!

YAy!! Haven't had a hundred for ages!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work
Date: 30 Sep 08 - 06:06 AM

No worries mate!

And don't forget - the same sort of thing will happen in the same place next month - 25th to be exact, for the visiting Americans!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: JulieF
Date: 30 Sep 08 - 05:08 AM

It was lovely to meet everyone on Saturday night. It was a fun evening and many thanks for LtS and Manitas for the bed.

J

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: Micca
Date: 30 Sep 08 - 03:23 AM

It was such a pleasure to meet Jenny and Rob at LtSs on Saturday, an evening of singing and music to be savoured in excellent company, It was great. Many thanks to the Squeak and Manitas for hosting such a pleasent evening

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: GUEST,JennyO
Date: 29 Sep 08 - 08:40 PM

Just checking in quickly - I'm at George and Vanessa's place. They have been lovely and welcoming, and tonight they took me to Herga. Sadly, Rob had to fly out today, so he couldn't go. But we have PLANS!!! More about that later :-)

Been to some good sessions. The one in Dorset was fantastic, with a lot of Rob's old friends from the Dorset Knobs and Knockers turning up to surprise him. Then there was the session at Liz's place on Saturday (my birthday), and now Herga tonight. I have so many photos but haven't the means to post any right now.

Anyway, on Wednesday the UK part of my trip will be over, but I will still have a few days in France with my brother before I fly back to Oz. It has been the most amazing trip - all that I hoped for and more! Things will never be the same again - and I'm not complaining!

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: Rasener
Date: 20 Sep 08 - 02:08 PM

Don't bear your bum to the air, otherwise the midges will attack :-)

>>Tomorrow we are going back to the nursing home where we are going to try and pull <<

Glad you added the extra comment after that LOL :-)

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: JennyO
Date: 20 Sep 08 - 01:53 PM

Here I am in Aberdeen looking at this gorgeous view. Weather has been really good too. I believe it is actually nicer here now than in Oz at the moment. When I left it was cold and raining, and it's fine and sunny here!

It's been (and still is) a wonderful trip - everything I hoped it would be. Anyone we miss out on seeing this time, I think there will be more opportunities in the not too distant future.

We've stayed at a huge variety of B&Bs, some absolutely marvellous, and some that were so awful that all we could do was laugh. Morecambe comes to mind. Then there was the day of the Great Bus Chase, where we chased the Morecambe and Wise bus all over town just to get a photo of the side of it.

Tomorrow we are going back to the nursing home where we are going to try and pull out some vaguely Scottish songs from our repertoire. The fiddle will probably get an outing too. Off to practise a few of them now.

See some of you soon, we hope.

Love, Jenny

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: quantock
Date: 20 Sep 08 - 01:31 PM

Thank you Anne and Steve for a lovely afternoon in your beautiful home and to Carole and Andrew for driving up from Swansea to see us. We made it to Morecambe OK and had a great time with my daughter, Hazel on the Isle of Man. We are now in Aberdeen staying with my sister Rosemary and we visited my Mum in her nursing home this afternoon. We did a mini concert there which was fun and it seemed like the residents enjoyed it.

We hope to see some of you at the jam sessions we have planned in Dorset and at Liz's house in Plaistow before we return to our respective countries for the time being.

I would also like to thank all the Mudcatters who were in the Hop Pole at Bromyard last Friday night. It was one of the best singing sessions I can remember being in for many years and made me realise just how much I miss living in the UK and going to folk clubs and events on a regular basis.

Best wishes to all,
Rob.

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: Anne Lister
Date: 17 Sep 08 - 05:38 PM

In fairness, they were only in South Wales for about five hours, so don't give yourself a hard time about it!

Anne

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: Eye Lander
Date: 17 Sep 08 - 03:38 PM

Oh Bugger!  Jenny and Rob were in South Wales and we are on the Isle of Wight, would you believe it!

Jillie

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: Rowan
Date: 16 Sep 08 - 07:03 PM

Lilly Pillies are definitely worth knowing.

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: Mo the caller
Date: 16 Sep 08 - 09:13 AM

Nice meeting you in the nice, dry, clean, not-at-all-muddy, B&B and learning something new about Australian plants

Liz, I saw the fiddle. Couldn't quite hear it, as they were at they other end of the Falcon bar in Flos Headford's splendid session on Sunday.

Enjoy the rest of your trip.

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 16 Sep 08 - 04:51 AM

How was she finding the fiddle? It's not been played for ages so it needed a good bow-out....

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: Anne Lister
Date: 16 Sep 08 - 04:02 AM

It was such a pleasure to have Jenny and Rob with us, and then to be joined by Carole and Andrew just added to the day.
Hope the drive to Morecambe went OK, Jenny and Rob - at least you'll have missed the worst of the traffic on the M5/M6!

Anne

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: SussexCarole
Date: 15 Sep 08 - 07:51 PM

We met up with Jenny & Rob at Tabster & Steve's in Pontypool this afternoon. Piccy Here
Great to meet Jenny in Old South Wales rather than New South Wales for a change! What wonderful afternoon! Jenny lost Rob to a concertina discussion for a while......but now they're off to Morecombe and then a trip to the Isle of Man.
Carole & Andrew

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: freda underhill
Date: 12 Sep 08 - 09:39 AM

now Liz has loaned it to jennyo it's a second fiddle...

fu

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 11 Sep 08 - 04:27 PM

Jees Micca, even Leadfingers passed on that one!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: Micca
Date: 11 Sep 08 - 06:16 AM

Liz, you took it to work? does that make it some kind of Tax Fiddle?

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 11 Sep 08 - 05:26 AM

And safely handed over the fiddle - which caused great curiousity at work - they now think I'm a secret concert violinist!

Well I did take lessons... and it was used in a couple of orchestras.... just not with me at the helm!

She's a hoot and I just hope the rest of the country knows what's coming!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: Leadfingers
Date: 10 Sep 08 - 04:28 PM

Liz the Sqeak and I met Jenny this afternoon , so I CAN report that she is safely in England now !

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: JennyO
Date: 08 Sep 08 - 12:12 PM

Sessions are on the 26th and 27th of September actually :-) Dorset on the 26th and Liz the Squeak's on the 27th.

Yes, I've landed now. Just trying to come to grips with the strange French keyboard and all the instructions being in French. I don't think I'll be able to spend the amount of time on the computer here as I do at home, because it's my brother's computer, but at least I've done some logging in and set up my Yahoo and Skype accounts here on his old steam driven computer!

I'm quite tired, but I'll stick it out for a few hours and go to bed at what passes for a normal time here (it's 6.10pm here now) and try to reset my body clock.

It's gorgeous weather here in Paris today - much nicer than the weather I left behind in Sydney. Hope we get some good weather over there in the UK!

Getting VERY excited now!!!

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: Hawker
Date: 08 Sep 08 - 10:11 AM

Hope you both have a great time! Doesn't look like we'll be able to make the Sturminster Newton do, sadly! another time, maybe!
Cheers, Lucy

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: quantock
Date: 07 Sep 08 - 10:15 PM

Jenny is well on the way to Paris now. She'll be there for a couple of days visiting her brother before crossing the Channel to dear old England. I'll be flying over from Chicago on Wednesday night and will arrive at Heathrow Thursday morning.

Hopefully, we'll see a good many of you either at Bromyard or at one of the Jam sessions on 25th and 26th Sept (see Jam Session Invitation thread in the non-BS section).

We're both pretty excited about this. We've been chatting on the internet for about a year now, first via Facebook messages, then by IM,then by Skype. At last we are going to meet in person!

Thanks for all the good wishes and encouragement.

Cheers,
Rob Williams

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: My guru always said
Date: 06 Sep 08 - 08:47 AM

Safe journey Jenny, hope you can beat any jet-lag & enjoy every minute! See you another time,
Hil

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: JennyO
Date: 06 Sep 08 - 07:31 AM

Thanks Les. I haven't heard that particular recording of 'Leaving on a Jet Plane" before. The harmonies with John Denver worked really well, although it was kind of eerie seeing him singing it, considering what happened to him.

Loved that second song. I think it would make a good National Anthem!

Yes, it's gradually getting more real....

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: Rasener
Date: 06 Sep 08 - 06:42 AM

Just for you Jenny, just to make you realise its real :-)

Jenny's signature tune

And a big welcome to you Jenny when you get here
Welcome to England Click on the play button

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: JennyO
Date: 06 Sep 08 - 06:14 AM

Thanks guys. Wow! This time tomorrow I'll be on the plane. Still can't believe it.

I think I'm about as packed as I'll ever be now - at least I hope so, because I can't think of anything else. Got the usual nagging feeling that I've overlooked something important. Oh well........

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: SussexCarole
Date: 06 Sep 08 - 04:25 AM

Safe journey Jenny - see you soon

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: Rasener
Date: 06 Sep 08 - 03:57 AM

Have a very good journey Jenny and I hopeyou have a brilliant time her in the UK.
Les

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: JennyO
Date: 05 Sep 08 - 09:20 AM

Less than 48 hours now till I get on the plane! Bags are packed, I'm sorta right on the weight limit - hope my scales are right - or that the airline can be a little lenient if it needs to be.

What a lot of stupid palaver about the carrying liquids issue! I'm juggling little bottles to put in the clear plastic ziplock bag - the rest have to go in the luggage, which makes it harder to keep the weight down. GRRRR! Liquid explosives in lip balm for goodness sake. The world has gone mad!

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: Mr Red
Date: 04 Sep 08 - 01:36 PM

Have a look at cresby.com for possible venues and webmail me if you are thinking of certain venues - I have a few organisers' e-mail addresses.

This post looks to need several attempts to get it to stick.

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: JennyO
Date: 04 Sep 08 - 06:30 AM

Ha - looks like I do remember my password after all. I just logged out and logged back in again. I deleted the password that was automatically in there and retyped it - the one I hoped it would be - and it worked. So that's sorted.

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: JennyO
Date: 04 Sep 08 - 06:24 AM

Probably won't be, Charlie. But I've been to England before, so I probably ruined it years ago already.

Sorry you can't make it Hil. There may be other opportunities though, some time in the future - if certain things work out the way I hope they will.

I should be able to post here occasionally, as Rob will have his laptop with him, but I'm not sure if I remember my password to log in now - I haven't needed it as long as I've been on the one computer. If I can't log in, I may not get PMs. Maybe if I sent a message to Joe, he might send me my password in time before I go.

Only 3 days till I get on the plane - still having trouble believing this is really happening!

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: Charley Noble
Date: 01 Sep 08 - 09:25 PM

We will be glued to this thread!

Will England ever be the same?

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: My guru always said
Date: 01 Sep 08 - 06:17 PM

Alas we can't get along to Sturminster or London that weekend, so looks like we'll just have to send virtual hugs *sigh* Safe journeys & have a Fab Time!
Hil

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: JennyO
Date: 31 Aug 08 - 09:41 PM

Sending you a message Anne - we are thinking of doing what you suggested and dropping in on you the day after Bromyard - Monday the 15th, if that's okay.

Meanwhile, anyone else for Sturnminster Newton on Friday 26th or London on Saturday 27th?

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: GUEST,Oakville
Date: 31 Aug 08 - 06:42 PM

Back from gig on the 23rd September, should be about that weekend.

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: Anne Lister
Date: 31 Aug 08 - 05:22 PM

A bit too far from Sturminster Newton to be of any use, I fear! But hoping we'll get to see you anyway.... what are you doing immediately after Bromyard?

Anne

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: JennyO
Date: 31 Aug 08 - 10:15 AM

Refresh - where is everybody?

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: JennyO
Date: 30 Aug 08 - 03:48 AM

Just over a week now till I get on the plane! Can't wait!

So now we've arranged a session to happen in Dorset, near Sturminster Newton on the 26th September, at The Halsey Arms pub in Pulham - see this thread Session in Dorset September 26 evening! . We're hoping that anyone who is not too far away will be able to make it there - especially anyone who can't come to Liz's session on the following night.

Liz, I'll send you a PM.

Jenny

Subject: RE: BS: JennyO visiting the UK in September
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 28 Aug 08 - 09:32 AM

So that's a yes then?

LTS