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Subject: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 19 May 09 - 12:42 PM Well I thought I'd start the official This Is Summer thread. The earlier thread was advance notification of summer and autumn knockholt dates. This one is solely for The "This Is Summer" event 17th - 21st June 2009 See KNOCKHOLT and folkmob.com for more info. looking forward to a weekend around a campfire with the likes of Pete The Hat, Richard Bridge, John Barden, Folkmob and a host of other musical spirits. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 19 May 09 - 12:56 PM Dilligaf and I were just talking about it. If there is beer remaining from the ReWake it will accompany us. I think Crow Sister will be there too. Alas NoisySprog will at most visit during the day since canvas and portaloos are apparently not suitable... |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies) Date: 19 May 09 - 01:38 PM Love to come. Looks like I might be able to blag a ride off the ever kindly indulgent VTam & SilentOne for weekend. If so will have to blag tent off of other kind peeps - I think Dilligaf made offer? *If* still available I'd much appreciate! VT&S1 have only ickle space enough for my bum (despite it's obviously teeny fairy-child proportions...) - & If I do need to train in, carrying tents/camp gear through multiple changes and London underground will be a right pain in the same. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: VirginiaTam Date: 19 May 09 - 01:46 PM Well have official invite to stay with Fisheye and Fair Maiden on Saturday night. So we will be arriving sometime on Sat with Crow Sister and whatever we can jam around her pixieish posterior in the back seat. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 19 May 09 - 06:47 PM Yes I spoke to Dilligaf today and her tent will be used maybe chez elle this weekend than likely back into my storage until knockers... |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies) Date: 20 May 09 - 02:37 AM Jolly good.. Learning Anne Briggs "Summer's In" for Midsummer. Although it's actually about the 'last day of Spring', I thought it might make a fitting chorus song for Knockholt. Posting a YouTube up here, in case anyone else with mandolin or drum or whatnot fancies joining me. "Summer's In" |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 20 May 09 - 03:59 AM I have been listening to a fair bit of Anne Briggs the last few days, and I have decided that she over-decorated. On this recording (where her own pitch is a bit suspect too) you can hear that the additional singers are a little behind her, possibly because they are having to wait for the decoration to develop before knowing hwere to go themselves (or possibly because of her notoriously personal sense of timing). You may well do it better than her. The instrument is not a mandolin. She played an Irish bouzouki (but it may have been before there was such a thing as an Irish bouzouki) and acccording to some notes I have somewhere she used a drone tuning - it might have been EAEA - and was largely self-taught. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: melodeonboy Date: 20 May 09 - 04:10 AM I've got gigs on Friday and Saturday, but I hope to make a "cameo" appearance on the Thursday! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies) Date: 20 May 09 - 04:17 AM "I have decided that she over-decorated." I'm not keen on such a high degree of ornament either. And I don't feel it 'suits' E. Trads all that much in particular - just a personal preference. Overall I can find Briggs a little too frilly for my listening tastes. Well executed Sean Nos on the other hand, done with love, is just lovely - Caitlín Maude |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 20 May 09 - 06:08 AM It is well known that a lot of Brigg's songs were learned by her in an Irish environment, and possibly that is where she got the habit. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 20 May 09 - 07:42 AM I wonder if we will hear the Ghostly whistler this year. Woke me up last year? Very good though so I cant complain. Others heard it too. I wonder if that sinister looking house on thew over side of the hedge has anything to do with it. Have you die hard knockers ever noticed over the years The Sun never shines on that house. I have never seen anyone enter or leave and i was talking to the landlady of the Tally Ho who often has a ride up that lane told me that her horse does not like passing the place , I just told her to dig her heels in and Ride On. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies) Date: 20 May 09 - 11:29 AM On a bit of a tangent again, but one singer I've only heard a couple of songs of is Frankie Armstrong, but I like her slightly husky and 'sing song' musical voice and style more than Briggs. Will have listen out for more. June Tabor I only discovered a shortish time ago likewise, but she's got a great tone and masterful vocal dexterity. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Lady Raffles Date: 20 May 09 - 12:24 PM When we first camped at Knockholt about 22 years ago, there was a different house there it was empty for years, we used to go over and snoop about, the gardens back and front were very overgrown and we found an unlocked garage with an old vintage car inside. It did feel quite eerie over there, then one year we found they had pulled the house down and were building a new one in it's place. Maybe the ghostly whistler walks Stoneings Lane by night searching for his old home and car. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: VirginiaTam Date: 20 May 09 - 02:15 PM You guys are givin me da creeps. If I see or hear anything unnatural I will totally freak. Must remember to drink lots of tranquiliser. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies) Date: 20 May 09 - 02:18 PM Oh yeah... And another thing. I'd absolutely love to duet with someone on Nick Cave's 'Where the Wild Roses Grow' Can anyone play this tune??? They called me the Wild Rose, but my name was Eliza Day... I just LOVE the lyrics. Hysterical..! CHORUS: They call me The Wild Rose But my name was Elisa Day Why they call me it I do not know For my name was Elisa Day From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one As she stared in my eyes and smiled For her lips were the colour of the roses They grew down the river, all bloody and wild When he knocked on my door and entered the room My trembling subsided in his sure embrace He would be my first man, and with a careful hand He wiped the tears that ran down my face CHORUS On the second day I brought her a flower She was more beautiful than any woman I'd seen I said, 'Do you know where the wild roses grow So sweet and scarlet and free?' On the second day he came with a single rose Said: 'Will you give me your loss and your sorrow?' I nodded my head, as I layed on the bed He said, 'If I show you the roses will you follow?' CHORUS On the third day he took me to the river He showed me the roses and we kissed And the last thing I heard was a muttered word As he stood smiling above me with a rock in his fist On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow And she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief As I kissed her goodbye, I said, 'All beauty must die' And lent down and planted a rose between her teeth CHORUS |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 20 May 09 - 03:45 PM I sang that Nick Cave song with Olive Commerford at Knockholt 10 years ago! I will practice it again! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies) Date: 20 May 09 - 04:41 PM Yay! Love that N. Cave song :) Though the line about the 'rock in his hand' might just crack me up if I'm not careful... ;-) |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: dilligafxx Date: 20 May 09 - 04:58 PM The Whistle was heard on the night of Richards 60th birthday party Don,t suppose she,ll be back this year, any way as my gran used to say its the living that can hurt and cause you pain not the dead. Wasn,t is Kyle Minogue that aussie like a real person only smaller who sang the female part? xx |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 20 May 09 - 07:45 PM Hi Crow sister If I learn new stuff " it pushes the old stuff out me brain". Your right dilligafxx it was Richards Birthday. I forgot about that? VT calm down no one freaks out at Knockers it it was all rather pleasant but I,ll never forget it. Lady Rafflas are we talking about the same house? Its the one that looks like the Borley Rectory directly across the lane from the field. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 20 May 09 - 07:53 PM I knocked at the door of the above house last June and a big tall Faceless geezer wearing a Black hooded cloak opened the door holding a Scythe ? he said to me ..........................."IM DEATH.. I said Oh Ok I,ll Speak up? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Lady Raffles Date: 20 May 09 - 08:34 PM Yes Pierre, we are talking about the same house, as you stand by the big tree looking over the hedge into Stoneings Lane with the camp fire behind you it's the house to your left. Don't worry VT the most unnatural thing that you are likley to see or hear at Knockholt is Mick singing The Derby Ram. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 20 May 09 - 08:42 PM What about the sound of Cloven feet from the a joining field.? Re Mick singing the Derby Ram Thats if one can awaken him up? Looking forward to Knockholt but ist .Pigs Ear 1st. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: VirginiaTam Date: 21 May 09 - 02:40 AM sorry... hangover from scaring myself sh*tless when I was little. Saw and heard things adults didn't, which didn't bother me until said adults, led me to beleive it was evil and wrong. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Lady Raffles Date: 21 May 09 - 04:31 AM That's just reminded me of something I'd forgotton for years, when my brother Tony was about 18 months old and just learning to talk he used to point to the bottom of our stairs and say "man", it was only when I overheard my Mother telling my Aunt about it that I realized she was quite freaked out by it, until then I hadn't given it a second thought. Re Mick singing The Derby Ram, I'm training him to snore it, it's coming along nicely as he gets in lots of practice. Pigs Ear is next Friday 29th, unfortunately we can't come as we'll be travelling back from Dorset with the grandchildren on the Saturday. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 21 May 09 - 06:11 AM Ok lets' stop this nonsense about knockholt it al to sinister. Who started it anyway ? VT its a great weekend and if your staying Saturday night that can be the best night of the whole four days. Can be Friday nights are also very good. I think alot of folk may converge for the whole four days this year. I will be getting there very early Wednesday morning pitch up me tent then down the Tally Ho to catch up with the locals. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,woodsie Date: 21 May 09 - 06:32 AM Pete If you are not going to Pig's ear on Thursday we can still bring your stuff for you, save you carring it all and see you there on friday. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 21 May 09 - 06:53 AM The BNP members with the Mercedes aren't coming are they? Soddit, I'll bring my chainsaw and axes anyway... |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 21 May 09 - 07:54 AM Woodsie that would be great re Pigs ear I will bell you nearer the time thanks matey. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Girl Friday Date: 21 May 09 - 11:19 AM Woodsie - you are going to love Pig's Ear... this will be our third. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Lady Raffles Date: 22 May 09 - 07:50 AM Have arranged for the 4 toilets to be delivered on the morning of Wednesday 17th and asked for them not to be left down by the gate but positioned in the middle of the field, will anyone be there to supervise the proceedings and make sure they're put in their usual places. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 22 May 09 - 08:55 AM I will hopefully be there! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Lady Raffles Date: 22 May 09 - 09:33 AM Oh good, we don't really want a repetition of last June with Fisheye dragging the loo's across the field behind his car, although is was quite a bonding experience. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 22 May 09 - 10:10 AM Im looking to be there for around 10 oclock maybe earlier I wanna be set up and down the Tally Ho before it closes at 3pm. Alternately I will stay the Tuesday night to be there for this but I want permission to do it this time. If not has above I get there early Wednesday BUT........................................................... Will the toilet people know where the key to the gate is because I dont. And it will be locked. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 22 May 09 - 12:10 PM "The Toilet People" Sounds like a name for a band or a B movie - do they still have B movies? Most movies these days I would rate as Z movies. Anyway you can always go and ask the farmer to unlock the gate. He says he has to close it because of the eastern european campers who try to camp there permanantly and would eat all his sheep if the could - honest that's what happened last year. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 22 May 09 - 12:49 PM Right oh Woodsie. May 22nd Happy Birthday to Bob Dylan. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 22 May 09 - 01:25 PM It isn't true. I have never been to Eastern Europe. I have however recently been to Boughton Monchelsea - see the ReWake thread for more clues... If you get stuck, see if you can find me on MySpace where I do give the game away... |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Dipsodeb Date: 22 May 09 - 02:08 PM Right the wood is all ordered and will be delivered on Weds... The guy said that he can cut the wood up a bit smaller this year as they have new equipment should make it easier to pick up and chuck on. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 22 May 09 - 02:11 PM I hope they leave a few bigguns for the perimeter. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 22 May 09 - 04:13 PM There is still alot of wood left over from last years September washout its stacked in Dead tree Copse(Flint Pit). There is a lot of it because we did not burn much due to the rain. Richard cut alot of it up with his chain saw but there are still quite large bigguns thrown in the Nettles. I know because Me & Mick forde between us lifted them and my Liver nearly came out me ears. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 22 May 09 - 05:33 PM Re Important Notice. From Tresurer. Mick Woods 1st thread this page.Knockholt Link. Heres a important notice about the important notice re that Link. It does not work re Knockholt being self funded. I have just tried it. Regards Pierre. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 22 May 09 - 06:07 PM The self-funding notice scrolls off the page. I am happy in any event to pay whatever Knockholt needs (pro rata). It is the lynchpin of my year. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 22 May 09 - 06:40 PM Oh yes Indeed. Im behind Knockers 100%. Its great Fun. Great Folk great Music and singers. And because we are so high up 2nd highest Place in Kent? apart from Chislehurst. One sees some great things up in the sky at night that you just dont get anywhere else.On a clear night. Last September I saw Ball Lightening only the second time in my life I have seen it? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 01 Jun 09 - 11:00 AM The links are both working for me the knockholt one is a bit slow to load. Anyway here is the message from the treasurer: "The committee have decided that we are going to aim to make Knockholt self funding as the total outlay for the two weekends in June and September 2008 came to £1,000 last year the main drain being the toilets and wood which amounted to £759.26. The majority of committee members felt that we shouldn't be using the club funds to finance it. So it was decided that this June as well as the £4.00 per night for the farmer we will charge a further £2.00 per night which will go towards the cost of the toilets and wood etc. Only charging the £4 farmers fee for those who come on Wednesday and Thursday as that is really the working party who get everything set up before the main event on Friday and Saturday. Pauline will also run a raffle with the proceeds going into Knockholt expenses, Obviously the funds will still have to shoulder the bulk of the cost this time." I did respond to the committee about my concerns and issues that I have with the above decision and as yet have not had a reply. two committee members that I did speak to informaly, told me that they were not present when this decision was made, and they too had concerns.. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 01 Jun 09 - 11:07 AM One sees some great things up in the sky at night that you just dont get anywhere else That was a combination of 20 pints of beer and whacky Backy old chap! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Ginger The Chicken Date: 01 Jun 09 - 11:14 AM Mr Wet Chap... it wosent me. I don't du nite flying. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 01 Jun 09 - 02:19 PM I once saw ball lightening there too. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: VirginiaTam Date: 01 Jun 09 - 02:24 PM My son saw little balls of blue lightening rolling around in the bathtub in our basement during a thunderstorm. Poor kid (he was ten), scared the bejesus out of him. I really miss Virginia thunderstorms. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 01 Jun 09 - 02:32 PM The problem with viewing the knockholt site message was to do with internet explorer The message was cut & pasted from anemail and appeared perfect if viewed with firefox but in IE it was as a continuous line going off page, I have now adjusted it so it can be read on IE. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 01 Jun 09 - 02:34 PM No, VT, I don't think he did (hint, check the previous spellings on this thread)! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: VirginiaTam Date: 01 Jun 09 - 03:05 PM Gotcha RB, you never know my son may have experienced that too. I kind of retraction. He was that frightened. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 01 Jun 09 - 05:42 PM Re The about? Subject Loo,s In days of olde, When Knights were bolde, And toilets were not invented.. They dug a hole behind the road and sat there quite contented. They wiped there arse upon the Grass. and then put back on there Armor. All that " Me God for a smelly .................Pooo Good God Man what a Parlarva |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 01 Jun 09 - 05:57 PM There was a young Damsel sitting on a tree stump playing the Lute. and whose got the trots and comes galloping by but a Knight in Amour, On a Huge Steed. The young Damsel flutters Eyelids in haste and said' Good Morning Good Knight. The Knight just carries on riding past !! some what bewildered. And Mumbles under his breath ....,me that was a quick day? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 01 Jun 09 - 06:14 PM Re the 2nd thread up from this. The 1st versr is common. The 2nd verse is now world wide. Sort your own bloody |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 01 Jun 09 - 06:16 PM Sorry Mr Moderator " slip of the Tankard? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 01 Jun 09 - 06:19 PM What I was trying to say Was ;' Sort your own to play it. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 01 Jun 09 - 06:22 PM 'Key' Time to water the garden. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 02 Jun 09 - 09:12 AM Sorry about that above , Bit drunk last night. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies) Date: 02 Jun 09 - 01:54 PM Pierre, one of my male friends was walking with a mate, when nature called. He ducked by a tree for a poo - when he did (quote) "the loudest fart he'd ever heard!!!!". The sound reverberated so loudly across the countryside, that he became utterly incapacitated with laughter. He couldn't even wipe his bum. Several minutes later, his mate wandered back wondering why he'd not appeared again, and found him still weak as a baby with hysterics, with his pants and jeans around his ankles... |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 02 Jun 09 - 03:30 PM Hi Crows sister. Come to Knockholt loud farts are heard all over like a second dawn chorus. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: The Barden of England Date: 02 Jun 09 - 03:33 PM Arriving on Friday PM. Jan is doing her 'Van Gough'impressions in the morning. John Barden |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Ginger the Chicken Date: 02 Jun 09 - 05:47 PM Will it be safe for me to cum to Nock Holt? Wot wiv all them sheeps. Iz that Ray Narda Fox person going to be there? Will he shake my wing an take me to the pub? Will the sheeps chase me and not the Bridge man? Will I have to low high jump over the lokt gait? Will I be eeten by Eest U Peein peeples? Advise pleese |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 02 Jun 09 - 06:51 PM 1. Leave the cumming to the bipeds. 2. Or possibly the sheep. 3. Ray Fox runs an agency selling solicitor's practices and is unlikely to be there. Anyone who can consistently rip off solicitors has to be fairly ferocious. 4. No, No, NO! It's "Shake a tailfeather, let me see you shake a tailfeather..." 5. I can be sure the sheep do not chase me. They might find me easy to catch. 6. The gate is about the same height as the fence round your garden, which you clear with ease. 7. Never mind the East Europeans, you be careful of that Chappox feller, if he invites you camping it is with intent (geddit?) - and you may also find an East Europeean in his tent, and he may be plucking her tailfeather... (but cooking yours) |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: fisheye Date: 03 Jun 09 - 04:34 AM Do I need to bring a pile of 'Model Release' forms to K.H as it sounds as if some peculiar activities may be going to take place. Now if they are captured on my cameras, I would hate to be restricted as to their distribution... fisheye |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: The Barden of England Date: 03 Jun 09 - 05:04 AM Rumour has it that the sheep will be there as 'Travelling Flok' on Thursday night. John Barden |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 03 Jun 09 - 05:11 AM Er - wasn't that last Thursday at Piggie? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: The Barden of England Date: 03 Jun 09 - 05:36 AM Them there sheep get about a bit you know as 'Travelling Flok'. I believe they're going to give a rendition of 'A sleepy lagoon, a tropical moon, and ewe' John Barden |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 03 Jun 09 - 05:43 AM Ah. So long as it isn't "I'll never find another ewe". |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 03 Jun 09 - 07:51 AM "Jan is doing her Van Gough impression. Friday morning ''What cutting her Ear off "Thats a Saturday night special an it surely? At PigsEar I asked a chap if he had a light he said " Sorry mate I do not smoke. whereby a chap on the next garden bench Said," I ve got one here . I said " Van Gough had one Ear but he didn't have a lighter? My Polish friend should be coming and hopefully this time I wont have to dash off to find her and miss me Thursday night dinner. and end up having handouts down the Tally Ho , Using her Polish influence she managed to get out the landlord a pair of wellington boots, two umbrella,s and a plate of sandwiches within two minutes of getting in there, and by the time she left on the friday she had conned me out of my Keghol and left with such haste on the Friday morn that she took with her all my clean and dirty under pants by mistake which she threw in the nearest bin on the way home , The whole bloody lot . What a Par-larva? I had to go to M&S in Eltham when I got back and buy all new ones which put me nearly £30.00 out of pocket ? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 03 Jun 09 - 08:02 AM Try Primani. And what's that about a hole? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 03 Jun 09 - 11:14 AM What Hole ? Richard. Increased Fee,s. Has I said I will back Knockholt and pay the increase BUT........ Subs are paid by club members and Raffles are held every Wednesday. to pay for Knockholt and the Christmas Party. along with the normal Knockholt Fee per Person. Does not the money in the kitty stretch that far this year? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 03 Jun 09 - 01:20 PM Ah, in the kitty As in "Bestiality killed the cat"? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Guest - Agent Chicken Little Date: 03 Jun 09 - 03:38 PM For the attention of Ginger the Chicken. You should be warned that Reynard Fox is quite the nefarious poultry smuggler. We at Agency for the Preservation of Barnyard Fowl have been tracking him for many years and have yet to collar the fellow. He is suspected of running a whitemeat salver and cut rate cutlet ring. As yet we have not yet been able ascertain whether he is in league with Big Bad Wolf and Wile E. Coyote. So we are coordinating with PIG (Private Investigations General) and a feathered desert racer of some notoriety. Please avoid Reynard Fox at all cost. If you have any information that might lead to the capture, arrest and conviction of this criminal, please contact me, by dropping an acorn on my head. Whereupon, I will raise the alarm, by running around, flapping my wings, squawking something unitelligible about the weight of the sky and the imminent doom of being crushed by it. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 03 Jun 09 - 05:17 PM However, emergency help may be obtained from the Roadrunner. If you have seen Richard Bridge's driving this may give you a clue of how to find the Roadrunner... Beep Beep. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: fisheye Date: 04 Jun 09 - 06:33 AM and when you see him, take a wide clearance. he will definitely have the law on his side. fisheye |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 04 Jun 09 - 08:01 AM I shall not be side tracked by the exploits of Raynard The Fox and Ginger The Accursed Chicken and the Rigmarole of Chicken Agents and all the scratching about in the Dirt that goes with it. Has for the Par-larva of Richard Bridges Driveling, Hmm" So I have Heard.. Regarding the Sky falling down it has for some folk who think the above increase in Knockholt Fee,s is unjustified and there is even the Fandango that some folk are refusing to pay the increase? In order to avoid any fiasco at this event, May I put it to you that the Treasurer of Folkmob makes a explanation to the increase so all the fuss it is causing can be Firstly explained an debated on to boot. I am wiling to pay the increase myself but feel a explanation who those to oppose the move is justified and so they should be appeased with WHY.? Regards to all Pierre. Road Runner, 'What next? I shall start the thread myself. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 04 Jun 09 - 08:05 AM Begging your Pardon Richard. Re above pressed the wrong button on spell check Iintended to write driving not Driveling. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 04 Jun 09 - 08:13 AM There is Bestiality in my Cat, Regarding my Raccoon Hat. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Raynard the Fox. Date: 04 Jun 09 - 08:15 AM They seek me here, They seek me there, |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 04 Jun 09 - 11:54 AM Be SERIOUS! You can't be a fox and a Pimpernel at the same time. Or are you a Carnabetian? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Wile E Coyote Date: 04 Jun 09 - 02:03 PM Wile E. Coyote I know not why these allegations have been made against me. I am no friend nor consort of this Reynard person. Sounds a perfect rake to me. As to the feathered desert racer, Beep Beep in deed! My only intention in haranguing the little twit is to mmove him comfortable distance from my digs. Tell me how you might cope this with dangerous speed demon and his constant Beep beeping at all hours? Unfortunately, all my plans have been hitherto unsuccessful, due primarily to products purchased from ACME (All Rotten & Malfunctioning Equipment). I am currently in litigation with said company for serious Health and Safety breeches. Now, if you will excuse me, I seemed to lost my papers down the magically disappearing h o l e aaggghhhh...[splat] |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Ginger the Chicken Date: 04 Jun 09 - 04:32 PM I thank the respected and respectful Mr Bridge for his advice. I am ver wurreed about all these fictional creechers wot are cunning onto dis fred. Praps Elmer Fudd shood shute them? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 05 Jun 09 - 12:07 PM Let's restore some order to this thread! Chickens, Coyotes, Foxes, what next... Sheep? Baaa! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 05 Jun 09 - 12:24 PM Do you remember the song" Me and you and a Dog named Boo? ( who wrote that) How about Me and a Ewe in a tent for two, I have a Blond wig and some Lips stick in a bag. Or Mick & Sue and a dog named Caspar, I guess Richard I was Carnabetian. I purchased my first and only full length Afagan Coat from there back in days beyond recall. Its smelled to high heavan of Pee because that is how the goat pelts are cured. Afagan tribes man dig a huge hole in the sand and pee in it and they soak the pelts in the pee to cure the pelt of ticks and other micro life. My girl friend (The silly Moo) smothered Me Afagan coat in Petunia oil which only made it smell of sweet sickly smelling overpowering Pee. Years on. I stood to close to a candle and the fur fringes caught alight and that was the demise of my one and only Afagan. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 05 Jun 09 - 12:44 PM Well in England until relatively recently leather was tanned using among other putrid ingredients human sh*t. I saw this on telly. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 05 Jun 09 - 12:46 PM I might somewhere in a cupboard still have a very small Afghan waistcoat that Barry, Jacqui's first husband, brought back from Afghanistan when he went travelling, for Dominic (Jacqui's son), when Dominic was two. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: VirginiaTam Date: 05 Jun 09 - 01:05 PM Spooky - Yesterday, I showed a colleague the Iris Dememt youtubie Let the Mystery Be (cuz I am learning it). Said she loves that kind of country music. Then told me she still has her single of You and Me and a Dog Named Boo up in her loft. So we googled it and listened to it. In answer to your question, Pete - it was made a hit in the 70s or 80s by Lobo. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 05 Jun 09 - 07:52 PM Thanks Tam. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: fisheye Date: 06 Jun 09 - 04:22 AM Oh what memories, my Afagan coat could be taken off and stood in the corner, it was so stiff. My wife's family (girl friend at the time) refused us to wear them in their house...just cannot remember what happened to it.... fisheye |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 06 Jun 09 - 04:29 AM As you say, what memories? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 06 Jun 09 - 06:43 AM Fisheye got your message on my answer phone love to jam with you but working tirelessly at present to claw some leave back for later on in the year so I can attend more events. see you at folkmob. Cant do Essex Girls Working if not see you before see you and F.M.O.N at Knockers. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 07 Jun 09 - 06:09 AM I have packed me bags and Im ready to go I am traveling very light to Knockholt this year so light in-fact that i am getting there by train to Orpington and then the bus from Orpington to The Tally Ho pub which is walking distance or staggering distance to the camp site. The bus is the R5 from Orpington Train Station and they run every hour but do not run on Sundays I have got my new tent. 3 birth from Argos £29.99 you get a free sleeping bag + a free roll mat+ a free Ruck sack and lamp. Very good value. Due to the traveling light I will only be bringing my Traveling Guitar which is small enough to fit in a Mandolin carry case the instrument has yet to be set up by the great guitar doctor, Brain Rogers so all the action is out with fret buzz and both me nuts are to big and need a good sanding down (painful) But there are long hours In the early stages of Knockholt weekend where during the day it can get a wee bit boring so I might start a guitar workshop with anyone else who is interested. Please note the usual Saturday afternoon session down the Tally Ho is on this year starting with me and my great drinking partner Woodsie setting of to the tally Ho for opening time at 11am. By 200 oclock we usually have a packed out beer garden and a great afternoon. so no moans that we all have buggered off down the pub. Early evening we all stagger backfrom the pub up the lane back to the camp site for The Saturday night round the bonfire all-night sing around. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 07 Jun 09 - 06:13 AM Re above. sentence corrected. ' I might start a Guitar workshop with anyone else who is interested. and above all knows what there doing. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,bigpat Date: 07 Jun 09 - 07:58 AM yo pierre, would look forward to playing some guitar with you, and joining you down t' pub on saturday, wed, thur, fri. shame you cant make linda's will let you know how the beer tasted when we see you, might let you have a taste on saturday. and I look forward to seeing you all rather soon. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 07 Jun 09 - 04:19 PM Did he sy "Travelling Light"? One Two Three Got no bags and baggage to slow me down Travellin so fast my feet ain' touchin the ground Travelling light Traveeling light I Just can't wait To be with my baby tonight.. etc By the way on Metcheck the weather looks promising for the solstice... |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 08 Jun 09 - 04:31 AM Hmm - the forecast has got worse... |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 08 Jun 09 - 07:10 AM That s what Noah said was it not" Hmm-The forecast has got worse. "Well thanks for that late forecast, That was Mr Richard Fish. in The Nags Head weather station Lower Stoke Kent? ................................................................................... Kev The Clogs do you remember in Vals garden at the wake we briefly got our Mandolins out and you played a D Chord and I played a D pentatonic scale and we couldn't get it to work right in fact to be honest we both sounded like tortured Cats? Well it works when strummed on the guitar in D and played on the Mandolin in pentatonic D. Why Mandolin and Mandolin do not work is beyond me but it works great with Guitar. so lets try it again Pat we will sort out Emails etc soon I love My Apple Mac but the hassle Im having setting up a Microsoft Entourage email account is a right Bloody Par-larva. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: fisheye Date: 08 Jun 09 - 08:23 AM Kev: why the hell are you using Microsoft Entourage on a Mac.... What OSX are you using?... Tiger and Leopard mail does it all, and safer. regarding the two mandolins...i do have that prob with banjo and mando, it may be the mando strumming does not have enough depth in the full chord to blend well. Fisheye |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 08 Jun 09 - 08:57 AM If you play a chord and the relevant pentatonic scale on any instrument it should sound harmonic. Your instruments were probably out of kilter with each other, or more likely on the day your brains were out of ket with all that double vision stuff being consumed. Try an Am chord and play a C scale and change the chords using a C Am F G7 progression,or a D pento over a D Bm G A7 chord progression - endless hours of fun. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 08 Jun 09 - 09:08 AM Right, let's sort you lot out! 1. It wasn't Kev the Clogs setting up an entourage account, it was Pete the Hat. Opposite end of body. Simples. 2. Larvae (plural of Larva so presumably including Par-Larvae) hatch out into bugs. Bugs = Microsnot. 3. The word "banjo" is the clue. If you can tune it, it is not a banjo. Whan I picked up your various mandolins at the re-wake they were so far out of tune each of them alone nearly sounded like a banjo only squeakier. The two to gether must have been horrid. Try again when both are in tune - and if still sounding horrid, check against someone playing a guitar that is in tune. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 08 Jun 09 - 09:08 AM 100 |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 08 Jun 09 - 09:44 AM Wevva |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 08 Jun 09 - 09:51 AM I am gonna try and get in the habit of tuning my guitar and Mandolin prior to even plucking a string in future so has not to fall in that out of tune trap again. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: VirginiaTam Date: 08 Jun 09 - 01:52 PM I wanna play in guitar workshop. Wanna play in mando workshop. But I am worried about taking Odetta and RB's mandolin out in the wevva. So want to play along, but not willing to chance their health. May not be room in car anyhoo, if we are bringing Crowsister and all our kit. I think Dilligaff has offered to loan her a tent? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 08 Jun 09 - 05:18 PM Hangover workshop would be more approieate Tam if you are getting there untill Friday evening. We usually start to assemble round the campfire in the evening at about 7 ish. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 08 Jun 09 - 06:44 PM I give you permission to bring baby mando. If Wevva put case inside binliner and carry into marquis (or marquee, depending on breeding). Dilligaf's tent (and mine) are in wardo already and with luck Big Dick (sorry ladies, he's married) will have fixed my awning too. Apart from the Wevva and weather, what about the whether? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Ginger the Chicken Date: 08 Jun 09 - 06:55 PM Cor the wevva dont look good do it? Gonna be a bit breezee up my tail-fevvas, so no shakin dem ok? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Raynard The Fox Date: 08 Jun 09 - 11:36 PM Be more then a Breeze up your tail feathers if I catch up with you, There will be half a Lemon and a Onion and your tail feathers will be replaced with sprigs of Rosemary. :How does one get down from a Chicken. One does not One gets down from a Duck; |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 08 Jun 09 - 11:50 PM Has the Sausage Killer been doing his Rain Dance again? My Polish friend will not be at Knockholt this year,she is going home to Warsaw, which is all very well after the fiasco of last year whereby I was running here, there, and everywhere trying to find her and I missed the Thursday night meal. I think we may have a Bagpiper again this year I have told him that the best place to place Bagpipes in Knockholt is in the darkest deepest remotist parts Knockholt Chalk Mine. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: fisheye Date: 09 Jun 09 - 03:04 AM The FM thought about getting somebody from Wimbledon to design a retractable roof for the KH field, unfortunately some environmental department decided it would be: unfare, not nice plus it would remove and dismiss all the weather predictions. There is another thought worth considering, if the world is getting warmer and spring/summer is coming earlier. Perhaps we should organise KH next year in May.....(responses on a post card please) so bring your wellies and enjoy . fisheye |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 09 Jun 09 - 03:47 AM Blimey you're up early fisheye! The weather forecast looked OK this morning, mind you weather forecasts are usually wrong. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 09 Jun 09 - 04:24 AM Thursday looking promising, Friday OK until 6pm then light rain, getting heavier at 3 or 4 am, should be clear by noon Sat and Sat nite OK |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: fisheye Date: 09 Jun 09 - 06:33 AM I only have my banjo skin to tell me the weather, when dull and mellow it is raining. Arguing with the birds and piecing tells me it is fine and sunny. Looking forward to seeing you all soon, so have a save journey there. fisheye |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Girl Friday Date: 09 Jun 09 - 08:02 AM Our wellies already in caravan. took them to Markbeech and it didn't rain one drop. Ah ! It occurs to us that the message about wellies was directed at Mr Bridge, |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Girl Friday Date: 09 Jun 09 - 08:17 AM That poor chicken... she's too young to die Raynard. Apparently she's still laying eggs... but you're a fox, and wouldn't know such things. Where I live, foxes run around with bags of Kentucky Fried... |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 09 Jun 09 - 08:27 AM Your banjo tells you if it is raining - so does looking out the window! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 09 Jun 09 - 09:53 AM Who remembers this song from 1988( with a few lyric changes) John Ketley was a Weatherman. A Weatherman, A Weatherman. John Ketley was A Weatherman And so is Richard Philps. He hangs his Banjo out his Flat. He declares "Its going to Snow and that is that. Then a lightening bolt it kills The Cat, and a Glacier comes out the Fridge. Ohhh John Ketley was A Weatherman A Weatherman. A Weatherman. John Ketley was a Weatherman. And so is Richard Bridge. He predicts "Its gonna rain and then its not. Its gonna be freezing and then its Hot. The camping field 'Will become a Mire. and a Hurrican blows out the fire. Ohhh John Ketley was A Weatherman A Weatherman A Weatherman. John Ketley was a Weatherman, and so is T.D.L. They say" Bring your Wellies, Fore Rain will be felt". There a blistering Heat wave and your Wellies melt. it does not rain in Knockholt , But there a Tidal wave in Scarborough. Saints preserve us What a Parlarva. Oh John Ketley was a Weatherman A Weatherman, A Weatherman. John Ketley was a Weatherman. Bring back ,Michael Fish. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 09 Jun 09 - 10:07 AM The original song was wrote by whoever I can not recall there name but it shot to fame and was played on the Radio relentlessly. AFter the 1988 Hurrican that Devastated South East England. Sevenoaks became One Oak and Michael Fish shot to fame with that Famous statement. ' There will not be any high winds on Thursday. I thought the song was great and I dedicate this new version I have made up to the Knockers weather Forecasters. who predict the weather each year. Brilliant. Regards Pierre. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST Date: 09 Jun 09 - 10:28 AM The original song was wrote by whoever A Tribe of Toffs |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: The Barden of England Date: 09 Jun 09 - 02:12 PM I hung my seaweed out, but the bloody birds ate it!!! So I suppose the weather could be rather 'Sh*tty' John Barden |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 09 Jun 09 - 05:53 PM Forecast keeps shifting - now dry all day Fri Sat and Sun - whoopee! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 09 Jun 09 - 10:29 PM I said to me Doctor. "What do you reccomenrd for bad Wind. She Said" A Kite |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 10 Jun 09 - 04:37 AM Wed 17 Jun 6:00 11:59 14 °c 13 °c 1013 mb 0.0 mm 71 % 14 mph 12:00 17:59 18 °c 18 °c 1011 mb 0.2 mm 95 % 10 mph 18:00 23:59 20 °c 19 °c 1009 mb 1.5 mm 99 % 6 mph Thu 18 Jun 0:00 5:59 16 °c 16 °c 1010 mb 1.3 mm 44 % 5 mph 6:00 11:59 15 °c 15 °c 1010 mb 0.0 mm 41 % 6 mph 12:00 17:59 18 °c 17 °c 1011 mb 0.0 mm 64 % 11 mph 18:00 23:59 18 °c 16 °c 1010 mb 0.0 mm 18 % 13 mph Fri 19 Jun 0:00 5:59 14 °c 13 °c 1014 mb 0.0 mm 6 % 13 mph 6:00 11:59 14 °c 13 °c 1017 mb 0.0 mm 29 % 13 mph 12:00 17:59 16 °c 15 °c 1019 mb 0.2 mm 35 % 14 mph 18:00 23:59 17 °c 16 °c 1020 mb 0.3 mm 16 % 12 mph Sat 20 Jun 0:00 5:59 14 °c 13 °c 1023 mb 0.1 mm 7 % 10 mph 6:00 11:59 12 °c 12 °c 1024 mb 0.0 mm 10 % 10 mph 12:00 17:59 16 °c 16 °c 1026 mb 0.0 mm 16 % 9 mph 18:00 23:59 17 °c 15 °c 1027 mb 0.0 mm 27 % 9 mph Sun 21 Jun 0:00 5:59 12 °c 11 °c 1030 mb 0.0 mm 10 % 6 mph 6:00 11:59 10 °c 11 °c 1030 mb 0.0 mm 41 % 6 mph 12:00 17:59 16 °c 17 °c 1030 mb 0.0 mm 58 % 3 mph 18:00 23:59 17 °c 15 °c 1027 mb 0.2 mm 64 % |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: fisheye Date: 10 Jun 09 - 08:03 AM Can that be taken as a legal document RB. All i do know is banjo skin is tightening and so are fingers. Roll on Knockholt. fisheye |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 10 Jun 09 - 08:05 AM It's from Metcheck. It'll probably have changed by tomorrow again... |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,bigpat Date: 10 Jun 09 - 09:31 AM so richard was does that all mean in english!!!! I take it it means good weather. cant wait to go, one more week. yipeee. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 10 Jun 09 - 09:34 AM The important column is the one in millimetres - that's rain, and it looks as if there won't be much. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 10 Jun 09 - 11:29 AM The highest rainfall predicted is 1.5mm Which is negligible. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Ginger The Chicken Date: 10 Jun 09 - 12:28 PM Squork!! EEk! Squork!!! Ray Nard can not bee a fox. Wot fox wood taik all dat twubbel wiv a chickin? Wun took me arntee an' scoft er roar. Dis Ray Nard iz chef for shore.. I herd dat Gary rodes live local to Knock Holt. I bet it im! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 10 Jun 09 - 12:42 PM It keeps changing! Fri and Sat now allegedly to be dry all day! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: VirginiaTam Date: 10 Jun 09 - 02:42 PM My Polish friend will not be at Knockholt this year,she is going home to Warsaw, Then your underwear should be safe. Ooh Er! Coming into marquis with my mando. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: VirginiaTam Date: 10 Jun 09 - 03:01 PM I said to me Doctor. "What do you reccomenrd for bad Wind. She Said" A Kite Ginger best look out for that kite and forget about the fox. RB is a bit obsessed with the potential atmospheric conditions. Let's give him something else to think about. Introducing the Knockholt sheep back into the thread. They are feeling a bit neglected this year. Heya big fella |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 10 Jun 09 - 04:51 PM I have invented a Shower made from a large converted high pressure garden Chemical pump pressure sprayer so if it is hot all us tent folk can get under that. It works rather well. (No it never has had chemicals in it so its safe. All you have to do is fill the large plastic bottle supply tank with water and puimp the handle untill you can not pump it anymore flick a switch and away you go. adjust the sprayer forward for a fine spray or losen for a drenching spray. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: melodeonboy Date: 10 Jun 09 - 06:05 PM I won't be able to come at all, I'm afraid (gigs on Friday and Saturday, and now band rehearsal on Thursday). Have a good time, you lot; I'll do a sun dance for you! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,LilBoPeep Date: 11 Jun 09 - 01:12 PM Knockholt outnumbered? they are watching us |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,BillyGoatGruff Date: 11 Jun 09 - 01:37 PM ha ha ha. Are ewes looking at me? Here are another one. Bridge under the River Ewes? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 11 Jun 09 - 01:40 PM So where is this place where the sheep outnumber people 3 to 1? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Bigpat Date: 11 Jun 09 - 02:17 PM ello peeps, anyone know if Mr woodsy is coming, and if he is when!!! just days to go now, not forgeting linda's at the weekend, of course, look forward to seeing some of you hardened folkies then. bye. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Abdul The Bul Bul Date: 11 Jun 09 - 02:30 PM Well I'd rather be rained on in Knockholt this weekend with you lot than standing outside here dripping with sweat. I am managing to learn some songs tho. Al |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 11 Jun 09 - 02:34 PM I wish this weather would make up its mind - now Friday nice all day, Sat starting damp and getting wet, and Sun wet and monsoon by afternoon. Moral, as with ladies and sheep, come and go quickly! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: VirginiaTam Date: 11 Jun 09 - 02:51 PM snork... evidently from the land of topless sheep. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Abdul The Bul Bul Date: 11 Jun 09 - 02:52 PM and camels |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 11 Jun 09 - 02:52 PM It occurs to me that a lamb or vegetable tagine would be the ideal thing for Thursday night and could be cooked on the fire. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 11 Jun 09 - 04:31 PM Moroccan Cooking Richard ?. Im up for that? I think Lamb would be better then Fish but time consuming Re Cooking. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 11 Jun 09 - 04:33 PM Re Cooking I mean Open Fire. Biscult Tin |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 11 Jun 09 - 05:07 PM A tagine cooking vessel has a thick base, and the meat (if any) is usually slow-cooked, but I'm not sure I am competent to make the special sauce... |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Essex Girl Date: 12 Jun 09 - 04:10 AM Richard, if we'd had a bigger baggage allowance we could have brought a large cooking tagine back from Morocco. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 12 Jun 09 - 04:21 AM Right oh Richard. You make the Sauce if you wish and I will slow cook the lamb. I have not got a thick based cooking vessel so the answer to this is I will use a Tin but raise it up above the embers the higher it is raised the slower it will cook. Has I explained to folk at Pigs Ear if you hold you hand low over a flame its bloody hot and if you keep it there it will burn/cook your hand. If you raise your hand over the same flame it will cook and if you raise it over the flame so its a bearable heat it will not burn your hand for some time but it will get hot and it will cook it after a while .Slowly Its all about height and heat. Lamb cooking Lamb is a some what bland meat . It also smells awful during cooking. But tastes lovely. I will cook the Lamb on the Thursday morn should take a slow 4 hours I will steam it and then brown it off . Optional I suggest you then add your Sauce and we flash heat it. Basically that means fire bomb the joint . one runs away to excape licking flames and then returns when the flames have died down. This process well it kinda caramelizes the sauce. regards Pierre |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 12 Jun 09 - 04:34 AM Richard if you are not competent enough to make the sauce I will look it up and make it. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,woodeneye Date: 12 Jun 09 - 05:27 AM This is all well and good, but remember that the fire has to be tended I remember a couple of years ago when some people took the fire over for several hours slow cooking a lump of pork. The fire burnt steadily away, untended while we stood there watching, mouths watering in anticipation. When finally the cooking finished the said piece of meat was whisked away by it's owner to some remote spot to be consumed. The fire had all but gone out and I was barely able to rescue it in time for the evening festivities. By all means cook on the fire but have some consideration for the poor starving onlookers, keep the fire going and have the food off in time for the evening singaround. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 12 Jun 09 - 07:48 AM I quite agree and then you have folk who also wanna cook inspired by others which is all very well and they chuck more wood on which is not all very well. fore one needs a constant temperature to cook a leg of Lamb not Differing temperatures. So what I purpose to do "And I put it to you' , is to not cook on the main fire but build a huge Barbecue off the ground out side my tent. I will need four flat logs which I will return to the main log pile when Im finished cooking. The Logs are solely for resting the Barbecues on fore I will not leave burn marks on the farmers field. This way Im not hogging the main fire all day and I can cook at my own temperature. Once cooked I may Brown off the Leg of Lamb over the main fire on a turning pole but that wont take long and I will be finished long before the singer-around starts. My mates going to drop me off a Leg of Lamb late Tuesday Night.(Frozen) I will place it straight in my freezer and bring it to Knockholt on Wednesday by the time I get there it will still be frozen so I will hang it up a tree having first put it in a new mosi net until thawed out. I will leave it up the tree alnight so foxes and T.D.L etc cant get it . the alternative is to place the Leg of Lamb in a trailer persons fridge. but there are not many if any trailers there Wednesday night. Its wont go off over night up a tree but it must be cooked straight away Thursday Morning. Once retrieved from the tree top of course. Now to find the ingredients for Moroccan sauce Richard mentioned in the above thread its got to be on the internet ,And then go out shopping and buy the stuff. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 12 Jun 09 - 07:54 AM By the By Moroccan Tagine cooking pot sorted I made one this morning using 4 metal mixing bowls 2 metal trays a piece of copper pipe and two G Clamps. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 12 Jun 09 - 10:06 AM Ok here is the Moroccan sauce I think Richard is talking about in above thread. It is called Harrisia Sauce. Contains. 2 tablespoons Honey. 2 Table spoons of Cumin Seeds. 2 table spoons of Coriander seeds. Half a Table spoon of Cardamon seed.( Dark Inner seed) 4 Table spoons of Chili Pequins (Whole dried Pod) 1 table spoon of salt. 2 Garlic Cloves. Quarter of a cup of Ex Virgin olive Oil. (There are no extra virgins at Knockholt so we will have to make do with Spray Crisp and Dry?) |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 12 Jun 09 - 10:10 AM Once prepared this will go towards the Thursday Night Meal so every one will be able to sample it , No running off to a corner of the field leaving folk bewildered and mouthwatering. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 12 Jun 09 - 12:08 PM Here is one recipe for Harissa - but it's not the one I spotted the other day that recommended Scotch Bonnets as the chillies - which scared me a little. Harissa keeps well in the fridge, but be sure to cover it with a little olive oil to keep it from being exposed to the air. Ingredients 250g/9oz long, fresh red chillies sea salt 3 heaped tsp caraway seeds, ground 3 heaped tsp cumin seeds, ground 1 tsp black cumin seeds, ground (optional) 4 cloves garlic 100g/3½oz piquillo peppers, or roasted and peeled red bell pepper 2 tsp tomato purée 2 tsp red wine vinegar 4 tbsp olive oil 2 level tsp smoked paprika Method 1. Remove the tops of the chillies, then slice in half lengthways. Lay each chilli on a chopping board, cut-side up, and gently scrape away the seeds with a teaspoon and discard. 2. Blend the chillies in a food processor with a pinch of salt, half of each of the spice seeds and the garlic cloves until smooth. 3. Add the peppers, the rest of the spice seeds, the tomato purée and vinegar, and blend again until very smooth. Transfer to a mixing bowl. 4. Now add the olive oil. Sprinkle the paprika on top of the oil and stir in. Taste and season, if necessary, with more salt to balance out the vinegar. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 12 Jun 09 - 12:11 PM This is the one that scared me: - classic spice blend, Harissa can either be used as an addition to stews or it can be served as a condiment to accompany rice dishes. Ingredients: 1 tsp Coriander seeds 1tsp white cumin seeds 1tsp Caraway seeds 1tsp mint 5 cloves garlic 1tsp ground coriander 10 dried red chillies (preferably hot eg birds' eye, scotch bonnet, piri-piri) Harissa Preparation: Method: Cover the chillies with hot water and let stand for 15 minutes until soft. Place chillies and remaining ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth using water that the chillies soaked in to thin it. The sauce should have the consistency of thick paste. If you place the paste in a jar and cover with a thin film of olive oil it will keep for at least a couple of months in the refrigerator. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 12 Jun 09 - 12:12 PM I did a vegetable tagine last night in a thick-bottomed saucepan, but using a proproetary sauce from Nandos, and it was delicious! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 12 Jun 09 - 12:13 PM Blimey I can't wait! Pete, are you roasting/dry frying the seeds first? This releases the flavours. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 12 Jun 09 - 12:39 PM Clearly Richard seems to have mastered the art of Sauce making so let Richard bring the sauce and I will bring the Leg of Lamb. I mean cant we put a Vegetable Tagine on a leg of lamb. I really wouldn't know? Once cooked we can slice the lamb for the Thursady night meal and have a bowl of sauce Re dipper. OR alternately I can buy the ingredients listed 3 threads above the scary one or the one above or both and make them best we can on site. What do folk think? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: The Barden of England Date: 12 Jun 09 - 01:19 PM Wot - no couscous? John Barden |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 12 Jun 09 - 03:16 PM Absolutely Not. I speak with a stutter but the reason is simply, Couscous, Coucsous we wont have time to cook it |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 12 Jun 09 - 03:22 PM The knockholt answer to a Food Blender Richard, for us tent folk is a pair of sharp scissors, and about two hours. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Abdul The Bul Bul Date: 12 Jun 09 - 03:49 PM I've had too much wine and can't stopp laffin] Al |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Abdul The Bul Bul Date: 12 Jun 09 - 03:50 PM Wish I was there although it don't sound very veggetarian. El Al |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: VirginiaTam Date: 12 Jun 09 - 04:02 PM We wish you could be there too, Al. Chris is vegetarian too. We will manage somehow. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 12 Jun 09 - 05:23 PM VT you will not be there on the Thursday you are arriving Friday. This Parlarva is about the Thursday night feast and the menu for it? If you are going to Essex Girls B.B.Q., Then ask and folk will fill you in . |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: VirginiaTam Date: 12 Jun 09 - 05:27 PM Correction Pete We are not there until Saturday. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 12 Jun 09 - 05:29 PM "We try to cater for most tastes. Your,ll want Carrot flavored Jelly Next" Bloody Parlarva. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 12 Jun 09 - 05:37 PM I ve had to much Wine and smoke Im going to bed. But I did manage a hour guitar, much to the delight of the neighbors who thought they would introduce "The Broom Handle to the Ceiling" Need a lesson Re Keeping Time. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 12 Jun 09 - 05:39 PM The Harissa is supposed to be made in advance. I will get the rest of the tagine recipe. I think I have everything else (must check spice cupboard) - but dried Scotch Bonnets in Strood - I might as well be asking for Dom Perignon or Kristal (or in fact the rather better and less vulgar Rene Lalou). I have ONE Scotch Bonnet in the fridge and it ain't enough and I have been racking my brains about how to create a thick-bottomed cast iron or earthenware pot the lid of which drains the condensate back into the food. I could have done it with a Chimnea and a thick bottomed saucepan, but my chimnea was nicked at the height of the scrap iron price boom! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 12 Jun 09 - 05:43 PM I Have lovely . Neighbors, He is Irish and she is Jewish. Blessed with a sense of humor? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 12 Jun 09 - 05:48 PM Has i say cooking vessel sorted. ' Mend and Make do ? I can supply you with one if you want. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 12 Jun 09 - 05:50 PM Im In Co. Hear, ant. Good night folks |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 12 Jun 09 - 06:00 PM Kev, did you give him any cake? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 12 Jun 09 - 06:13 PM "He would have to have Bloody long arms Im in Kidbrooke he is in Middle Stroke. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Kev The Clogs Date: 13 Jun 09 - 05:39 AM actually I was in Kidbrooke last night! Went to dinner with my Mum. Then to Upper Stoke. No - Pierre could teach me a thing or to about cake! Check out the Aylesford thread by the way. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 13 Jun 09 - 06:23 AM Wevva loking pretty good - a spot of mizzle on Fri Night maybe but not a lot, otherwise luvverly from Thurs to Sun pm and it could be another of those "I don't want to go home" Sunday afternoons!! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 13 Jun 09 - 06:32 AM Here's a recipe for the tagine cooking of shoulder of lamb. I suspect that if one uses a leg one wants to cook it gently until the meat falls off the bone - and that this recipe is designed for rather higher-heat oven cooking. 1 boned shoulder of lamb, cubed 1 onion, finely chopped 500g carrots, chopped 4 tbsp olive oil 1/2 tsp powdered cinnamon 3cm length ginger, grated zest and juice of 1 lemon 1 tbsp coriander leaves 12 black olives 1 tbsp Harissa salt and black pepper to taste Tajin bei-Lham (Lamb Tagine with Harissa Sauce) Preparation: Method: Put the oil in the base of a tagine, heat and gently fry the lamb until browned then add the onion and fry until translucent. Add the cinnamon, ginger and grated lemon zest and lemon juice. Add sufficient hot water to cover the contents of the tagine and season with salt and black pepper. Bring to a boil, add the lid and cook for 1 hour before adding the carrots, coriander and the harissa. Cook gently for 45 minutes then add the olives. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 13 Jun 09 - 09:25 AM When I asked for Scotch Bonnets in Sainsburys the women thought I was talking about a bloody Hat? Cant get the staff. Well my version of the Moroccan Tangain is complete. I have been drilling and rigging up a Roast rest so the lamb wont sit on the bottom of the Woks and burn. My Sister popped in and wondered what the hell I was making When I told her it was my Version of a Moroccan Tangine she said" It looks more like a Alien Space Ship. ''They came from out of Space". "They were a most peculiar race "Were The hardons. In all honesty the vessel is much similar to what I cooked Chicken in at Dilligafsxx a few weeks back. Richard the base of the vessel is about quarter inch thick made up of three woks sitting in each other+a Roast rest and a Wok on top. Held together with 2 G Clamps. with a funnel sticking out the top. Richard Question Does the sauce go on top of the lamb toward final stages of cooking or do you just stick it on the side has a dip or does one spoon it over the sliced Lamb has one might with Chile sauce and a Kebab?. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 13 Jun 09 - 09:34 AM I will bring loads of herbs with me from my herb garden. Parsley Rosemary Chives Garlic Chives. Coriander Lemon Balm Dill+ Lemons and Limes. Maybe the herbivores coming to knockholt might contribute some veg? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: VirginiaTam Date: 13 Jun 09 - 10:03 AM What kinda veg you want, Sugah? They won't be arriving until Saturday midday though. Anyway, I thought we might bring: Large baking potatoes (split with thick slice of onion, cracked black pepper and pat of butter inside, wrapped in foil) to put in the fire. Yams as above but decorated with butter and cinnamon. Corn cobettes again. And marinade peppers, onions, mushrooms to skewer and grill. 2 different marinades = Satay and Mexican salsa with lime and taco seasoning. I love Dill and lime. For tomorrow, I am bringing a pasta salad with colourful peppers, cucumbers, vitorrio tomatoes in a lime and dill salad dressing. Oops wrong thread. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 13 Jun 09 - 01:30 PM Try this: I can't get scotch bonnets either but I can probably improvise a Harissa using one of the above recipes with flaked dried chillis in stead - it may be a bit of a case of adding the Harissa bit by bit to avoid blowing eveyone to pieces! here's a Tagine recipe from North Africa: Lamb Tagine with Harissa Sauce Ingredients 1 boned shoulder of lamb, cubed 1 onion, finely chopped 500g carrots, chopped 4 tbsp olive oil 1/2 tsp powdered cinnamon 3cm length ginger, grated zest and juice of 1 lemon 1 tbsp coriander leaves 12 black olives 1 tbsp Harissa salt and black pepper to taste Method: Put the oil in the base of a tagine, heat and gently fry the lamb until browned then add the onion and fry until translucent. Add the cinnamon, ginger and grated lemon zest and lemon juice. Add sufficient hot water to cover the contents of the tagine and season with salt and black pepper. Bring to a boil, add the lid and cook for 1 hour before adding the carrots, coriander and the harissa. Cook gently for 45 minutes then add the olives. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 13 Jun 09 - 03:03 PM Im cooking Leg of Lamb Maaaaaaaaaaaaa By time you get on site Richard everything should be Tickadiboo .Re Lamb cooked. VT. Re Cross threading Im confused. Im wined up and smoked out Im going to bed. Summers Here. My up stairs Neighbour the Jewess called me a Savage for drinking wine out of a Tankard.I was laid out in the garden "..Bloody Charming an it? Savage Indeed. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 13 Jun 09 - 03:10 PM Good Night. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 13 Jun 09 - 03:22 PM A brisk Google shows Shakespeare writing of tankards of wine in "The Tempest" so I suspect that your neighbour aspires inaccurately to the haut-bourgeoisie. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Kev The Clogs Date: 13 Jun 09 - 03:27 PM I can get Scotch Bonnets in Sainsbury's in Oftford (near Knockholt). Can let you have some on Tuesday night RB when we are at the Six Bells, else you will have to wait 'til Friday evening. Will one packet be enough for you? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 13 Jun 09 - 04:43 PM Two please. They should be dried but I'll see what I can achieve on Weds, although I am packing Weds night for an early start Thurs - it's going to be so good! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 13 Jun 09 - 05:19 PM When are you getting there John? Would you be able to do cous-cous? I am not good at it. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Kev The Clogs Date: 13 Jun 09 - 07:51 PM Dilligaf says is that a folk song or a pidgeon with a lisp!? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 13 Jun 09 - 08:34 PM No, it's an anagram of a Nina and Frederick hit |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: The Barden of England Date: 14 Jun 09 - 03:12 AM Not getting there until friday afternoon Richard - and I can't say I like couscous much either. I live tagine though. John Barden |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 14 Jun 09 - 03:36 AM Oh well. Forget cous-cous. I'm sure someone will be able to do rice... Or we can buy nice bread - I'm no great fan of Morrocan bread either. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies) Date: 14 Jun 09 - 03:56 AM Cous Cous is extremely easy to do when catering in bulk - I've done it in kitchens for lots of peeps (or indeed just one or two - I use it all the time when camping). Just buy a couple of bags of the stuff (depending how many you plan to feed) - shove it in a big pot with a veggie stock cube or two and a good dollop of olive oil. Then *just cover* with boiling water. Leave it *off* the heat. It'll swell by itself. Easy peasy. A little bit of lemon juice and a couple cans of chickpeas are quite nice to add too. Not the proper steaming way - but great for easy outdoors feeding. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 14 Jun 09 - 07:14 AM Sucu Sucu by my heros, Nina & Fred got to 23 in the UK charts in 1961. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 14 Jun 09 - 05:43 PM I will be going to Knockers Stright from work Wednesday Morning should be there for 9.30 depends what time the first R5 bus leaves Orpington. This is all thanks to Essex Girl who has kindly offered to take my guitar and cooking gear down to knockholt Wednesday evening. All I have to bring back is the Guitar the cooking stuff is all Throw away. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Girl Friday Date: 14 Jun 09 - 05:50 PM I tried to cook couscous once. It was all lumpy and coagulated - and tasted of nothing in particular, but the lamb tagine sounds lovely. My only reservation is "Should Richard be eating his girl friend? I shall be serving my usual Chinese stir-fry pork and rice. Absolutely no chicken ! Ginger is safe from me at least. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 14 Jun 09 - 06:19 PM I Cant abide Couscous to Bland and has for chick peas,Yuk I much prefere Rice and you can dye rice with food colouring so if you have say "A Jamacian Night you can have Red,Gold,Green,Rice. or a Japanese night you can have plain White rice with a big red blob in the middle. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Raynard The Fox Date: 14 Jun 09 - 06:27 PM "Gingers Clucked it" She,s Dead and Gone to that great Chicken Coop in the sky. Girl Friday You all ate her this afternoon at Essex Girls.BBQ. Ha Ha Ha Ha Hee Ha |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 14 Jun 09 - 06:55 PM Hungry now Raynard? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Girl Friday Date: 14 Jun 09 - 07:10 PM Oh no I didn't!!!! I had Morrison's best beef steak. Len and me can't abide chicken - we think it's fowl!!! However, methinks I'll get my gun and shoot that bl****y fox! Ginger, are you really dead? Say it isn't so..... |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 14 Jun 09 - 09:03 PM 200 |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Kev The Clogs Date: 15 Jun 09 - 02:32 AM Reports of Ginger's death are premature - she and her mate Sooty were waddling about in Dilligaf's garden this morning :-) |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: VirginiaTam Date: 15 Jun 09 - 03:11 AM Foxes are liars as well as thieves and murderers. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 15 Jun 09 - 04:04 AM Surely Sooty is a friend not a mate, unless they are odd chickens? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Ginger the Chicken Date: 15 Jun 09 - 09:02 AM Kwyte ryte I still here and "mate" meens fwend. Mista B is ryte. He wun clevva chap! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 15 Jun 09 - 09:26 AM Richard its not just hear say. Chickens are like Cows, not wishing to be rude at all "They go all Lesbo if there is not any "Cock or Bull around"? thats true. Ask your Vet. When I was at reform school we were taken to a Educational Farm in East Sussex and while we stood among the cows one mounted another 'have you ever seen a cow on two legs there enormous well the cow underneath run off and the cow on top came crashing down and nearly pole axed my friend Spencer. He had to be carried from the field and taken to East Grinsted Hospital he survived the episode with a bout of delayed concussion. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 15 Jun 09 - 09:44 AM He also for some unknown reason got two black eyes from the glancing blow and looked like a Panda. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Ginger the Chicken Date: 15 Jun 09 - 09:55 AM I pwotest. I am Ginger The Chick not Ginger The Beer. I too have heard that this gay fing is not hexcloosiv t'peeps, but I not gay I am a normal chick laydee. In feer ov my lyfe I not go to dis Knock Holt place. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 15 Jun 09 - 10:38 AM "You will be alright Ginger Raynard The Fox is dead . He fell down a Mine shaft in Knockholt . Police have for the last two days been looking into it while Fire fighters are still trying to get to the bottom of it.." |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Grimms Brother's News Date: 15 Jun 09 - 10:55 AM Breaking News: Fox reported to be Reynard found dead. Chicken in Upper Stoke to be questioned. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,John Ravens News Round Animal folk News Date: 15 Jun 09 - 01:41 PM I can this evening confirm that Raynard The Fox has been found dead and His body removed from the base of a Air Shalft in Knockholt Chalk Mine. In the mean time Folk Animal Police Flying Squad Officers carried out a Dawn Swoop on a Chicken Coop in Upper Stoke. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies) Date: 15 Jun 09 - 01:55 PM Posted this up on BBQ tnread first, then realised it belonged here (Cut & Paste): After hearing a bunch of the wimmin at Lindas BBQ singing 'Drink to the Men', I'm thinking of raising the bar regards colourful songs for the lasses. So, if we have a Strumpet, a Doxy and and a pox ridden Hussy hanging around this rat infested midden (Essex Slapper is taken), would they kindly present (fishnet stockings and peep-hole frillies optional...)? Anyone fancy having a go at The Four Old Whores of Baltimore? One verse a piece, and shared chorus. So who's up ferret? Holds breath........... ;-) Couple of YouTubes for the tune here: Four Old Whores of Baltimore (I love this version) Four Old Whores Lyrics: Four Old Whores There were four old whores from Baltimore Drinking beer and wine. The topic of conversation was "Mine is bigger than thine.' cho: Roly, poly, tickle my hole-y, Smell of my slimy slough. Then drag your nuts across my guts, I'm one of the whorey crew. The first old whore from Baltimore said, "Mine's as big as the air. The birds fly in, the birds fly out, And never touch a hair." The second old whore from Baltimore said, "Mine's as big as the moon. The men jump in, the men jump out, And never touch the womb." The third old whore from Baltimore said, "Mine's as big as the sea. The ships sail in, the ships sail out, And leave their rigging free." The fourth old whore from Baltimore said, "Mine's the biggest of all. A man went up in the springtime, And didn't come out till fall." If anyone fancies, I'll print lyric sheets up. We could practice Saturday and do it Sunday? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies) Date: 15 Jun 09 - 01:57 PM Bugga! YouTube link for tune: Four Old Whores |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: VirginiaTam Date: 15 Jun 09 - 02:16 PM Crow Sister Brilliant! Would be even more brilliant if we could get Cari (Ruff N Reddy) playing the fiddle. Don't know if she attends Knockers, though. At Linda's BBQ, I was apporached with the proposition that we ladies attending Knockholt should dance naked around the fire in protest to the Daily Mail article lambasting a school where works one known to several of the Knockholt crowd. I propose that rather than actually dancing naked around the fire, we form an Association (Knockholt Chapter to the founding club). Print up Tshirts and announce to the press that we will be protesting. All the press will show up to find us sitting round in our Association Tshirts. I have desigend the logo. Society of Ladies Dancing Naked Around Fire |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,JOHN RAVENS NEWS ROUND ANIMAL FOLK NEWS Date: 15 Jun 09 - 02:38 PM Animal folk Police can confirm That Ginger The Chicken has been arrested in connection with the death of Raynard The Fox. Under section 4 of The Fowl Play Act. Its has Since been confirmed that Raynard resorted to a life of crime after being thrown out of the Cubs. In 1986 he broke into Knockholt Firework factory and stole tweleve boxes of Bangers but was caught by the fireworks factory security Guard Pete The Cat. In a desparate attempt to avoid conviction Raynard Ate the evidence. Despite appearing in court for the alleged offence with the lack of consunmed evidence Judge Hof had no choice but to take Raynard out side and "He Let Him off. In 1990 Raynard was arrested a 2nd time for stealing a Car Battery but once again he was caught in the Act and ate the evidence. Judge Hoof this time had no choice but to put him on a Charge. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Brother's Grimm News Date: 15 Jun 09 - 03:00 PM Fox dead, chicken nicked. Old news! Hohum! Turn to page 7 for Rumpelstiltskin's Knitting Patterns Woolly Knockers |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: TheSilentOne Date: 15 Jun 09 - 04:18 PM Wot, no wevva update? BTW Crow Sister, should that have been LOWERING the bar? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 15 Jun 09 - 04:56 PM First, surely they should be "wimmin" or "womyn". Secondly, without being too ageist, may I point out that it should be lowering the BRA. More importantly, the first batch of Harissa, made with dried chili flakes, is in the tub. Next I will try for one made with fresh chilis. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Treacle and Obvious Date: 15 Jun 09 - 05:04 PM So who's up ferret? Careful there! We's very particular 'bout that. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 15 Jun 09 - 05:19 PM Now should I let this leg of Lamb defrost completely and then cut it into chunks or slices so we can fry the Lamb or shall I let it defrost completely and cook it has a whole joint on the bone so we can carve it from that. shall I hit it with a Claw hammer to tenderise it prior to cooking. In the rescipe it states quite clearly sliced fried Lamb, also one gets quite a lot of Fat and juices from the Roasting Lamb. do I keep this (Dripping) or dispose of it during cooking. I do not want folk saying Ohh You should have kept That. This Morrocan cooking is all new to me. also I have lots of Rosemary at home and that goes very well with Roast Lamb but will it add to Harissa. ......................................... Re Jan Bardens Van Gough workshop Friday Morn. The first person who gets Jan to Say "I,ve got one ere will geta pint from me at the Tally Ho on Saturday. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Pierre Le Chapeau. Date: 15 Jun 09 - 05:27 PM When your all dancing naked round the fire I,ll sling a huge Log on dead centre which produces millions of red Hot Sparks and then sit back and watch the Fun? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 15 Jun 09 - 05:28 PM Well, I've never done Moroccan cooking at all but I am quite clear that the lamb should be cooked slowly until falling to pieces. I think I would chunk it. If it's falling to pieces it won't need tenderising. Morroccan cooking, I am sure, is greasy so I don't think you drain the fat and juices: they get into the tagine sauce (to which you will add some harissa. I am not aware of Rosemary growing in North Africa so I think Rosemary is a "no"! I think. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 15 Jun 09 - 09:36 PM Ok slow cooking lamb is not a problem I can do that sitting in the sun with a nice bottle of wine. I will ask Sue or Mick if Caspar can have the bone Im sure Caspar would dance a Jig for a Lamb bone. There again Pat and Deb have a new dog too so maybe knockholt hounds will have to share it? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 15 Jun 09 - 09:48 PM Re Bread. While I cook the Lamb .Maybe a trip to Green St Green Thursday Morn or afternoon could secure some lovely freshly baked Crusty Bloomers from Waitroses Its only a hour on the Bus there and back or 30mins in a Car. "That would be yummy Yum". |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 16 Jun 09 - 01:59 AM This thread should be re-named "Delia Smith's campfire cookery tips" |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: VirginiaTam Date: 16 Jun 09 - 02:29 AM So, never having done this before is there a must bring list somewhere for Knockholt? Since space is going to be at a premium in our car, I understand that there is a Tesco nearby, so we can dump kit and go buy food and drink. Are we supposed to do enough food to share around? Need to figure out what's best and the logistics of prep, serving and storage. Grateful for any advice. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 16 Jun 09 - 03:44 AM Thursday night is the shared feast. After that, cooking is for one's own use, but Pete likes to do his wild thing and we all enjoy the proceeds! THere used to be some links off the Folkmob pages to knockholt stuff including a list of essentials, but it looks as if the new management has ditched that too. More rummaging required |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 16 Jun 09 - 03:56 AM NO, that list seems to ahve vanished of the face of the bitbucket. Woodsie, if you are passing through can you re-post it? You originally made the list and there was a bit of a kerfuffle when I suggested adding condoms to the list, you may remember... |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 16 Jun 09 - 04:35 AM Been all over the old Knockers freds too - no list. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Lady Raffles Date: 16 Jun 09 - 06:27 AM VT, Whatever you feel like preparing will be great for the Thursday night feast, I'm doing Thai green chicken curry and rice, I think Essex Girl is doing spag bol not sure what Debs is doing, anyway everyone just digs into whatever they fancy or has a bit of everything. I'd say the things to bring if space is limited would be a chair each, a torch, drinking vessels/plates/knives/forks/spoons, bottled water, wet wipes, kitchen roll, warm jackets/jumpers/socks/trainers, the evenings can get a bit cool even with the camp fire, swimming goggles are great for keeping the smoke out of your eyes but strangly enough I've never seen anyone else wearing them, a cool bag or box to store food/drink, bottle opener/tin opener, cling film/silver foil and If you forget or need anything there will always be someone to help you out. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Dipsodeb Date: 16 Jun 09 - 07:05 AM I'm loving this thread lol Pete can't wait for the lamb, Richard easy on the chilli and VT great list from Sue I will only add bring a tent ;-) I am doing chilli con carne in a big pot cause it's easy to do on a small gas cooker. I think we need a pot of rice if anyone fancies doing that and a pot of pasta to go with various stuff. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Lady Raffles Date: 16 Jun 09 - 07:28 AM Debs, I'm doing a packet of Uncle Bens plain boiled rice which I think is about 14 portions. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 16 Jun 09 - 08:22 AM Sorry richard - I had a falling out with the web hosting company webs.com (formally freewebs) and severed all ties with them unfortunately that included the knockholt site. All I could find in my archives was an old knockholt rules flyer: WELCOME TO FOLKMOB'S THIS IS SUMMER! We hope you enjoy your time here at Hazlett's Wood Farm Knockholt. To make the weekend safe and enjoyable for everybody please can you observe the following rules: • Please take all litter home with you. We always leave this field as we found it when we arrived, that's why we are always invited back! • Do not mess about with the campfire. There are two appointed fire wardens • Keep kids a safe distance from the campfire. • DO NOT THROW EMPTY BOTTLES & CANS onto the fire. • Keep all kids and dogs under control • Close the field gate. • Keep our loos clean! • Respect other musicians during the campfire sing around. • Get Drunk • Get Stoned • Both of the above Don't forget to visit folkmob.com |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 16 Jun 09 - 08:39 AM The important stuff is: A seat Beer Food An open mind! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Essex Girl Date: 16 Jun 09 - 09:00 AM Pete, on Wednesday, I'll bring down your baking tins along with your tagine & guitar. (and the beer and trestle table for the marquee, and Tam's chairs) |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 16 Jun 09 - 09:22 AM If you are coming for the Saturday and Saturday night VT just bring enough food stuff and drink to keep yourselfs going until Sunday afternoon when its all over. There is no Tesco,s nearby that i know of but thats not to say there is not one. There is a Waitrose,s 20 min. away in Green Street Green. I have now got to come all the way home from Museum in London where I work Wed Morn to my home to feed the Cat and leave the creature with enough dry food and water to keep him going until I get back. Which will delay my arrival time by several hours. My sister who was going to feed the Cat has decided to Go away for the weekend, .......Bloody Parlarva....... I Wish people would make there minds up? The alternative is to feed the Cat to the Alsatian next door. Now. I was aiming to be first on site but what with this now Cat Fiasco it seems like I be climbing over the gate at 1300 hrs. By the time I pitch my new tent and get sorted I may just scratch a pint or 6 down the tally Ho with good old Woodsie before the place closes at 3oclock. Stupid Idea the pub should be open all day. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 16 Jun 09 - 09:25 AM Thanks Essex Girl I be there to meet you and if you want help setting up or unloading I be on the field laid out some where. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 16 Jun 09 - 09:40 AM Fire Marshals ? Those self important Blokes with We aint had Fire Marshals at Knockers for at least 3 Knockers. I thought they were a thing of the past. I agree they are a good Idea but folk keep throwing em on the Fire Saturday night. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 16 Jun 09 - 10:15 AM Water, Lady Raffles? What do you want water for? I thought that pale liquid you drank was white wine. List: Chair Torch Picnic rug with plastic bottom Snout and anything else you want to smoke Skins Lighter (bring several, you will lose them) BOOZE/doobs if required Tankard Cup if you consume non-alcoholic items Water container for water from the tap Plate KFS (knife, fork, spoon set) Washing up bowl and washing up liquid Wet wipes, kitchen roll, SPARE BOG ROLL IN CASE, Soap and towel if you want to wash Warm jackets/jumpers/socks/trainers, WELLIES Clean jeans and underthings Clean T-shirt Hat with brim Sunscreen/Aftersun Mossie repellent/Anthistan Comestibles and a cool bag or box to store food/drink, Bottle opener/tin opener, cling film/silver foil Spare sausages in case DK runs out/other food HP sauce and Colmans mustard Chilis Garlic Bread Butter/grease Cheese Milk if you use it RESOLVE for the morning(s) after Sunglasses Specs if you use them Mobile phone Laptop/PDA if required Guitar, capo, picks, guitar stand/other instruments/music Pliers/wirecutters for banjos Stanley knife/switchblade for melodeons, banjos bodhrans and bagpipes Water pistol for electronic bagpipes Tent (NB tentpegs tentopoles guyropes and hammer), Sleeping bag, pillow, airbed, pump for airbed CONDOMS for use in above (can you really all have forgotten?) Tissues (fill in the blank) Camera (fill in the blank) Painkillers in case of broken/infected tooth/infected ears Any required prescription medicines (particularly important for the paranoid schizophrenics or heart patients) Wallet in case of trip to pub Credit card in case of trip to off licence Wire coathanger and dustbin bags or rubble sacks and gaffa tape - you'd be amazed what you can fix with them! Kukri, Kris, and/or baseball bat in case the BNP turn up |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 16 Jun 09 - 10:41 AM I am going to drink Wine this year . I have 4 bottles of me own + the museum has given me some left over full bottles from a function the other night so to get it all in my trolley I have had to forsake my blow up bed + blow up doll polish look alike+ 1 Cooking stove. I will have to inflate me liver to sleep on instead.. still able to bring small shower + clothes I come in = 1 extra set. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 16 Jun 09 - 10:43 AM I will try to remember spare blowup bed |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Lady Raffles Date: 16 Jun 09 - 11:04 AM Have arranged with toilet man that we'll leave 4 brightly coloured small plastic chairs in the locations where we want the loo's, feel free to move them if you want them in different positions, they've got Micks mobile incase of problems. We'll drop off the caravan and the marquee so it will be there Wednesday if anyone wants to put it up. We'll hold the fort at the Club Wednesday night and then come along late afternoon Thursday. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Lady Raffles Date: 16 Jun 09 - 11:12 AM Me drink wine? what a wicked rumour! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 16 Jun 09 - 12:03 PM Comb, or hairbrush, hairribbon or scrunchies if windy Toothbrush and toothpaste - how could I forget those! Socks |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,woodsie Date: 16 Jun 09 - 12:10 PM Pete - what time will you be home at? We are leaving at about 9.30 10 ish and could pick ye up! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Roger Rabbit (Witness for The Defence ) Date: 16 Jun 09 - 01:06 PM I have this evidence to offer in the defence of the accused. Hereinafter referred to as Chicken G. Pierre Le Chapeau writes "When your all dancing naked round the fire I,ll sling a huge Log on dead centre which produces millions of red Hot Sparks and then sit back and watch the Fun?" This is evidence which suggests that he forced the victim,[hereonafter refeered to as Fox R] to eat the fireworks. That attemnpt proving unsuccesful M'Lud Hoff, he threw the fox down the mineshaft, a place where he just happened to be working, and framed the Chicken. Supporters of The Chicken please sign the Petition to be posted on the BS section soon. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Girl Friday Date: 16 Jun 09 - 01:23 PM Waitrose is nearest, but limited. New Tesco Express at bottom of Station Road Orpington, big Tesco at Dunton Green (between Knockholt and Sevenoaks. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: The Barden of England Date: 16 Jun 09 - 02:02 PM Same as Pigs Ear Pierre, If you or anybody else needs a good camping blow up Lilo (not doll) then we have 2 always spare in the vardo. Just return them as loaned and all will be peace and light. I will have some Stilton and biscuits in the vardo Richard, plus a rather nice Pays D'Oc Red that was bought for my birthday (which is tomorrow, so I will be celebrating over the coming weekend too) - so Friday or Saturday???? John Barden |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Sooty Chicken Date: 16 Jun 09 - 02:16 PM Please sign here to help free the Upper Stoke One Petishon |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,John Ravens. News Round .Animal Folk Date: 16 Jun 09 - 06:10 PM Boris Bat who resides in Knockholt Mine had retired to his roost when he heard chickens clucking about up on the service |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 16 Jun 09 - 06:43 PM Will Ginger be eggstradited? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Boris Bat Date: 16 Jun 09 - 07:00 PM I had just hung meself up for the morning , When i heard Chickens Chucking about at the top of the Shalft, Next Things "BANG"BANG" A shot Gun fires twice.I thought to meself there not only Clucking about but there bloody well Plucking about with a shot gun,I have you Know.Hmmm. Suddenly me Radar picks up that sly ol Raynard The Fox WHOOSHING past me like he got the Devil himself after him. Except he didnt you see he was falling. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 16 Jun 09 - 07:04 PM Woodsie I will bell you in the morning I am usually home indoors by 08.00 Hrs I am going to travel so light this year I can meet you at the bus stop where Fisheye picks me up for Gig the one on the rochester Way. ASnyway bell you on the morrow. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,One ton and two ton the siamese Cats Date: 16 Jun 09 - 07:13 PM That Roger Rabbit witness for the defence can go have a rub off of himself. When he not drunk he is on drugs, Couldnt defend Pussy. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 17 Jun 09 - 03:20 AM Richard if you have a spare blow up mattress could you bring it for me thanks. Pierre. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 17 Jun 09 - 03:21 AM Knockholt here we come....................................Yeah. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 17 Jun 09 - 03:42 AM Is that "A rub off" as what it suspiciously sounds like in the Stones "Route 66"? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Girl Friday Date: 17 Jun 09 - 07:25 AM Thank God. I only do prescription drugs. This is all too much man. See you later |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Woodsie Date: 17 Jun 09 - 07:26 AM Pete and me are sitting outside the tally up right now enjoying larkins ale this is posted via iPod |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,The RSPCA- Kent Branch Date: 17 Jun 09 - 07:43 AM Right- we have been following this case with interest. It seems that the two characters who just posted have been very nasty to several creatures. We know where you are! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: naughtyforty Date: 17 Jun 09 - 08:21 AM I am seriously jealous - this is posted via computer at work!!!! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Abdul The Bul Bul Date: 17 Jun 09 - 10:13 AM Not as jealous as me, this is posted via a computer in Dubai. I want to be in Knockholt drinking Larkins Ale. Al |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 17 Jun 09 - 11:11 AM Not as jealous as VT - who is not allowed to post here from the computer at work! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: VirginiaTam Date: 17 Jun 09 - 02:55 PM Ahhh! Decided to make best of not being able to access mudcat from work. Plan to take my writing to work on memory stick and work on some of the children's stories to knock into shape. And my sketchpad to start working on the illustrations again. Crow Sister inspired me with a wonderful idea for embellishment. BTW. I was outbid on the Tanglewood. Winner got it for £96 +£17 pack&post. Don't feel too bad about it because Belfast music sells it off the hook at £169. How's the wevva so far? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Woodsie Date: 17 Jun 09 - 03:14 PM Back at the tally go with pat pete and a crowd of people the fire is lit my head is sunburnt |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 17 Jun 09 - 06:31 PM Thurs, light rain later Fri, good Sat, light rain PM. Fuckit. Sun cloudy but dry later. Where is our scorching summer when we need it? The first Harissa I thought I had lost, but I found it in the fridge eventually. Hot but not totally deadly (if you think of it as a curry paste which will be diluted). The second I think of as the sweet and sour as it has a lot of Cardomom seed kernels in it (they are SO boring to husk) and also honey. It was made with fresh not dried chilis (I only had one scotch bonnet, but I found I had some frozen bird-eyes and some fresh-is big chilis). On tasting I added fresh lime and lemon. It is VERY vigorous (to the extent that the entire bunch of garlic only becomes apparent after about 5 minutes of thinking about the chilis and salt). The recipe turned out to make about a two-pound jamjar full so if you want samples, bring little pots. I have the followng tents with me for my harem of sheep or otherwise as follows: - Val's 4-person, for Crow Sister (you will love her singing) Sam's (he's Rachel's BF) The bigger one Paul my lodger kidnapped from Download if Rachel wants a bigger space Or if Rachel doesn't like it the one my own 4-man ridgepole . In case friends of Kev's turn up to get ratarsed - the little popup that Paul kidnapped as aforesaid that we have now totally fixed and it is most impressive (indeed bodacious dude) I will also have a gazebo, as my awning is in the pipeline. I will further have two double airbeds and a single airbed for the destitute temporarily to sleep in luxury, and a camp bed and a a kipmat. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Kev The Clogs Date: 18 Jun 09 - 07:15 AM Light rain last night! Tent up. Went to Tally Ho with Pete and Mick and Pat and Brian and someone else (sorry, don't know name yet!!). Nice night round the fire. Bed at 2am. Got in to work at 8.15am. Going to see Eric Bogel tonight with Dilligaf in Chatham. See you all tomorrow evening. Let the festivities continue!!!!!!! Kev |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST Date: 18 Jun 09 - 01:58 PM We are all back at the tally go me pete dave john see you tomorru |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: VirginiaTam Date: 18 Jun 09 - 03:50 PM Looks like we are going to keep it simple as possible. We may do baked potatoes and pre-made sandwiches for lunches and down to pub for evening meal. Don't know yet. Just don't want to bring all the cooking, eating and cleaning up gear, cuz space in car is gonna be tight and I really don't want to be bothered with cooking and cleaning up. Would be different if we were there for longer time. What normally happens on Saturday lunchtime and dinner time? How far is the Tally Ho from the campsite? When should we aim to be there on Saturday, so we don't disturb late sleepers? What kind of wine do our hosts Fisheye and Fair Maiden of Nottingham like? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,woodsie Date: 19 Jun 09 - 08:13 AM Tally go is about ten minutes slow stroll we are there now loverly food dave Frank pete drinking firefly ale yum yumy |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,woodsie Date: 19 Jun 09 - 02:13 PM Sorry about the spelling earlier, Ipod has a small touchscreen. This is via the netbook from the field. The pub is the Tally Ho, not go or up! It is only ten minutes or about quarter o'mile. Fisheye likes red and babs white vino. See y'all soon! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: The Barden of England Date: 20 Jun 09 - 04:47 AM Fire burning, people meandering, tea brewed, much ale drank yesterday, much music played, lots of songs sang, and best of all the wind's died down a bit. It's luverly 'ere. John Barden |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 21 Jun 09 - 05:52 AM Came home Saturday. Highlights of the 3 days that I emjoyed the fine music of Richard Bridge, Royston and John Barden around the campfire Friday night also good to hear DK again. Martin and Alfie were both entertaining as usual and the Larkin's Firefly at the Tally Ho was super. The weather was good and thanks Fishyeyes for a fantastic fire. see y'all soon |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: VirginiaTam Date: 21 Jun 09 - 10:02 AM Thanks to Fisheye and Fair Maiden of Nottingham for the use of extra bed in caravan. Last night was bloody cold. I tried to crash about 2am but due to cold, got up shortly before 4am and saw in the sunrise with my partner (TheSilentOne), Crowsister and one other who sadly fell asleep in his chair shortly before. TSO and CS actually saw out the night with a handful of others who trickled away as the wee hours progressed. Next time I will be better prepared against the cold. I have come home with either sunburn, windburn or fireburn on my face. I am glowing. So frozen teatowel on my face and long hot soak is the order of the afternoon. Enjoyed the music and good company and getting to know a few more people. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 21 Jun 09 - 10:21 AM This was an unusually cold (at night) June Knockholt. In the past it wasn't unusual to stay up all night with just a Tshirt. I didn't even have a jacket this year brrrrr!. I got a sunburnt head and nose. This is possible even when overcast sky. Us townies are not used to prolonged periods in the open air. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Girl Friday Date: 21 Jun 09 - 11:25 AM An excellent Knockholt - good food,good singing,giid company, good wevver(except at night). Shame about the loos. Better ones could have coped with the effects of item one. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: VirginiaTam Date: 21 Jun 09 - 11:34 AM The rite of passage (can't say christening for a pagan affair) of TheSilentOne's new camera. Knockholt pictures |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 21 Jun 09 - 11:53 AM Sorry I missed the TDL roasting ceromony! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 21 Jun 09 - 11:55 AM By the way did anybody pick up my Grateful Dead Dancing Bears mug? I thinks I left it by the fire. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Lady Raffles Date: 21 Jun 09 - 02:59 PM Don't worry, Dancing Bears mug safe and sound will bring it along on Wednesday. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 21 Jun 09 - 03:31 PM Thanx Sue - I will give you the £12 reward on Wednesday, well the camping fee! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 21 Jun 09 - 04:19 PM Excellent Knockholt ,great Musicians /singers, Very well done . 'Folk said I looked pissed off Saturday Night . Hmm ,Well cant help the way me face hangs can I ? Well done to Fish eye who fueled the Fire of Knockholt has if his life depended on it. Its not easy when some folk "say put more on " others say No dont. "Clearly I,d pass out with confusion. Sorry Brian for punching you in the foot, but you were standing on my fingers and when I tried to slide them out from underneath "you pressed harder." I think you ,Tripped, on " The ground that "Wasn't moving". "Did anyone see the Yellow breasted Giant women of Knockholt.("There a seldom site?) There all but hidden by the hedge. You know when there coming you hear the sound of Shoed Hoof, Going from Hoof to Hoff well done Richard Bridge It all got cooked in the end "did it not ? and two many cooks certainly "did not" spoil the Harissa.. Credit to you & Thanks for the meal Saturday Night.. "Who thought of putting lights in the toilets at night ? Bloody Par-lava." Thats all very well but" I laid out side two toilets for ? ...25 mins before I realized there was no bugger on em? The Toilets were Crap this year in respect that one did not work re flushing/ and the other two had other problems, Beware The Tally Ho is trying to cash in on Knockholt I was reliable informed that the landlord" given prior good notice will lay on any real Ale /Bitter for future events. (But I Guess, He will charge the earth for it?) Great afternoon sess down pub Saturday Afternoon. Kev The Clogs You really turned the volume up Saturday night they heard you down the pub well gone closing time . Well done. Finally the Humor and wit at Knockholt is getting very good. Fisheye stopping half way through intro to 'It Blew away, because Mick Forde , put a Log on the Fire. Stating. "Your,ve spoiled MY Fire Now, I shout "Get on with it , Fisheye responds " F.O" Richard Bridge, Re certain musician fiddling around with guitar prior to playing. I Quote "We are having trouble with the Nut. He trying to play Guitar. I had a great time and I am looking forward to September. Thanks to those who got me there and thanks to those who got me home. Kind regards, Pete. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 21 Jun 09 - 04:25 PM I must not forget. "Jack the Dog" and the Raccoon Hat fiasco. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: TheSilentOne Date: 21 Jun 09 - 04:50 PM We really enjoyed our first Knockholt. Tam had remarked to me about Kev's rendition of "Don't Be a Stranger" echoing from far away, and its spine-tingling effect for her. Thanks Fisheye and Fair Maiden of Nottingham. We couldn't have been there without you. Thanks Richard for the Harissa. I used a little on a potato tonight - a scraping mixed in made it pretty hot, so at that rate I think you have probably provided me a month's supply or more! Thanks to everyone else who was there. Have a good summer. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 21 Jun 09 - 05:21 PM I will post the exact Harissa (both versions) and Tagine recipes used in due course. Pete, the Saturday tagine could not have been done without you to watch and thicken for the last hour, and thank you Lady Raffles for lending me your gorgeous le Creuset pot. Debs, I was drinking your punch all Sat nite and had no hangover Sun AM - am I an alcoholic? Silent one - use the harissa paste to make a vegetable tagine: largely carrots and courgettes, some olives, some dried apricots after soaking. Linda, thanks for the ginger. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,TDL Sue Date: 21 Jun 09 - 05:43 PM Tam - your photos were great - it did appear that I was right on top of the fire. Mumblin' wants to know - who was the whistler who played for 2/3 minutes at around midnight on Saturday? He heard it half way through a song but doesn't know who was singing at the time - so it could have been Rachel perhaps, as she was in the area that it came from. If it wasn't Rachel?..... |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 22 Jun 09 - 03:50 AM The video footage that i shot was a bit disappointing I have put together a small compilation. It has been compressed to about 5% of the original so the resolution is awful but it was just to put something up on youtube. I will spend some time later to make a better quality uncompressed upload. See here Woodsie's Blog |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 22 Jun 09 - 06:55 AM A Excellent Ride On at the end of Saturday night well done to the Great john Barden who I followed hopefully in time i do tend to race ahead a bit with Ride On. A great Song. Maybe we should have done Ride On twice on Saturday immediately after that early night fiasco. to have dispersed that horrible atmosphere that ruined the first part of the Saturday evening. For me anyway. It was also great to see and speak to Howard both down the Tally Ho I have not seen him since Otford last year and also John Barden,s guests at the feast. It was a shame they left the site so Early Saturday Night? all my leave has been taken at work now except Knockholt september which Im booked up for but if there are any Rochester Good intent session going on or any Nags Head sessions going on in future please post them has I do have rest days from shift so I may still be able to attend. That also includes Upnor and Otford. Thats all folks see you on another thread or in september. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: The Barden of England Date: 22 Jun 09 - 07:03 AM Pete - Here are the dates for the Good Intent Beer & Folk weekends for the rest of 2009:- Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th July (Saturday run by me and Sunday by Ruff & Reddy) Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th September (Saturday run by me and Sunday by Ruff & Reddy) Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th December (Saturday run by me and Sunday by Ruff & Reddy) Hope this helps Jon Barden |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: The Barden of England Date: 22 Jun 09 - 07:12 AM Knockholt was as good as ever, and I certainly look forward to the September gathering. I just had to say somthing on Saturday evening, and hope I didn't spoil it for the rest of you - it also meant I could sit in the marquee and cuddle the beer barrel for a while. Anyway the evening ended up with everybody joining in, and that was great fun - THANKS to you all. Richard Bridges' Harissa was fabulous, the Tagine feast held chez him was brilliant, along with the Chile con Carne, the Rice, in fact the whole thing. Lindas' paella on friday evening, along with the tapas etc was stunning, as was her wonderful home brewed beer. What more could anybody want!!! Well done to the organisers, and to the Folkmob. You guys do a splendid and at times thankless job. John Barden |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Kev The Clogs Date: 22 Jun 09 - 07:47 AM Pete - the guests were mine, not JB's. They all drink in my local in Otford. I have spoken with them and they all said that they had a great time, and thankyou for making them all feel so welcome. They have assured me that they will be attending again at the September Knockholt (I hope a certain person has been put on a leash by then or at least developed some manners!). A great weekend. Great to have spent it with you all. See as many of you at Aylesford this comming weekend as possible. Bye for now. Kev |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies) Date: 22 Jun 09 - 08:32 AM Cheers to all for my first Knockholt - pity we didn't get around the The Four Old Whores before the circle started breaking down for the night - but maybe September...? Saw the Sun up with TS1 & VTam & another chap called Ian I think - who I had a medicinal helping of beans on toast with before crashing at around 7am I think (I understand why the afternoon's for mooching before evening festivities resume...) Sorry to TDL, I think you were a bit offended. But we were all somewhat worse for wear after the circle kinda broke up, huddling round the fire, being a bit 'lively' with the chatter, and not really with the programme after that! Thanks to Babs for essential morning coffee!!!! My cunning plan of camping like some poor hobo outside your homely shelter worked a treat... Pity we didn't hear a bit more of Rachel. Drum & vocals combo was topper - like Kev said. Have a good Summer all - Hopefully I'll have some Irish rebel songs under my belt to annoy Richard with by September... :) And thanks to the folks who do all the hard work. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 22 Jun 09 - 10:44 AM If you wanna annoy Richard just cook a lamb joint before he gets to Knockholt, having previously arranged with him to cook it when he gets there. He will have a right go for wasting his time. Then put a piece of the cooked Lamb on a knife point take it over to him and with a very steady hand stick it under his nose and let him try the sample. Sorry Richard I choose to cook the leg of Lamb in its own juices and then Marinate it afterwards at the end of it all it was only cooked with the Marinate you brought along so all the talk about wasting your time well it was not really wasted because it worked on mine and also wonderfully on yours. all the food at the meal was lovely. For one that will not usually touch Cider because it makes me want to fight the world, Essex Girls Cider was great, The punch was great also. I hope a certain person takes my advice + others who have known him far longer and better then I do and he stops drinking Cider to the point where it just brings out the complete Devil in him + Hic cups.. when he is sober over a couple of pints he quite a nice guy. the latter ,Sadly , is rarely seen. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST Date: 22 Jun 09 - 12:43 PM Did Any one loose a couple of tee shirts? I picked them up. They are in my car and can drop them of at Eltham sometime. Ken |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 22 Jun 09 - 04:30 PM Nah, I didn't get lucky this year... I plead guilty to PlC's comments though. I was steaming furious! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: fisheye Date: 22 Jun 09 - 04:38 PM as always Knockholt was different and exciting and we always welcome new guests to enjoy our annual festival. FMN was pleased our guest,s enjoyed our modest accommodation. As for the fire I enjoy keeping people warm, although my barber did somewhat complain when she saw my hair. Hopefully you all enjoyed yourself and we look forward to seeing you all again soon. Fisheye |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Kev The Clogs Date: 22 Jun 09 - 05:23 PM Forgot to say - I discovered I had a puncture not far from the Tally Ho on Sunday. Unfortunate perhaps? However, on getting it repaired today, I was informed that it appeared to be a deliberate puncture made in the side wall of the tyre - possibly caused by a dart or a scewer was the informed opinion of the guy that fitted the new tyre - I would like to think that it was just one of those things or that it was an errant tent peg - just thought I would mention it though!! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Essex Girl Date: 22 Jun 09 - 05:43 PM Pete, don't know what you were on but I made beer not cider! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 22 Jun 09 - 06:36 PM Beg your Pardon Essex Girl. has I said it tasted real nice. Kev By the time you drove off site Sunday there was only 6 pitches left in the field. Meself. Pauline and Brian. Mick n Sue Forde. Frank. and the Irish along with Alf & Monica. I was 2nd to last off site with Woodsies sister and her fellow who gave me a lift home to Eltham. Leaving Mick and Sue has the last to leave. Most folk were off site before we got the Marquee down and there was only Me Mick and Woodsies Sisters Fellow left behind to shift all the remaining huge logs which took quite some time to accomplise and by the time it was finished along with the Marquee my liver was poking out me arse. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 22 Jun 09 - 07:02 PM Please Note. I not moaning Re above its just that if I was not there all day Sunday to late Sunday afternoon awaiting my lift then Mr Mick Forde would have had shifted those logs on his own which he would not have been able to do. What happened was Woodsie sister partner and mick forde loaded the huge logs onto his van and drove them to Dead Tree Copse and I carried the bearable logs. I was only there due to the very fact that my lift home were in no particular hurry to leave. If not so I would have been gone.Id have had no choice ,that or stay another night alone . I know folk help put up the Marquee. I know folk help with the fire. Re Throwing Logs.etc. also cutting logs and making sure all is in order round the fire.Re Kev the Cloggs With stick Saturday Night. Just making things clear but dont quite know the answer to it. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 22 Jun 09 - 07:09 PM Maybe have the Log Pile dumped closer to Dead Tree Copse. But Then Casy Jones (Fisheye) would have to carry them further and above through the circle which is deadly to the gathers sitting in that area and woulod be difficult has the circle gets bigger has the weekend gets nearer. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 22 Jun 09 - 07:12 PM "Not Casy Jone,s FireMan Wally". |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies) Date: 23 Jun 09 - 08:53 AM Maybe some form of prior agreement could be made between some of the guys on the Saturday, before everyone starts dwinding away on Sunday regards who's willing, and when to start clearing up the remaining logs. Someone could maybe bring a sack barrow along too? That'd spare a few backs... |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,TDL Sue Date: 23 Jun 09 - 09:27 AM We really enjoyed Saturday's session, felt well enough to stay there til sunrise. Shame circle broke up. It wasn't the chatter that upset me, just those hyper drunk youngsters who wanted Trev to play for them all the time. When we tried singing a folk song, the girl, (Louise?) started her own thing at top volume. I was getting cold by then and stopped drumming. Trev insisted on finishing the song on his own, but I told them off for not having any manners. As to a certain other disruptive young man, I am assured that the matter has been dealt with. So sorry about Kev's puncture. Who would have done such a thing? Sorry too that there was a problem with logs. Trev has in the past always helped with wood, and marquee, but just hasn't the strength now for either. I did make tea for the marquee erectors, and sort the recycling bags. I have passed the info about Kentish Horse toilets on to Woodsie. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 23 Jun 09 - 10:14 AM Sorry: I have usually helped downing marquee and de-logging but I was under princess pressure. I can bring sack-barrow (but it only has fairly small wheels) as well as chainsaw (if I remember) in the autumn. At some point over the event it seems the plot changed, as Fireman Wally told me pretty early on that he was under instructions to burn everything by the end of Sat night - and then suddenly he wasn't. The location of log dumping has changed over the few years I have been coming, but the present location is better for fire-building. Log sizes have changed too. It would have been a bit of a pickle both last autumn and this summer if I had not had my chainsaw. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Sooty Chicken Date: 23 Jun 09 - 10:28 AM I av just put messige on other Knock Holt thread coz I thort dis wun no mor lookd at. My mate Ginger iz on Deaf Roe. Help her pleeze . |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 23 Jun 09 - 11:06 AM Seems like I missed the fun on Saturday! Pete the Helmet are you at the Oak tonight or the Rugby 2marrow? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Bonnie Brown Hare Date: 23 Jun 09 - 11:57 AM I was coming to the camp as I had heard that there was some nice, sweet clover in it. However, I was called as a witness in the Chicken Case. I was due to attend court last Thursday, and was just getting ready when a thuggish looking fox bashed me over the head and tied me up with industrial strength blue ribbon. I think that the Police should look into this immediately. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 23 Jun 09 - 02:16 PM Look, you know it's traditional to try for a shot at the Bonny Black Hare! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Dipsodeb Date: 23 Jun 09 - 02:23 PM Glad you didn't get a hangover Richard maybe I will use that recipe again cos neither did I. However I didn't drink quite so much this year my enthusiasm for the evening left after the early events and I left the fire, this is about three years in a row that's happened on a Saturday night 2 of them due to a certain person! think I might try going home on Saturday morning instead of sunday and blow Saturday night out.. Kev I can't imagine that there was anyone at Knockers who would deliberately do your tyre in, do you have thoughts on it? Still the rest of Knockers was great as always i'm glad people had a good time we do try our best to please and I will ask the woodman to bring smaller logs next time i'm sure he will be more than happy to do that. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: The Barden of England Date: 23 Jun 09 - 02:33 PM I'm now in a quandry, and therefore believe I shouldn't attend the September gathering. I'm one of those people who react to bad manners in a not very discreet way and really don't want to upset anybody. Ho - hum. John Barden |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: VirginiaTam Date: 23 Jun 09 - 02:58 PM I did some policing of the field (the military definition) Sunday morning around dawn and again later. Picked up trash that would burn and put on fire, moved bottles and cans to where the bags were. Only thing I did not pick up was filtered cigarette ends. Very worried about them too as the sheep might ingest them. If I were in any condition to help with logs I would have. Should have helped with marquee, though. Sorry. Kev - Getting flat tyre sucks any time but especially at the end of long camping weekend. Did you have to take all the tents and stuff out of your car to change the tyre? Hope it was only an accident and not willfully done. John Barden - your last post is very worrying. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies) Date: 23 Jun 09 - 03:35 PM I think in respect of the minor 'moments' that occurred at my first Knockholt, I'd hope that no-one harbors any ill-feeling or discomfort about them in any direction. My experience of the weekend was not marred by a long straw! And I don't know about anyone else, but I have no qualms about returning this September in order to 'endure' more of same... :) |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST Date: 23 Jun 09 - 03:38 PM Actually it was a striped polo shirt and maroon pullover from Topman that I found. Anyones? Ken |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 23 Jun 09 - 05:43 PM Hi Woodsie No Oak No Rugby club. Me Mum Died a year today. Next Week Both clubs. Apart from that its the end of he month and me wallet sounds like a TDL Bongo.Grrrrrr,Brrrrrr. If its in yer its gotta come out of ye . Hit The Dylan |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 23 Jun 09 - 05:45 PM "John You were Right" |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Girl Friday Date: 23 Jun 09 - 05:49 PM John ! Don't you dare desert us in September. Who would leas Ride On? Don't let silly incidents keep you away. We love you Sue x |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 23 Jun 09 - 05:50 PM Ken Thanks for lift home? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST Date: 23 Jun 09 - 06:08 PM No trouble Pete. And your wine from the museum! Now I know where my friends subs go to ! Ken |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 23 Jun 09 - 06:16 PM John Barden , Your Return to the circle brought "Order and Goal' and a Great Ride On and a show of tolerance to which you dont usually Lose It. Kind regards Pierre.. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 23 Jun 09 - 06:27 PM "Wine did not come from Museum". " It was given to me from a Function held at the Museum back in mid June.Large Corporate Company. Has a Thanks for watching there Cars/Vans. "I had to drink it by end of August or they would want it back" |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 23 Jun 09 - 06:35 PM Time for Dylan.. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Lady Raffles Date: 23 Jun 09 - 06:59 PM John, get out of that quandry now! we'll be expecting to see you and Jan at Knockholt in September. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 23 Jun 09 - 07:16 PM Hi Raffles "Nice to wave across the Rochester way to you folk earlier tonight on me way to me dads . Back to Dylan and a fond goodnight to all. PS. i put it to you........ " I f you ...dont stop it John ......this quandry Parlava.......I,ll Start a new thread and let the world decide. "I know what they will ."Put to you. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 23 Jun 09 - 07:17 PM |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST Date: 23 Jun 09 - 08:06 PM Pete, Thats a shame- I thought for one minute they might be doing something useful with my money! Ken |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: The Barden of England Date: 24 Jun 09 - 02:57 AM OK - I just thought that I had spoilt it somewhat by not 'biting my tongue'. So I'll be there in September. I'm happier now. John Barden |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 24 Jun 09 - 03:41 AM Ooooh, difficult question: - Barden with his occasional short fuse, or a certain other person? Tell you what, let's have Barden! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Kev The Clogs Date: 24 Jun 09 - 03:57 AM Barden! Barden! That's our one, not the German one!!! :-) |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 24 Jun 09 - 04:01 AM Just found out who the certain person(?) was - I put it to you, that he was barred from Knockholt by the committee, so how come he was back? Did the same committe that wants to hike up the price vote for him to be un-barred? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 24 Jun 09 - 06:00 AM John Barden is one of the best musicians that attends KH. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Dipsodeb Date: 24 Jun 09 - 07:34 AM He was only barred from 1 knockholt that was 2 years ago and he hasn't been since. I don't expect to see him there again apparently. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: melodeonboy Date: 24 Jun 09 - 07:52 AM John Barden barred from Knockholt?! No, I can't believe it! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: The Barden of England Date: 24 Jun 09 - 09:41 AM Not me Kevin - another chap. John Barden |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: VirginiaTam Date: 24 Jun 09 - 09:55 AM Whew! What a relief. Had me worried there Mr. Barden. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Girl Friday Date: 24 Jun 09 - 12:05 PM Very relieved that the Barden has solved his quandry and chosen the right path |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 24 Jun 09 - 12:42 PM No need to carry a guilty burden on your shoulders John. "You were Right . Total Backing. ' I put it to you" "A Barden, who carried a burden ? "We cant have That" "Give me that burden ,Barden. Thats it I have thrown Barden,s burden in next doors garden. I beg your pardon. Bardens burden has been lifted, (Big Sigh) |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Royston Date: 24 Jun 09 - 01:22 PM I just wanted to thank everyone for a great Knockers again, especially Folkmob organisers for sorting it all out. I get the sense there are some price-issues. There needn't be; the thing is so cheap that I can't believe it happens at all. Charge a bit more, get some better toilets and it will still be cheap and even more enjoyable. Suggestions for committee; 1. Contact the farmer about the water supply. The problem just seems to be leaks. If he can help us to trace the pipes and the leaks and help us with clearing the hedges and thorns to access the damage areas (and maybe for brews and cleaning up afterwards) then I will volunteer to join a working party to fix things up a bit. He might even do it all himself? 2. Getting the Marquee up is quite easy with available labour on Thursday. A few of us got it done OK this year. We need to agree and secure volunteers, in advance, for striking it on the Sunday. This must the easiest/simplest/fairest option. Regret I had to leave sharpish this year, but that is unusual. 3. Nobody has been talking out of turn about this (and I am a know-nothing new member to Folkmob) but from bitter experience of these things can I ask whether the committe might think itself too large? It sounds like a cast of thousands when there is not a lot to do, but some things that must be done efficiently. If the board of a large company only needs Chair, Vice-Chair, Finance, Secretary and 2 A.N. Others then that is certainly all that's needed for us, n'est ce pas? I just think that the hard-working folks that step up to do the management should be able to make things as efficient as possible and receive full support from the members. 4. The toilets were an issue this year, I thought the provider was taking the P*** (no pun intended.) I wonder if we should look elsewhere? I heard that it has been awkward to find companies that can deliver to site reliably (find the field!) but again I would be happy to volunteer to meet the truck at the Tally Ho at an agreed time and lead them up the road. Perhaps others would, I'm sure we could work this stuff out between us. What's great about Knockers is its "family" atmosphere...like a private folk festival. I don't believe in complaining or moaning like its a deficient commercial enterprise, let's get stuck in together and support it? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 24 Jun 09 - 01:38 PM I'm guessing, but if there are leaks between the mains water going onto the farm and the tap we conect to, surely the water supply will be metered so fixing any such leaks will save the farmer money, won't it? So if we can help we'd be the good guys?? I don't think anyone objects to the price of Knockholt - and again I'm not really in the loop, but the sense I got was that there had been a change in control in the committee of folkmob and the incomers waited until the old guard were absent before changing something that had been part of folkmob for a long time - namely the subsidy from surplus club funds to Knockholt. Maybe some of the usual concessions would need concessions if the price went up a lot, but let's face it we all spend more on beer than on the camping field... |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 24 Jun 09 - 01:40 PM PS - dinner of harissa paste on cold chicken legs, both left over from Knocholt. Yum! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 25 Jun 09 - 04:01 AM Roystone the water issue was mentioned by me at Folkmobs A,G,M. which was held a few months prior to this years Kockholt. I was told quite firmly that '' There is absolutely NOTHING. that can be done about the water. and thats all there is to it. So I pursued the matter no further. fact.. There is only one major leak and I know where that is situated (Tell tale signs) but it is in the next field and I will not trespass. I noticed this year a repair job had been done to the leaky section of pipe and indeed it worked, The pressure was up and water flowed out very good but due to the repair being done by wrapping gaffer tape round the leaky section it was doomed to failure. Indeed it failed that afternoon. I have showed concern for Knockholt water for the last three years but it appears no one can do anything about it whereby clearly I know One Can? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 25 Jun 09 - 04:08 AM After thought. If Knockholts water supply is Monitored by water meter that can be very expensive for the farmer. But surely this cannot be the case in regards to the leak or it would be permanently expensive and the waste water issue would be appalling to boot. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 25 Jun 09 - 04:12 AM Roystone where did you get that Red tent you were wearing Saturday night, The one you can stick your head through the roof and your legs through the ground sheet and go walk about? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 25 Jun 09 - 04:15 AM Pierre, what is the material the pipe is made out of at that point? Is it heavy-duty hose? Is it UPVC or similar stuff used nowadays in houses? Is it old fashined coper or lead pipe? Does anyone know whether farm water supplies are generally metered these days? I am sure that pretty well all other industrial water supplies are. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Lady Raffles Date: 25 Jun 09 - 05:28 AM Some very helpful ideas and suggestions Royston thanks, I think Mick is going to give you a ring. Yes the toilets were an issue this year, in fact they were appalling in the end Adeloo only charged us for two (a reduction of £120) after initially offering us a 10% discount as a way of making amends, needless to say we won't be using them again. We've got the contact details now for the company that supplied the loos for Pigs Ear so we'll make some enquiries there, I think now when most people have sat navs finding the field won't be the problem it was about twelve years ago when we first graduated from one camping loo in a tent to proper on-site toilets, It took them about 4 years of getting lost before they eventually remembered where we were. I'm glad everyone enjoyed themselves I know I did, I also learnt somethig very useful thanks to Linda - rice can be cooked to perfection in water that never boils. For those of you who know and love (or hate) Casper his results came back on Tuesday and he's got lymphoma he started his treatment yesterday so hopefully he'll hang around long enough to squeeze in another Knockers in September, so be warned hang on to your bangers! for those who don't know Casper I should probably add that he's a dog. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 25 Jun 09 - 06:22 AM PLC - the logo on Royston's red walking tent said "Coleman". Coleman are a known supplier of camping stoves, lights, etc. Sue - so sad about Casper. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Lady Raffles Date: 25 Jun 09 - 07:16 AM Thanks Richard. By the way I've been making some wonderful concoctions with your harissa paste this week, I think maybe you and Pierre should hold a cookery workshop this September. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,TDL Date: 25 Jun 09 - 10:32 AM Poor old Caspar. He seemed to make the best he could of Knockers. Hope he makes it through to September. Who else will eat DK's sausages? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: fisheye Date: 25 Jun 09 - 11:55 AM Mr Bardons's penance for Knockholt will be to play one song playing a Banjo. See you all at Aylesford. Fisheye. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: The Barden of England Date: 25 Jun 09 - 01:55 PM Oh my God !!!!!! Banjo!!!!!! That's SO unfair!!!!! John Barden |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Girl Friday Date: 25 Jun 09 - 01:56 PM Given the sad story now revealed on the BS thread for saving The Chicken .Would Dillygaff help out in the Avian Accomodation Crisis? She has a large garden.0 |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 25 Jun 09 - 02:05 PM I have a large oven... |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Abdul The Bul Bul Date: 25 Jun 09 - 02:38 PM http://www.screwfix.com/search.do;jsessionid=4FAN23P0LEQGYCSTHZOCFFA?_dyncharset=UTF-8&fh_search=water+pipe&searchbutton.x=0&searchbutton.y=0&searchbutton=submit The blue water pipe and fittings is what you need . Not too expensive. Al |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 25 Jun 09 - 02:50 PM Yep, prolly would so long as there were no jointing issues with connecting to old fashioned copper, iron, or lead pipes. We could clean teh sheep drinking trough too! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 25 Jun 09 - 05:17 PM RESSIPY TIME AS PROMISED Harissa 1 (makes about half a jamjarful) 3 to 4 tbsp dried chili flakes A bulb of garlic About 2 tbstp red paprika 2 tsp (NOT tbsp) caraway seed 2 tsp (NOT tbsp) coriander seed 1 or 2 tsp (NOT tbsp) cumin seed (technically you should dry roast this then grind it) HALF tsp salt (or a good grind of nice salt – do not overdo it) A good grind of black pepper A handful of leaves of fresh mint (theoretically spearmint, but any other mint will do, I used lemon mint) Soak the chilli flakes in boiling water. Drain AND KEEP the water (to use for thinning the paste if required) Put the flakes and everything else in the blender and blend like the hammers of hell for several minutes, thinning as necessary with equal quantities of extra virgin (ie not from Knockholt) olive oil (or trendy modern seed oil of choice). Contemplate on the vicissitudes of life of the poor Moroccans who had to do that by hand. Taste with great care. If much too fiery, try adding a little lemon or lime (supermarket juice like Jif will do but fresh and with the rind is nicer). Put in jar in fridge. A thin layer of olive oil will help it keep. Simples! Harissa 2 (makes about two pound jamjarful) 9 oz of fresh chilis. I used about half a doz of the long ones for flavour, one Scotch bonnet 'cos it was all I had, and the rest frozen bird-eyes, so if you use 9 oz of fresh bonnets or 9 oz of fresh bird-eyes it will be hotter still. 2 tbsp honey, clear and runny if possible A small grind of sea salt or more to taste 3 heaped tsp (not tbsp) carraway seeds (should be ground but if you blend hard enough who cares?) 3 heaped tsp (not tbsp) cumin seeds Another tsp BLACK cumin seeds if you can get them A bulb of garlic 4 oz of fresh piquillo peppers (whatever they are if you can get them) or bell peppers (preferably red, and you can roast and peel them if you like) 2 tsp tomato puree 2 tsp (NOT tbsp) red wine vinegar 4 tsp (NOT tbsp) extra virgin (ie not from Knockholt) olive oil (or trendy modern seed oil of choice) About 2 tbstp red paprika Half tbsp of the kernels from cardamom seeds. Shelling the cardomoms is boring. Put everything in the blender and blend like the hammers of hell for several minutes. Thinning should not be needed. Contemplate on the vicissitudes of life of the poor Moroccans who had to do that by hand. Taste with great care. If much too fiery, try adding a little lemon or lime (supermarket juice like Jif will do but fresh and with the rind is nicer). Put in jar in fridge. A thin layer of olive oil will help it keep. Lamb Tagine (you can scale down the dosage as necessary) 200g of dried apricots (fresh or tinned will do but then you don't need to soak them) 1 ½ to 2 kg of lamb. Most recipes say boned shoulder and that is what I used at Knockers, but I suspect that breast would be very good for the fat to absorb the spices – and cheaper too. You can use chicken or even vegetables in stead but then you will need another source of fats to absorb the spices. Diced turkey is cheap in supermarkets sometimes. A big onion or two smaller. Red ones might be nice but I haven't tried them. Spanish are probably too mild. A bulb of garlic (notice the cavalier attitude to garlic, here. Be careful if you are on the pull) 2 tsp (NOT tbsp) coriander seed OR 1 or 2 tbsp coriander leaves 1 or 2 tsp (NOT tbsp) cumin seed 1 tbsp ground cinnamon 400 g or more of tomatoes 4 tbsp extra virgin (ie not from Knockholt) olive oil (or trendy modern seed oil of choice) 500g or more of carrots (chunked) 500g or more courgettes (chunked) 3cm of root ginger A lemon (or lime) As much saffron as you can afford (Linda had a lump the size of a golfball that she got cheap in Morocco so we used all of that) 20 black olives (pitted, WITHOUT the brine they came in!) Tbsp ground almonds if you fancy them: I don't A large tablespoon of harissa or more to taste Salt and pepper to taste Flour to thicken Fry the meat in the oil until sealed Fry the onions in the oil until translucent (add more oil if you like) Put in tagine. If you have not got a tagine a thick-bottomed cast iron pot or a Dutch oven or a casserole will do but you may need to be wary ofcooking on open fire! Grate the ginger into the tagine. Slice the lemon into circles, and segment – about 8 to a slice. They will make little sour bombs as you eat! Fold the ginger and lemon into the contents of the tagine. Add water so that it nearly covers. Bring to boil and simmer GENTLY for an hour or more (on fire, in oven or in chimnea or on BBQ – but GENTLY. It doesn't matter if it goes off the boil so long as it does not cool below about 80 degrees centigrade. Take off some liquid, make a flour paste, fry, adding a little liquid to make a roux, and return to the pot to thicken. Or just dump some flour in if you prefer, or you could add some cornflour to cool water and add so it thicken s of its own accord as it heats. If you want to be really ethnic you could use chickpeas – but BEWARE you don't want it so thick it sticks to the bottom of the pan. Add everything else except for the courgettes and olives (well, you want the courgettes with some texture and the olives in one piece, don't you?) Simmer gently for half to three quarters of an hour Add the courgettes and olives. Get going on your rice or cous-cous at this point too. Simmer for about another 15 minutes, thickening and adding salt and pepper to taste Serve over rice or cous-cous – or fancy bread if you prefer but I hate Morroccan and Eritrean breads. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Kev The Clogs Date: 25 Jun 09 - 07:20 PM Awwwww!!! Big Hug to Casper!!!! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Stoneings Lane Date: 26 Jun 09 - 02:37 AM "Jointing Issues" Not here! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Essex Girl Date: 26 Jun 09 - 03:17 AM Regarding the clearing up issues, I belatedly suggested that anyone who had room could take a binbag of bottles/cans away with them to be put in their own bins. At the folkmob meeting last night Mick said that he had to spend hours at the site on Monday clearing it up, despite te fact that most of the rubbish had been collected into bags. We all forget things like the hose pipe and the loos, which have to be cleared up. We are intending to write a list of all the jobs that need to be done at the end of the festival, and will then ask for volunteers - the more the merrier! P.S. a certain person will not be invited to attend Knockholt in September. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 26 Jun 09 - 06:47 AM You mean he will be invited NOT to attend? It's different! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 26 Jun 09 - 08:04 AM Myself and Kay took two bags of rubbish on Saturday morning. If people just took all their own rubbish, that would be a start! A lot of people just dump their cans/bottled by the fire and about them. I thought Michael Jackson was rubbish I would have taken him if he had been there. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 26 Jun 09 - 08:15 AM I do and did remove all my own rubbish. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies) Date: 26 Jun 09 - 09:01 AM I forgot my scrumpy bottle! It was suggested I give it to someone, but it got forgotten when I broke my tent down. Aplogies... Won't happen again. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Dipsodeb Date: 26 Jun 09 - 09:51 AM Mainly it's just the rubbish that's left around the fire that needs to be distributed and taken away if anyone has room. I will be organising work parties for Sunday morning on Saturday night before anyone gets drunk.. they will be split into wood patrol to clear away left over logs, ash from fire removal, wheelbarrow and spades provided, the taking down of the marquee, and the rolling up and removal of the water hose. I'm sure if we all muck in all those jobs can be done quickly and efficently even with a hangover ;-) Mick will be a much happier man as so much is left to him to do on the Tuesday and it's really not fair. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: VirginiaTam Date: 26 Jun 09 - 12:41 PM Maybe we will have larger car in September and can take away a bag or 2 of bottles and cans. Will be happy to help police the field Sunday morning. May even make a nail ended stick for the job. What about the cigarette ends? There were loads of them about and I am still worrying about the sheep eating them. Could there be a suggestion that fag ends are not left on the grounds? If smokers would bring small metal pail filled with a bit of sand or kitty litter to keep outside their camp areas and where they sit in the circle, would solve the problem. Easily emptied into the rubbish bags too. I know, I know... do we need to worry about sheep, given their life span is short? Maybe we should worry about what the toxins might do their progeny. Alters the DNA. This is purely platonic sheep love. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 26 Jun 09 - 01:32 PM If it was not for White haired Richard from Brighton, Len, and Myself.Then Mick Forde would still be there Now. We all busted a gut helping Mick take down the Marquee for me the 4th year on the trot. I did lay the water hose out once but that was a thankless task. I was told off due to the fact it was someone elses job. Clearly that someone was not there. Richard the hose in the field where the leak is found is made of ? "Its hard to tell due to the amount of crap that been wrapped around it over the years. Gaffer tape was this years "Bodge". Down by the cattle trough the pipe is blue plastic and after that it dissappears under a pile of plastic and god know what else. Vt we leave the fag butts with long stubs because the Sheep like to skin up after we have gone. "BAA loOK AT THAT cLOUD mAN,"tHAT NOT A CLOUD THATS A sHEEP" |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 26 Jun 09 - 01:36 PM "Poor old Casper"Maybe he Mastake Dave for a rotten Sausage and eat him? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies) Date: 26 Jun 09 - 02:10 PM Ahh, I didn't get to know Casper much this Summer, but I do recall Lady raffles speaking about his first Knockers when he was just a bitty pup! So the fest and the people have always been an important part of his life. Just something rather lovely about the whole family embrace - including that of a doggy's entire life experience. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 26 Jun 09 - 03:14 PM Re Casper dog. " So the fest and people have always been apart of his life" My food has been a part of his life. Theres now,t wrong with Caspers legs for running off with my food. There aint much wrong with that long snout for sniffing it out. So far that dog has fled the field with 5 Sausages of mine I swear he had my Fish that were hanging and drying out under a caravan last June. And he also nicked my Frys Choclete Mint and buggered off with that. I forgive him for that though because Beryl caught him eating it and put her foot on it to stop him eating it and he bit her foot. Which was so funny I wet meself. I thought Casper was a bit low this year he is usually all about the place rooting around. This year I had to contend with LITTLE JACK rooting about in me tent and running off with me Racoon hat. Both old and youing the Knockholt Dogs are great. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Kev The Clogs Date: 29 Jun 09 - 04:35 PM Both Val and I took two large bags of our own rubbish. More than happy to "do tasks" on the Sunday - know exactly what it is like at the end of a festival!!! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 29 Jun 09 - 05:30 PM All right, not funny, who ate my post? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: VirginiaTam Date: 29 Jun 09 - 05:34 PM RB, if that post tasted anything like the Harissa, it wasn't me but it might well have been TheSitlentOne. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 29 Jun 09 - 06:40 PM Saints alive not the silent one. Sounds like a Dr Who Character. "Dr Who And the Silent Ones." Gotto be a Tom Baker episode. THE SILENT ONES "They come out the wood work at you." "No good hiding behind the settee" All you had to do once to get away from a Darlek was to go upstairs? Fucked if you lived in a bungerloo? I mean the Darlek invasion of Earth. You would be alright if you lived in a Bedsit on the 1st floor? Exterminate all they liked they wouldnt get you? My neighbour next door he has a mobility scooter tears around in it all day long. He is 85 x RN." i call him "Davros" He calls me Fuckoff which is Russian and means that I love you? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 29 Jun 09 - 06:45 PM HaHaHEEHHEE gOOD nIGHT Folk. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 29 Jun 09 - 06:54 PM "Is that why they built all those high rise tower blocks back in the 70s?" through fear of a Darlek Invasion? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: melodeonboy Date: 29 Jun 09 - 07:00 PM Exterminate! Exterminate! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 29 Jun 09 - 07:08 PM "Dont you start" |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Lady Raffles Date: 30 Jun 09 - 09:34 AM Thanks to everyone for all the expressions of concern for Casper, he is feeling much brighter since having his first Kemo treatment last Wednesday and enjoying being spoilt rotton. Pierre I didn't realize he'd stolen quite so much of your grub over the years which probably accounts for his excessive enthusiasm for Knockholt, up until now we'd always put it down to his being in a "sheepdog type environment". Thanks to Debs and everyone for plans to help Mick out with dismantling September's Knockholt, he did work very hard last week he went to the field straight from work on Monday shovelled up all the ash & put it in the copse, took the rubbish to the tip, transported the marquee back to Andy's and eventually got home about 10.30pm, he doesn't mind going back the next day to collect the marquee and check for stray crisp packets etc but if we could get the fire and rubbish thing sorted that would be brilliant. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Girl Friday Date: 30 Jun 09 - 12:12 PM We took our own rubbish away, but did put our recycling into the bags with everyone else's. I did think of taking away a bag of it, but we hadn't a lot of space in the car. As long as cardboard (which I burn on the camppfire), glass, bottles, and tins go in one box. But that is Bromley's scheme. Different councils collect differently. Do they? If campers own authorities have a different system, then glass , tins, and plastics should be bagged seperately. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 30 Jun 09 - 12:59 PM Only 70 days 'til Autumn Knockholt! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Abdul The Bul Bul Date: 30 Jun 09 - 02:26 PM Arthur will be so pleased Mick. ;-) Al |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Royston Date: 30 Jun 09 - 02:41 PM I'll drink to that Woodsie! Well, I will drink to anything... but I'll have an extra one for that! |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: VirginiaTam Date: 30 Jun 09 - 02:50 PM Only 70 days 'til Autumn Knockholt! RB - we need a daily update on the weather forecast for September. and PlC - time to start our mouths watering re all the possible good things to eat Or should a new thread be started for September? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 30 Jun 09 - 04:17 PM Yes, it should be a new Fred. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies) Date: 30 Jun 09 - 04:35 PM Yeah, I propose a new Knockholt thread! If only to satiate the cravings of that poor old victim of obsessive compulsive disorder, and provide him with the opportunity to scour every single slow torturous posting - in order to find comments utterly irrelevant to him to become irate about, and make quite bizarre troll postings about. Well, he's obviously in need of some entertainment innit? Like those poor elderly geezers that they sit out on the grass verge by the roadside to wave at passing traffic.. just a little bit more disturbed. Considering the above, a new thread would be highly compassionate! Like a selfless Christian gesture - in aid of those less fortunate and all. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies) Date: 30 Jun 09 - 04:58 PM Disclaimer: Any obvious similarities of R. Bridge to this most tragic and troubled poster referred to above, are purely 'coincidental'. PS: this bugs me! Do I put the full stop before or after the quotation marks? Aspiring pedants need to know. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Girl Friday Date: 30 Jun 09 - 05:15 PM I always put the full stop before the quotation marks |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: melodeonboy Date: 30 Jun 09 - 05:58 PM In the example above (i.e. 'coincidental'), the full stop is, correctly, after the quotation mark. The quoted word is within the sentence. Were a whole sentence quoted, the opposite would apply and the sentence, including the full stop, would be within the quotation marks. (I'm not sure about aspiring; I thought I'd already made it as a pedant!) |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 30 Jun 09 - 07:04 PM O.K. In time honoured traditiom I hereby name the September Knockholt: Forever Autumn! And I will sing it on Fridayn night |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 30 Jun 09 - 10:03 PM Aspiring pedants should learn to spell "tortuous". |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies) Date: 01 Jul 09 - 02:12 AM Brilliant! Now I finally know. So... What's the difference between a colon and a semi-colon? It sounds like before and after someone has had an unpleasant operation... By the way I learned from diligent research (because I thought it worthwhile) that the words Rectum and Rector, share a root word. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 01 Jul 09 - 05:08 PM There are a number of fair summaries to be found by googling "semi-colon". I was, however, amused by this piece since it includes a use of the colon often missed: the appositive. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 04 Jul 09 - 11:35 AM I have acquired more than 20 feet of the hard blue pipe nowadays used in house piping. If I arrange to give it to Linda or Fisheye it might prove something the farmer would find useful to mend his pipe - he would, assuming it is the right size, need to buy two joints (not the other sort of joinnts). |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Dipsodeb Date: 04 Jul 09 - 01:42 PM That's a shame I could supply him with 2 of the other joints ;-) It might even do wonderful things to the water and make the sheep very happy at the same time! baaad joke sorry... |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 04 Jul 09 - 03:57 PM Then we might not care whether we had water... |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 04 Jul 09 - 09:36 PM The water is repairable and even if it was only a bodge job so what that all it looks has if its ever has been anyway for ages maybe years? Hi Folks The main issue is it is located in the ajoining field which is nothing to do with us in the camping field. (My concerns are) 1) It has no public right of way has in regards to a Stile like the ajoining field to the right of Dead Tree copse( it had Mooo Cows in the field back in June) 2) if we jump the fence we are technically Tresspassing. And so could be Shot, Prosecuted or worse both, Im up for it if you folk are fore I am sick and tired of this water Bloody Parlava.That is really all there is to this water issue. ,MOO,BAAA, BANG & Arrrrrrrrrrrrr & A ARSE FULL OPF BUCKSHOT? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Mick Woods Date: 05 Jul 09 - 05:11 AM Woudn't it be easier to ask the farmer to sort it out? After all we do pay for the use of the field and the water is the only facility provided. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 05 Jul 09 - 11:52 AM We had all this Rigmarole at the AGM when I first put it over to folkmob . Nothing can be done re water. I put it you it can. Really I have never known such a Parlava about a drop of water which clearly it is at present. a mere drop. Ha Ha I put it to you We tent folk want water it is all very well for you caravan and trailer lot Lording it up. To emerge on to the field from your traiers and vans dripping wet from a nice cool shower. all sweet and clean and smelling of Carbolic. Us tent folk are not adverse to getting wet ever I put it to you. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 05 Jul 09 - 11:57 AM Farmers, in general, never repair anything properly. Everything is lashed up with bits of baler string. But if we asked him first, I supplied the pipe and someone else the joints, he MIGHT be prepared to turn off the relevant stopcock to permit and enable us to do it for him (without having to battle with mains pressure at the time...). Particularly if it saves him money. Farmers usually like saving money... |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Lady Raffles Date: 05 Jul 09 - 05:18 PM Hi all, this is Mick not Lady Raffles. I have spoken to Royston this evening and discussed the water issue. There is a leak down by the gate so when I come back from holiday in August I will have a trip up to the farm, see the farmer and speak about arranging a working party to put right the problem. I will get some stakes and we can re use his wire fencing and repair the leak and make good the fence. He's probably got a lot on his plate with just himself and his son running things so I'm sure a little input from ourselves would be appreciated. It may well be that it can be done in an hour or two on the Thursday of the weekend. While I am on the subject of Knockholt, we will be getting the toilets from a different supplier as those provided in June were not up to standard. I managed to get a 50 per cent reduction after they offered 10 per cent. I will also try and order a new end for the marquee. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 05 Jul 09 - 05:53 PM Good Man Mick. If all else fails I will deliver the pipe early in Sept, but probably better to get it to you sooner. I am awaiting a PM from Lady Raffles. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 05 Jul 09 - 06:19 PM 400 |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,woodsie Date: 05 Jul 09 - 06:43 PM 401 |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 06 Jul 09 - 04:39 AM There we are things are moving re the water. Now with Micks Fordes negotiating skills with the farmer and Mr Bridges Blue pipe and know how and a couple of decent joints( hmm sound good) and me on a Spade to dig out the pipe we will probably end up flooding the whole area and draining Tonbridge Wells swimming pools and have to make a hasty 'Quick Run away", closely pursued by the water police.. (When I was in the building trade i was a ground worker my fellow builders called me "MOLE MAN because of my skill and speed with a spade) This is great and seriously if you wanna work party put my name on it. Dont forget a decent Spade. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Richard Bridge Date: 06 Jul 09 - 05:37 AM I have spade, shovels, pickaxe and mattock. I had assumed the damaged pipe was at surface level since past bodged repairs had been seen. Burying it a reasonable depth (after testing) would be a good plan to avoid future damage by cows' hooves - which I suspect is likely to have been the original cause of pipe damage. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 06 Jul 09 - 01:47 PM The pipe emerges some 6ft from the trough it supposed to feed. So yes Richard surface work will be minimal. Spade will suffice Im sure. Mattock. Jesus its along time since I have heard that name. In day beyond recall "I have dug a few pilot holes down Chislehurst Mines using a short handled Mattock. One dont hear that name anymore? (Mining Tool. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Ken Date: 08 Jul 09 - 07:49 PM I have now finished refurbishing a small trailer (it's about 1x2m). I am happy to bring it along for the transportation of materials and tools to the site if needed. I have a few tools also and am happy to lend a hand digging. It could also be used for clearing rubbish from the site or moving the logs. Ken |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 08 Jul 09 - 07:53 PM Ok Ken . Good one there is a knockholt September Thread. ,Forever Autumn. This thread is dying but hopefully water sorted. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 09 Jul 09 - 12:50 PM I think the work Re Water, will be done on site on the Thursday. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST Date: 10 Jul 09 - 02:56 PM Thursday as in yesterday, it being Friday as I read your post? |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST,Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 10 Jul 09 - 04:50 PM No Re not Thursday re Yesterday I mean the Thursday of Knockholt week Knockholt starts on the wednesday and then we will fix water Farmers approval depending on the Thursday. regards Pierre. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: GUEST Date: 11 Jul 09 - 10:42 AM Ok, thanks. If the trailer is needed just let me know. |
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Subject: RE: Knockholt - This Is Summer! - June 2009 From: Pierre Le Chapeau Date: 11 Jul 09 - 07:45 PM This Thread Is dead. Go 2 Knockholt,Forever Autumn |
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