Knockholt Forever Autumn

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 21 Aug 09 - 05:47 AM

The MDPE pipe I have here is 20mm. I expect the farm pipe will be 25mm, but I need to know as either I will need to buy two 25/20mm adapters, or I will have to buy two straight 25mm couplers and some 25mm pipe.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: GUEST,Essex Girl
Date: 21 Aug 09 - 08:37 AM

Sue, you're obviously back on line now! I'll be going to Knockholt around midday on Thursday. Will sort out communal food for Thursday night with you next week. Suggestions for anything containing tomatoes or runner beans as I seem to have rathe a lot of them. I'll try to make an apple crumble as well if I get the time.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 21 Aug 09 - 09:34 AM

Deviled Eggs? " That sounds like one hell of a recipe.

I will be there first thing Wednesday morning. with Woodsie.
There is lots of wood dumped in dead tree copse but its the big stuff that was to heavy to lift last June,

A sack barrow would be handy for shifting them? we had to put them on the back of Micks Van last year Bloody Parlava that was?

I carried the large logs to Dead Tree copse at the end of June(with help) and by the time I had finished me backbone was sticking out me out me eye sockets.
"There bloody heavy"
and I am getting to old for both hangovers and exertion at the same time?

Fisheye I post the Woody Guthrie lyrics tonight from work if I have time if not next weeks/Shift.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 21 Aug 09 - 11:18 AM

If I can find room I will bring sackbarrow (beware, only small wheels) as well as chainsaw. I'm lumberjack and I'm OK...

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Lady Raffles
Date: 21 Aug 09 - 01:35 PM

Hi all from Mick

I have just spoken to Tony the farmer and he says that he will get his guy to fix the leak. I told him we were willing to organise a work party and fix it, no charge. I said if there were any problems and he would like us to do the repair to give me a ring.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 21 Aug 09 - 02:35 PM

Right thats the water parlava sorted out.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 21 Aug 09 - 03:05 PM

I bet you "his guy" just wraps it up in gaffa tape again.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 21 Aug 09 - 04:33 PM

Hmm, Richard I was thinking the same thing too.
Trouble is the pipes on the surface exposed so Sheep walk all over it and worse tractors etc. I hope he does it properly

" I was thinking of taking a Bath on the Saturday.

I,ll know when I get there Wednesday if it been done or not because of the tell tale puddle in the ajoining field.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Lady Raffles
Date: 22 Aug 09 - 04:30 AM

Yes, isn't it a shame he could have got a first class job done, I thought he would have jumped at the chance.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 22 Aug 09 - 03:42 PM

A 1st class job indeed. .....But.
also ...I have all faith in the Chap destined o repair it. .
"I wont bring the inflatable bath though?

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 22 Aug 09 - 03:47 PM

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 06:20 AM

My inverter has not arrived from China yet, so I hope I will not have flat netbook battery syndrome.

I also need to set up the email program in Opera so that it collects all my emails but still leaves them on the relevant servers...

And maybe a mobile drive with my main docuemnts on...

Ho Hum...

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: The Barden of England
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 12:54 PM

What about the generator? Not working?
John Barden

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 02:29 PM

Oh, yes, I could do that...

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: The Barden of England
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 03:40 PM

If you're thoruoghly stuck, I have an inverter on board, so no worry there.
John Barden

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 04:18 PM

I was practicing Mandolin in the garden this morning having tuned it first when suddenly the very top G string slipped of the Nut.
But it had not lost tension and clearly did not break.

When i looked closely at the Nut I notice that a tiny Gnats cock piece of the nut had broken off the side and at at the string groove to boot?

That is with out doubt what caused the string to slip off. I loosened the G string in question and when i looked closely at the nut I could still see the line of the string groove really only a fractioned of the edge of the groove had gone.

So I got me a hand held mini grinder and worked out the string grove until the string would sit there has prior to this par-larva happening.

I then tuned up the Mandolin and HEY PRESTO
it Tuned perfectly and sounded great has before .
I know I should change the Nut but I have just paid to have it set up and if I replace the Nut it will throw everything out.

What do you think folks change the Nut (More Expense)
Or leave it alone and see what happens? I was bringing it to Knockers but the likely hood of it happening again puts me off.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 04:19 PM

Rodgers

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 04:23 PM

Bloody plastic Nuts if it was made of Bone it would not have happened?

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 04:36 PM

Rogers
is the long/short term answer absolutely.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 04:43 PM

Rodgers will make you a bone one if you like. Or a brass one.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 05:23 PM

I know Bone>
A brass one? Hmm Im stuck for choice." what is best or preferable with most players

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 05:40 PM

Bone. But I like brass.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 06:23 PM

"well the way I see it Richard is with brass I wont have no Nuts breaking or splintering like the plastic one did today that is a certainty .
I will start a thread tomorrow on mudcat titled " Bone or Brass and see what the world of Mandolin players think.
Has far has I know this might be bone that Rogers put on during the set up a few months back. Its hard to tell Bone from Plastic when in a fixed position. And i cant remember what he said it was?

I ,ll bell him.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 05:26 AM

Pete, there have been MANY threads about brass and bone and whatever nuts (and saddles) on guitars. Do a search first. I suspect Brian re-cut your original plastic nut, rather than make a new one.

The cheapest fix will be a tiny hole drilled with a pillar drill and a tiny pin through it.

I have in the past rebuilt nuts with glues and epoxies (also cheap if DIY but time consuming), but it is not a good way.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 08:26 AM

Thanks for the above advice Richard.
I played the Mandolin this morning for an hour and the grove that i very carefully re-cut    seems to be holding out? The end of the nut looks a bit like a broken tooth but Im satisfied that the mandolin tunes ok and that the action Brian set up has not been affected by my
workmanship.
Having never attempted such a repair i am quite pleased with me self. I cant do nothing about it until after Knockholt whereby I will go and see brian. I was hoping to get my nice little traveling guitar set up next by Brian but that goes to the back of the queue now the mandolin comes first.
I have only been playing the Mandolin for 8months now and progress is slow but im getting used to the strings and can pick through a number of different scales and the chords are now simple.
There are 3 things about a mandolin I have learned,1) There bloody temperamental.
                                                                                             2) they like to be played every day or                                                                                                                                                                                                 they sulk.
                                                                                             3) They are very highly strung and tend to have break downs without warning Ie like my just did. Bloody parlarva.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 03:16 PM

STOP PRESS

I have won, free, a leg of lamb that has been in deep freeze since 2004 - but if I put it in red wine in a watertight coolbox to marinade when I leave on the Weds, it should be pretty good by Sat.

What else were you putting in the marinade, Pete? Shall I put a tbsp of harissa in there to soak in, or will you play clever buggers with it after I arrive? It will need carving off the bone after it thaws right through (probably some time on Thurs).

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 04:11 PM

Richard drown it in red wine once thawed one can always thicken the wine with flour and paste it with red wine paste and peppers prior to cooking it.

One has to be extremely careful with your Harissa paste indeed a bit like working with explosives. but its a nice paste and it mellows after a couple of hours I mean minutes. this is your baby really and it was lovely last time . You added Apricots last time.
this time maybe, beaten lemons and limes maybe in with the lamb and a bit of Mint. Apricots too.         I will have most herbs at knockholt both straight out the garden and also my own dried herbs and my herb shelf indoors.
"oh bye the bye one other herb "which is a personal herb to be kept discreet and at arms length."?

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 05:10 PM

I put it to you, Richard Please,
"I was not playing clever buggers with the Lamb at all.
I done what I thought the Moroccans would do?
Jesus
I only poured a bottle of wine over it?
I then...................let the juices of the Lamb mingle with the wine.

'Like the sheep mingle at Knockholt.

Only for a few hours?
after that I slaughtered the Lamb.
by ,,,,,,,,,,,,Adding flour and made a paste. I gave you a Sample.
The Judgement for a moment was on a Knife edge. But you liked it. Which I guessed you might. Simple steam cooking.
If one steams something you can maranate any time
through the cooking process.
You have got me Fanny Cradocks Hat on now .
Im Goona go play me broken Mandolin

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 05:19 PM

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Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 05:20 PM

!!Mr Bridge!!
"This five year old frozen Lamb is..... "On my foot?"
"I,ll cook it son, you steam it?

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 05:39 PM

I have got point here but Im not being rude.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 05:54 PM

Can we ahve subtitles?

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 05:59 PM

One should never discuss anything while drinking Sloe Gin.
Me upstairs neighbours on moving and gave me a sample. ......Creepers?

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 06:05 PM

Still forecast to be pissing with rain Sat PM - and teh glitsch that is reporting winds of over 140 mph is also still present.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 07:30 AM

Hi folks
Rain does not bother me.
winds of a 140 mph cause concern. Is that for the whole duration of the event Richard or just Saturday
Looking ahead.
Re wind
If that is the case nearer the time I think it would be some what foolhardy to put up the Marquee. there again it will be up prior to Saturday anyway for the feast.

Sitting round a camp fire would be near impossible.
Playing and singing well that would be comical in regards to singing and playing in a Gale force wind and I hope Fisheye films it for the DVD files.
I would certainly shell out £4.50p to see a DVD of John Barden,s Ride On (with full circle participation} in a gale force wind.

Anyway there is sod all we can do about it but wait and see.it was very gusty last year and pissed with rain to boot but it was also quite suuny at times too.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 08:20 AM

There is no hurricane coming. Trust me!

It's a computer glitsch.

What I think I do need to do is to review the thread and see what is planned to be cooked when - particularly because one of my favourite players has not, as I thought, vanished, but is doing a gig in Maidstone on Weds night. I may have to arrive, pitch, and go!

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 08:21 AM

PS, Pete, if you thought you saw sunshine last September at Knockers, it was more a case of "Oh, the pretty lights, man". It pissed for three days solid.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 09:28 AM

it Pissed for three days solid.
Really?
I wouldnt know.
Well if we have the same this year I,ll cook during the day in the Marquee.

I belong to a number of discussion sites and its not the same has talking face to face.
I think your right Richard we should discuss the cooking face to face at Knockholt.
after all there will be plenty of time .

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Essex Girl
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 03:50 PM

Can we rename this thread the Richard Bridge and Pierre le Chapeau gourmet dining show?
I'll discuss other comestibles with folkmob and any other interested party. Val where are you?

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies)
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 04:11 PM

This year I'm planning to come along with my awld fella (AKA "old man" or " in local terms, or "Father" as Tam recently learned) also known as "PETE-BANE" or "BREW-BANE". You must all be kind to him because he's got hardly any teeth left (aaaah!) and is a balding old hippy, plus he still needs green herbal cigarettes to cope with being a child of the sixties.

Also the only songs he can play are by Beatles or Jethro Tull & he is very totally utterly rubbish. But he does have quite a good voice. And a trailer & sack barrow...

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: The Barden of England
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 05:01 PM

He should be at home - I was 15 when the 60's started and 25 when they finished. I do remember quite a bit of that decade too mind you, even though I did all the sixties things that should, and did get done ;-)
John Barden

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 05:16 PM

I have been trying to get a sense of what we have planned, above, about food.

Pete wants to cook on Saturday.

Is there also a feast on Thursday?

I will bring LEG OF LAMB. I can tagine it Thurs or Sat.

I can also tagine SAT if desired - other meats seem to be decided on, so I opt to do PORK and apricot tagine.

Pete, you were going to get Lamb (now not necessary) beef and chicken. Can you now rather than Lamb please get Pork for me to tagine? Belly pork will be fine.

I will chase Blossom for wine for marinades, and provide coolboxes and ice blocks for lengthy marinading, and provide harissa paste, dried apricots, and ginger, and tagine spices.

There are TWO volunteers for chicken bricks - Crow Sister and Lady Raffles. I think they will bring thier own chickens.

So, Pete, the only meat you need to buy will be the beef and pork and I will split the cost with you.

Table of volunters: -

PlC - Bread (but not on Saturday, pub calling) including herb breads). Herbs of many kinds. Some spices. Finger peppers. Roasting Beef and Lamb marinaded on Sat. Pavlova.

VT - unspiced beef, Veg (spuds, carrots, parsnips and onyums) but not courgettes or aubergines. VT special Waldorf salad. Maybe devilled eggs. Banananananana bread.

RB - Harissa paste, Old Lamb, ginger, cheap wine, dried apricots, red onions, black olives (or maybe queen olives stuffed with garlic) courgettes aubergines. Tagine of Pork Thurs or Sat, not proud. I will use (and provide FRESH not preserved citrus - not sure what breed of citrus yet). Shall I be custard king for Essex Girl's apple crumble, or is there another volunteer?

CS - Chicken brick. Flat-breads (has anyone got a thick smoot flat metal plate?) Veggie tagine (which day?)

Lady Raffles - Another chicken brick, bread rolls - maybe rice if enough burners can be lit! Raffles special chocolate banananananas.

Naughty 40 - Chickpeas and lentils (soaked and softened as necessary please) for thickening tagine(s). Cous-cous. Millet? Puddings - including chocolate caramel shortbread

JB - Saffron

Essex girl - tomatoes (I can put some in the tagine in stead of tinned ones, nice!) runner beans. Apple Crumble.



Is there a volunteer to bring sweet potatoes fo rthe tagine(s)?



Ye gods it has taken ages to try to collate that.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Crow Sister (off with the fairies)
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 05:19 PM

That's great John, so long as you realise my Father never 'grew out of' the sixties... He's still there, in spirit, and he loves those Mermans Mermits... OOps! Must rush, gotta tighten the restraints... He's started trying to light the pickled cabbage again.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 05:22 PM

He sounds just like us.

Woodsie, Folkmob Members - can Folkmob provide a "Folk against Fascism" banner for the gate (or marquee)? Or shall I BEG Dilligaff to make one?

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 07:47 PM

I,ll bring flat metal plates. I also have flat metal plates and a number of other metle cooking dishes hidden in the hedge and a few woks buried about the place from back in June.

I thought it would save bringing them back this time has I plan to traval light.I,ll dig them up when I get there. I buried me cooker in dead tree copse I,ll dig that up too( If I can find it ?)

I,ll get Belly Pork ,Chicken, and Beef.

I Quote.
Can we rename this thread the Richard Bridge and Pierre Le Chapeau
gourmet cooking show? thats tickled me, You can if you want Essex Girl But    "Its a bit long winded" Can we have a banner put up on the gate underneath Folk against Fascism banner.

"The RB & P.L.C.GOURMET COOKING SHOW"
is Less of a mouthful, Ha Ha Mouthful ,cooking Ha Ha.


We both have showed a interest in at least one other topic regarding Knockholt.
The water fiasco for a start. Hopefully thats sorted?
You,ve cheered up my night at work Essex Girl.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 08:34 PM

Fisheye.
here are the lyrics has I promised for the Woody Guthrie Song you want to do at Knockholt. Are you sure about Lonnie Donagan
doing a version of this song? if so check the lyrics they may differ?

I will do in the key of C.Guitar.
and you will acompany on Banjo in key of G. BLOODY PARLAVA.
I cant see a song like this being played and sung slowly. It has a tempo of about 120. Re our talk the other night at folkmob you were right I was thinking of another song that is very similar. I beg your Pardon.
                The Grand Coulee Dam.
The world has seven wonders,the travelers always tell.
Some garden and some towers I guess you know them well.
But the greatest wonder is in uncle sams fair land.
Its that King Columbia river and the big Grand Coulee Dam.

She heads up the Canadian rockies where the rippling waters glide.
Come,s a rumbling down the canyon to meet the salty tide.
Of the wide Pacific ocean where the sunm sets in the west
and the big grand Coulee country is the land I love the best.

In the misty crystal glitter of that wild and windward spray
men have fought the pounding waters and met a watery grave.
She tore the bvoats to spintersbut she gave men dreams to dream.Of the day the Coulee dam would cross that wild and wasted stream.

Uncle Sam took up the challenge in the year of ,33
For the farmer and the factory and all of you and me.
He said "Roll along Columbia", You can rambke to the sea,
But river while your rambling you can do some work for me.

Now in Washington and Oregen you can hear the factories hum,
making chrome and making magnesium and light aluminium.
And there roars a mighty furnace now to fight for Uncle Sam.
Spawned upon the King Columbia by the Big Grand Coulee Dam.


Regards Pierre.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 26 Aug 09 - 03:45 AM

Yes, Donegan definitely did that

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: GUEST
Date: 26 Aug 09 - 04:21 AM

Must get my Woody Guthrie songbook out..wonder if I brought it...

"In the misty crystal glitter of that wild and windward spray"

Blimey.

Al

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: Lady Raffles
Date: 26 Aug 09 - 05:44 AM

I'm going to cook my chickens in a wood smoking oven now instead of the chicken brick, Anthony and Lesley bought one this summer and it was brilliant so we've just ordered one as well. While we were in France half our plum tree fell down due to the bumper crop of fruit on it so I'll be stuffing the chickens with fresh herbs, lemon and garlic then smoking them over plum wood. I can do that on Thursday and Saturday and maybe leave the bread rolls and chocolate banana's for Saturday when I'll have more preparation time (we won't be arriving on Thursday until about 5pm) If anyone feels like picking some blackberries, there should be loads in the hedges around the field and also in Stonings Lane then I don't mind stewing them on the Thursday evening and we can have them with a couple of ready made flan cases and cream.

Subject: RE: Knockholt Forever Autumn
From: naughtyforty
Date: 26 Aug 09 - 06:22 AM

I am happy to bring chick peas and lentils. Are red lentils OK Richard? They thicken brilliantly and I have a stock in my cupboard as I use them all the time. Would tinned chick peas be OK? They need no prior preparation. If not, I can get some dried ones and do the necessary before I get there. Little Apprentice and I will be there on Friday evening. We are trying to persuade Maria by the sea to come as well. Puddings are all in preparation as well.