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Ohh dear ohhh dear
 
I always intend to get to the pavillion but I'm afraid putting tent up and servicing the little group of fairporters and cropredy virgins seems to take up a lot of time....  ::)

But
this year  

the added complication of Fairport Acoustic on stage
what to do ??!?? what a conundrum :-\

I suppose we could meet at the Wadsworth Bar ?? but I do believe in tradition
and anyway i still have to put the tent up ( and not fall over ) ^-^

any ideas? [;-) {:-)

Well as Fairport Accoustic wont be untill 4pm/5pm ?? (well i know its not 1pm) there is always time for at least one pint. ;D before rushingoff for wristbands, quing to get the favorite spot, dragging the garden furniture and table into the arena and setting up the defensive zone ::)

ta mark .. for some reason I thut it was a 12.00 start .. (Is that other days )
That explains it ...

I couldn't understand why the main lads were on when people were setting up etc

So .... I will be trying for the Pavillion Bar [;-) {:-)

regards

Dave P

Don't forget the barbed wire.

Or the sofa.

The Pavilion is a great place to meet people when the weather is clement, but gets rather crowded when rainstorms hit.

Best to be there by 11.45 if possible just to make sure the Old Hooky is alright. ;D

Or 11:30 for us.
(this ensures the decent pint of Old Hooky isn't just a one off).  ;)

Pop up tents  8) [;-)

Pop up tents  8) [;-)
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Yes used to get that quite often when I was younger!  ;D

Yes used to get that quite often when I was younger!  ;D
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happy days eh? :o

You said the "r" word  >:( you know what will happen now   ???

Yes used to get that quite often when I was younger!  ;D
[/quote]Shocked and stunned of Bognor :o

Hmmm... never thought of that.

FAC is going to put more pressure on queues on the roads, campsites,queues for wristband exchange etc.

Maybe it's not even worth the stress of setting off earlier on Thursday to get there on time, just to end up in the wristband line whilst Fairport are playing.

That'll be four o'clock then. An idea we have unashamedly nicked from The Levellers who have bracketed their own festival this way for years: such a good idea we couldn't but imitate it.

Thank you all VERY MUCH for considering being with us... Oh, and tell your friends!

No worries.  We'll have a OneOfEach please [;-) {:-) [;-) {:-) [;-) {:-)

Truly can't wait.. just trying to sort out what to do re sleeping...  hoping for clement weather this year...  8)
(Last year was one of my worst nightnmares  >:(  :o )

sleeping??? when do you do that then??? :D [;-) {:-)

Dave P

Now there's a thought. I wonder if yer can book a tree fer the leanin up agin?

It is a good idea.



A lot of us are determined to be on-field for four. Personally, I'll be setting off from work around midnight to lurk in a Banbury car park.

I do like festivals which allow (sometimes charging for) access the day before. It does reduce the stress. They all seem to be in remote locations, far enough away from anywhere to avoid beer, entertainment and food seeking punters excessively annoying the locals. I gather that Cropredy starting on Thursday came about because of the problems caused by allowing access on Thursday when the festival started on Friday. This could end up with a week long Cropredy.

Come to think about it I'd quite like that. As a pipe dream, how about:

Sunday
Caravan and a camping field (2?) open for camping in mid afternoon.
Modest part-time on site entertainment available in the evening. With beer.

Monday and Tuesday
Possibly, modest part-time on site entertainment available in the afternoon. With beer.
Modest part-time on site entertainment available in the evening. With beer.
Return coach available for the warm ups. Chargeable.

Wednesday
Possibly, modest part-time on site entertainment available in the afternoon. With beer.
Modest part-time on site entertainment available in the evening. With beer.

Thursday - Saturday
As now.

Modest: Cheap or free acts - "I played at Cropredy" might be enough reward for some. Or even open mic. A lot of talented musicians and other entertainers attend Cropredy.
Each early day has its own charge to cover security, toilets, etc. For example, Bearded Theory are charging £12 for their 14:00 Thursday Camping ticket.
Catering arrangements announced and held to. Even if it is "none, bring your own, the village can't cope".

This could:
Reduce the Thursday morning stress and chaos by spreading some of the arrivals over previous days.
Lengthen the Cropredy holiday.
Necessitate a larger venue for the warm ups. I like Woodford Halse (8-)
Increase beer and food vendor's takings.

Can anyone tell me what time the ticket exchanges start on the Thursday, please ?

And maybe they will open early this year in anticipation of more people wanting to be there for Fairport ?

It's usually not possible for us to leave Leeds before mid-day, but working on it for this year. It would be a shame to arrange everything and be stuck in extra traffic or wristband queue when Fairport are playing.

they started quite early last year, i think we had ours before 2 o'clock

We picked ours up from a small trestle table that had been set up outside the campsite control for the backpacker's field.
This was on our way to the Pavilion so around about 11:15 -11:30ish.

In fact I have just checked a photo taken of me with a pint in one hand and a band on the opposite wrist stamped as:
12/08/10 11:43.

Thank You !

So if we can set off at 10am, we should be tents up, pint at Pavilion and wristbanded by 3-ish.

drunk as a skunk by 4 ;D

I know it's not quite the same as being in the field, but you'll be able to hear FC from all the approaches to the field, and the wristband queues are tiny (in our experience) on the Thursday.

I have a really good feeling about this years festival. I think it's going to be one of the best ever.  {:-)

One of my fondest memories of recent Cropredy's, is being in a seemingly massive long queue for the wrist band exchange, about 4.00pm one very hot Thursday, just as Wishbone Ash loudly tore into "Argus" from the nearby main field. Bliss.......we got in pretty quickly as well, and did manage to see most of what was one of my favourite band's of the long-gone 70's as well. Sure a similar thing will apply to acoustic FC.

Wristband exchange 1 o clock before a pint on the gravestones at the Lion (No honestly we are not hidebound by 20 yrs of tradition!!)
It used to be arrive on thurs and spend all day and eve in the village(lots of pints on the gravestones) cos bands weren't on till 5 pm Fri

I really miss that 'Thursday in the Village' tradition...  Less is often so much more...you can have too much of a good thing.

I tend to agree, I find I'm always hoping the thursday headliner will get on with it so I can go to bed, having had a very early start,drive,tent build etc.In the old days you could chill on thursday and be ready for a couple of days concentrated music and drinking over the weekend.

That's the sort of thing old farts like me (cf. newly minted photo, left) think - and sometimes even say - but you look like a young buck who should be able to keep going all weekend  ;)  

I don't know.....young people today  ::)    Tsk, Tsk (as we used to say in the old days)  :)

That's exactly what we've done forever.
Are you me? (My brain hurts).

That's very nice of you to say so, but looks can be deceptive.It's a genetic thing.My grandad was informed that a tea dance he attended was for over 65's only.He was 78.

Hmmm - Wishbone Ash opened the festival?.....Are you sure? Which year was that then?

Well, Peter's memory timewise could just be a little faulty. If he was queuing for a wristband around 6 rather than 4, he would have heard Wishbone Ash, who were third on on the Thursday in 2007 (after Anthony John Clarke and Kerfuffle) although I suspect that you already knew that Chris...

I loved Mickey Flanagan's routine on clubbing for the older person, he says now if he sees a club with a big queue outside he thinks "ooooooh no, I'll never get a seat in there".

wishbone were on while we were queueing up for tickets in 2007 i think, possibly 2008
a more lumpen leaden noise ive never heard >:(
well maybe the strawbs  :o

Jim.jim jim! Wishbone Ash were fabby IMHO But then i was down the front to see the king and not still shopping in argus.

David, we're both old farts who can't live  on past memories. BUT thurs nights in the lion followed by a late and slow breakfast on field 2 having picked up a dingbats  to do from the canoe club, are good memories.
18  of us on field 2 , village hall table, candelabra and white picket fencing. A guy ,jet lagged from a flight from Australia walked through our 'camp 'about 10 on the fri morning. We 'kidnapped' him forced him to have breakfast, drink beer and re enact the ashes at the cost of 2 frying pans. don't know his name but we called him Sydney for obvious reasons. His sister found him 2 and a half hrs later developing an understanding of the restorative powers of the Newcy Brown/Chardonnay chaser combination. Nice bloke but with a really boring job cleaning the outside of New York skyscrapers which he explained at length. Happy days.
In the Wishbone Ash yr I lent the guys in the next tent a tape! of Wishbone Ash live. They gave it me back on Sunday Morning explaining it was Jennifer Rush!!! Any of my credibility gone , Sheen still refused to admit how Jennifer Rush had got in to the car. B......s! Happy days!

 :o :-X