[Regia-NA] trip to UK

[J. K. Siddorn]

August Bank Holiday is the last weekend in August where the Monday of that
week falls in August.

We shall be at Wychurst for ABH now.

Regards,


Kim Siddorn.

The early bird may get the worm -
but the second mouse gets the cheese!


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Subject: [Regia-NA] trip to UK


> Vara and Hazel,
>     Thanks so much for your prompt and very kind offers of assistance.
> (Won't you be surprised when we meet in person and it turns out I suffer
not
> only from Turret's Syndrome but world class flatulence as well!)  I don't
> have an arrival date and/or location yet, as I am still researching which
> event would deliver the most bang for the buck. So far, the sparse info I
> have is from the Regia homepage calendar of events. The two events in
August
> seem likely to provide the broadest experience, but I'm just guessing. The
> first one is in Kirkcudbright, Scotland, Aug 6-13, and the second is just
> described as "August Bank Holiday - Exciting Major Event planned in the NW
> of Britain." I'm embarrassed to admit, I don't even know the dates for
your
> August Bank Holiday. Is there somewhere on line to get more detailed info
> about these Regia happenings?
>     Or you could just let me know which event would include regular daily
> life, feast/festival days, monastery life, court life, a major battle or
> two, some good examples of every caste of Anglo, Norman, Viking, etc., a
> wedding, coronation, funeral, etc., etc. Oh, I forgot the maritime
stuff...
> it'd be helpful if I could do some Channel crossings, preferably in foul
> weather, using the various boats of the period. And did I mention my
> equestrian interests.....?
>     OK, so it's the impossible dream. Still, I'd like to pack in as much
as
> possible. I can stay for a long week or so. Ideas?
> Cheers,
> Karen Dickinson
> (who's watching the wildflowers bloom here in the mountains of Washington
> State)
>
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