[Regia-NA] Ogres and Invitations

[Hrolf Douglasson]

Leave the husband at home...spend 8-10 hours sleeping and plannimng and
we'll get you from the airport..then we'll have some fun sans husbands:)
vara
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lori Rael Northon" <lesseley@attbi.com>
To: <list-regia-na@lig.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 9:14 PM
Subject: [Regia-NA] Ogres and Invitations


> Hi, Vara!
>
> I know none of you are ogres.  Well . . . maybe there are one or two of
you
> hiding . . . no, I don't think so!  You're all actually pretty great
folks.
> Some of us just got off on the wrong foot.  Not to worry.  Thank you so
much
> for the kind invitation.  It is really very sweet of you.  I would LOVE to
> take you up on it, but I will probably never make it over to the UK again,
> as much as I would like to.  My husband isn't too interested in making the
> trip, and I'm just not the type to pick up and go that far by myself
> anymore.  That was something I did years ago when I was fresh out of high
> school.  I spent the summer of  '71 traveling throughout Europe, but much
to
> my dismay, I only managed about a 13 hour stay at Heathrow.  And about 8
> hours of that was spent sleeping on the floor near the departure gate once
I
> checked my luggage through to Frankfurt.  The rest was spent going through
> Customs, riding on a bus from Stanstead to Heathrow, then traveling from
one
> terminal to the next trying to find my departure gate.  If you're ever in
> the Seattle area, please let me know.  I can't promise to get you to any
> Regia events since they are few and far between on this side of the water,
> but we can certainly show you around the Puget Sound.  And who knows, we
> might even be able to get you to one of the local SCA events!  8^)
>
> Take Care!
> Lori
>
>
> > Message: 7
> > From: "Hrolf Douglasson" <Hrolf@btinternet.com>
> > To: <list-regia-na@lig.net>
> > Subject: Re: [Regia-NA] Re:new person
> > Date: Sat, 17 May 2003 09:24:40 +0100
> > Reply-To: list-regia-na@lig.net
> >
> > Lori you would NEVER be unwelcome at any UK event
> > If you ever get the chance to come...let us know
> > Personally- I could pick you up easily from Manchester International
> > Airport, feed and water you and house you.
> > If we get to site I even have a spare tent.
> > and there are others who can do the same for the southern/northern
> airports
> > regards
> > vara..
> > We were trying to explain our ethos of the more authentic the better,
and
> > blue was sooo expensive very few would have been able to afford it for
> > clothing let alone tents, Get a bit 'later' in history and they appear,
> but
> > not in Regias period.
> > However I am trying to find the quote I came across the other day about
> one
> > of the Kings gifting a purple tent with gilt decoration..now I've lost
the
> > quote...however it would have to be very richly furnished as well.Do you
> > fancy purple:)
> > I do hope we meet one day so you can see I'm not that much of an ogre.
> > v
>
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