Harpenden (United Kingdom) Highland Gathering

**Freelander Sporrano** · 4th June 07, 04:46 AM

And David, I do hope you will be able to persuade Dame Bella Goatcabin to come along; she and I spent many a happy hour together in the good old days - when we were both so much younger and more agile - and I have not seen her in years. It will be a real joy to catch her (sorry, catch UP with her) again.

Well Hamish when I told her you would be there She just leapt at the chance. Her Bathchair went all of a quiver.

She told he with tears in her eye about the happy times together with you......She did wonder if you still have that bottle of Stangast and Boyles Patented Horse linament and paint stripper. And hope that the rash and the swelling have now got better....

Ps.
Don't forget to bring the Metal polish for the warthog... You know he gets a bit uppity without it.

**caig** · 4th June 07, 04:51 AM

Thanks for the invitation Alex. I will look at this and PM you. Cheers.

**Dave W.** · 4th June 07, 11:54 PM

I have purchase the entrance tickets for POauline and I.

So we hope to see you ALL there in less than 5 weeks.

Dave W.

**starbkjrus** · 5th June 07, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by Freelander Sporrano

I'll be there I hope with the wife and Kiddie winks... and I'll even bring Dame Bella Goatcabin too...If she wants ;)

David, is J. Peasemold Gruntfuttock attending with you as well? If so, could you get his autograph for me? He's a personal hero.

**Hamish** · 24th June 07, 03:43 PM

Everyone who applied in advance for their entry programmes to The Gathering will probably have received an E-mail advising that further delays at the printers (and a possible postal workers strike), has caused a change of plan. The programmes will NOT now be mailed out and we must collect them at the entry gate. What is not stated, but is on their website ( http://www.harpenden-lions.co.uk/highland-gathering.php ), is that you should take your PayPal receipt together with the Credit Card used for the transaction, and present them at the gate. One presumes that they might be refunding the postal charge, although that is not stated either!

'X Marks the Scot' Meeting point

Since we are not able to see a plan of the Gathering site in Rothamsted Park until we get our hands on te programmes, I am suggesting that we all meet up at the same spot as last year. That is, on the hill which overlooks the Main Arena (to the left of the arena as you approach it from the entry gate). I will be there within minutes of 10.00am, and Derek is bringing his beautiful fretwork 'X Marks the Scot.com' sign - so look out for that. Since there is little or no shelter from the weather in the park, I would suggest also that some form of protection from inclement weather would be a good idea, especially if current weather conditions prevail until 8th July!!

I am off to Oban, via The Ferintosh in Dumfries, on Thursday and so will be off-line until 4th July. If there are any further developments regarding The Harpenden Gathering, I will post here again then. If not - see you all at The Gathering!

**Hamish** · 5th June 07, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by Freelander Sporrano

Well Hamish when I told her you would be there She just leapt at the chance. Her Bathchair went all of a quiver.

Oh, pour old soul. I had no idea she was Bathchair-bound now but, at our age, maybe I shouldn't be so surprised! Perhaps she will allow me to give her a bit of a push at Harpenden - there are several rather fast downhill runs in the vicinity. She might enjoy those.

She told he with tears in her eye about the happy times together with you......She did wonder if you still have that bottle of Stangast and Boyles Patented Horse linament and paint stripper. And hope that the rash and the swelling have now got better....

Well, I don't still have the SAME bottle, tell her, but I am never without a supply of that excellent product - I would not be the man I am today had I not been introduced to it at an early age. I will, of course, discuss all my ailments with Dame Bella at The Gathering (Oh, I really DO hope she will be able to face the journey) as she was always very interested in my little troubles and problems, but do thank her for her concern and tell her that the rash - that rash - is a thing of the past, but the swellings still come and go. Of course, I am used to them after all these years but strangers are sometimes not a little surprised by them!

Ps.
Don't forget to bring the Metal polish for the warthog... You know he gets a bit uppity without it.

No, I won't forget. There is a new one on the market, especially formulated for silver which I will bring. He'll like that and it will suit his complexion perfectly. You never know to whom he will take a shine next - it could be any of us.