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HAY FESTIVAL - HAY FEVER tickets now available

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MrsWho · 28/04/2007 12:40

Programme here

We have booked for Lauren Child, Quentin Blake Horrible Histories and loads more , dd1 is very excited!

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roisin · 28/04/2007 12:51

Oh sounds wonderful
We booked to go to Cheltenham Literary Festival last Autumn; but in the end with my dad dying and everything we just didn't have the energy.

Hope you enjoy it: we expect a full report when you get back!

roisin · 28/04/2007 12:51

Where are you going to stay?

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MrsWho · 28/04/2007 12:58

We are staying at Ross-on-Wye in a cottage (with my parents and grandparents but doing our own thing!) We are spending the whole of half term there and are going to Hay on Mon/Tues am/wed pm/Sat (atm!) Got the programme this am and booked asap

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MrsWho · 28/04/2007 13:03

Looked at going last year but could only camp and didn't fancy it so was talking about a caravan and Mam suggested this!

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MrsWho · 28/04/2007 16:16

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roisin · 28/04/2007 17:23

Ooh sounds fab! Did you have to book the cottage a long way in advance?

We've been too South Walney nature reserve today: it was fabulous. Hopefully the boys will be exhausted and sleep well tonight - if they don't have nightmares from Doctor Who. Fear Factor 5 tonight apparently!

RosaLuxembourg · 28/04/2007 17:39

We are hoping to go and camp for a couple of days - DD1 wants to see Caroline Lawrence on the Wednesday. Can't book yet though - are you a friend of the festival - plebs can't book till May 1 I think?

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MrsWho · 28/04/2007 21:48

I got sent a programme and phoned up at lunchtime today and they accepted!

ROISIN-Only booked cottage this year Jan/Feb?

Haven't been to Nature Reserve for years, not a big fan of birds and its a bit seagull city for me I do like North End though.

Have been to watch FYT tonight dd1 won tickets from the paper, really enjoyed it!

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MrsWho · 29/04/2007 12:02

BUMP

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roisin · 29/04/2007 12:35

DS1 would love to meet Caroline Lawrence

Maybe next year.

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MrsWho · 29/04/2007 14:49

Its like a pop concert to dd1 she keeps saying" I'm going to watch Quentin Blake "

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MrsWho · 29/04/2007 20:08

bump for evening people

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MrsWho · 30/04/2007 20:10

There must be someone else interested ?

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RosaLuxembourg · 30/04/2007 23:24

I am hoping to book tomorrow when tickets go on sale to public. We have booked three nights at the Tangerine Fields campsite - we are camping novices so it could be interesting! I just hope we can get tickets for all the stuff we want to see - Quentin Blake, Caroline Lawrence, Emma Chichester Clark, Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo.
How old is your DD1 and what does she like reading best?

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MrsWho · 01/05/2007 19:25

dd1 is 7 and dd2 is 5. dd1 reads anything and everything!
She is a big fan of Roald Dahl and that sort of style and loves Horrible Histories but also likes the fairy crap stuff!
ATM she is reading Phillip Pullman.

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MrsWho · 01/05/2007 19:26

How many kids have you Rosa? How old?

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RosaLuxembourg · 01/05/2007 20:53

Hi Mrs Who
I have three DDs aged 9, 7 and 4. We should meet up at Hay! My DD1 is crazy about Caroline Lawrence and the older two both love Michael Morpurgo. DD2 is also a bit of an Enid Blyton fan and says she wishes she were still alive so we could go to hear her speak.

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MrsWho · 01/05/2007 21:09

Yeah haave you booked yet?

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roisin · 01/05/2007 21:16

What Pullman is your dd1 reading atm MrsWho? Maybe we could meet up to get her to inspire my ds2.

He has moments of enthusiasm and gets stuck into a huge book, but then trails off and doesn't finish it. Today he rejected all my reasonable/sensible suggestions, and insisted on starting reading Eragon - which is huge. He read for about an hour, and has read 26 page. At that rate it will take him 7 weeks, which is ridiculous.

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MrsWho · 01/05/2007 21:27

Its one of the younger ones, can't find it to chack the title(prob under her covers!) something about scarecrows?

she tends to read one like that then a couple of those fairy books (tends to finish one of those in 2 nights) and ten back to a 'decent' one.

I've got Eragon but haven't read the sequel yet.

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RosaLuxembourg · 02/05/2007 14:13

Just booked my tickets. DD1 &2 are going to Horrible Histories. DD1 is doing Caroline Lawrence, Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo. DD2 is doing Michael Morpurgo and we are all doing Emma Chichester-Clark and Jill Murphy. Gutted we have to leave lunchtime Friday so will miss Quentin Blake.

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MrsWho · 02/05/2007 20:57

We are supposed to be leaving thecottae on Sat am so will be hanging around for the am the watching Charli and Lola before seeing Quentin Blake.

We are going to

MOn-Yoga / Monsters and Princesses
Tues -Mairi Heddewick
Wed- Lauren Child /Horrible Histories (just dd1 and I)
Sat- Charlie and Lola /Quentin Blake

got a bit carried away!

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RosaLuxembourg · 02/05/2007 21:11

Know what you mean Mrs Who - will have to tell DH tonight that have spent £93 on tickets. But we ARE camping!
I have booked two tickets for Horrible Histories but I don't know whether I should go with DD1 or let her and DD2 go on their own. They are both very sensible for their age.
We will only be there Wed to Fri morning but we are packing in some grown up stuff as well as the children's talks.
I am doing Roy Hattersley on Shakespeare and DH is going to Iain Banks.

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MrsWho · 02/05/2007 22:19

I wanted to do some grown up stuff but as it is only me I can't do it very easily.
Though Mam is looking after dd2 so I can take dd1 to Lauren Child/Horrile histories

Have you been before?

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RosaLuxembourg · 02/05/2007 23:44

DH and I went a couple of times before we had children - but as DD1 is going to be 10 this summer, that means we can't have been for at least 10 years! We really enjoyed it then - but it was a lot smaller and more low key. I believe it is a huge event now so I will be very interested to see the difference.