Wednesday 2nd December 2009
The Irish session is still going well although some of the early rank-swellers seem to have fallen by the wayside. Never mind. It’s better than it was and fingers crossed it will get better. Come on all you chaps and chapesses, it’s not hard to find. Just head to towards Maidstone, Ashford, Faversham or Canterbury (unless you live nearer to Molash than these places) and head for Challock. Challock has a (is a ?) roundabout where these 4 roads intersect (actually 2 roads, the A251 and A252).
That means repectively:
- A20 / A252
- A251 North /A252
- A251 South/A252
- A28 / A252
The George is on the A252 on the outskirts of Molash and very easy to find. Easy to park as well. Good beer – Adnams. Reasonably priced in these days of inflation (£2.70). Coffee, food, friendly locals and staff. What more could you want?
In the snug last week, we were discussing various country dances that we have been party to and the venues that they were held in. AndyBanjo recalls one gig with an enormous set of 50 or 60 couples where one on the objectives was for top and bottom couples to change places. This involved such high speed movement that we contemplated the Large Country Dance Collider where if a collision were to take place, certain sub-particles would be released. These are called Cloptons of course and are fundamental to a unified theory of ECD. There are other particles released although some believe they permeate free space all the time. Like the Reverson which magically transposes instructions and bodies along the R-L symmetry leading to the time honoured cry ‘The Other Left’. Also the Drifton which affects particularly square sets where a member will start to drift away from the rest leaving a partnerless particle which then remains in a highly charged state.
I must mention the Sunday session at the Ship at Ospringe. In the window were two wire frame figures which others tried to persuade me were angels with a mechanical trumpet that raised and lowered. I think they are Daleks. If you’re passing, have a look. They might become as famous as the Faversham nativity scene with Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus and the Polar Bear. (It’s above Freeman Hardy and Willis in its normal place).
Don’t forget that Advent is the time to get your sprouts on boiling in time for Christmas. If you delay, they won’t be nearly mushy enough or grey enough.
We’re still debating a session at Wing-ham, gateway to the East where the scent of brassicas hangs in the air like … well school kitchens really but that’s not the point.
Let’s see what tonight brings.
Au revoir, mes brave sessioneers.