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Wrist bands have arrived.
B&B booked.
New 4wd car bought ![[Cool]](cool.gif) but we wouldn't want to get it muddy!
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Alright, I've booked tickets for me and my daughter. So, is there any official Shipmeet going to happen? How do these things usually work?
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The usual thing is Saturday afternoon, around the tiny tea tent.
Which, TBH, is where I will probably just spend my time anyway.
It is hard to know what time until the programme is available, but 3 or 4 would be normal.
Incidentally, I will be wearing my "Wanted Schroedingers Cat alive or dead" t-shirt on the Saturday, and a labyrinth one on the Sunday, if anyone sees me wandering about.
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Originally posted by hatless:
I'll be there. I have no idea about the programme, though.
I prefer to remain ignorant of the programme until I get to the festival. I still like to get to site, buy programme then sit with my first coffee and plan my weekend. Although my planning rarely goes beyond the next thing, meaning that I usually end up somewhere interesting.
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argh... double post.
I am assuming that there might be some kind of Ken memorial meet in the Jesus Arms at some point. Because I will be missing him there, as well as many others.
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I keep meaning to make it along to a shipmeet at GB, but with the little roarer in tow it always makes things more difficult!
Also, just heard from the various facebook groups that Blessed aren't on the worship programme this year. Sad times. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Originally posted by geroff:
argh... double post.
I am assuming that there might be some kind of Ken memorial meet in the Jesus Arms at some point. Because I will be missing him there, as well as many others.
There certainly shall be some kind of ken memorial meet, even if it's only me raising a glass at Beer and Hymns. Hopefully something more populous than that though.
I'm excited and nervous about this year's GB in equal measure, for a whole host of reasons:
-Greenbelt has been mine and ken's fixed point for meeting up each year for quite some time now. So I'm going to find his not being there rather hard I think.
-But on the plus side, we are coming as almost a whole nuclear family! My husband and 12 year old son (the autistic one) will be there this year (the 20-year old has politely declined). I'm sure it will be a blast, but husband isn't a Christian and isn't sure he's going to like GB at all and son is severely autistic - so it's going to be interesting whatever....
-We are borrowing a friend's trailer tent to camp in, so there will be all the towing and unfolding of awnings to deal with.
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oh good! We'd like to come to the memorial, we'd like to have come to the London one if we possibly could
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Originally posted by geroff:
argh... double post.
I am assuming that there might be some kind of Ken memorial meet in the Jesus Arms at some point. Because I will be missing him there, as well as many others.
yes yes yes this
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Originally posted by iamchristianhearmeroar:
All signs point to the Jesus Arms being there at the back of the field where mainstage is; so you can have your pint and listen!
Just seen the map.
Looks like the sites the most convenient way for Schrodingers cat as it can be. I don't think it's nice to get there without transport though (there's a good path half way there then it vanishes, and the road has no pavement)
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So, who's sorting out what they're taking? Being a volunteer and having access to the free hot drinks in the volunteer lounge, I'm taking a travel mug (I'm weird and can drink tea and coffee cold quite happily, so not splashing out on a thermal one). Taking the Greenbelt-tastic Zimbabwean tie-dye bag I bought last year as it proved so handy as a general handbag last year. Considering using a big rucksack instead of a suitcase - where's the cheapest if my parents don't have one I can borrow? Tiger has a 40l rucksack (with waist/chest straps) for £15, is this a good deal? Clothes will be jersey dresses/leggings etc so should roll up quite small.
I know I'm taking this travel set, and also a bunch of arts/crafts stuff for the Haven. A pair of flip-flops set aside for the showers. Antibac hand gel. Also glow sticks and glow in the dark nail polish (with nail polish remover pads) ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
What's everyone else's Greenbelt essentials?
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Greenbelt essentials? Well, we are currently still needing to confirm whether we can borrow a tent, sleeping bags and airbed... I would pretty much consider them to be essentials!
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Lots of cash. I nearly ran out last year. It seems to get more expensive each year.
As I am not camping (wimp) I just need clothes really. I might take a travel mug for drinks actually - it is a good idea, that I can top up, rather than burning my fingers.
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Greenbelt essentials? Well, we are currently still needing to confirm whether we can borrow a tent, sleeping bags and airbed... I would pretty much consider them to be essentials!
Oh a tent and a sleeping bag is a given, though I'm not taking an airbed and just taking a camping roll - I like a firm bed and airbeds are too soft IME. I can happily sleep on the ground.
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Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
Lots of cash. I nearly ran out last year. It seems to get more expensive each year.
As I am not camping (wimp) I just need clothes really. I might take a travel mug for drinks actually - it is a good idea, that I can top up, rather than burning my fingers.
I guess it depends what you buy. Last year the only thing I bought that wasn't food was my bag (not expensive) and cider (expensive). I'm planning on taking plenty of non-perishable snacks, and those plus my food vouchers should mean that I won't have to spend nearly as much on food this year - and can keep money aside for cider and ice cream
Also will take my kindle (and keep it on me at all times) - fully charged and used only for reading, the battery lasts ages.
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I'm a complete newbie to any kind of festival. Owning no camping equipment, I'm staying at the nearby Holiday Inn Express and will be walking to and from the site daily (I've heard rumours of a shuttle bus but I won't pin my hopes on it, my own two legs remain the most reliable form of transport I know). I've got the local OS Map for the area.
I was planning on taking gaitors, it case it gets muddy, a backpack with a bottle of drink and some snacks (fruit, crisps, scotch eggs) and plenty of cash (a couple of hundred quid for the weekend). Have I missed anything obvious?
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I was planning on taking gaitors, it case it gets muddy,
I just read that as 'taking guitars in case it gets muddy' and was wondering how it would help. Perhaps to strap them onto your feet to allow you to walk across the mud a bit like snow shoes...
Think I'd better go get some sleep before my brain makes any more interesting alterations to what I am reading! ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
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Originally posted by TheAlethiophile:
I'm a complete newbie to any kind of festival. Owning no camping equipment, I'm staying at the nearby Holiday Inn Express and will be walking to and from the site daily (I've heard rumours of a shuttle bus but I won't pin my hopes on it, my own two legs remain the most reliable form of transport I know). I've got the local OS Map for the area.
I was planning on taking gaitors, it case it gets muddy, a backpack with a bottle of drink and some snacks (fruit, crisps, scotch eggs) and plenty of cash (a couple of hundred quid for the weekend). Have I missed anything obvious?
Where are you going to store scotch eggs? I take non-perishable stuff (though I am camping) - apples, crisps, cereal bars, those little jelly/fruit in juice pots that come with their own sporks/spoons, dried fruit and nuts.
A couple of hundred quid sounds like plenty of money to me, if it's just you - I highly recommend the Barn Bacon and Tibetan Kitchen food vans by the way!
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Originally posted by Lucia:
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Originally posted by TheAlethiophile:
I was planning on taking gaitors, it case it gets muddy,
I just read that as 'taking guitars in case it gets muddy' and was wondering how it would help. Perhaps to strap them onto your feet to allow you to walk across the mud a bit like snow shoes...
Think I'd better go get some sleep before my brain makes any more interesting alterations to what I am reading!
Guitars probably easier to take than 'gators!
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So...Greenbelt's daily diary (not printable) is now available for download here. Gives a full layout of the new site and everything.
MartinPC, in answer to your initial questions, Brian McLaren is speaking at 1930 at The Glade Stage (mainstage) on Friday on "The Bible 3.0"; at 1430 at The Glade Stage on Saturday on "What Will Religion Become"; and at 1000 at The Glade Stage on Monday on "The Problem(s) With Worship".
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Originally posted by iamchristianhearmeroar:
So...Greenbelt's daily diary (not printable) is now available for download here. Gives a full layout of the new site and everything.
MartinPC, in answer to your initial questions, Brian McLaren is speaking at 1930 at The Glade Stage (mainstage) on Friday on "The Bible 3.0"; at 1430 at The Glade Stage on Saturday on "What Will Religion Become"; and at 1000 at The Glade Stage on Monday on "The Problem(s) With Worship".
Enjoy!
I'm not seeing Beer and Hymns anywhere on the schedule
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Lucia's reply certainly deserves a place in the Musical Jokes thread. ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
Originally posted by TheAlethiophile:
I was planning on taking gaitors, it case it gets muddy,
I just read that as 'taking guitars in case it gets muddy' and was wondering how it would help. Perhaps to strap them onto your feet to allow you to walk across the mud a bit like snow shoes...
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Originally posted by TheAlethiophile:
Have I missed anything obvious?
An open mind and a torch.
The shuttle buses are usually very good but it is from Kettering Station - is that near the Holiday Inn Express?
Also you may well find other Greenbelters are staying there and you might be able to get a lift. We are generally a friendly bunch.
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A bit of advice - be careful Google Maps gives you directions to Boughton, Kettering - which is to the south of Kettering and is not Boughton House.
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Originally posted by Jade Constable:
Also glow sticks and glow in the dark nail polish (with nail polish remover pads)
I am liking the glow in the dark nail polish! I am thinking of blue nails myself. Nappies and baby wipes x 1000 will also be on my essentials list...maybe nappy bags too. And cereal bars. Maybe the coco pops ones!
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It has just been announced that the Hot House is back at Greenbelt - See Here
This is so welcome as it was my introduction to the kind of stuff that lives here at the Ship.
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Originally posted by geroff:
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Originally posted by TheAlethiophile:
Have I missed anything obvious?
An open mind and a torch.
The shuttle buses are usually very good but it is from Kettering Station - is that near the Holiday Inn Express?
Also you may well find other Greenbelters are staying there and you might be able to get a lift. We are generally a friendly bunch.
A torch is a very good idea. Having lived in London for the last year, I'd almost forgotten that nights are dark. I sort of know (via Twitter) a few folks staying at the same hotel, but I don't rely on the kindness of others.
Of course, an open mind goes without saying. After all, it's Greenbelt, not Contagious.
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We're taking a friend of ours (who's camping with us) to Greenbelt on the Friday. She's looking for a lift back to London (Crystal Palace) on Monday as we're not going back until Tuesday.
Is anyone heading back vaguely in the right direction on Monday and do you possibly have a space?
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The shuttle bus timetable has appeared on the Greenbelt website - Here.
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I have downloaded the app - I had to load it onto my old phone, which will therefore have to be my planner ( my new one is android compatible, but not android ).
And I seem to have a busy schedule.
Please do say hello if you think you see me.
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quote:
Originally posted by TheAlethiophile:
I'm a complete newbie to any kind of festival. Owning no camping equipment, I'm staying at the nearby Holiday Inn Express and will be walking to and from the site daily (I've heard rumours of a shuttle bus but I won't pin my hopes on it, my own two legs remain the most reliable form of transport I know).obvious?
Doesn't look like it will be easy.
The roads not atrocious atrocious (it's recently been bypassed) but there is no pavement.
The little rectangular region is a quarry and I can't find a way under it. I went a little bit into the field where there might have been a path and it ends in a stream with no fords.
There's a path above which might be doable (I missed it when I went exploring so don't know what it's like).
Failing that there's going into and out of Kettering (and that adds a mile to the route)
Hopefully they can suggest something at the inn
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The entrance to Greenbelt is actually between Grafton Underwood and Warkton - possibly accessible from Warkton village. It is not at the public entrance to the house - you should visit the Greenbelt website for more info as they usually don't take kindly to people who climb over the fence.
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Just had a look on Google streetview. This is going to be fun, in the dark, on foot.
Got myself a dynamo torch last week. Looks like I'll need it. Might also get a high visibility jacket.
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So when are Shippies meeting? I'm not sure of my Saturday/Sunday/Monday rotas yet, but I'm volunteering with Access and Friday is by far our busiest time, helping people set up in disabled camping. Will pop by and say hello if free!
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Could I suggest that we plan to meet Saturday afternoon at the Tiny Tea Tent - and make it an all-afternoon event, so people can come and go as they want and need.
If someone could make and bring a "Shipmeet" flag, and stick it in the ground or on a table, it would serve as a location to gather around - and even if everyone else left, a new shippie could sit there and greet others.
I just suspect that there will be an unusual amount of chaos this year, and I think the programme is fuller than usual (it seems to start earlier and finish later), so I suspect that a single time for all will prove difficult.
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Bugger, bugger, bugger. Next year Jerusalem?
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I did hover around the TTT for a bit but couldn't see anything ship related!
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Likewise, though it was lovely running into frin yesterday evening.
Other than the glaring ken-shaped hole in the proceedings, the knitting family had a lovely weekend. First time GBer husband enjoyed himself more than he expected and our son loved the whole experience.
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Sorry to have missed everyone - Access team were very busy dealing with getting people onsite - but I did have tea with Carys with the Franciscans and some other religious.
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Ditto, sorry to have missed you all (except Geroff). Did also pop along to the TTT but didn't see anything obvious.
Last day was a bit wet, they seem to have coped reasonably well, and could get around easily at most points. But I hope there is some magic trick they can learn. They did have a good amount of white road, so I'm grateful for that.
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Never found the tiny tea tent. Spent half the weekend mostly going between the pagoda, treehouse, big top and table. The other half was spent limping to and from the hotel since no one thought the shuttle bus should go to where people were actually staying.
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Originally posted by TheAlethiophile:
The other half was spent limping to and from the hotel since no one thought the shuttle bus should go to where people were actually staying.
Yes but how would they know where everyone is staying?
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Shame not to meet you all. The weekend was manic for us, but did manage to see a few things with Ratlet so that was good. She did get upset during Outerspace Eucharist though, so had to make a quick escape! I fell twice over the weekend - once on the white road, which seemed to get more wobbly over the weekend, and once at the hotel. So am feeling very sore today! Also, Ratlet and I both have colds I will defo be returing next year though!
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So, what was everyone's favourite bit?
I thought Nadia Bolz Weber and Mpho Tutu were great, really enjoyed the Hobbit, went to a thing on palm oil expecting just to hear how bad it was but they were talking about a new sustainable source and some products with it in (including the detergent we got in our festival guide bags). Great catching up with friends, as well as chatting to people over food and drinks.
I'm not a great camper and did find Friday night very cold, and yesterday very wet, plus I really did miss the proper loos and hot running water of Cheltenham, but it was a gorgeous site. I think they know there were a few problems, and realistically think that's always going to be the case at a new site, but they'll hopefully be able to address them for next year.
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Did also pop along to the TTT but didn't see anything obvious.
Me too. I guess we were all just standing there looking awkward trying oblivious of each other. Never mind!
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And trying to spot a Shrodingers Cat T shirt without looking too odd staring at people!
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I was wearing it! There was, oddly, another schroedingers cat t-shirt there on the same day.
I am convinced that I say everyone I know online at some point. Its just that, in many cases, we didn't recognise each other. Oh well.
I do think it would be good to think early about how we might meet next year, now that we know how the site looks - I presume most of the village will be similar next year. The Tiny tea tent was on the way in just to the left - which was a superb place for it, as I arrive to chill, and to listen in to the Glade stage.
Overall - there were all sorts of niggles, and problems, mainly with the transport and camping site, but everyone I spoke to felt that the village itself was brilliant, and really worked.
Highlights: Brian McLaren and Nadia Bolz-Webber on Monday were excellent. Music - Lau were awesome, and Sinead was mind-blowingly good.
A really good time, overall. I think the site coped remarkably well in the rain. I mean, it was a quagmire today, but not as bad as Cheltenham was two years ago.
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I also turned up at the TTT with my family, from about 2.30-3, but I don't know anyone so it was hard for me to locate a shipmeet! I did see Edward Green (who I know off ship) to chat to on my arrival (my husband managed to walk straight past him though, possibly due to the rather groovy glasses Eddie was wearing).
I loved the 'Rime of the ancient mariner' acrobatic performance and the very touching Half Moon Theatre production we saw about the 1950s deportation of care home children to Australia. I always love seeing theatre at Greenbelt, the themes are some different and moving.
I'm afraid I had a bit of meltdown this morning as my mental health means I react very badly to uncertainty. I had been apprehensive about the packing arrangements all weekend, and we packed up from the furthest field and went to our pick up point today only to be told there was no trailers for our luggage due to the mud (some deserted camping gear in our field, an older lady and her friend left her tent and roll up mattresses rather than carry them). But the staff eventually managed to get a couple of trailers down to us and the organiser (a trustee) was lovely, especially towards this rather emotional middle aged woman; she made sure that we knew what was going on and that my eldest knew where we were heading to rejoin my husband and the luggage. I must look her up and thank her.
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So it seems there were many Shippies there that I didn't get to meet...!
I did keep spotting Schroedinger's Cat in my venue but by the time I had finished making announcements and whatnot (I was compering The Table) he had always left.
Had a brilliant time. Beautiful site.
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