Yorkshire Chris
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« Reply #280 on: July 07, 2025, 02:56:12 PM » |
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Perfect! I do indeed share your preferences - thanks for posting this - on my phone now  |
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Andy
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« Reply #281 on: July 08, 2025, 12:42:50 PM » |
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I spoke with Sir Norm last week at the NFFF. It seems that several fields, including Field 4, were sold "from under us" as he put it, two years ago but that they had contracts for last year. This means that they are not available this year, whilst the future is dependent upon a whole set of negotiations with the new owners.
Since F4 is a flood plain, at least they can't buld on it!
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« Reply #282 on: July 08, 2025, 12:54:02 PM » |
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I spoke with Sir Norm last week at the NFFF. It seems that several fields, including Field 4, were sold "from under us" as he put it, two years ago but that they had contracts for last year. This means that they are not available this year, whilst the future is dependent upon a whole set of negotiations with the new owners.
Since F4 is a flood plain, at least they can't buld on it!
Interesting. That opens up a whole new explanation for the reduced capacity this year too. If they didn't know if they would be able to use those fields for camping, it makes a lot of sense to reduce the general festival numbers, and presumably there are fixed thresholds for planning which limited them to 5000. Thanks Andy. |
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« Reply #283 on: July 08, 2025, 01:32:49 PM » |
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Since F4 is a flood plain, at least they can't buld on it!
You reckon?! I can show you many developments built on flood plains, Andy...  |
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« Reply #284 on: July 08, 2025, 06:18:23 PM » |
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Ok, how about "it would be stupid to build on land used as a flood plain by the river authority to ensure the town doesn't get flooded"?
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Tasha
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« Reply #285 on: July 09, 2025, 11:48:41 AM » |
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there is, and indeed has been a hell of a lot of stupidity around flood plains!!
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Wandering Steve
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« Reply #286 on: July 10, 2025, 06:04:48 AM » |
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It is worth mentioning for anyone planning to arrive by boat that the canal from Claydon to Banbury will be closed indefinitely from 21/7 due to lack of water , it is very low at the moment between slat mill and little bourbon lock but just about passable down the centre channel.
Personally I’d be amazed if it is still open before the 21st judging by the water levels at the moment.
Thought I’d mention it in case people need to amend their plans.
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« Reply #287 on: July 10, 2025, 10:49:26 AM » |
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It is worth mentioning for anyone planning to arrive by boat that the canal from Claydon to Banbury will be closed indefinitely from 21/7 due to lack of water , it is very low at the moment between slat mill and little bourbon lock but just about passable down the centre channel.
Personally I’d be amazed if it is still open before the 21st judging by the water levels at the moment.
Thought I’d mention it in case people need to amend their plans.
Oh dear, but it doesn’t surprise me. For many years we did the Thames Ring on various hired boats, from Lechlade to the top of the Thames, back down to Oxford, and up the Oxford canal to moor up at Cropredy for the festival. Haven’t done this for years now, but very sad for those that are going by boat 🥲 |
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« Reply #288 on: July 17, 2025, 03:04:49 PM » |
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I'd love to know what percentage of the Cropredy tickets are changing hands at the moment - seems to be dozens every day online. Which kind of surprises me?
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Wandering Steve
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« Reply #289 on: July 17, 2025, 08:28:03 PM » |
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I'd love to know what percentage of the Cropredy tickets are changing hands at the moment - seems to be dozens every day online. Which kind of surprises me?
1.2 % based on a full capacity. There are sure to be people there on the day looking for tickets. |
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« Reply #290 on: July 17, 2025, 08:35:04 PM » |
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I'd love to know what percentage of the Cropredy tickets are changing hands at the moment - seems to be dozens every day online. Which kind of surprises me?
Why does that surprise you? There is usually a bit of this every year. On FB some people are obviously changing plans due to the canal situation or health issues, it can happen any year I guess. |
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« Reply #291 on: July 18, 2025, 07:04:56 AM » |
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I'd love to know what percentage of the Cropredy tickets are changing hands at the moment - seems to be dozens every day online. Which kind of surprises me?
Why does that surprise you? There is usually a bit of this every year. On FB some people are obviously changing plans due to the canal situation or health issues, it can happen any year I guess. Because there seems considerably more than a bit of it this year (imho) |
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« Reply #292 on: July 18, 2025, 08:05:46 AM » |
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I'd love to know what percentage of the Cropredy tickets are changing hands at the moment - seems to be dozens every day online. Which kind of surprises me?
Why does that surprise you? There is usually a bit of this every year. On FB some people are obviously changing plans due to the canal situation or health issues, it can happen any year I guess. Because there seems considerably more than a bit of it this year (imho) Yes and it seems to be about an 80% - 20% split between selling and wanting (certainly on the 3 or so related groups I subscribe to on FB). |
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Lubiloo (Lorna)
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« Reply #293 on: July 18, 2025, 08:39:22 AM » |
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I'd love to know what percentage of the Cropredy tickets are changing hands at the moment - seems to be dozens every day online. Which kind of surprises me?
Why does that surprise you? There is usually a bit of this every year. On FB some people are obviously changing plans due to the canal situation or health issues, it can happen any year I guess. Because there seems considerably more than a bit of it this year (imho) Yes and it seems to be about an 80% - 20% split between selling and wanting (certainly on the 3 or so related groups I subscribe to on FB). Oh I see…Doesn’t sound great! |
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« Reply #294 on: Yesterday at 11:08:23 AM » |
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Cheer up , its Croppers it will be wonderful.
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Wandering Steve
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« Reply #295 on: Yesterday at 11:54:41 AM » |
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The tickets have been sold , the resale is actually an irrelevance , unfortunate if you can’t go , it happens.
The festival will be great , the fringe music looks great , the stalls will be great , the food will be great, the drink will be great and of course those in attendance are great.
Sounds good to me.
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Lubiloo (Lorna)
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« Reply #296 on: Yesterday at 12:10:22 PM » |
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The tickets have been sold , the resale is actually an irrelevance , unfortunate if you can’t go , it happens.
The festival will be great , the fringe music looks great , the stalls will be great , the food will be great, the drink will be great and of course those in attendance are great.
Sounds good to me.
Apologies, I wasn’t trying to suggest it wouldn’t be great… as someone who went about 25 times, I know that it is!…I was merely responding to the comments made above! If you look back, I was saying earlier, I wondered why people were worried about this when it always happens. |
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« Reply #297 on: Yesterday at 01:50:17 PM » |
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The tickets have been sold , the resale is actually an irrelevance , unfortunate if you can’t go , it happens.
The festival will be great , the fringe music looks great , the stalls will be great , the food will be great, the drink will be great and of course those in attendance are great.
Sounds good to me.
Apologies, I wasn’t trying to suggest it wouldn’t be great… as someone who went about 25 times, I know that it is!…I was merely responding to the comments made above! If you look back, I was saying earlier, I wondered why people were worried about this when it always happens. Nobody was worried about this...someone was just pointing out there seems to be considerably more of it than in previous years. |
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« Reply #298 on: Yesterday at 02:43:40 PM » |
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The tickets have been sold , the resale is actually an irrelevance , unfortunate if you can’t go , it happens.
The festival will be great , the fringe music looks great , the stalls will be great , the food will be great, the drink will be great and of course those in attendance are great.
Sounds good to me.
Apologies, I wasn’t trying to suggest it wouldn’t be great… as someone who went about 25 times, I know that it is!…I was merely responding to the comments made above! If you look back, I was saying earlier, I wondered why people were worried about this when it always happens. Nobody was worried about this...someone was just pointing out there seems to be considerably more of it than in previous years. Oh goodness! I can’t say anything right today…okay, so ‘surprised’ rather than worried….Either way, at no point did I suggest the festival itself would not be great….it was just a remark on the fact more people were selling than buying…Anyway I shall say no more! |
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Wandering Steve
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« Reply #299 on: Yesterday at 08:34:31 PM » |
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I noticed a few more narrowboats today that have arrived , not as many as previous years due to the canal closures on Monday.
The vinyl cut trade boat and Paul’s leather belt boat were there today.
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