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2,020 posts
Location: Cornwall, UK
Hey, I'm Mags, I live in Cornwall and Fire is my favourite element.
"I believe the cost of life is Death and we will all pay that in full. Everything else should be a gift. We paid the cover charge of life, we were born."
Bill Hicks, February 1988
lovin' it...
2,444 posts
Location: Bristol!, United Kingdom
Hey Mags,
How are you??
That campsite looks wicked.....can't wait for the next Falmouth. Fingers crossed eh.
Hope to see ya soon
Live well, love much, laugh often...
Official O.B.E.S.E. cheerleader
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
Holy Craopola.
Ive just seen exactly where the campsite is on the map!
I dont think I have ever been that far west!
Its practically America!
Go for it!
(it will keep the riff raff away
) I'd be in trouble if I had to eat an antelope now
278 posts
Location: The Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom
and you can see my island from there!
"Everything in moderation. Even moderation itself. From this it follows that you must, from time to time, have excess. And this is going to be one of those occasions"
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
No wait.... Mags.
Sorry to say it...but I think thats not a good place.
Its even further away from pretty much everyone than Falmouth was, and some people travelled for hours to get there.
I think the extra distance could put a lot of people off.
But thats just my opinion.
Star Trekker
1,733 posts
Location: Cheshire, United Kingdom
Forgive me if I'm missing the irony....
Shouldn't be much more than Maen Porth - trains are the same going thru to Penzance as to Falmouth but it looks like about 10 miles to get to the site so taxi's might be expensive?
Driving isn't much further down the A30.....
It doesn't say how far the beach is and seems to indicate the beach is completely covered at high tide - would that prevent us having a beach fire?
'The last rays of crimson on the spindle tree as the cerise fruit splits and reveals its orange seeds in a gloriously clashing colour scheme no-one would ever dare to wear'
Euonymous Europeus
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
or a floating one!!
"trains"
Some cray people drive from Scotland.
some from Manchester How many extra miles is it Mags? Fool
2,020 posts
Location: Cornwall, UK
No idea, but apparently there is a school of thought that here could be good too...
"I believe the cost of life is Death and we will all pay that in full. Everything else should be a gift. We paid the cover charge of life, we were born."
Bill Hicks, February 1988
434 posts
Location: Cardiff, The Diffshire
hi Mags, here is a big
just for you man!and as long as theres a beach and campsite close by, it could be anywhere
O.B.E.S.E. Official Potato man.
Remeber kids.... Its all fun and games until someone loses a bol**ck!
1,262 posts
Location: Cornwall & Oxford
Hey, Penwith is still further than falmouth and even for cornwall people it can be a long way. How about somewhere a bit more central in cornwall? I was thinking of Par Sands, it's up near St Austell and is about an hour east of falmouth and has a train station very close. It's also a really really nice, huge beach. Not sure about their policies about fire but will email them to find out.
Aim high and you'll know your limits, aim low and you'll never know how high you could have climbed.
Fool
2,020 posts
Location: Cornwall, UK
Heh. Cantus did say Par Sands, but i thought it was a typo.
Yeah, sounds groovy, nice one Bethy
"I believe the cost of life is Death and we will all pay that in full. Everything else should be a gift. We paid the cover charge of life, we were born."
Bill Hicks, February 1988
former manc tour guide
1,909 posts
Location: Manchester, United Kingdom
I dont know where either of the Par/Praa sands are, but either one would be cool in my opinion
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3,149 posts
Location: London
Found this, thought of you:
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Good work fella with the meet-y organisation
(as opposed to meaty organisation, which is entirely different)
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
1,262 posts
Location: Cornwall & Oxford
Just got an email back from the people at Par Sands, their campsite isn't big enough to accommodate all us spinny peoples. I have a few other beaches in mind like Harlyn or Trevose, they're on the north coast, there are buses to nearby places. Will email the campsites. What dates are we going for? Weekend before BJC?
Aim high and you'll know your limits, aim low and you'll never know how high you could have climbed.
Fool
2,020 posts
Location: Cornwall, UK
Yep. A friend of mine from Falmouth CircSoc is running the BJC, so we may be able to go and camp there before it all kicks off. I'm thinking from the friday of Easter bank holiday weekend onwards.
I'll contact the guy at Maenporth. He'll probly say no, but we can try.
The location needs to be: 1) In Cornwall 2) On a beach that allows fires; and 3) Near a friendly campsite.
Oh, and 4) Must be near public transport.
Other than that, I'm easier than Lionel Richie on his easiest of easy Sunday mornings.
"I believe the cost of life is Death and we will all pay that in full. Everything else should be a gift. We paid the cover charge of life, we were born."
Bill Hicks, February 1988
Star Trekker
1,733 posts
Location: Cheshire, United Kingdom
Aargh - why is there so much going on at the sametime?! and so far away...
Starting a new job a week on Monday so won't be able to make both Falmouth AND BJC
no fair, hate making decisions like this.... 'The last rays of crimson on the spindle tree as the cerise fruit splits and reveals its orange seeds in a gloriously clashing colour scheme no-one would ever dare to wear'
Euonymous Europeus
1,262 posts
Location: Cornwall & Oxford
Camping in Bodmin, yum yum. There isnt a beach near bodmin, the nearest is probably Carlyon bay which is crappy and has building work going on, next nearest would probably be Par Sands which is about a half hour drive, all of them will be around half an hours drive, maybe more, as Bodmin is right smack bang in the middle of the county. Falmouths are all about the beach without a beach itll be a Bodmin, eugh.
Suck up to the guy at Maenporth or give me his phone number and ill try and suck up to him. Thinking about it, we may have to charge a bit of an entry fee and pay the guy for use of his beach for the 3 days. It's not like we want to do that but the meets are getting huge now so a contribution was bound to happen sooner or later.
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Aim high and you'll know your limits, aim low and you'll never know how high you could have climbed.
Star Trekker
1,733 posts
Location: Cheshire, United Kingdom
Good call Beth - go girl
BJC and Fal5 will be completely different, but I enjoyed Bristol so much I reckoned it would be worth a look - no contest tho, it'll be Falmouth for me as long as there's a beach and a fire
'The last rays of crimson on the spindle tree as the cerise fruit splits and reveals its orange seeds in a gloriously clashing colour scheme no-one would ever dare to wear'
Euonymous Europeus
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
mags, worse comes to worse i'm movin down to pendower in a week,so there will be mcuch "private land" beach space down by the caravans if thats any good............will get on the blag if you need me to!
x
500 posts
Location: Lower Shaw Farm
Written by: Wild Child
BJC and Fal5 will be completely different, but I enjoyed Bristol so much I reckoned it would be worth a look - no contest tho, it'll be Falmouth for me as long as there's a beach and a fire
I reckon BJC and Bristol are more different than BJC and Falmouth. Mainly because BJC is in a leisure centre and Bristol and Falmouth are in a field . . .
Jake the Juggler
Pooh-Bah
1,762 posts
Location: York University, United Kingdom
Written by: Beth
Penwith is still further than falmouth and even for cornwall people it can be a long way.
Try driving there from North Cumbria then tell me it's a long way away from where you live 
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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1,262 posts
Location: Cornwall & Oxford
Written by: SethisWritten by: Beth
Penwith is still further than falmouth and even for cornwall people it can be a long way.
That's why i said it's *even* a long way for the cornwall people to go. Implying that it's a trek for pretty much everyone, even those who live in the same county....
Aim high and you'll know your limits, aim low and you'll never know how high you could have climbed.
Pooh-Bah
1,762 posts
Location: York University, United Kingdom
I'm only playing!
I'm getting anticipatory now... that's probably not good for my mental health
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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Pooh-Bah
1,762 posts
Location: York University, United Kingdom
Oh, and Mags? Your thread has just saved me from 3 hours of otherwise useless boredom... Hope you're doing alright and everything.
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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I may disagree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Star Trekker
1,733 posts
Location: Cheshire, United Kingdom
Written by: JtJWritten by: Wild Child
BJC and Fal5 will be completely different, but I enjoyed Bristol so much I reckoned it would be worth a look - no contest tho, it'll be Falmouth for me as long as there's a beach and a fire
I reckon BJC and Bristol are more different than BJC and Falmouth. Mainly because BJC is in a leisure centre and Bristol and Falmouth are in a field . . .
Thanx Jake,that's me decided then.... I like being in a cold wet muddy field
'The last rays of crimson on the spindle tree as the cerise fruit splits and reveals its orange seeds in a gloriously clashing colour scheme no-one would ever dare to wear'
Euonymous Europeus
Carpal \'Tunnel
4,191 posts
Location: Sihanoukville, cambodia
don't we all!??
Fool
2,020 posts
Location: Cornwall, UK
Saturday 18th Feb 2006
It's 5.55am. I'm lying in bed with several new and exciting burns on my arms, and i'm being aggressively head butted by a cat that does not belong to me. I spent the evening watching old episodes of Oz, despite the fact that i could have gone up the road and seen DJ Yoda (I had a ticket and everythin.) Couldn't be arsed tho, so i gave the ticket away.
About midnight i found out that there was a party nearby, so Joss and I headed down there, found a bit of courtyard and chucked some flames about. Ended up with a bunch of drummers (and bottle players, spoon players etc. - we have inventive percussionists down our way) battering out some sweet beats, and a good time was had by all.
Except for one thing.
Feckin firebreathers. They P*SS ME OFF!
"Lets have some of yer fuel mate."
"Just a mouthful."
"I won't burn myself, I've done it loads before"
"I'm a professional firebreather - I've done it five times"
And THEN, when I've said no every possible way including nice ("I'm sorry mate, I'm not doubting your ability...") and not-so-nice ("Ask me again and I'm gonna smack you in the mouth") the little feckers wait for us to turn around and try to nick the paraffin ANYWAY!
Grrrr, it makes me want to get all the firebreathers in the world and just KICKEMINNANUTS!!!
There, I feel better now.
Hope everyone's groovy.
"I believe the cost of life is Death and we will all pay that in full. Everything else should be a gift. We paid the cover charge of life, we were born."
Bill Hicks, February 1988
Fool
2,020 posts
Location: Cornwall, UK
19th Feb 2006
Woke up about half 3. Made spliff and tea and lay in bed. Reclaimed internet cable from my housemate. Stayed in bed.
I'm still in bed, if anyone cares, or has anything inventive that i could do with my day.
It's cold and grey outside, so that's not a particularly attractive option.
Maybe i'll just take money of some dumb americans at poker...
Anyone? Please? I'm sooo bored.
"I believe the cost of life is Death and we will all pay that in full. Everything else should be a gift. We paid the cover charge of life, we were born."
Bill Hicks, February 1988
Still wiggling
5,967 posts
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK)
Ohhh.... Mag's Diary... good to see you back
Hope you're well lovely
X
(I can hear young boys doughnutting in the carpark outside my house... puh. Kids)
Getting to the other side 
Fool
2,020 posts
Location: Cornwall, UK
Doughnutting? Sounds like the kind of thing that old guys do to each other in public toilets. They're a dark people those Oirish.
"I believe the cost of life is Death and we will all pay that in full. Everything else should be a gift. We paid the cover charge of life, we were born."
Bill Hicks, February 1988
Pooh-Bah
1,762 posts
Location: York University, United Kingdom
I would say you could do something, but it's like 11pm now, so that's a bit silly.
You could waste hours of your time watching flash animations on t' web but it's a bit hit and miss.
You could pile up every single useless item of anything in the house then try to set fire to it. This might not work (or be recommended) if one of the items is, say, a freezer.
Maybe you could find a Spar that's open and get the ingredients for a cake. Then make the cake. Then (and the best part!) you get to EAT the cake!
There you go! 3 useless suggestions and only one of them involves fire! I'm proud of myself...
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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