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SRGC Shows and Events => Events => Topic started by: Palustris on July 12, 2012, 09:51:02 PM
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No one has mentioned this yet. Anyone going?
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Yes. Weather permitting. We will be visiting the Abbey too no doubt.
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Oops! I had listed the date in the Forum calendar and forgotten to post the day and place :-[
Mid-West AGS Show at Tewkesbury School, Ashchurch Road, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 8DF
this Saturday, 14th July - 12.00 noon to 4.00 pm - I hope there are lots of entries in to Show Secretary Eric Jarrett by now...... How many classes are there for aquatic plants after the weather there has been lately, I wonder ;)
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I'm sure all the usual suspects will be in attendance. Whether anyone has decent plants, given the weather, is another issue :-\
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Been looking at the Travel directions as given on the AGS Website and Multimap, they do not match, nor do the AA ones either. Anyone able to give more clarity?
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Been looking at the Travel directions as given on the AGS Website and Multimap, they do not match, nor do the AA ones either. Anyone able to give more clarity?
It's somewhere south of here. That's enough for me to know I won't be going... ;)
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Take the Tewkesbury turn off from the M5 and head towards the town. The school is on the left just after you pass the Elmbury Lodge pub (on the right at a junction with lights). It's only a few hundred yards from the motorway. Matches the AGS description although I thought it might be just one set of lights......... Just had a look at Google street view. The second set of lights is a pedestrian crossing which suggests we're to go in the second entrance to the school. I'm sure Eric will have signs up to keep us right
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Martin to the rescue - I knew a chap who can negotiate a Via Ferrata could manage a trip to a Tewkesbury show venue...... 8)
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And here's the street view image of the route to the pub ;D ;D ;D
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And here's the street view image of the route to the pub ;D ;D ;D
I'm thinking of taking sandwiches ;D ;D ;D
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Ah well, another tour of another town, looking for places which no one has ever heard of. (And for the grammar freaks "of which no one has ever heard").
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I'm thinking of taking sandwiches ;D ;D ;D
Ever the voice of reason, Diane!
With luck, it may be warm and dry enough for a picnic in the playground........
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With luck, it may be warm and dry enough for a picnic in the playground........
And the Pudsey Pigs will sprout wings ... ;D
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Forecast is good, until they change it again.
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With luck, it may be warm and dry enough for a picnic in the playground........
Probably best. In my experience the words "eat" and "Tewksbury" should never be in the same sentence. :o
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Probably best. In my experience the words "eat" and "Tewksbury" should never be in the same sentence. :o
OK, I'll bite........explain ???
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Well, I won't name the place but it looked fairly impressive (in Tewkesbury terms anyway!) and ordered a rib eye. They delivered what appeared to be (an aged piece of) sirloin, chips swimming in fat and peas in an equal amount of water. Mrs N had scampi, or blobs of some very well fried substance. I refused to eat it, refused to pay for it, and walked out with a manager chappie whispering in my ear that he would have too, and they can't get the staff!
By the way, which laptop did you buy and did you get a good deal?
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Hi David, should probably have put this response on the computer thread. Ended up with a Samsung. 15.6" screen, i3 processor, 6gb ram and 750gb hard drive, competitively priced as well.
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I know Martin took some pictures but I guess he isn't up yet.
Just a taster Peter Farkasch won the Farrer with a wonderful Campanula zoysii.
A "modest" man Peter, picture 2 shows what he calls his best view ;D
Picture 3 shows the lengths he went to to avoid a picture such as the Bookeroo usually takes of Farrer winners. ::)
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Super Campanula zoysii - reminds me always of "Iced Gem" biscuits - I think that's what they were called. Like Kalmia buds, too :)
Can't think why Peter is so shy.... you'd think with a Farrer to celebrate he'd be happy to have his smile recorded! ;D
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Edit: Yes, those biscuits are "iced gems" made by Huntley and Palmers.... and there was even a club, with badges, associated with them... amazing what you can discover from a little search to boost a memory....
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Pictures will appear....eventually. Remember I'm retired now and far too busy ??? ???
ps Mr Farkasch...I know you're lurking out there...you owe me a pint ;D
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OK, here's some pictures
3 Pans rebutia and Sulcarebutia
3 sets of 6 vases
Abies koreana Kohout's Ice Break
Adenophera uehatae
Calochortus Clavata
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Next up
Campanula zoysii
Campanula pelia
Campanula punctata
Dactylorhiza fuchsii, white form
Epipactis palustris
Epipactis royleana
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And....
Gypsophila aretioides caucasica
large 6 pan
Ponorchis utyouran-hyoujunka (honest that's what the label said)
Sedum indicum var yunnanensis
small 6 pan
Thalictrum kiusianum
Thymus cilicicus
Trachelium asperuloides
That's all folks
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Bell flowers rule, eh? that last Trachelium asperuloides is neat.
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Thanks Martin- was there plenty on the benches or had the weather taken it's toll?
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Maggi, there were some 'ding-dong' battles ::)
David, the weather had clearly had some impact but it was a fine show nonetheless.
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I/we were particularly taken by the Campanula pelia, only to find it is monocarpic and you need to disbud for 2 or 3 years to get a reasonably large plant, and then let it flower; then start again with the seed.
The Abies koreana form was just one of 27 conifers on show, in just 2 of the classes. Never seen so many in 1 show.
By coincidence I was at Chenies plant fair the next day http://www.cheniesmanorhouse.co.uk/plant_fair.htm (http://www.cheniesmanorhouse.co.uk/plant_fair.htm) where a stall had a good size plant for £40. Very tempted, but it was bought while I dithered, by one of the members that had shown it at Tewkesbury the day before. So now he has "2" :( . Should have bought one at Kenwith when I was there in May. http://www.kenwithconifernursery.co.uk/ (http://www.kenwithconifernursery.co.uk/)
Super plant fair but few alpine stalls. And it did not rain. Doubt we would have got out of the field if it did. You can see the house and garden on TV often as a location. Search for it on the imdb website.