More Araucaria photos
Posted by jetdoc on February 21st, 2011
I have uploaded my photos (+ one from Derek) of the wonderful lunch which took place at King’s College Cambridge on Saturday. I haven’t yet had time to add captions. If anyone has some more they would like added to the set, email me directly.
February 21st, 2011 at 1:54 pm
Very many thanks, Jane – super photos!
February 21st, 2011 at 2:12 pm
great pics Jane the cake is brilliant!!
February 21st, 2011 at 5:28 pm
Great photos of a great day. Thanks to all who arranged it.
February 21st, 2011 at 10:22 pm
Re Page 3: I was only drinking water, though you wouldn’t guess it! The +1 is Mrs B, who was watching our neighbour using his ‘phone to solve a Guardian archive puzzle in his head.
Anyway, very nice to see all these photos. It really was a great day, wasn’t it? I lost track of the number of times people mentioned joy and inspiration. Warm feelings all round.
February 21st, 2011 at 10:45 pm
Jane, thank you for making us – the unlucky not-so-few – part of the celebration.
Nice pictures.
In case I could have managed to get a ticket, the festive occasion would also have reminded me of how knot a tie [or is it the other way around?] …..
When I was 20, no problem, but now I’m almost 60, no idea ….
That said, I cóuld have come to The Eagle spontaneously, but I didn’t.
And, Boatman, I really would have liked to meet you.
Maybe next time? Somewhere, somehow.
February 21st, 2011 at 11:38 pm
Very good, Jane, thank you – what lucky, lucky people. Araucaria looks so young! I don’t get the significance of the wee folk sitting on the edge of the cake?
February 22nd, 2011 at 9:33 am
The wee folk were Compo and Nora Batty from Last of the Summer Wine. But I never quite picked up Araucaria’s connection with the programme.
February 22nd, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Thank you, Jane. My hubby, looking at your pics, insisted it was Compo – I told him not to be silly! There you go. Maybe someone can enlighten us.
February 22nd, 2011 at 6:24 pm
Jan, you also asked about the singers. They are Collegium Regale, made up of the Choral Scholars of King’s:
Collegium Regale
February 22nd, 2011 at 10:59 pm
Jane, thank you again.
February 23rd, 2011 at 10:59 pm
Sil – Yes, you should have been there! Follow me on Twitter @BoatmanCryptics, if you don’t regard Twitter as the province of numskulls and idlers (or at least have the self-control to read only the tweets of interesting numskulls and idlers) and I may occasionally give hints that serious Boatman spotters may be able to use to track me down in public.
February 23rd, 2011 at 11:20 pm
Boatman, if you really want to ‘twitter all the way’ (which could make ‘that water lily wet’
), fine by me. I do not, though.
Never had any kind of believe in personal Whatever.
Walkman, discman, mobile phone, etc etc.
Had them all, but.
What about having a pint somewhere?
I know, it’s a bit face to face, but ah well.
BTW, like your website – discovered it a while ago.
And I still treasure your Dead End Street crossword.
Yes, that’s how my mind works – quality, not just quantity.
Oh, and btw Jane, nice pictures …
February 24th, 2011 at 8:54 am
Back to the cake — Last of the Summer Wine is one of Araucaria’s favourite programmes, and he was taken on a special tour of Holmfirth.