Andy Roberts Musician on the Isle of Wight

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Photo time capsule August 8th -22nd 2009

Andy Roberts Photo time capsule from August 8th -22nd 2009

August 8^th to August 22^nd, 2009
A selection of your most interesting photos from one year ago.

painted lady butterfly

Taken August 8, 2009 at 1:50 pm

urban fox

Taken August 11, 2009 at 2:35 pm

One & Other

Taken August 20, 2009 at 11:13 am

IMG_3512

Taken August 16, 2009 at 6:35 pm

preformed ponds

preformed ponds preformed ponds

Taken August 8, 2009 at 1:44 pm

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Saturday, August 14, 2010

Havering Folk Club News 14th August 2010

Havering Folk Club News

14^th August 2010

Hi all,

Pete here. As you know Gill and I went down to the Sidmouth Folk Festival last week and jolly good it was too. We were expecting to spend part of our time at the festival and part walking on Dartmoor etc., but in fact, we only spent one day away from Sidmouth – quietly strolling round Lyme Regis!

We saw almost all the dance displays as well as going to several of the music events, and I joined in a couple of the singarounds as well. After that we went over to the Dartmoor Festival which Big Bob Gladwell e-mailed to let me know about (cheers Bob!) and watched the broom dancing and step dancing championships. A great week.

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The Last Three Havering Sessions:

The Wednesday, 28^th July session was compered at short notice by club newcomer John Clarke. He came to the club for the first time the previous week and volunteered to step in this time; a very good job he made of it as well. Having started us off he then introduced Bernie & Maureen, Margaret Brown, myself, Pep & Terry, HFC virgin Mary Bryan, Al Neville (our October featured member), Dave Worley, Len Reeder, Linda Worley, Linda Paish, Clive Paish, William Saint, Kriss Pouch, Jane Thomson, Tony Thomson, Foxen and Helen Tegg. Another busy night at the Lion.

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Wednesday, 4^th August saw Phil Duffield’s featured evening. This was the first time Phil had undertaken an extended gig and I know from talking to him about it that he worked very hard at getting a programme together. I’m only sorry I missed it by being at Sidmouth.

Dave Worley manned the door and extorted money from everyone and Linda commered (yes really – the feminine of compere). She sent the following report:

We had a total of eight singers; Margaret Brown, Mike Willmore, Bert Dady and Keith Petty, Andy Roberts, Jane Thomsen, John Clarke and Jack Rossiter who last sang with us two years ago.

We were a little concerned at first as the club was really quiet, only four of us for ages. But as always happens a few more performers trickled in later on, thankfully for Phil! Other non-performars turned up too, so we were able to fill the room up between us.

As for Phil, well it was a superb evening, as we all guessed it would be! It was excellent, easy listening and carried out in his usual laid-back style, with some very funny stories and a quiz. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

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Gill and I were back for the open session on Wednesday, 11^th August with Dave Worley taking charge of proceedings on this occasion. We had 10 floor spots and about 20 in attendance, which meant everyone was able to have two songs in each half. Before the interval we heard from Dave himself, Bernie & Maureen Pilgrim, Andy Roberts, Dennis Homes, Jane Thomson, Mick Brown, Tony Thomson, Kriss Pouch and finally, Jack Rossiter who was obviously so enthralled by his first visit in two years last week that he couldn’t keep away – come more often Jack!

I hadn’t intended to sing this evening as I had a bit of a cold and sore throat, but got jealous watching everybody else so added myself to the list for the second half and did a couple after the others had done theirs, and finally Mick Brown brought the evening to a close, giving him the opportunity to show off his talents ahead of his featured evening on 1^st December.

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Other Stuff:

28^th August, Bank Holiday Saturday sees the Chequer Inn, 4 Chequer Lane, Ash, Canterbury, CT3 2ET holding its annual Folk Festival from 11am to 11pm. Call Adrian on 01304 614088 or look at www.thechequerinn.co.uk

There are some names well known to Haverfolk including The Jones Boys, Tone Deaf Leopard, Fiddlefit, Ben Little, John Bardon and far too many others to mention here.

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We now have the latest issue of Folk London for sale at the club. This has developed into an excellent magazine under Peter Crabb-Wyke’s editorship. This issue has two mentions of HFC in its Roundup section and even quotes directly from our newsletter!

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Next Merry Meeting:

Wednesday, 18^th August is another open session, so Make it a date – Wednesday at eight!

Cheers – Peter

Havering Folk Club, The Golden Lion, 2 High Street, Romford, RM1 1HR

www.haveringfolkclub.bravehost.com

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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Andy Roberts playing at Ustream | Live Unsigned

Tags: acoustic, folk, guitar, andy, roberts, music, singer, songwriter, 12string

Venue: Ustream

Address: The Internet

Time: 19:00

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Further info: Andy Roberts performs original songs and some folk music covers for the weekly podcast. Streamed on USTREAM for about half an hour then available as a podcast later

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Helford Creek Cyder


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Helford Creek Cyder

August 9, 2010 at 7:54 AM

Helford Creek Cyder

Originally uploaded by AndyRob

I bought this bottle of Helford Creek Cyder in the Costcutter shop at Carnon Downs in Cornwall on the way between Truro and Falmouth. At £3.99 I didn’t know whether to expect a good quality craft cider or a bit of a touristy rip-off but the credentials on the label seemed sound and there wasn’t any other decent cider available in the shop, unless you like cans of Rattler or Merrydown. The label didn’t give too much away:

Helford Creek Cyder
Sparkling Medium

6.5% vol

Situated in the heart of Cornwall, near the Helford River, on a small 18th century farm.
Helford Creek produce delicious apple juice and cider traditionally matured in oak barrels

Produced in Cornwall on the Lizard peninsula.

Mudgeon Vean
St Martin
Helston
Cornwall TR12 6DB
Tel: 01326231341 01326231933

The cider was good quality, nice and clean tasting with a high juice content I think, but definitely some water added. Not a high proportion of westcountry cider apples, more subtle than that in the new wine style cider with some eating apple varieties included I would suspect. It tasted more interesting once the initial fizz had died down the cider was allowed to warm up a bit. You don’t want to drink it straight from the fridge, not that it ever gets that boiling hot in Cornwall anyway.

Compares well with a bottle of Tillington Hills cider from the Coop, if you can ever find any.

An interesting touch is the wine like stamp on the back label, which reminds one of a rioja label Denominacion de Origen Calificada. It’s a badge which implies approval by Cornwall County Council, my old employers no less and says:

Made in Cornwall

Cornwall County Council Approved Origin Scheme

Made in Cornwall - Approved Origin Scheme - CCC

So there.

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Saturday, August 07, 2010

Real Cider Taste Grading


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Real Cider Taste Grading

August 6, 2010 at 11:58 PM

How can the taste of real cider be graded? Well one way is according to sweetness/dryness as is done for advising customers at the camra Great British Beer Festival GBBF

cider taste grading

= Very Sweet Cider
= Sweet Cider
= Medium Sweet Cider
= Medium Cider
= Medium Dry Cider
= Dry Cider
= Very Dry

So that’s an attempt to differentiate down to quite a fine level really, on the Sweet/Dry axis. But perceived dryness can also be affected by factors other than the actual proportion of sugar per volume. Real ciders should be full juice and not strengthened then watered down so the character of the original apples is what really matters. Some will have more bittersweet varieties in the blend than others, and the eventual amount of tannin and acidity in the cider will change the way it tastes to an extent that possibly eclipses the sweetness indicator when it’s trying to be meaningful at the 1 in 7 level.

Of course ultimately all that matters is whether you enjoy drinking it but how would you grade real cider for taste?

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Thursday, August 05, 2010

Weather Photography Competition

Pools of Sunlight By Worms Head I've just heard about the British weather photographer of the year competition and decided to enter myself. This provided me with a nice opportunity to look back through my photographs of the summer on Flickr to see if I could find something appropriate. I browsed through my pictures of rain and a few summer seaside scenes and then lost a bit of confidence. I have pictures of light, pictures of scenes affected by weather but nothing I could really call specifically "weather photography". My thoughts turned to extreme weather – tornadoes, floods, ice storms etc but I don't seem to have witnessed many of those recently, not with a handy camera ready anyway. Then it occurred to me I was being far too literal in my interpretation of the competition requirements:

…to find the best amateur photographer of the British elements. Judged by top professionals and experts in the field of photography and weather, 12 finalists will be chosen for the flair, technique and originality they use in capturing British weather.

I've got it down to two photographs that might fit the bill here, the first is a picture of sunlight shining through gaps in the clouds over the sea near the Worms Head, Gower, South Wales. If you click through and look at the large or original sized photo I think it looks quite stunning, and it was quite an unusual weather pattern to observe for me, even if it might happen in such places more regularly than I imagine.

The second picture I'm considering is one of the dried up lake bed during an extended period of drought.

The patterns made by the drying out process in the mud make interesting shapes, and this one looks a bit like a map of Australia, a country where drought is a more familiar problem than southern Britain.

Whichever I decide, (suggestions?) or maybe I can submit both, you can have a chance to vote for me if you feel like it there, but probably more likely and preferable anyway, would be to enter one of your own weather photographs in which case do please leave your link in the comments below.

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Churches of Christ Care Vacancy Information

Hi Adam,

Please find attached the position outcome statements for the following positions:

Quality and Compliance Manager,

Case Manager

The Staff and Development Facilitator is a new position and the position outcome statement is being developed. This role will primarily be responsible for staff training across the State and the support and development of staff who are providing training to other staff.

To apply for these positions, please forward your resume and covering letter by COB 9^th August.

Please do not hesitate to contact myself if you require any additional information.

Kind regards,

Sarah Crouch

Standards Manager

Child, Youth and Family Care

Churches of Christ Care

41 Brookfield Road Kenmore QLD 4069

P.O. Box 508 Kenmore QLD 4069

P 07 3327 1638 F 07 3878 9879 M 0417 720 767

Established in 1930, Churches of Christ Care (Care) is a large not-for-profit Christian organisation active in the areas of Aged Care, Early Childhood Services and Family and Community Care.

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