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Comment by Lee Diamond on November 24, 2009 at 11:23am

That is a fine idea. What is the date?

Comment by John on November 24, 2009 at 11:18am

Cold weather is here - the time of year when tweed really comes into its own.

January will bring a Tweed Ride where each stop will have a fireplace! Break out your heavy woolies. We'll ride around our beautiful city, stopping now and then to warm our toes by a roaring fire with the scent of wood smoke in the air.

Details to follow . . .

Comment by globalguy on November 24, 2009 at 2:52am

This just in by Flanders & Swann!

Comment by globalguy on November 21, 2009 at 6:46am

Speaking of history, check this out!

Comment by Alan Lloyd on November 16, 2009 at 6:21am

I remember reports of the Thames freezing in 1963, a particularly cold winter ... http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_it_snow_in_London_England. School reopening after Christmas and the New Year was delayed for a week or two, IIRC, hooray!

Comment by jen on November 15, 2009 at 7:18am

to bad twelfth night falls on a weekday!

Comment by globalguy on November 15, 2009 at 3:56am

Or perhaps The Slaithwaite Moonraking Festival - 14 -21 Feb 2009? We could roll on Saturday evening, Feb 20?

"Based on a village tale about two 19th century smugglers who were collecting barrels of the illegal ‘moonshine’ drink from the canal. The smugglers hid the barrels and told the police they were trying to rake the moon’s reflection out of the canal. Thinking they were fools, the police let the smugglers go."

Comment by globalguy on November 15, 2009 at 3:46am

Anyone have a handle of Qauintrelles? Also, just found a great site of British Holidays for 2010. Perhaps it could guide us on planning for our next jaunt? And I'm fascinated by the possibilities with The Thames River Frost Fairs - seems a wonderful frosty connection with our January. To wit:

"The worst cold spells in Britain occurred between 1550 and 1750. The climate during this time was known as the Little Ice Age, when winters were so cold that the Thames froze over each year. It was not uncommon for the freeze to last over three months, as in the case of the winters of 1683 - 1684 and 1715 - 1716.

The first recorded Frost Fair was held on the frozen river Thames in London in 1608. It had tents, sideshows, food stalls and even included ice bowling!

The Thames had frozen over several times before 1608. In the 16th century, Henry VIII is said to have traveled all the way from central London to Greenwich by sleigh along the river during the winter of 1536 and Elizabeth I took walks on the ice during the winter of 1564.

The last Frost Fair was held in the winter of 1814. It began on February 1, and lasted just four days. An elephant was led across the river below Blackfriars Bridge."

Comment by Alan Lloyd on November 15, 2009 at 2:29am

Now DC is joining the Tweed movement ...
http://dandiesandquaintrelles.blogspot.com/
http://veloclassique.com/latest-happenings/

Comment by John on November 13, 2009 at 2:04am

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