Groundswell 2019

Kiwi Pete · Mar 5, 2019

hendrebc said:
I've thought of someone else who would be great to have speak. Ian Mitchell-Innes the South African farmer and advisor. @Kiwi Pete will know more about him than me but he is the one who is teaching all the kiwis I watch on FB so why not get him here?

Currently making his way to the US of A.

martian · Mar 6, 2019

Samcowman said:
@martian any idea of the schedule yet. There’s some speakers I wouldn’t want to miss and may only be able to make the one day. Also are you doing mob grazing demo again this year?

We're still working on the schedule and will announce it as soon as we can, but most of the headline speakers will be talking on both days. The Burrells can only come on the 27th, so if you want to hear them,then that's your day. Tickets are selling fast, but I don't think we'll be selling out just yet, so patience is probably your friend here..

There's more than enough excitement for two days though. We are increasing the campsite size (and charging a nominal fee) and we have a glamping option for those who, like me, aren't too keen on roughing it. We've got more speakers coming on stream who aren't yet on the website, like Will Scale, who'll be familiar to TFF. We've also just booked Ruby Wax, who'll be talking in the evening slot on the 26th about 'the courage to change' amongst other subjects.

We're hoping to demo mob-grazing on a herbal ley which we sowed on the top half of the demo field in the autumn. It's got a bit of growing to do first.

Chae1 · Mar 6, 2019

Does anyone have any idea how much a taxi from Luton would be?

Samcowman · Mar 6, 2019

martian said:
We're still working on the schedule and will announce it as soon as we can, but most of the headline speakers will be talking on both days. The Burrells can only come on the 27th, so if you want to hear them,then that's your day. Tickets are selling fast, but I don't think we'll be selling out just yet, so patience is probably your friend here..

There's more than enough excitement for two days though. We are increasing the campsite size (and charging a nominal fee) and we have a glamping option for those who, like me, aren't too keen on roughing it. We've got more speakers coming on stream who aren't yet on the website, like Will Scale, who'll be familiar to TFF. We've also just booked Ruby Wax, who'll be talking in the evening slot on the 26th about 'the courage to change' amongst other subjects.

We're hoping to demo mob-grazing on a herbal ley which we sowed on the top half of the demo field in the autumn. It's got a bit of growing to do first.

Thanks for that. Plenty of time for it to grow once the sun shines!!!

holwellcourtfarm · Mar 6, 2019

Chae1 said:
Does anyone have any idea how much a taxi from Luton would be?

Looking online it varies from £40 to over £80 depending on the vehicle one-way. It's about 17 miles but traffic can be slow.

Chae1 · Mar 6, 2019

holwellcourtfarm said:
Looking online it varies from £40 to over £80 depending on the vehicle one-way. It's about 17 miles but traffic can be slow.

Thanks for checking.

Barleycorn · Mar 6, 2019

Chae1 said:
Does anyone have any idea how much a taxi from Luton would be?

I know John and the organisers are up to their necks at the moment, but perhaps minibusses could be sorted from local train stations / airports?

Bury the Trash · Mar 6, 2019

If one left home in good time well, then one could walk

. To lessen ones carbon footprint

holwellcourtfarm · Mar 7, 2019

Bury the Trash said:
If one left home in good time well, then one could walk . To lessen ones carbon footprint

That needs a volunteer to prove the principle really.....

..... Well volunteered

Chae1 · Mar 7, 2019

Barleycorn said:
I know John and the organisers are up to their necks at the moment, but perhaps minibusses could be sorted from local train stations / airports?

Could book flights accordingly if that was going to happen.

martian · Mar 14, 2019

martian said:
Thanks for the heads up, slight cock-up in the IT dept...tickets not on sale yet, Thursday 28th they will be.

We will be offering some tickets very cheap, or even free, to the deserving poor. But they will have to earn them in some way, yet to be decided

With many thanks to support from the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, we're now able to offer bursaries to a select few. Anyone who's interested can apply through the Buy Tickets bit of the website, explaining why you think you deserve a free ticket for both days and £100 for out of pocket expenses/travel etc. The deal is you'll have to write up your experiences of the show afterwards. There's a limited number available, the best reasons for wanting in will win.

Samcowman · Mar 14, 2019

@martian what’s the deal with camping. The wife and I are thinking of coming down the night before and camping to save such an early start.

holwellcourtfarm · Mar 14, 2019

Samcowman said:
@martian what’s the deal with camping. The wife and I are thinking of coming down the night before and camping to save such an early start.

Welcome to camp here overnight on the 25th if it helps Sam.

martian · Mar 15, 2019

Samcowman said:
@martian what’s the deal with camping. The wife and I are thinking of coming down the night before and camping to save such an early start.

There's a campsite with hot showers etc next to the carpark, we're charging £8/pitch this year and I'm hoping we'll provide a better service. Quite a lot of people have booked in already, nearly everyone who's booked tickets so far have gone for both days and a lot of 'em seem to want to camp...I'd have you all to stay, but we've got a full house

holwellcourtfarm · Mar 15, 2019

martian said:
There's a campsite with hot showers etc next to the carpark, we're charging £8/pitch this year and I'm hoping we'll provide a better service. Quite a lot of people have booked in already, nearly everyone who's booked tickets so far have gone for both days and a lot of 'em seem to want to camp...I'd have you all to stay, but we've got a full house

Glamping business......

Just sayin'

Samcowman · Mar 15, 2019

holwellcourtfarm said:
Welcome to camp here overnight on the 25th if it helps Sam.

Thanks Ian. Will let you know if we need to. Was hoping to get some BBQ and the boss has an old friend she wants to catch up with.

martian said:
There's a campsite with hot showers etc next to the carpark, we're charging £8/pitch this year and I'm hoping we'll provide a better service. Quite a lot of people have booked in already, nearly everyone who's booked tickets so far have gone for both days and a lot of 'em seem to want to camp...I'd have you all to stay, but we've got a full house

Thanks for that. Is it a choice after you book your day or do you just pay when you turn up?

Chae1 · Apr 7, 2019

Got tickets booked last night. £53/rtn to fly from Edinburgh to Luton!

Hired a fiat 500 for £70 to get about when we're down there.

Quite excited about rallying the fiat around the countryside!

Brisel · Apr 7, 2019

Nothing rides like a rental!

holwellcourtfarm · Apr 7, 2019

Chae1 said:
Got tickets booked last night. £53/rtn to fly from Edinburgh to Luton!

Hired a fiat 500 for £70 to get about when we're down there.

Quite excited about rallying the fiat around the countryside!

Post the route you're going to take and I'll stay off it

Karliboy · Apr 8, 2019

Ticket booked for both days.

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