The Great Fantasy Summer Bicycle Tour

[jessemorning]

yes we're all 190 of us getting on our bike and cycling over the hills and (not very) far away

Thurs 10 july - lunch time concert the bandstand, castle park. "And they're off"

10 July - evening, The Rondo Theatre Bath 8-10pm

Fri 11 July, The Three Horseshoes, Bradford On Avon 5-7pm

Sat 12 July, busking in Frome 5pm

Sun 13th - back to bristol

still to find: somewhere to camp each night, somewhere to play in frome and perhaps on sunday also. any ideas?

[jessemorning]

here a couple of things regarding what to bring etc

What everyone should bring:



Spare inner tubes that fit your tyres (ESSENTIAL – you will get a puncture)
Lock
any repair stuff that is specialist for your bike and hard to get hold off
Waterproof pannier bags
Water bottle
comfortable clothes for cycling and one change in case you get wet through
Waterproofs
Helmet and gloves
Bike lights and spare batteries




Some should bring:

Bike tools
Puncture repair kit
Spare brake pads
Route map
Pump
First aid kit

[Johanna_Tuba]

I think we should plan in some opportunities for swimming! For example at Claverton Weir http://www.wildswimming.co.uk/map/claverton-weir-avon/ and also Dundas Aqueduct which I think should be on the way from Bath to Bradford.

[jessemorning]

I think we should plan in some opportunities for swimming! For example at Claverton Weir http://www.wildswimming.co.uk/map/claverton-weir-avon/ and also Dundas Aqueduct which I think should be on the way from Bath to Bradford.

yes!

[Johanna_Tuba]

Been having a look at camp sites. There isn't much that seems very suitable in Bath, there are a couple of sites which are halfway to Bradford, I assume we don't want to cycle another half hour uphill after the gig and then set up tents in the dark!
Maybe the Newton Mill Holiday park would be suitable (BA2 9JF)? It's kind of on the way into Bath, so could pop in there, set up tents and then go into Bath with instruments only?

In Bradford, Merkins Farm (hur hur) seems ok?

In Frome you can camp on a vegetable farm, seems fun. http://www.vallisveg.co.uk/pages/camping.php

[jessemorning]

Been having a look at camp sites. There isn't much that seems very suitable in Bath, there are a couple of sites which are halfway to Bradford, I assume we don't want to cycle another half hour uphill after the gig and then set up tents in the dark!
Maybe the Newton Mill Holiday park would be suitable (BA2 9JF)? It's kind of on the way into Bath, so could pop in there, set up tents and then go into Bath with instruments only?

In Bradford, Merkins Farm (hur hur) seems ok?

In Frome you can camp on a vegetable farm, seems fun. http://www.vallisveg.co.uk/pages/camping.php

any idea about cost?

jess viola says:

A friend of a friend's parents own a campsite near Bradford on Avon. It's called Stowford Manor
http://stowfordmanorfarm.co.uk/

They are about 20 mins cycle ride to the three horseshoes.
I have phoned them and they are up for opening up a seperate field for us non Friday 11th -not the main campsite.
This means we would be slightly further from the toilets and use of showers may be limited (as in we might not be able to have one) but there is a river we can swim in nearby.
They would charge us £5 per head because of limited use of facilities.
Ive stayed at this campsite before and it is lovely
What does everyone think?

I spoke to Newton Mill Holiday Park which is the closest campsite to Bath. About 15/20 min cycle ride. http://www.newtonmillpark.co.uk/park-and-gardens.php
It does look like more of a caravan site so perhaps not picturesque but they can fit all of us there and they would charge us about £8.50 per person?
I said Id let him know by tomorrow....
Jess

[Banga]

I saw the Newton Mill as well for our Bath leg - yes only 20ish mins on bike from apparently.... https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Newton+ ... 1?hl=en-US

Your friend of a friend's campsite sounds nearest and cheap to me Jess! Well done

Bang x

[Banga]

Less than 20mins by bike to Stowford Manor!

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/Three ... 318176!3e1

And it passes through Farleigh Hungerford where I have wild swam here -

http://www.wildswimming.co.uk/map/farle ... ord-frome/

[Banga]

Jess are you okay to book us in for both of these?

[Johanna_Tuba]

How many of us are actually going?

[Jessviola]

Hey cyclists

So after lots of thoughts about different campsites this is what I reckon....

I think we should camp at Newton Mill on Thursday 10th as it's only 15 mins cycle from Bath. We would have cycled quite a lot that day and the others are more like 40 mins cycle from Bath so I reckon we'd appreciate a slightly shorter ride home. It might not be that picturesque but we could stay a bit longer for drinks in Bath perhaps.

I reckon we should stay at Stowford manor the following night which is what a lot of people suggested. We could leave Newton Mill early so we get a swim in before the gig in Bradford on Avon.
Bang-the campsite is right by the Farleigh Hungerford swimming spot and it's so lush. They even sell cream teas on site-whoop!

I have called both to book and they will be calling me back tomorrow to confirm but should be fine.
I will get on with finding a campsite in Frome later on.
I will post info on the forum once Ive got confirmation.

Hope that's ok
See you all tomorrow
Jess xx

[jessemorning]

so far its looking like this:
10th july 11th july 12 july
34 total 23 total 16 total
of which
9 maybes 7 maybes 5 maybes
25 yeses 16 yes 11 yes

[jessemorning]

...and now for the nitty-gritty:

Heres a set list

Exotic Set bass guitar stef
Oh venezia (neil S bass guitar)
Star Trek
Festival
House Of Pleasure
Simba
Mehbooba


bowie mini-set(neil smith bass guitar)
Space Oddity - lead vocals mark,
Star Man - lead vocals tony
Moonage Daydream - lead vocals magda, bass jesse
Oh You Pretty Things - lead vox banga,

morricone (stef bass guitar)
Resa Dei Conti
A Fistful Of Dollars
Il Giardino del Delizie
The Ballad Of Hank Mccain - lead vox kat and tony
The Good The Bad and The Ugly
The Ecstasy Of Gold

encores
Farewell to Cheyenne


all sheet music and MP3s are online here (let me know if you cant find anything):
docs.fantasyorchestra.org

Cycle tour responsibility list:
chief navigator - dino sax
horns group cycle leader and roadsiderepair - johanna tuba
strings cycle leader - jess viola
choir cycle leader - george
tour treasurer - leila treasurer
accommodation chief - jess viola
rolling social activities coordinator - banga trumpet
back-up vehicle - magda glockenspiel
chief hatter (busking contributions collector/ also handing out flyers and collecting email addresses) - justine soprano + her team. need to bring pretty containers
first aid - justine and dani
flags - ruth coleman. i'll send cycle tour logo
Tea-bags, milk and boiling water- neil smith
rollingsoundsystem - jesse

we've a pre-tour meeting at the little park opposite the greenbank pub in easton 7pm tuesday 8th july. bring your bikes.


Thursday 10th july
we'll congregate at 12pm castle park to perform (most of the set) at 1pm.
We'll leave castle park at 2pm and head for the campsite in bath.

For those heading to the Rondo Theatre directly, try and get there by 6.pm doors are 7.30pm, we'll start the show at 8pm

Friday 11th july
rising early we'll leave campsite at 10pm
head to swimming spot for lunch
roll onto bradford-on avon to arrive about 5pm
perform outside the pub 7-9pm

Sat 10th july
rising slightly later than the daybefore we'll head to farleigh hungerford for lunch and swim and perform there if possible.
2pm head to frome
5pm busk in frome
8pm - find campsite

Sunday 11th july
straggle back to bristol trying to fit all our bikes in magdas van or train, leaving the countryside near frome strewn with bike detritus.

watch the forum for any changes to all of this information.
http://forum.fantasyorchestra.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6

useful contact info:
jesse-maistro - 07949551129; jessemorning@gmail.com
jess strings leader- greenalien50@hotmail.com
dino navigation - 07873417997; dinobaboulou@gmail.com
johanna horns leader -07779901025; johannaziegler@gmail.com
social plans - banga, 07875177301; madamebang@gmail.com
ruth coleman flags- ruthcoleman@blueyonder.co.uk
justine hatter - justblore@gmail.com
magda back-up vehicle - 07887862056. magdaconway@blueyonder.co.uk
oliver lost property - 07814 828608; oliver@gtwm.co.uk

let me know what i've forgotten.
cheers,
jesse x