Fanfare! LITFEST 2023

[Stacey]

What? You mean dinner?

You get me.

 

[Barbara]

All that talk of chocolate and wine. Look what you've done. Now I've got to go for a 3 mile run.

 

[Emily]

All that talk of chocolate and wine. Look what you've done. Now I've got to go for a 3 mile run.

Be gentle with your lovely self

Think of all those antioxidants in wine and chocolate. Health food at its finest...

 

[Barbara]

You know, I'm thinking we should do a LitForest Gump. Emily starts walking the world and we join as she goes by.

 

[Emily]

An EXCELLENT idea, indeed

 

[Barbara]

Any thoughts on how we takle the seas?

 

[Stacey]

Emily starts walking the world and we join as she goes by

Ooooooh have always wanted to trek across the states. We got some fineee brews. I'll join.

 

[Stacey]

Any thoughts on how we takle the seas?

You CAN'T walk on water? Well this complicates things...

 

[Emily]

Any thoughts on how we takle the seas?

Walk on water??

 

[Emily]

You CAN'T walk on water? Well this complicates things...

Snap!!

 

[Stacey]

The trick is to not look at the waves. We have a handbook for this.

 

[Emily]

It's easy once you know.

 

[Barbara]

You CAN'T walk on water? Well this complicates things...

I'm good at sinking.

Anyone got a boat? Either that or we'll have to walk the seabeds.

 

[Stacey]

Anyone got a boat?

Hmmm I could pilfer the canoe submerged in the swamp by my parents' house. I don't know how well it floats, but considering its location, I know it's quite good at sinking.

 

[Barbara]

Hmmm I could pilfer the canoe submerged in the swamp by my parents' house. I don't know how well it floats, but considering its location, I know it's quite good at sinking.

I have duct tape for any leaks.

 

[Stacey]

I have duct tape for any leaks.

Ah the ol' Florida fix: duct tape and tarp. Bet. Hold my beer.

 

[Julie]

Maybe during the Edinb fringe festival?

We can all pile round to @Hannah F

 

[Hannah Faoileán]

Well, we've been talking about all these permutations and combinations since 2019!! London is easiest to get to, it's a good central hub, although, yes, expensive. But public transport is excellent. We'll DO this, and then can decide how and where we want to proceed for 2024

And there's nothing stopping anyone from having Litfest offshoots! I HAVE been thinking of an Irish one... And if soneone was up for planning a Scottish one, I'd be there in a flash!!!

Rosslyn Castle. We could book it. A whole ruined castle with rooms you can sleep in (or the caravan park or hotel 5min walk away). Not 2023 obviously.

 

[Emily]

I was thinking that, too!

I'd say Hannah was also thinking that we'd be thinking that, hence her silence

 

[Emily]

Rosslyn Castle. We could book it. A whole ruined castle with rooms you can sleep in (or the caravan park or hotel 5min walk away). Not 2023 obviously.

(or maybe not )

 

[Hannah Faoileán]

(or maybe not )

Just caching up. Some of us have work to do, you know, to earn enough for these trips!

Bet @Pamela Jo knows a Viking or two with a boat for the sea voyages.

And we can always start Emily off on her walking tour by having a Litfest in Ireland.

 

[Barbara]

or the caravan park or hotel 5min walk away

Surely not for us hardened authors?! We'll rough it in the castle.

One question though: Who is hiring the porta loo?

 

[Hannah Faoileán]

Surely not for us hardened authors?! We'll rough it in the castle.

One question though: Who is hiring the porta loo?

There's loos in the castle. Or a vast forest on your doorstep.

 

[Stacey]

Or a vast forest on your doorstep

I'll take the forest.

 

[Barbara]

There's loos in the castle. Or a vast forest on your doorstep.

Ah yes, but I'm thinking of those who get the problems caused by drafts ....

This is the loo in Castle Spiez for our tour through Switzers.

 

[Hannah Faoileán]

And, of course, we'd have to have a ceilidh.

 

[Stacey]

we'd have to have a ceilidh

We really must. What is this?

 

[Stacey]

Ah yes, but I'm thinking of those who get the problems caused by drafts ....

This is the loo in Castle Spiez for our tour through Switzers.

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Such a wellspring of pranks here.

 

[Hannah Faoileán]

We really must. What is this?

 

[Stacey]

Yeaaaa I'm in.