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Sometime around 1996 we were on
our way home from a festival in Yorkshire (Holmfirth?) and came
across 'Timberlodge' at Ingleton. A large luxury pine cabin that
would sleep around 50 people, Marie got it into her head that it
would be a great place for a small music festival. The rest is
history. We rented out the entire cabin for a weekend in March,
and decided we would give it a try. The weekend was fully booked
(with a waiting list!) from the first year onwards, and still is
to this day. We stepped
down from running it in 2004, but are but are glad to say that
it is still going strong, and long may it do so. We had many
great weekends and made lifelong friends there.
Musically, it is quite diverse:
some things that stay in our minds are:-
- Alan Laing, playing his
trombone in the music session (a first for us!!).
- Our surprise at winning
the songwriting competition in '03. We still have the cup
with our names on to prove it, together with those of Brian
Osborne, Malcolm Denny, Marie Little and John Prentice -
illustrious company indeed!
- The friendship, warmth and
support of the Ingleton Family that we came to know.
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