Folking About in Anglesey – Easter 2013

[Mr Happy]

Folking About in Anglesey – Easter 2013

 

 

The 4th glorious year's grand venture in wild Wales presented by Mr Happy enterprises will be taking place once again this Easter in Anglesey, North Wales.

 

At Easter Mr Happy &the Gloom Band [from Chester] plus many other musical friends, will be off to the Bull Bay Hotel, Bull Bay, Nr. Amlwch, Anglesey for our annual singing & music event –

Once more off to the beach, dear friends!!

 

It'll be on from Maundy Thursday 28th March 2013 until Tuesday 3rd April 2013.

 

It’s set up just like a folk festival but without any concerts or stuff you have to pay for.

Also ‘cause everything’s on site, there’s no need to wander the streets looking for a session.

Bull Bay Hotel’s a large venue which can offer up to 4 separate rooms/ areas for different sorts of seshes – singarounds, folk club, mad Irish diddly thrash, seriously non-smiling English music, showcasing, dreary French tunes, Old Timey/ Bluegrass, maudlin unaccompanied dirges, etc [i’ve tried to cater for all tastes as far as poss & over the last several years of running the event, this has worked out well] (Mr Happy blowing own trumpet – please forgive!)

 

All welcome - come on down - it'll be brill!!

 

The campsite will be available from Thursday 28th March 2013 until Tuesday 3rd April 2013.

 

It’s a DIY do- bring yourselves, voices, instruments ,your tents, vans, caravans & kitchen sink!

 

It's all FREE!!

 

FREE camping! - Big field overlooking Irish Sea, for tents, caravans etc

 

FREE butties during each evening session! Yummy!

 

Up to 4 separate rooms available for various types of music & song + outside beer garden overlooking the bay.

 

Session/Singaround Thur nite/Fri nite/Sat afternoon & evening/Sun afternoon & evening - either in pub or on campsite weather permitting.

 

Similar on bank holiday Monday, if many left [or haven't left!]

 

Campsite facilities include cold water tap!!

 

& cold water WC - not to be missed!!!

 

 

Some additional hardstanding for caravans/ campervans at rear of pub.

 

For non-tenters, there also seems to be a very reasonable family room deal at the hotel with prices by the room not person (from £180 for three nights) and some rooms have 3, 4, 5, and one with 6 beds.

 

Add breakfast per person per day at £5.

 

Tricky to make these come up on the online booking system but give them a ring

 

http://www.bullbayhotel.co.uk/'>http://www.bullbayhotel.co.uk/

 

All welcome - come on down - it'll be brill!!

 

Venue details here: http://www.bullbayhotel.co.uk/

I’ve attached posters & flyers if you could distribute at your folk club or session, please.

 

 

For further info, contact Mr Happy aka John Steward

01244-675860

0755-409-7959

mrhappy007@btinternet.com

[Mr Happy]

Erratum:

 

It'll be on from Maundy Thursday 28th March 2013 until Tuesday 2nd April 2013.

 

Campsite available Thursday 28th March 2013 until Tuesday 2nd April 2013.

[Mr Happy]

It's only 3 weeks away, excitement mounting, numbers increasing with a goodly number of concertinarists, melodeonists, accordeonists attending, but still room for more!!

[Mr Happy]

Newsflash!!

We've managed to acquire yet another sessions venue at a large establishment just a few hundred yards down the road from Bull Bay hotel.

It's the Trecastell Hotel http://www.toprooms.com/hotel/uk/isle-of-anglesey/amlwch/trecastell_ll68-the-trecastell-hotel-amlwch/rooms/?startdate=2013-03-12 & is offering butties with sessions, same as at BB hotel.

Yipppeeeeeeeee!!

[Mr Happy]

Only one more day to wait before the festivities commence!

Mr Happy's advance party should be on the campsite by 3pm ish, ready for songs, tunes & Oh be joyfulls!!

Yeeee- hahh!

 

Latest weather & travel updates from squeezeboxer George Garside [resident of Benllech Bay, a few miles away]

Anglesey weather. We do not have any lying snow on the island and forecast for thurs. fri, sat is white cloud with sunny intervals anad day temperature around 40F. Night temp around freezing so campers will need warm sleeping bags.. But as the pub is watertight, draughtproof and has heating it should be a good weekend.

There is also the added attraction of seeing the snow covered mountains on route!

Sunday weather same - white cloud & sunny intervals so no snow forecast! A 5025 from the bridge up to bull bay is always well gritted

& from Chris Ryall melodeonist extraordinaire [you've never heard anything like it!]

Can add that the coast road is well gritted and that Anglesey itself is pretty flat. There is a small hill up to the hotel itself. With 100 or so likely to come I would hope the management will ensure that is gritted