Well I am not sure you will be able to watch this but here goes. It is a video of the Allendale Folk Festival, I presume up in the wilds of Northumberland. It is the tale of the wolf killing, though I think the wolf died out long before this wolf was around. What made me cry though was that at the end Katy, had recorded the theme music from the Detectorists. A programme many people loved for its gentle humour and the two actors who were such losers, Paul loved it as well.
The actual music was sung by Johnny Flynn
If you can't play it try and find the programme it is very funny with a touch of pathos.
And you get Kate's Onion soup for colds, my daughter has just gone off to Switzerland with a cold to see her aunt, so I hope she doesn't pass it on.
An edit: Great news!!! a date that needs recording for the family.
An excited call from my daughter in Switzerland this afternoon, Tom, my eldest grandchild has got engaged to Ellie in Copenhagen. Hopefully there will be a picture of them both. I never actually thought I would live to see him grown up nor that somewhere in the future I could be a great grandmother. I know my daughter is over the moon at this coming together. They were meant for each other and are so sweet together.
So when they will wed I do not know but their grandfather, who never saw his daughter grown, let alone his grandchildren would perhaps also rejoice.
You can find the story of the Hexham/Allendale wolf here:
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That was an exciting read John, I see it comes from The Fortean magazine, who have combined two stories into one. There being a Celtic legend attached to it, the wolf being half man, half wolf. Thank you for that link.
DeleteThank you for this link Thelma. I really enjoyed Kate’s bit (I made Jamie Oliver’s French Onion Soup recently after watching him make it on his What To Eat Now TV programme. Excellent seasonal local recipes and all filmed in his leaky wooden greenhouse/potting shed in his walled garden in Essex). I’ve had a bit of pash for Johnny Flynn since my children were teenagers and used to play his music around the house (they are 31 and 28 now and respectively and currently trekking in the Kashmiri mountains and working and studying in Scotland). I’ve never watched Detectorists but I know that Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane composed, wrote and sang the music together. Johnny was recently on Private Passions (Radio 3, Sunday at noon) and it was wonderful to hear hm talking about the music he loved. He has been in the West End lately playing Richard Burton opposite Mark Gatiss as Laurence Olivier in a funny reimagining of putting on Hamlet during the early days of the National Theatre .He also played Dickie Greenleaf in Ripley, a Netflix series and very well done indeed (Andrew Scott played Tom Ripley) and much much darker than the fIlm version with Jude Law and Matt Damon. We’re off now to the Weald and Downland museum where there is a special foraging and harvest weekend. Sarah x
ReplyDeleteWell Sarah Johnny Flynn is definitely attractive, didn't realise he had sung the song with Robert Macfarlane. As for Netflix, I do not subscribe because there is too much for me to take in. I think I would envy anyone who went trekking in the Kashmiri, hope they keep safe. Just had some marvellous news from my daughter, my grandson got engaged to day. But I shall make that a note up top. I shall go and look up Ripley I think.
DeleteOh, I loved The Detectorists and was sorry to see it end. I also enjoyed Mr. Bates vs The Post Office starring the actor Toby Jones who also was in The Detectorists.
ReplyDeleteI would be worried if that was my building so near to that large bonfire! I'm sure they know what they are doing tho. ;)
Hi Ellen, yes Toby Jones is an excellent actor and I think the Detectorist was a surprising success. As for the filming near to the fire, think there was a fire engine standing by. I loved the large puppet wolf with its red eyes.
ReplyDeleteIt must be a back breaking job being that wolf! was my first thought .
ReplyDeleteThen I wondered why that lady's youtube was called The Last Homely House?
I shall now go off and investigate further
Hopefully it will lead you to Rivendell Sue. Well I know I could not do the back end of that wolf puppet ;)
ReplyDeleteLovely to see and hear the Johnny Flynn song at the end of the video. "The Detectorists" was quite brilliant and that song fitted the laid back mood of the show perfectly. I notice that he also did the theme music for "Digging for Britain". Congratulations to Tom and Ellie. Their bond represents hope for the future.
ReplyDeleteIt was very happy news Neil. Tom is a romantic and had the ring made and obviously the place as well. Glad you enjoyed the music.
DeleteThat's very nice news to receive. You maybe a great grandmother sooner than you expect.
ReplyDeleteBoth have good jobs so I expect they will carry on working Andrew.
DeleteOh, congratulations Thelma! It's doubly exciting when everyone approves of the match.
ReplyDeleteIt was also so romantic the proposal Debby, by a river with a large willow tree. It reminded me that my first engagement ring was made of woven grass.
DeleteHow sweet. My son took his girlfriend to the UK and then to Paris. He proposed to her at the top of the Eiffel Tower.
DeleteAnd all I got was a grass ring Debby ;)
DeleteI love The Detectorists....watched it first time round and binge watched it again a few months ago. I must now go and play the music again!
ReplyDeleteIt is also sung by three sisters but I can't remember their names Frances. The Unsung???
ReplyDeleteI think you are thinking of The Unthanks - a folk group often heard on Radio 3, which is a lot more diverse than most people think! I’d forgotten about the Digging for Britain theme tune. I had a go at spinning with a distaff yesterday in Bayleaf farmhouse at the Weald and Downland museum. Knew the term distaff from the distaff side but had no idea it was a wooden implement used for spinning. While I was having a go at that another chap was repairing a flail. Again I knew about flailing but had no idea how laborious the work was. In another of the houses where a group were making hedgerow pies we learnt that there is a lot of research going into the nutritional content of ancient unimproved crops such as wheat, barley, rye and oats. Otherwise how would a ploughman be able to walk 8-12 miles a day behind an ox and then get up and do it all again tomorrow. Wheat is one of the most improved or shall we say genetically modified crops on earth but high yields come at the expense of nutrients, which in turn leads to a host of other problems. Eat less, eat better seems to be the message. Congratulations to Tom, he always sounds like a solid chap - just like my Tom. Sarah x
DeleteYes Sarah you are right it is the 'Unthanks' and I went and found their song 'Magpie' which I think must be the end music of Detectorist. As the two leave the field at the end, gold not found and as they pass the tree and walk on, the magpie's nest lazily tips all the golden coins to the ground. I will put the link on.
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I am listening to Adam Nicholson's 'Sissinghurst - an unfinished history' at the moment. The National Trust took over the property but Adam wanted to change the surrounding farm land back to its mixed farming days whereby the animals were brought back and vegetables grown in the garden, all to service the restaurant. I am not sure of the end result. His father Ben had had an amount of money set by in a trust which the National Trust used for the upkeep of the property. I think there must have been quite a story between three sides. The Nicholson, The National Trust and the people who worked on the property.
Oh, I just saw your added announcement. Congrats to Tom and Ellie! Wishing them much happiness!
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