Tolkien Events 2009

[Bêthberry]

Originally Posted by Rune

I spend most of these in The eagle and child, here the bartender served me some awful drink named "Snake Bite" that the youth of Enlgand apparently like, I found it truly awful.

We have something for the youth here called "Purple Jesus" that I believe must be similarly awful.

Originally Posted by Rune

Bethberry is a truly lovely person with a great sense of humour, also she is very tolerant. . .she showed that by spending hours in the company of drunken versions of Squatter and I.
I especially liked it when she asked us "did you guys invent each other?"

I'm not so sure it's tolerance or simply inertia. I mean, at one point I was deciding on which session to attend (when there were conflicting sessions, something that happened with regretable regularity), simply by choosing the one which would be followed in the same room by another preference. Although I do enjoy good humour.

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

Yes, I remember seeing Humphrey Carpenter's grave, and also John Tolkien's grave which is nearby. Did you see that too? Though I think the TS do put some flowers there.

Father John had already passed on when I was last at the cemetary, five years ago, so I knew where to find it. I don't recall that the TS placed any flowers on his grave, though.