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The Roving Crows plus support from Bill Bates

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Saturday October 5th, 7.30 pm., doors open 7.00 pm.

Tiddy Hall, Shipton Road, Ascott-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire, OX7 6AG
Tickets : £12.00 in advance £14.00 on the door available from:

01993 831427, www.wegottickets.com/wychwoodfolkclub, [email protected], www.wychwoodfolkclub.com

The Roving Crows

Roving Crows have been carving out their niche in the UK folk music scene since early 2009.  Over the years and evolving incarnations, Roving Crows have cultivated an arresting, singular sound that pushes the boundaries of the Celtic Folk genre. The band plays with genuine passion, energy and soul. Vital and vibrant, a must-see live act which showcases a mix of fiery, Celtic-inspired fiddle, conscious, intelligent lyrics, backed by pounding tribal rhythms and electronica infused dance grooves. Roving Crows comprises; Lead vocals from Paul O’Neill and Caitlin Barrett, Paul’s electric and acoustic guitars, Caitlin’s fiddle, Loz Shaw on electric 5 and 6 string bass, keyboards, guitars and clarinet, and pumping percussion from Tim Downes-Hall.

The band have created 3 albums; ‘Bacchanalia’ 2012, ‘Deliberate Distractions’ 2013 and the latest, ‘Bury Me Naked’ which was released in Spring 2017 and to critical acclaim from across the world. The former two releases were produced by Nick Brine (Ash, Oasis, Bruce Springsteen, Seasick Steve) at Rockfield Studios and ‘Bury Me Naked’ was self-produced with Loz Shaw handling the engineering. They have wowed festival audiences from Cambridge and Trowbridge to Cheltenham Jazz Festival as well as numerous headline appearances in France & Ireland. Band of the Year in the 2014 FATEA Music Awards and Best Live Act in the Spiral Awards in the same year, they were also winners of the 2017 Australian Celtic Music Awards (International Artist of the Year category), adding to their previous accolades in the Irish Music Association Awards for Top Celtic Rock Band and Top Fiddle Player.

Really individual Celtic folk rock group

Mike Harding, BBC

Genuinely the next big thing on the folk scene

Andy O’Hare, BBC

The next folk super group in waiting

Nancy Dunham, folking.com

I love that band

Paul O’Grady, BBC

Ascott-under-Wychwood Charity Run, Sunday, 27th October 2019

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Ascott Village Charity Presents Ascott-under-Wychwood Charity Run Sunday October 27th 2019

10k Multi Terrain & 5k Fun Run

Race starts 10.30 am at the Memorial Playing Field, High Street (map link).

Set in the beautiful Evenlode Valley, both courses are multi terrain, the 10 km is a very challenging hilly course for runners aged 15 and over, the 5 km is pleasantly undulating and suitable for runners of all ages (neither course is suitable for wheelchairs or pushchairs).

Car parking, changing & shower facilities, refreshments, medals and prizes.

Entry fees: 10 km (min age 15) – £12 (£14 on the day) 5 km – £6 (£7 on the day).

Closing date for postal entries is 20th October 2019. Entries will be accepted on the day between 9 am & 10 am.

Entry Form 2019Download

Wilderness Festival 2019 Local Day Tickets

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Wilderness Festival are happy to announce that this year, in lieu of your feedback and to say thank you for your continued support in allowing us to hold our festival in this beautiful area, we are making available a brand new Sunday Only Day Ticket, exclusively for those within the postcodes OX7 3** | OX29 9** | OX7 6**

Details as follows:

Adult (18+): £75

Teen (13-17): £60

Junior (6-12): £35

Child (0-5): £5

All tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Maximum four adult tickets per household and four teen, junior or child tickets per adult.

Available from Tuesday 21st May at Larcum’s, 8 Market St, Charlbury

To book you will need:

  • Proof of address: Photocopy of a utility bill or bank statement (within the last 3 months) including full name and address containing one of the postcodes OX7 3** | OX29 9** | OX7 6**
  • Proof of identity: Passport or driving licence with full name matching that on the proof of address

If you have any questions or queries please email [email protected]  or see full details here.

CLPG’s 2019 excursion makes track for the Settle & Carlisle Line

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The photograph shows Class 50 locomotives 50007 and 50049 at Arten Gill viaduct on the Settle & Carlisle Line with Pathfinder Railtours’ Cumbrian Hoovers excursion on April 14 last year. Picture is courtesy of Martin Loader/www.hondawanderer.com

The Cotswold Line Promotion Group’s 2019 charter train will take passengers from the Cotswolds to the famous Settle & Carlisle Line through the Yorkshire Dales and the Eden Valley in Cumbria.

The Cotswold-Eden Express will run from Oxford to Appleby, in Cumbria, on the August Bank Holiday Monday, August 26. 

Plans to run the train last year, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the founding of the CLPG, were unsuccessful but a partnership with Pathfinder Railtours has made this year’s trip possible.

The train will be hauled both ways between Oxford and Worcester by a Class 66 diesel locomotive, with the rest of the journey to Appleby and then back to Worcester powered by a pair of vintage Class 50 locomotives (subject to availability).

The train will leave Oxford at 05.30, then call to pick up passengers at station along the line to Worcester, with departure from Ascott-under-Wychwood expected to be at about 06.10, with the return train expected to arrive at 23.00. All timings are subject to confirmation at this stage.

It will run to Settle station in Yorkshire for a 30-minute stop, to allow time for the unveiling of a memorial plaque for the CLPG’s founding chairman Oliver Lovell, who helped the Friends of the Settle & Carlisle Line to fight British Rail’s plan to close the route in the 1980s.

The train will then continue to Appleby, where there will be a two-hour break during the afternoon, before heading for home via Carlisle and the West Coast Main Line.

There will be four classes of accommodation available on board the train: standard, first class, first class plus and premier dining.

Go to http://www.clpg.org.uk/blog/settle-carlisle-charter-train/ for more information and details of how to book seats on the exception. CLPG members are entitled to claim a 10 per cent discount on the ticket prices advertised at Pathfinder’s website, where tickets can be booked online, or use the booking form included in the new edition of the Cotswold & Malvern Line News newsletter. There are also discounts for bookings for a group of four people.