Oxonmoot

[wellinghall]

We are back from Oxonmoot 2014 - the 41st altogether, my 22nd in a row, and adaese's 36th in a row. I think the weekend went well - met lots of friends, god-children and father-in-law, bought books, attended more papers than I usually do, saw four libraries and three of Tolkien's houses, had two good dinners, saw the stunning LonCon 3 masquerade-winning costumes, and got to imitate the action of the Samaritan.

A longer write-up, and photos, may follow at some point.

Comments

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

I read that as "imitate the action of the Saruman," and wondered exactly what Sarumannish (Sarumanly?) thing you'd done. None of them options sounded very promising.

[heliopausa.livejournal.com]

That sounds great fun - what came up in the papers? (I'd love to see the costumes, if that's possible.)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I went to:
- Murray Smith: Knights and ‘officers’ in the Middle Kingdom and in Middle-earth
- Michael Flowers: The Tolkien Society on BBC Radio
- John Garth: Tolkien 100 years ago ...
- Sonja Virta: Tove Jansson's illustrations for The Hobbit
- Andrew Higgins: Tolkien, Lost Tales and the Invention of Ottor Waefre.

There will be photos of the costumes!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Destroying Fangorn forest, nope.
Secretly taking up smoking, nope.
Desolating the Shire, nope.
Lying to the Lord of the Nazgul, nope.
Giving gifts*, yes!

*Well, technically a gift.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Photos here:
http://wellinghall.livejournal.com/1097446.html

[heliopausa.livejournal.com]

Thank you! That was great! :)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

You are very welcome :-)

[apademek.livejournal.com]

I beat Adaese by 2 years, my 38th in a row. I wonder if Charles or Jessica can beat that?

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Jessica missed one, but I don't know when it was. I think that Charles has missed a couple.

ETA: Charles thinks that Jessica missed 1977, and says that he missed the first and 1990; so you win!

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

So glad you had what sounds like an amazing time! Those costumes were amazing.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thank you - and weren't they just!