>>Chuck & Cammie were en-route to Hay-On-Wye but their chopper had to make an emergency landing:
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>>http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/prince-charles-duchess-camillas-helicopter-makes-emergency-landing-191527964.html
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>>So, was something wrong with your home's AAA battery, or did you just have it set to "non-lethal"?
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>>;-)
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>:-}
>Didn't hear of this until now although I knew they were coming. Had to laugh when I went in early yesterday - council workers brushing fresh sand into the 1/8" gaps between joins in the paving :-}

They say that, to the Queen, the world smells of fresh paint :)

>I go into hibernation mode for the next ten days - population of 3,000 swells to 80K and we actually get traffic jams :-}
>We've got about 16 people staying at the house so I've moved out, except for my office...

Wow - is that a yearly festival-type thing, or is it just the Royals visiting?

UPDATE: I see it's a festival: http://www.hayfestival.com/portal/index.aspx?skinid=1&localesetting=en-GB