David Matthew Baker Report post Posted December 29, 2007 As per the threads title who would be interested in a meet. Don't mind where. Just fancy something to look forward to and hope this will start a ball or balls rolling. Easter hols might be good for me or perhaps a bank holiday weekend. (If talking of travelling.) All ideas (might regret this) and interested participants welcome. (Must learn this is a good method to block out pain but doesn't help me get to sleep. If anything now more awake. Alcohols not helped either. Head spinning. Opps!) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted December 29, 2007 Yes. Still reeling from the disappointment of October meet which never happened (but I'll get over it) If its anywhere central JP & I will try & get there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clare63 Report post Posted December 29, 2007 New Year new start and all that, defo gonna get to a meet this year !!!! Clare x x x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bagpuss Report post Posted December 29, 2007 You know I'll try to make it David Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caroline- Report post Posted December 29, 2007 Count us in, sounds a great idea David Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Matthew Baker Report post Posted December 29, 2007 Any suggestions as to where would be easy for people to get to? Just don't say Birmingham. New Street station has been a nightmare everytime I've been there. Never been on the correct platform yet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
summertime Report post Posted December 30, 2007 If its central I'll be there Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bard Report post Posted December 30, 2007 Any suggestions as to where would be easy for people to get to? Just don't say Birmingham. New Street station has been a nightmare everytime I've been there. Never been on the correct platform yet. Urgh! I still have the occasional nightmare about that dreadful place. We were at boarding school in Devon, and family lived in Shropshire. The number of times as an unaccompanied, panicking 13 year old with a little sister in tow that I ran around that maze, trying to find out how to get to Shrewsbury. Carrying luggage, I hasten to add. They changed the platforms regularly, sometimes it was 17a, sometimes 13b... Not Birmingham! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Matthew Baker Report post Posted December 30, 2007 How would Leeds or Manchester suite people? I know both of them have decent transport systems and are easy to get to on main roads. I also wondered about Nottingham or Leicester but I'm not sure how easy they are to get to. Annoyingly Birmingham is most central but as said it is a nightmare station. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
summertime Report post Posted December 30, 2007 Nottingham could be a good spot, the tram system is quite good so transport is easy, not sure where we could meet though Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hev Report post Posted December 30, 2007 You know I'll try to make it David me too but only if you know who is going Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bard Report post Posted December 30, 2007 I like Nottingham, it's got a castle! And their railway line works...so far. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
summertime Report post Posted December 30, 2007 forgot about the castle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bard Report post Posted December 30, 2007 It's how boy and I remember towns and cities, or consider them worthy of remembering. Needs a Castle or a Cathedral. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mumble Report post Posted December 30, 2007 I like Nottingham, it's got a castle! And their railway line works...so far. No no no no no no no no no no no no, I've just escaped from those frozen wastelands - why on Earth would I want to return???????????? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted December 30, 2007 Manchester/Leeds fine for me. Anywhere for littlies to run wild though? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bard Report post Posted December 30, 2007 Don't want to go back to Manchester either. I like Leeds though. My great grandfather, and his dad, built large sections of it in the 19c. I have a soft spot for Leeds City Museum too, it was the first real museum I remember going to when I was 5. The ridiculous tap-dancing wolf mosaic is my fave, followed by the stuffed tiger. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tally Report post Posted December 31, 2007 I can get pretty much anywhere with enough notice. Getting time off work shouldn't be a problem with enough notice, except Easter week, but then the school holidays are AFTER Easter this year, are they not? Even if we don't meet in Birmingham, many of us may well need to change at New Street anyway. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
summertime Report post Posted December 31, 2007 Actually this year different counties are having holidays at different times, I know this cus I teach in Staffordshire and my DD's are all at school in Derbyshire and we have completely different Easter hols this year Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScienceGeek Report post Posted December 31, 2007 Can't do Easter Will be laid up in bed as I'm having surgery on the 19th March. Will have to make it to the next one then Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tally Report post Posted December 31, 2007 Is there no overlap at all Summertime? Maybe the weekend inbetween the two holidays would work best then? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
summertime Report post Posted January 1, 2008 hte actual easter long weekend and associated bank holidays are the same but nothing other than that, it works out well for me cus mine are older so it means while they are on holiday im working (so they can do some housework) and while Im on holiday I get a wuiet house best of both worlds I reckon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anita81 Report post Posted January 1, 2008 ooohhh i want to come too!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Matthew Baker Report post Posted January 9, 2008 (edited) ooohhh i want to come too!!! All are welcome. If people suggest dates when their free we'll see what magic we can weave. Now for a little song: Pinch me now I think I may be dreaming G Am G wake me up and let me see it's true G Am G everything I feel, just one day to be real C G F G seems like I'm finally coming through. C G D Shadows used to fall across my footsteps G Am G whispered voices telling me I'm wrong G Am G got them on the run, I'm walking in the sun C G F G I'm going back where I belong. C G D Chorus: Some say that it never would, some say if it only could G D F G I'm doing what I know I should, feel it now, I believe it's coming good. http://www.lindisfarne.de/songs/coming_good.txt Edited January 9, 2008 by David Matthew Baker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted January 9, 2008 Apart from easter & my birthday w/e (18-20 april) fairly empty calendar at the mo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KateBall Report post Posted January 9, 2008 How about Bristol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Matthew Baker Report post Posted January 9, 2008 How about Bristol That would be an interesting one for me to get to. I think I'd have to overnight a couple of nights. Still happy to have any suggestions as even if I can't make a meet we might find a group of people who'd like to meetup somewhere and be able to organise that. There is no reason it just needs to be one meetup. Time wise I'm fairly free. Have one evening in Feb. I'm seeing the Kodo drummers at the Sage though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tally Report post Posted January 10, 2008 It might not be so bad David, the Edinburgh - Penzance train (which stops at Bristol) passes through Newcastle and Sheffield, so might go near to you. Only one overnight might be quite reasonable. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mumble Report post Posted January 10, 2008 Oh, Bristol would be nice. Far but not too far and somewhere I've always wanted to go. Can we meet on the Clifton Suspension Bridge?? I have a bit of a thing for suspension bridges - especially ones that wobble more than an appropriate amount!! :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Matthew Baker Report post Posted January 10, 2008 A 4 and a half to 5 hour journey depending on train. I guess that is possible. You are right some trains go direct. I have caught trains a few times that would terminate at Bristol Templemeads. If there are a few interested in Bristol we can always organise one there and another somewhere more up North such as Leeds. That isn't much worse than my journey to Oxford was time wise. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tally Report post Posted January 10, 2008 Bristol is remarkably convenient for me, so I'm keen! I'm quite willing to travel further, given enough notice. I do need notice to get the time off work though, wherever we go. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted January 10, 2008 Hmm. Under 4 hrs by train for me, dont think I'd drive it. Do-able. & I've always wanted to see Bristol but didnt think it was worth a w/e there, so yes, provisionally. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Matthew Baker Report post Posted January 10, 2008 Um now that's even more tempting. Just remembered you can fly to Bristol from Newcastle on EasyJet. It looks like it would be between �12-20 each way but then it only takes an hour and a half. The airport is quite a way out of the centre though. I flew from there on the way back after my Grans funeral. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suze Report post Posted January 10, 2008 Anyone interested in Oxford again as it was such a nice place . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tally Report post Posted January 10, 2008 Pearl, you could always visit Bath or Wells from Bristol. There is also a Science-type museum in Bristol that is well worth a visit. There are all kinds of buttons to press and stuff. I'd be travelling to Bristol by car, so I might be able to pick up from the airport. I expect there is a bus too. I could also travel to Oxford. I've never been there. Fairly easy by car or train by the looks of things. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KateBall Report post Posted January 10, 2008 Um now that's even more tempting. Just remembered you can fly to Bristol from Newcastle on EasyJet. It looks like it would be between �12-20 each way but then it only takes an hour and a half. The airport is quite a way out of the centre though. I flew from there on the way back after my Grans funeral. Those of us driving there (me included) could collect you from airport. Its on my way! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted January 10, 2008 Anyone interested in Oxford again as it was such a nice place . I bet flozza put you up to that! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted January 10, 2008 Pearl, you could always visit Bath or Wells from Bristol. There is also a Science-type museum in Bristol that is well worth a visit. There are all kinds of buttons to press and stuff. I'd be travelling to Bristol by car, so I might be able to pick up from the airport. I expect there is a bus too. I could also travel to Oxford. I've never been there. Fairly easy by car or train by the looks of things. Ooh now that is tempting. Might make a weekend of it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mumble Report post Posted January 10, 2008 Pearl, you could always visit Bath Ooh, yes. I forgot that the Northerns didn't yet have bathrooms of their own in their houses or hot running water to go with them. A trip to bath will allow you to remove all the spilt jaffa cake that must be building up to quite a crust. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted January 10, 2008 Ooh, yes. I forgot that the Northerns didn't yet have bathrooms of their own in their houses or hot running water to go with them. A trip to bath will allow you to remove all the spilt jaffa cake that must be building up to quite a crust. Shurrup you or you'll be doing an unplanned bungee jump off the Clifton Suspension Bridge Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
