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Forum's birthday - location

Location, location, location

  • Birmingham

    Votes: 11 28.9%

  • London

    Votes: 14 36.8%

  • Manchester

    Votes: 10 26.3%

  • Oxford

    Votes: 3 7.9%
  • Total voters
    38
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shiv

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Please vote if you are thinking about coming - please bear in mind cost of travel to location and if you would need to stay over night when making your vote.

It would be brilliant if anyone who drives would be willing to drive up and pick up people in their local area/on the way, chipping in for petrol might cut down on costs for some people? Plus it obviously means more flexibility in terms of when you wanted to leave.

Just to point out that November 14th, the actual birthday, is a Sunday - so we could in theory celebrate on the day itself, but Sundays are a little more difficult for travel - although not impossible! Of course there's the option to travel on Saturday night and return on Sunday.

Cheers! Shiv 🙂
 
on behalf of the Scots, and all north of Watford, B'ham or M'cster

please.................................
 
Any more votes guys? I'll leave this open for another week or so as I know there must be people on holidays. I'll go and post in the main forum to bring people over here.
 
I normally wouldn't mind where the meet was, but if all goes to plan I will be having surgery on Nov 8th and won't be able to drive for 2 weeks, but then I am thinking even maybe a train journey might be too much, for me I would have to say London as it is the nearest to me. I won't vote as I will really only know if I am coming that week to see how I feel after surgery.
 
I'm not going to vote as I don't really mind where it is, and will try my damnest to get there, depends on date/work/home, if it's beyond the smoke I may even drive and could pick some up on the way?? I would prefer it to be London Oxford or Brum.

Note from me for future national forum meets, I think York is a good choice as it has good transport links, perhaps nearer the true centre of the uk than others?, trains I think are only 3 hrs from london.
 
oxford because it's pretty and full of history and there are gorgeous parks and rivers and THE BODLIAN LIBRARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
SilentAssassin1642 said:
oxford because it's pretty and full of history and there are gorgeous parks and rivers and THE BODLIAN LIBRARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I've never been to Oxford! I must say, I think Manchester in November might be a bit grim weatherwise = depends how early and how bad winter is this year I suppose 😱
 
I've had to vote for London. I know it's not always the most popular of locations for many but Norwich 'sticks out' so far east it's the only location I can be certain I could do. I would of course try to get elsewhere, but we tend to get so many engineering works out this way in the autumn that it may or may not be feasible....!
 
Northerner said:
I've never been to Oxford! I must say, I think Manchester in November might be a bit grim weatherwise = depends how early and how bad winter is this year I suppose 😱
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Which is why Birmingham should win! Hehe, not that I'm biased.

Oxford is beautiful and definitely one of, if not, my favourite cities ever. I love it there. In fact I really should go, it's only an hour or so by train!
 
I'm going to have to say Birmingham as I know it's easy to get to from down south and I assume it isn't too hard to get to from further north. I've seen it and it's small which'd make getting everyone to one place easier.
 
TomH said:
I'm going to have to say Birmingham as I know it's easy to get to from down south and I assume it isn't too hard to get to from further north. I've seen it and it's small which'd make getting everyone to one place easier.
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Hehe! Don't let them hear you say that - it's the second largest city in England! 😱 😉
 
cant really vote cos im happy with London B'ham or Oxford all local really ...Oxford is lovely ( i was brought up there!) could hire the inside of a boat for a river trip ..but in November ?? but maybe cheap as traditionally not a tourist time ....?? happy to investigate costs if required
 
I *MIGHT* be able to come if it's in London
 
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