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Glasgow meeting. 16th March. All welcome

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eggyg said:
As if! You North Easterners are my nearest neighbours and if it wasn’t for the Freeman Hospital myself and Mr Eggy wouldn’t be here to tell the tale. Also @HOBIE and @Vince_UK would unfriend me! 😉
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Never ! We Geordies stick together. My second name is one of the strongest in the "Boarder Reivers" world. I like my history & am in a local history club. I worked in London & once they knew you where from the NE. You had the job 🙂
 
Vince_UK said:
We Geordies divint dee oot like that . We is a friendly crood we luv ya eggyg people yiz ar the best 🙂
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Is this a foreign language???
 
Parfict Geordie English the arnly langwhich tha is ahll the rist is copies
 
HOBIE said:
Never ! We Geordies stick together. My second name is one of the strongest in the "Boarder Reivers" world. I like my history & am in a local history club. I worked in London & once they knew you where from the NE. You had the job 🙂
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I too have a strong Border Reiver name, mind you I only married into them! I love history too, fascinating stuff.
 
eggyg said:
I too have a strong Border Reiver name, mind you I only married into them! I love history too, fascinating stuff.
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The Reivers have a fascinating history. My last Financial Controller had a fantastic Reivers heritage, he was from Carlisle. Kept an eye on my doings that was for sure lol
He was also an extremely nice guy
 
Vince_UK said:
The Reivers have a fascinating history. My last Financial Controller had a fantastic Reivers heritage, he was from Carlisle. Kept an eye on my doings that was for sure lol
He was also an extremely nice guy
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We’re all nice from Carlisle! I’m Carlisle born and bred and very proud of it, although I have enjoyed my week in Yorkshire, I am looking forward to going home. It’s just too busy, Carlisle is a city but a very small one, in fact I think it’s the smallest in the UK. Just the right size for me!
 
eggyg said:
We’re all nice from Carlisle! I’m Carlisle born and bred and very proud of it, although I have enjoyed my week in Yorkshire, I am looking forward to going home. It’s just too busy, Carlisle is a city but a very small one, in fact I think it’s the smallest in the UK. Just the right size for me!
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I actually like Carlisle last time I was there I took some Chinese business visitors to Gretna and then into the City. Drove them back through Penrith then over the top through Alston for a Bacon Sarnie. I should add they spent ages taking photos of the views, marvelled at them and just could't understand why the open space was not full of apartment complexes, BUT that is their logic.
 
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eggyg said:
We’re all nice from Carlisle! I’m Carlisle born and bred and very proud of it, although I have enjoyed my week in Yorkshire, I am looking forward to going home. It’s just too busy, Carlisle is a city but a very small one, in fact I think it’s the smallest in the UK. Just the right size for me!
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We really liked Carlisle when we stayed there some years ago, great feeling to it!
But sorry, eggyg, it is nowhere near smallest city in the UK, St. David's takes that title. Not even smallest in England: Wells, Ely, Truro, Ripon and 8 more in England are smaller, even not counting City of London. Wikipedia has Carlisle as 23rd smallest, though their figures may be out of date.
 
silentsquirrel said:
We really liked Carlisle when we stayed there some years ago, great feeling to it!
But sorry, eggyg, it is nowhere near smallest city in the UK, St. David's takes that title. Not even smallest in England: Wells, Ely, Truro, Ripon and 8 more in England are smaller, even not counting City of London. Wikipedia has Carlisle as 23rd smallest, though their figures may be out of date.
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You are probably right, but back in the day when you had to have a cathedral to be a city we were quite small as in the city centre bit. It’s actually tiny, takes about 15 minutes to do all your shopping! Suits me as shopping ain’t my thing anymore! Glad you liked it though, it’s quite cute! :D
 
eggyg said:
We’re all nice from Carlisle! I’m Carlisle born and bred and very proud of it, although I have enjoyed my week in Yorkshire, I am looking forward to going home. It’s just too busy, Carlisle is a city but a very small one, in fact I think it’s the smallest in the UK. Just the right size for me!
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I have peddled through Carlisle twice across the country & through the parks next to the river is very nice. This is going to be a Reivers meet ? 😉
 
I have a brother who lives in Carlisle. He grew up on the isle of mull. But now he sounds as English as anyone in Carlisle. I like going there for the day, especially on market day!!
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Anyway - back to Glasgow ...

I contacted The Auctioneer's to ask about Disabled/Blue Badge parking close by. Basically - there isn't any!! The nearest is on the north side of George Square, outside The Millennium Hotel.

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Oh, you would be unlikely to get a blue badge space available at that time of day! But sometimes cities have their own 'extra' rules for blue badge. Contact Glasgow city council and ask to speak to someone about blue badges. I know that in Aberdeen blue badge can park any single yellow so long as there is enough room from a car coming to see around the parked car. But my information is at least 5 years old, so don't quote me.
Just call the Council blue badge person.
S.
 
SadhbhFiadh said:
Oh, you would be unlikely to get a blue badge space available at that time of day! But sometimes cities have their own 'extra' rules for blue badge. Contact Glasgow city council and ask to speak to someone about blue badges. I know that in Aberdeen blue badge can park any single yellow so long as there is enough room from a car coming to see around the parked car. But my information is at least 5 years old, so don't quote me.
Just call the Council blue badge person.
S.
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I checked their website and got details.

Just need to be able to find actual space now.
 
C&E Guy said:
I checked their website and got details.

Just need to be able to find actual space now.
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AND for it to be empty!
I once parked at the ferry in Troon at 6 a.m. for my 10 a.m. ferry, some years ago, just to get a spot that would not have blocked the door opening on my return!
S.
 
Northie has sent me a mug shot of DF so she,s getting laminated today for on the table for us to all recognise the group. See you next week
 
I know it’s a week away, but can we get finalish numbers please so eggy (or myself) can confirm with venue next week
Thanks

I can come on friday
 
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