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shiv

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i know the last one was only yesterday...

but i REALLY want to meet up with you guys! i couldn't come this time because of finances, but if we organised something for next year/early next year, i will be there!

is London always the easiest place for people to meet? i know we have a few up north, would a more central meeting place be better (e.g. Birmingham :D)?

someone get this ball rolling...please!
 
It aint the money side with me tbh its my son, i dnt think he would wanna travel on a train with me knowing he aint getting nowt out of it ( he is 8 cmon) and dragging him away from his mates at a weekend id never be forgiven.
ohh the perils of havig no family near.
 
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b'ham good for me ..my train takes me all the way...but i might be late!!
 
Good idea Shiv!

I'm up for travelling across country and there'd be room in the car for others if needed.

We would have to consider rail engineering work and also plenty of advance notice to get advance purchase tickets. There are some real bargains to be had if you book 8 weeks in advance.

It would be a good idea if someone could scout out a possible venue for a meeting point!

Wetherspoons pubs are a good idea, they are large, have reasonable food and the beer is cheep! Perhaps we could ask the landlord to reserve an area for us. (Another group I'm a member of does this very successfully!)
 
tez - i thought people might want to do it in feb/march, so plenty of time to book tickets!

in all honesty i myself am perfectly happy to travel to london, but i hate the thought our northern friends might not be able to come because of that...but i can't speak for people!
 
yes if i had a date or few like the other meet cause Feb my dad comes here for 2 and half weeks of it,
 
Count me in if its not whilst im on hols! :D
 
shiv said:
i know the last one was only yesterday...

but i REALLY want to meet up with you guys! i couldn't come this time because of finances, but if we organised something for next year/early next year, i will be there!

is London always the easiest place for people to meet? i know we have a few up north, would a more central meeting place be better (e.g. Birmingham :D)?

someone get this ball rolling...please!
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By starting the thread you may have nominated yourself to organise it....😉

I'd definately be up for going to the next one. I think London is usually a fairly convenient place as most areas have half decent links into it. I am happy to travel though, (did 2 1/2+ hours each way yesterday!) if a different place is picked, although some places are just impossible to do in a day from Norfolk so it would have to depend!

I've found when organising work things when it's not London Cambridge and Peterborough are sometimes quite convenient to get people from different places to....?
 
no way I could do London, but there is the Scotland meet up being plan for us northerners
 
Maybe a new poll is needed (where you can select more than one option) with the various location suggestions...?
 
aymes said:
Maybe a new poll is needed (where you can select more than one option) with the various location suggestions...?
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yup aymes sounds a good idea, does it have to be Northener who does it
 
SacredHeart said:
Yeah, there's no way I could do anywhere down south. I just can't afford the tickets!
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does it make any difference if you book them months in advance? say if we decided where we were doing it before christmas, but it wasn't until feb/march?
 
SacredHeart said:
Yeah, there's no way I could do anywhere down south. I just can't afford the tickets!
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see for me, its the opposite. I cant afford to get up north, the ticket prices are horrific. I went to derby for one weekend, and without a railcard it was nearing ?100 on the train. With a railcard I managed to get the ticket for ?43 but still OUCH! :(
 
Hi all....I'm deffff up for another meet up..some of us were saying we should have a picnic in the summer or something...but meet up again before then deffo 🙂 I can travel if need be...just depends where...bring it on I say :0)
 
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