The next unofficial... Keswick anyone?

....and Steve spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...


> Graham G wrote:
>> Steve Taylor muttered summat about:
>>
>>> Mother wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sorted, Date?
>>>>
>>> Where ? Near Gaydon ?
>>>
>>> Steve
>>
>> 10 miles from Stratford upon Avon
>> 12 miles from Banbury
>> 6 miles from gaydon
>>
> Worr. Pretty damned central.
>
> Steve

'Slookin better all the time.

--
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 20:43:20 -0000, "Graham G" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>I'm told that the exact centre of England is only about twenty miles away.

I'd always thought that was near Matlock?


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In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:13:44 +0000 (UTC), "Graham G" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>> Sbould we put down some fixed points for next year ?

Yes!

>> There's the Durham 101 Unofficial in May, Eastnor in June....
>>
>
>Could probably second guess approx dates for shows and events etc, then fit
>maybe a couple unofficial meets in there, maybe one at either end of the
>year.

I reckon the only 'official' events we'll be doing next year will be
Eastnor and Peterborough. Planning on making the County Durham event
a week long break.


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of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

Mother" <"@ {mother} @ muttered summat about:

> On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 20:43:20 -0000, "Graham G" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm told that the exact centre of England is only about twenty miles
>> away.
>
> I'd always thought that was near Matlock?

no idea, its what someone told me once, didn't say it was right! Maybe they
meant it was the furthest point from any coast, cos I guess they would be
different?

--
Graham

101 GS
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Graham G wrote:
> Mother" <"@ {mother} @ muttered summat about:
>
>
>>On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 20:43:20 -0000, "Graham G" <[email protected]>
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I'm told that the exact centre of England is only about twenty miles
>>>away.
>>
>>I'd always thought that was near Matlock?
>
>
> no idea, its what someone told me once, didn't say it was right! Maybe they
> meant it was the furthest point from any coast, cos I guess they would be
> different?
>
What's the point of "Meriden" in Warwickshire then ? I thought THAT was
the centre of England.

Steve

Steve Taylor muttered summat about:

> Graham G wrote:
>> Mother" <"@ {mother} @ muttered summat about:
>>
>>
>>> On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 20:43:20 -0000, "Graham G" <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I'm told that the exact centre of England is only about twenty
>>>> miles away.
>>>
>>> I'd always thought that was near Matlock?
>>
>>
>> no idea, its what someone told me once, didn't say it was right!
>> Maybe they meant it was the furthest point from any coast, cos I
>> guess they would be different?
>>
> What's the point of "Meriden" in Warwickshire then ? I thought THAT
> was the centre of England.
>
> Steve

Beats me. If thats the case then its about 27 miles from me!

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On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 11:17:57 -0000, "Graham G" <[email protected]> wrote:

>>> I'm told that the exact centre of England is only about twenty miles
>>> away.
>>
>> I'd always thought that was near Matlock?
>
>no idea, its what someone told me once, didn't say it was right! Maybe they
>meant it was the furthest point from any coast, cos I guess they would be
>different?

Furthest point from the sea or summat...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/3090539.stm



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of distributed ignorance. And we know and understand less while being
increasingly capable." Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs
In memory of Brian {Hamilton Kelly} who logged off 15th September 2005

Mother" <"@ {mother} @ muttered summat about:

> On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 11:17:57 -0000, "Graham G" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>>> I'm told that the exact centre of England is only about twenty
>>>> miles away.
>>>
>>> I'd always thought that was near Matlock?
>>
>> no idea, its what someone told me once, didn't say it was right!
>> Maybe they meant it was the furthest point from any coast, cos I
>> guess they would be different?
>
> Furthest point from the sea or summat...
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/3090539.stm

seems to be some debate. Think this is link is based from the same piece of
information. The one you have quoted would appear to be centre of GB. Centre
of England would appear to be Linly Hall Farm, which as it happens is one of
my customers and is approx 30-35 miles from me. Long and short of it is that
I'm pretty central ;o)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_points_of_the_United_Kingdom

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On or around Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:01:23 +0000, Steve
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Graham G wrote:
>> I'm told that the exact centre of England is only about twenty miles away.
>> Don't know whether thats true, but we must be close. Has down sides, like
>> its a bloody long way to any beach from here!!
>>
>
>Sbould we put down some fixed points for next year ?
>There's the Durham 101 Unofficial in May, Eastnor in June....

May as well make the same suggestion I made in another place here:

The Smartgroups thing that I have various bits running on has, among other
things, a calendar.

I've set one up for the said other place, the idea being not use it as a
discussion list by email (we have one of them, after all) but to use the
calendar and photo album space and so forth. It will then email group
members about new calendar events, and will email reminders about calendar
events (provided you set 'em up correctly.)

If enough people think it's a good idea, I'll set one up for AFL. It
requires a valid email address to sign up to it.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
If all be true that I do think, There are five reasons we should drink;
Good wine, a friend, or being dry, Or lest we should be by and by;
Or any other reason why. - Henry Aldrich (1647 - 1710)

On or around Tue, 01 Nov 2005 11:11:37 +0000, Mother <"@ {mother}
@"@101fc.net> enlightened us thusly:

>On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 20:43:20 -0000, "Graham G" <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>I'm told that the exact centre of England is only about twenty miles away.
>
>I'd always thought that was near Matlock?

Meriden, I believe, somewhere near(ish) Coventry.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
If all be true that I do think, There are five reasons we should drink;
Good wine, a friend, or being dry, Or lest we should be by and by;
Or any other reason why. - Henry Aldrich (1647 - 1710)

....and Austin Shackles spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...

> The Smartgroups thing that I have various bits running on has, among
> other things, a calendar.
>
> I've set one up for the said other place, the idea being not use it
> as a discussion list by email (we have one of them, after all) but to
> use the calendar and photo album space and so forth. It will then
> email group members about new calendar events, and will email
> reminders about calendar events (provided you set 'em up correctly.)
>
> If enough people think it's a good idea, I'll set one up for AFL. It
> requires a valid email address to sign up to it.

Sounds like a runner. I'll give it a go.

--
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==============================
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Tiggrr (V8 trialler)

On or around Tue, 1 Nov 2005 20:08:29 -0000, "Richard Brookman"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>...and Austin Shackles spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...
>
>> The Smartgroups thing that I have various bits running on has, among
>> other things, a calendar.
>>
>> I've set one up for the said other place, the idea being not use it
>> as a discussion list by email (we have one of them, after all) but to
>> use the calendar and photo album space and so forth. It will then
>> email group members about new calendar events, and will email
>> reminders about calendar events (provided you set 'em up correctly.)
>>
>> If enough people think it's a good idea, I'll set one up for AFL. It
>> requires a valid email address to sign up to it.
>
>Sounds like a runner. I'll give it a go.

OK, email me with the email address you want to use. Don't forget to remove
the spamtrap, or I may never see it.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam! afar Drag the slow barge, or
drive the rapid car; Or on wide-waving wings expanded bear the
flying chariot through the field of air.- Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802)

Graham G <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny about:
>> Sorted, Date?
>
> Pick one!

Any you can't do Graham given your the "hostess with the mostess" ;-)

Lee D

Lee_D muttered summat about:

> Graham G <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny about:
>>> Sorted, Date?
>>
>> Pick one!
>
> Any you can't do Graham given your the "hostess with the mostess" ;-)
>
> Lee D

Narrow it down to a particular month, and I'll see what she says.

....it would literally be a field if I organise it. Power, water and a shed
near by. Could probably find a camp site nearby without too much trouble.
Depends how simple you want it to be. Equally depends what you fancy doing
over the weekend period. Off road for a day is easy enough, but more than
that will need to be sorted out. TBH there are so many things to see and do
locally that you may want to spend longer, Shakespere
theatre/birthplace/mother's house/stratford etc, Warwick castle, cotswold
villages, zoos, motor museum, etc etc etc. As far as thinking of things to
do as a collective, I'm not sure. Pub lunch is easy to sort. Beach would be
out of the question. There are some nice walks around and about if that was
your thing. Could arrange quad biking or clay pigeon shooting or the like
easy enough, have friends who run them. As far as green laning round here,
I'm not sure if there are many, Simon would have to help with that one. I
suppose it may be possible to get a trip round Landrover, but that will
require a lot of work to set up.

As many answers to the following as poossible would help:

Do you want to have a meet in the midlands?
When would you like it to be?
How long would you like to stop?
How much would you want to pay?
What camp facilities would you like?
What activities would you like to partake in?
Given number of cancilations and so on on the last one, how much needs
organising beforehand?
Deposits?
Is ther anything I've missed that you think is important?

I guess these could apply to anyone wanting to sort out a meet so big
response please.

Cheers

--
Graham

101 GS
101 Rad Bod

"Graham G" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> As many answers to the following as poossible would help:
>
> Do you want to have a meet in the midlands?

Yeahs

> When would you like it to be?

Selfishly 18th to 23rd April Inclusive , because it's Easter hols so Kids
are off and Mrs D is off too- Oh and I'm off as well which helps. I know you
mentioned you couldn't do these dates but has this changed with the venue?

> How long would you like to stop?

Given it's in the Middle of the Country and depending on activities arranged
1, 2 or poss 3 Nights if we include stuff for other halfs entertainment too.

> How much would you want to pay?

Similar figures to Certified locations (CL's) with the caravan club for
pitches £3 to £10 a night depending on facilities. Anything else would be
the going rate for off roading, £30 ish for pay and play, more if tuition is
included (for those who would like it such as other halfs again and newbies)

> What camp facilities would you like?

We can manage with a relatively flat field, water and somewhere to empty a
chemical loo. (Hole in the ground ususally suffices on none technical CL
sites. I guess others may want Loo's and showers. Power would be a bonus if
we set up field cinemas. But I have a genny if required and can be self
sufficent.

> What activities would you like to partake in?

Social is enough for me to be honest, some sight seeing. There are enough
events with organised 4x4 off road events for me not to worry to much about
this. BBQ, Beer drinking, plenty of sticks for the kids to play with and
entertainment for the kids. Somewhere the dog can strech her legs. Perhaphs
a trip to the races given the territory we would be in. :0)

> Given number of cancilations and so on on the last one, how much needs
> organising beforehand?

Site definately, off roading should be jacked up with who ever is the
service provider, they will no doubt dictate terms and conditions. Anything
else appears to be normal activitiy unless we get a humongous turnout then
Pubs may want some advance warning of hungry survivalist nutters incomming.

> Deposits?

I'd say none returnable deposits which make up more than 50% of the cost.
People are paying for a service that is still provided even if they don't
attend.

> Is ther anything I've missed that you think is important?

You haven't mentioned Beer, thats very important in any event, you did
however say "Cheers" which indicates you are subliminally considering the
Beer Option.

Lee D

Lee_D muttered summat about:

>> When would you like it to be?
>
> Selfishly 18th to 23rd April Inclusive , because it's Easter hols so
> Kids are off and Mrs D is off too- Oh and I'm off as well which
> helps. I know you mentioned you couldn't do these dates but has this
> changed with the venue?

Might be easier to do, def for me, but Em might only make evenings. Will
have to run it by her.

>> How long would you like to stop?
>
>> arranged 1, 2 or poss 3 Nights

No problem

>> How much would you want to pay?
>
> Similar figures to Certified locations (CL's) with the caravan club
> for pitches £3 to £10 a night depending on facilities. Anything else
> would be the going rate for off roading, £30 ish for pay and play,
> more if tuition is included (for those who would like it such as
> other halfs again and newbies)

If its in my field camping would probably be free or minimal (maybe beer
tokens for father). Off road; I'll have to ask my mate, but I'm sure he
would do it at mates rates.

>> What camp facilities would you like?
>
> We can manage <snip>.

Thats about what it would be if it was at my place. Trying to establish
whether I might need to look at camp sites locally?

>> What activities would you like to partake in?
>
> Social <snip>

I'd agree with that, but two+ days of lounging around drinking might be a
bit much...what am I saying!!

> Perhaphs a trip to the races given the territory we

Thats an idea, Stratford or Warwick are quite good.

>> Given number of cancilations and so on on the last one, how much
>> needs organising beforehand?
>
> Site definately,

Depends, field or site? Field I'm not worried, site I would need to book.

> off roading

Not too much of a problem, its a pal of mine, might depend on whether he has
any other groups in. Will find out.

> Pubs

My local is pretty good, they cater for coaches. Do a supurb sunday roast
with local produce! They would only really need a couple of days notice.

>> Deposits?

> I'd say none returnable deposits which make up more than 50% of the
> cost. People are paying for a service that is still provided even if
> they don't attend.

fair enough

>> Is ther anything I've missed that you think is important?
>
> Beer,

My local is within walking distance, there is the world renound Hook Norten
Brewery up the road (who do superb tours). Beer shouldn't be too much of a
problem ;o)

--
Graham

101 GS
101 Rad Bod

Sounding increasingly like I'm going to end up having to sort something out.

Would there be any other takers appart from Lee? Could do something with
Devon if anyone prefered that? Or of course ther is Lee's original
suggestion?

--
Graham

101 GS
101 Rad Bod

Graham G wrote:
> Sounding increasingly like I'm going to end up having to sort something out.
>
> Would there be any other takers appart from Lee? Could do something with
> Devon if anyone prefered that? Or of course ther is Lee's original
> suggestion?
>
We'll be in, but we'd prefer a campsite.

Steve

On or around Thu, 03 Nov 2005 18:22:45 +0000, Steve
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Graham G wrote:
>> Sounding increasingly like I'm going to end up having to sort something out.
>>
>> Would there be any other takers appart from Lee? Could do something with
>> Devon if anyone prefered that? Or of course ther is Lee's original
>> suggestion?
>>
>We'll be in, but we'd prefer a campsite.

ditto, contingent on it not clashing with other events.

ditto campsite - the provision of bogs and showers is handy for those of us
without self-propelled houses.
--
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"Nessun maggior dolore che ricordarsi del tempo felice nella miseria"
- Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321) from Divina Commedia 'Inferno'

On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 09:40:46 -0000, "Graham G" <[email protected]>
scribbled the following nonsense:

> As far as green laning round here,
>I'm not sure if there are many, Simon would have to help with that one.

No problemo!

>
>Do you want to have a meet in the midlands?

Nice and central, so good!

>When would you like it to be?

Anytime

>How long would you like to stop?

As long it takes for my hangover to wear off, but 2-3 days is good

>How much would you want to pay?

Depends on facilities, minimal, or no facilities couple of quid a
night, moving up with showers, bogs etc

>What camp facilities would you like?

Will be completely self sufficient by then, but bogs are nice,
chemical toilets and number 2......

>What activities would you like to partake in?

Beer
BBQ
Chat
Sunbathing
oh, maybe a bit of offroad play or laning!

>Given number of cancilations and so on on the last one, how much needs
>organising beforehand?
>Deposits?
>Is ther anything I've missed that you think is important?
>
>I guess these could apply to anyone wanting to sort out a meet so big
>response please.
>
>Cheers

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