Be Excellent To Each Other

Lifted from the Manchester thread:


We should do this this year, reckon.

Here is the place that Bobby and Curio stayed: http://www.peakdistrictonline.co.uk/acc ... /l685.html

This sounds awesome.

I'm in.

Especially since with Manchester I seem to be turning into 'Mr Chris-new but not really improved'.

I'm doing that sort of thing for New Year. it's not costing too much either.

Stayed here over new year. Cheap and excellent

http://www.blithfieldlakesidebarns.co.uk/

Very close to the Beex Geographical centre point, too.

Funny you mention this, as Bobby and I are indeed doing this very thing this weekend. In fact, he's probably already there.

We're going here (please don't come and murder us in the night):

http://www.cottage-choice.co.uk/cottage ... 6165.shtml

Will let you know how it goes!

Is it cheap? And when and where?

I believe we talked about this on Wednesday.

Depends on the 'when', but my interest is piqued.

I'm thinking soon after the prices drop for the off season.

Depending on the price, The Wiff and I will be interested.

We talking a weekend? Friday + sat night, leave on sunday?

I'd be tempted if it was easily accessible and reasonably priced

It usually works out easiest to have it in the Midlands, so you'd be sorted.

Prices range from 40-70 quid a head for the entire stay (you can stay Sunday night too if you want).

Often this can be varies, for instance if we take a place with beds for 20 and 25 turn up, discounted rates apply (especially for those without beds!).

This could be fun.

No, were talking forever in a hippy commune with Kalmar growing us organic electricity and me farming pigs dressed like Felicity Kendal.


I'll pick you up and you can stay for free as long as you promise to be a faithful wife.

Dressing pigs up as Felicity Kendal is challenging at times.

As long as that means cooking for you, shouting at you and no sex.

I don't have a car, but I presume getting somewhere near then a lift or whatever would be workable

I hereby claim a bed.

Needs more detail. I heard the sound of raping boots being slipped on.

Interested.

Fucsake. I always forget my anti-rape disclaimers.

*crosses fingers behind back*

Exactly that, yes.

In my free stay offer?

"Now come and sit on your husband's knee"

Yes.

Assuming it's a weekend I'm free, then in fo shizzle.

Aye, I'd be up for this as long as it's fairly easy to get to (no guarantee I'll have the car) unless Gill & Jen are driving down then it's little or no problem.

Sounds like fun.

Picture added for mental imagery.

Good plan.

I've wanted to organise a boat trip for ages along the same lines. Alas, boats are expensive and I am shit marketing.

"Buy our shit"

Easy.

Not quite, you also have to say "it's dead good".

Sounds good.

The house plan, or the shit Riles is selling?

You sure about that?

You may remember this definitive answer to that point:

Right - sophisticated Google Map technology gives us this distribution of BeeXers across the UK. Each red dot is a BeeXer. There's one that looks quite a lot like Zardoz, if you look closely.



Some really complicated but accurate algorithms will now plot the optimum meeting point in blue.



There you have it - BY SCIENCE.

That all falls down when the host doesn't turn up because he's got to pair his socks, though.

If we are going to do this, I'd rather go further than 4 miles from my house. So no Blithfield reservoir please.

Or...

I've got that on DVD, it's awesome.

Well, the place near Derby was still decent, and a good weekend was had by all.

It has 8 or 9 bedrooms. Most of them have two single beds in them, though there are a couple of double beds, as well. If we're spilling over from that amount of people then there is a second building right next to it which sleeps another 15 or so (or we can have people on airbeds and stuff if they really want to).

So, yeah.

Or we could all just go to the Jolly Sailor at Bursledon and look at the signed photos of the cast of Howards' Way.

Since its within walking distance of me :-)

(and does excellent food)

Meet photo sorted:



Agree that the food is good there. Heaving in the summer though, and indeed most weekends. That place is the worst kept secret in Hampshire!

I'm in But when? February 2011?

Hmm. Perhaps September 2010 would be more sensible?

You've got to give me at least six months notice or I won't be able to come.

If we're going off-season then the end of September/start of October would be good. Not too cold so we can go for walks (ha!) and lots of nice, crunchy leaves on the ground. And far enough from Christmas to mean people will have money. Maybe.

I won't be attending this. Pub meetings are one thing, but being trapped in a house with you lot...

That's how horror movies start!

And my birthday.

And My Birthday. And Mrs Grim...'s Birthday (which means I won't be coming).