Be Excellent To Each Other

You haven't even confirmed that you're in yet!

GIVE ME AN EM!
GIVE ME AN AY!
GIVE ME AN ELL!
GIVE ME AN EE!
GIVE ME AN EE!

WHAT HAVE WE GOT?

A headache.

Emily?

Geoff?!

If Myp doesn't go, I'm out.

If Riles goes but myp doesn't go and myp goes with Riles, I'm out.

I'm in.

We can try and convince Ex-HOC1 to come if she ever turns up to a quiz.

Same deal as last year, Cras (except I drive)?

I'm almost certainly in - just me

Malc

In, possibly Zeppo too.

Totally IN

(it's been in the diary since the last one, so it only seems right to attend...)

(219 sleeps! Yay)

Does that mean you'll come and pick us up?

I'm (possibly) in. +1

I reserve the right to do the hokey cokey about it and make my final decision at the last possible moment.

Doesn't make much sense that way around, does it?

Actually, joking aside, I should clarify I'm a no.

Numbers got tight last year and for various reasons Curio could have ended up out of pocket. Best that I clarify that rather than he counting me as an in with a potential +1 and get screwed on the money.

Not for you, perhaps

We can work out the details nearer the time. I might need to get wine delivered to yours or something, but that should be easy enough.

Yes, carrying a case of wine and a pig plus luggage on public transport from Hither Green to Bedford would be something of a challenge...

But who will wear the tiara?

Myp?

Don't call yourself a pig!

Any more interested people?

Myp and I are a definite no. Soz!

Boo!

Have I said yes? If not, "yes".

You are both officially rubbish. Booking something two years in advance is inexcusable.

Other than Beex Cottage 6.

Also,

Actually, the last time we went to the beer festival was 2008, so it's 5 years in advance! We couldn't go in 2009 because of our honeymoon, 2010 & 2011 because of the cottage, 2012 we had tickets for a show (and a family member died that weekend, so we wouldn't have gone to the cottage even if we'd been free), so I think we're due a visit in 2013.

beer festival with myp will take 90 minutes. What are you going to do with the other 70.5 hours? Eh?

I'll just come and pick you up after work.

Make sure to grab my phone while you're there!

Feex for honeymoon.

I dream of ninety seconds

With Myp?

Is this happening?

Is money needed?

Can I get a confirmation of dates please so I can book annual leave?

Thanks

Malc

Yeah, this. I need to get my holiday on.

When is this?

We currently have 18 people interested (including Other Dave).

Are all still interested? Is anyone else?

That would, just, fit into the main cottage. Only three couples would get double beds (out of four... five if you count Grim/Cras), and each twin room would have two occupants. And if anyone else wants to come they would need to either share a room with a couple, or find a sofa or inflatable mattress.

Alternatively, we go with both cottages, but at increased expense, but greater flexibility and comfort.

We've already got the 14th to the 18th of October booked off, so it should be happening then.

Any idea of the potential one cottage / two cottage costs?

Planned dates are 11-14 October.

I assume Russ booked the week afterwards off, to recuperate.

Bummer, That's not in the 2 weeks I'll be in the country. Maybe next year.

In the region of 1500/2500.

So, really, booking just the one is obviously preferable in terms of cost. But less preferable if more lovely people want to come, and we can't fit them in.

So £85 each for 1 cottage, with no real chance of it getting any cheaper as extras can't really come.
or £140 each for 2 cottages, with the chance of it getting cheaper if extras come, plus being more space and comfier.

Hmmm....

I'd be happy with the £140, but I wouldn't want to choose that option if it would stop people being able to come.

Does the one cottage only just fit in the people that have declared in? It would be a good idea for anyone newly declaring themselves in or out to do so now.

I made a graph. I like graphs. I've taken as gospel's Curio's figure of 18 being the tipping point of needing the second cottage; that can be fuzzy, depending on how many couples come, though.

At 18 people, it's £83 per person. If we then rent the second cottage too, you don't get back down to £83/person until you get up to 30 people (which I think is both cottages as full as it gets, might even be more people than fit.)

I'm a maybe for this, incidentally.

Send The Egg along either way

People like you are the problem.

Yeah, I got the dates wrong. What Curio said.