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Post by MatBat » Mon Apr 05, 2004 8:34 am

about 130 miles, here is a map:

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Hope you can make it :D
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Post by kiboomiz » Mon Apr 05, 2004 10:16 am

hmmm......am thinking about it seriously now. can you give me more details of date/time/cost/etc ?

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Post by kirsty_2003 » Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:31 am

if like i didnt get there till sunday and left about reasonably early on monday? would it matter?

its just under 200 miles for me
just under three hours it will take me........

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Post by strangegame » Thu Apr 08, 2004 2:39 pm

i dont think you could make it any further from Scotland

well unless you go abroad

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Post by dragon » Thu Apr 08, 2004 2:53 pm

kirsty_2003 wrote:if like i didnt get there till sunday and left about reasonably early on monday? would it matter?

its just under 200 miles for me
just under three hours it will take me........
You may well be on your own then, since we don't actually know if it's ending on Sunday
or carrying on till Monday - originally I thought it was a 3 dayer, but after speaking with Chris on the phone, it sounded like it was a Saturday thing with the Sunday being chill out and depart in your own time, so a 2 dayer...

Hence the 31st has a ? next to it in the title :(

Chris, can you confirm the exact detail please?
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Post by Joolz » Thu Apr 08, 2004 3:10 pm

anyone going from scotland is quite welcome to stop a wee while at my house its probably not quite half way. Cant decide if its too far for me either, poss 4 1/2 hours there need to think about it some more......

why do people in melksham always eat mash potato?

they have no devizes of chippenham......erughhhhhh sorry
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Post by JohnTurbo » Thu Apr 08, 2004 11:33 pm

If anyone wants to tow me from Sheffield... A lowly student can't afford to drive to anywhere as 'central' as there! My 480 was given to me afterall...
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Post by C6REW » Sat Apr 10, 2004 7:00 am

Hi Jethro,

A fair distance I am afraid 130 miles. However if you are travelling from Nottingham to Devon on that day.

When are leaving?

Do you have to arrive at a certain time?

You could go right past us with a very minor detour. Obviously look at a map and find Swindon, south of there you will find Devizes. We are 5 miles to the East in Chirton. If you have family with you, a detour could take you through Avebury a very enchanting stone circle used in many films. Then when you leave us you could go to Stonehenge which is boring but worth seeing.

Let me know if you are interested and I will send you directions.

Regards

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Post by kirsty_2003 » Sat Apr 10, 2004 9:28 am

oh well.... you lot have a good time and maybe i shall join you next time :cryhard:

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Post by strangegame » Sat Apr 10, 2004 11:53 am

Joolz wrote:anyone going from scotland is quite welcome to stop a wee while at my

thanks for the offer :wink:

but i woulnt be there :angry:

im away to Oban that weekend

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Post by kiboomiz » Fri Apr 16, 2004 7:05 am

I'm afraid I won't be able to make it, I have to be at Kingsbridge to check into our holiday cottage for 10am, & I don't think the rest of my family will be overly impressed if I shoot straight off again, especially as it'll leave them with one car between 7 of them...

I'll definately pencil mysef in for next years meet though, but give me plenty of notice so we don't book our holiday at the same time!

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Post by coyote1980 » Sun Apr 18, 2004 9:34 am

Hi all,

since I don't think there is really a need for having several threads about a single meeting I have decided to close two of the three UK Maymeeting threads. The Central Topic thread will remain open.
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