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| Jamanda |
SW Christmas do 28/11/09The village hall is here.Come off the A386 at the top of Torrington Hill, opposite the Commons where the castle bonfire can be seen. Go down Limers Hill (B3227) past the old milk factory and over the bridge. Turn left opposite the chapel and go up the hill about 50 yards. The hall is on a corner where a steep lane goes up to the right. To park drive past the hall and find a spot along the road. so we've potentially got Sean, Jamanda + BW Vegplot (+?) Alison (just me I think!) Drewsephine (+?) Toggle + 2 Togglets Stacey Brown and Madame Bear Yummersetter (+?) TD Chez, Nena and Leo Fee and HT Chickem, Mr Chickem and 2 little chicklets HelenM, Luke & Abbie Sally_in_Wales Gardening girl + one Vanessa + OH |
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| vegplot |
It this exclusive or inclusive? I put my hand up but the only person around to see it was Tim who thought I was asking to go to the toilet. I'm at work by the way. | ||||||||
| Jamanda |
Totally inclusive 
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| alison |
yes please, depending on whether it is turkey time | ||||||||
| vegplot |
I'd be keen, I'll see what EV says. |
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| Drewsephine |
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| Jamanda |
Earlier I think. when exactly is turkey time? |
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| Bebo |
25th December, silly! |
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| Jamanda |
Not for Alison it isn't - it's all over by then. |
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| Bebo |
You mean I can't kill mine on the morning and shove them straight in the oven 
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| Jamanda |
Well you could, but you'd be eating fairly late. You feeling better then? | ||||||||
| Jamanda |
You've got to promise to bring Pricey! |
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| Bebo |
A bit. Just tucked into a big bowl of chicken soup just like my mum used to make me when I was a kid. Always makes me feel better (and the steam coming off it is clearing my sinuses). Anyway, hadn't you better go back to organising your gathering? |
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| Jamanda |
Nah, I'm going for a bath. I was just wondering if enough people fancied it to make it a goer. | ||||||||
| toggle |
Re: SW Christmas do
maybee |
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| vegplot |
You cook them? |
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| alison |
Not sure yet, but if you have the do in November, we should be okay. I don't choose Turkey day, my friend does all that. |
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| Jamanda |
OK - At the moment I think it's looking more like a pub meet than hiring somewhere from numbers. I'll wait till the end of the week. Chez and Arvo are off line, and there's a few others about. It would be nice to have enough to do something like the Earwig Convention last year. | ||||||||
| Stacey |
I might - depending where and when | ||||||||
| Jamanda |
Well it looks like the end of Nov, and I was thinking of booking Taddiport village hall for a an afternoon session with a meal. | ||||||||
| Brownbear |
We would like to join in the fun. | ||||||||
| Stacey |
Is Taddiport doable on the train? I want to get some use out of my various railcards
Good heavens - it means Toad Gate and it used to be a leper colony. Do I really want to eat my lunch there? 
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| sean |
The nearest station to us is Barnstaple. You could get a bus from there or one of us could come and pick you up. | ||||||||
| Brownbear |
We will be going there from Exeter, and could take three there and back. | ||||||||
| Stacey |
Hmmm - train to Barnstaple or Exeter is eminently doable 
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| yummersetter |
we'd like to come, if life's running smoothly again by then - except, just to be sure what I'm signing up for - what exactly was the Earwig Convention? | ||||||||
| Brownbear |
We have to drive right past Exeter St. David's on our way up to North Devon, so that would be no problem at all. |
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| mochyn |
Is there any news of a Welsh equivalent yet? | ||||||||
| sean |
This was. |
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| Brownbear |
No thread on it yet. Why not start one? |
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| mochyn |
I'll do just that... |
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| Treacodactyl |
I will try and make it, weather permitting. Is there anywhere nearby to stay at all? | ||||||||
| Jamanda |
You could kip here if you wanted. |
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| Drewsephine |
That all depends on whether he gets in touch or not 
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| Jamanda |
Oh dear, is he incommunicado again? I hope he's OK. | ||||||||
| Drewsephine |
He's probably fine, just never gets in touch | ||||||||
| Jamanda |
Ooo, you sound just like his Mother
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| Treacodactyl |
That would be great, would it be a Saturday? |
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| sean |
Think so, then people have Sunday to recover/get home. | ||||||||
| Brownbear |
We can offer a spare double bed and a double sofa-bed for anyone coming from further afield. | ||||||||
| Drewsephine |
Nah, my voice is much deeper than hers
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| Jamanda |
I'll try and get the last Sat in November -28th. | ||||||||
| Treacodactyl |
I expect everyone to be up and down the beach by 6am. 
Actually I'm flexible and don't tend to sort things out until a day or two before hand. |
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| Fee |
Ooh, I missed this, sounds doable to us too, but I'm NOT driving this year
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| resistance is fertile |
we could do that w/e
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| Chez |
Us please! | ||||||||
| Jamanda |
Hurrah!
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| Jamanda |
You could stay here too, but you'd have to fight with TD over who got the bunks and who got the double bed
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| Treacodactyl |
It'll probably just be me and I can bring a sleeping bag, mat and pillow so all I need is floor space. |
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| Chez |
It's two hours from us but we have a spare bed if anyone would like it. | ||||||||
| Chickem |
Hello!
I don't know how i missed this thread  ......we come too please?
that's me, Mr Chickem and 2 little chicklets!!
It would be great to meet you all!
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| sean |
The more the merrier. 
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| Helen M |
yes please.....me please x |
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| sally_in_wales |
I might be able to come, especially if I can share travel with some of the South Wales contingent as Gareth won't be able to get out of work and will have the van | ||||||||
| Helen M |
come with me! |
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| Jamanda |
More Hurrahs!
I've booked the hall. It's a nice, little, old hall, a spit away from the river Torridge with good walks and with a little garden area at the back. Walking distance from Torrington and our house, though there is a rather steep hill involved on the way back up. |
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| sally_in_wales |
Excellent! Many thanks
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| Helen M |
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| Stacey |
Sorry, I missed this . That would be excellent, thank you. |
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| Brownbear |
OK, so that's one for a lift. We can take two more, and as I said there's a spare bed for anyone who wants it. I don't drink so am happy to drive back after the Bacchanal has concluded. |
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| Jamanda |
I think Stacey probably comes with smaller persons needing a lift too. | ||||||||
| resistance is fertile |
When are they going to put a cable car on Mill St. | ||||||||
| Jamanda |
A giant stanna stair lift would do the trick
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| Stacey |
Bring my children with me? Anywhere? Don't you know who I am?
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| Brownbear |
I assumed she meant you kept pet dwarves. Or maybe leprechauns. |
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| Stacey |
Oh, well that's entirely different. |
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| Fee |
That'd be fab, thanks We can always bring a double inflatable mattress and need only floor space too, if you get full
'citing! |
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| sean |
We've got room for six before people need to start bringing mattresses and the like. Anyhoo, we can sort that out nearer the time. | ||||||||
| Jamanda |
Erm we're up to seven now - which is fine. Just need to know how many for sat only and how many or Friday too. | ||||||||
| sean |
Are we?  Nobody tells me anyfink...
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| Fee |
We'll probably stop off in Somerset on the Friday night and come over Saturday. | ||||||||
| yummersetter |
Oh, is this going to be our autumn visit then? Don't time fly by
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| Fee |
I think it's a must, don't you? Probably a flying one, tea and cake? We know far too many people in Somerset these days
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| yummersetter |
well, we're hoping to make it to Devon too, so if you need to conserve your time for 'other folk' do, not that you wouldn't be exceedingly welcome, either coming or going.
We've just got to train new dog not to howl and shriek when left in the house alone, first  He's never been away from his family before so it's taking a bit of time. At least now he's sleeping through the night without crying.
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| Fee |
Good
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| gardening-girl |
Just got back from the Tour de France in a camper van!
Can we come ? What are the dates? there is a page missing from the forum! |
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| alison |
The date is in the title of this thread. | ||||||||
| Jamanda |
All the pages seem to be OK now - but never mind, it's the last weekend in November, at Taddiport Village Hall near Torrington. Times will be finalised a bit nearer the time. Hope that you can make it. |
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| Jamanda |
Important question.
Do we have any veggies, or anyone that needs gluten free stuff or anything coming? |
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| Fee |
Equally important question - what cake shall I make?
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| Jamanda |
What you offering? | ||||||||
| Helen M |
what can i bring?
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| sean |
Jamanda's corset? | ||||||||
| Helen M |
you should have it by then
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| Chickem |
and can i do anything to help/set up?
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| Jamanda |
How's this for an embyronic plan? We meet at the hall early afternoonish. People can socialise, go for a walk, swap, barter etc. About 5ish we'll eat a big vat of something like Irish stew, made by Sean and me (Ali - we may need to come and borrow a big catering pot in advance if that's OK?) Volunteers to bring homemade bread/cakes would be great. I know we'll get loads of cake - if we don't have any bread bakers coming, there is a good bakers in town so I can get nice bread anyway.
Then after a leisurely tidy away we can work off the meal by jogging up the one in four hill to the pub for the evening - (only joking about the jogging!) Obviously people will come and go as their time/circumstances dictate. |
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| Chez |
I can bring bread. | ||||||||
| Jamanda |
Cewell - just need pudding then. I'll get some clotted cream to go with what ever people bring. And I'll organise soft drinks - anyone wanting to bring beer/wine etc please feel free We'll bring down a bottle or two of home brew as well.
I take it there are no veggies then? |
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| gardening-girl |
I can bring pudding or bread!
If we bring Dora the Explorer, is there anywhere we can camp for the night?(We have heating!) |
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| Jamanda |
I'm sure you could squeeze her in somewhere close by. I'm afraid we don't have space, but if you just need somewhere to park up I'm sure we could find somewhere close by. If you need an actual campsite, then Alison is about 3/4 hour away, and there is another nice one about 4 miles away. |
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| gardening-girl |
Don,t really need a campsite for just one night, depends on alcahol intake! | ||||||||
| Jamanda |
Car park just down the road from the pub then! |
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| Chickem |
Treacle tart & Mince pies ok?
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| Jamanda |
Oh yes! |
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| Chickem |
Ok
consider them done!
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| gardening-girl |
Any more news about the weekend?
Is it still going ahead? |
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| sean |
Yep, Led Zep are reforming to do an acoustic show for us...
Sorry, that's not entirely true. The plan is pretty much as outlined by Jamanda a bit up thread and it's still going ahead. |
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| Jamanda |
Erm - yes - the hall is booked - we've got a putative menu. I'm assuming everyone's got it in their diaries. |
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| Fee |
Contemplating my Christmas baking and realised it's only 4 weeks till the SW gathering!
Shall I do a Christmas cake? How many are we? And should we bring a box of TEA fromt brewery? We could do bread too, if required. And do you need some money for the hall? edit: forgot Sean and Mandy aren't here atm
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| lettucewoman |
bum.
got a two day craft fair. on that weekend. Bum. I'm never going to see everyone ever again. 
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