Anyone up for a Welsh meet?

[tooth_fairy]

Count me in too, just outside Caerphilly me, so can get pretty much anywhere as very near the M4 corridor....

[parian]

count me in for 1st july, I'm from blackwood

Ian

[callumsgran]

seems the first of july is popular! except of course to those greedy ones who want to go to the picnic as well!
how many from this area are going to london exactly?
the thing is i will actually be living in devon by then so it would be trickier to come any other time

[meagain]

1 July is a Sunday, so I imagine it would have to be a daytime event for most were it on that day. Be aware that Speedway comes to Cardiff that weekend.

[stadium_arcadium]

Hi peeps, yeh I'd already said that it couldn't be July 1st, due to other CAG meets and it being a Sunday. I don't know if any welsh members are going to the other meets, I can't cos it's too far to travel

I am currently looking into dates and venues....how does 6th or 7th July sound? or 13th or 14th? both are weekends. If I can get a general idea on the best dates to suit most of us, then I will get on with setting a firm date. It will def be Cardiff I would imagine. Also if anyone needs somewhere to crash I could possibly put them up.

[The Capitulator]

Hi all
Just posting my interest in the Welsh meet, I am based in Mold North Wales. please pm me when time /date/place is fixed. regards Carl

[stadium_arcadium]

Hi fellow welsh (and bristolian) members, I have a date and venue.......

Place
Prince of Wales,
(82 St Mary Street, CARDIFF, CF10 1FA )
Cheap drinks and food available

Date Sat 14th July 2007.

Time anytime after 1pm

Can all you lurverly peeps post here or PM me if you can/can't make it? It would be great to get an idea of how many of us will be there

[meagain]

Bugger. I'm in London (I think) on the 14th.

The good news for travelling members, the Prince is about 30 seconds' walk from Central station. The bad news is that there is a Travelodge a short walk away.

[Varangian3]

This sounds OK for me

Last train home to Newport is about midnight and I can walk from there.

Varangian

[The cobbett slayer]

I have a prior engagement with Mrs Slayer that day unfortunately.

It also clashes with a colleagues stag weekend in Blackpool and when I mentioned this to the dear lady and hinted that I may prefer Blackpool to an evening out with her, the answer was "Do what the **** you want".

I don't think that actually means what it sounds like:o so I won't be going to either Blackpool or Cardiff I'm afraid.

[parian]

ok for me, count me in

Ian

[kalujo123]

I could possibly make it

[ArthurP]

Originally Posted by stadium_arcadium

Hi fellow welsh (and bristolian) members, I have a date and venue.......

Place
Prince of Wales,
(82 St Mary Street, CARDIFF, CF10 1FA )
Cheap drinks and food available

Date Sat 14th July 2007.

Time anytime after 1pm

Can all you lurverly peeps post here or PM me if you can/can't make it? It would be great to get an idea of how many of us will be there

Good day but bad rendezvous!

Brains used to have their brewery across the road with The Albert next door yet Wetherspoons used to sell Brain's beer much cheaper than The Albert, or any other Brain's pub in Cardiff. Why?

Stale beer! All the dregs were/are farmed out to the said chain of pubs and never again would I ever drink in these establishments and risk a long night on the lav!

[Linjie]

Sounds like a great idea. I've never ventured into Wales so it would be a real adventure.

[meagain]

Originally Posted by ArthurP

Good day but bad rendezvous!

Brains used to have their brewery across the road with The Albert next door yet Wetherspoons used to sell Brain's beer much cheaper than The Albert, or any other Brain's pub in Cardiff. Why?

Stale beer! All the dregs were/are farmed out to the said chain of pubs and never again would I ever drink in these establishments and risk a long night on the lav!

Biggest pile of BS I've ever heard from someone not working for a bank.

J D Wetherspoon plc practically rewrote the book on cost-efficiency for the licensed trade. Low-maintenance furnishings (many tables wipe-clean), huge-scale bulk buying (better rate for pub, better NPV for brewery), no music (saving up to 700 x £700 in royalties to PRS), no sound on TVs (apparently means they pay Sky a good deal less) - lots of small cost savings across the board add up to very big cost savings, all of which is why they can afford to vastly undercut the opposition (by as much as £1/pint in some cases - most usually the posh clubs filled with pretentious and wannabe-pretentious types), yet still turn a healthy profit.

Nothing to do with buying substandard product, though a bad batch will hurt them more than most others. In my long experience, anything substandard at a JDW pub tends to originate within the pub (such as taking a well-laid out chocolate cake and ruining it in a microwave).

[stadium_arcadium]

There's nothing worse than a spoilt choc cake!!:o
Seriously, I don't drink beer, never have, much prefer breezers me


OK, I popped on to update...
So far I have had 4 definates and 2 maybes, with at least another 10 to get back to me. I will send reminders out to the ones who haven't got back to me next weekend. I also intend to get into Cardiff soon, to go check out the venue, get an idea of the layout.

I am looking forward to meeting you all

[stadium_arcadium]

Hello again folks, seeing as I had to go pick up some N1 forms from the court (is it just Cardiff, or have all the courts stopped supplying the whole info package and just giving out the bare minimum of paperwork?) I decided to go check out the Prince of Wales yesterday...ended up staying there all afternoon I'm glad I picked it, the staff were friendly, there's a great area where we can use as a meet point (I also found out that I may be able to reserve this....more details to follow nearer the time.)

As the 14th is a problem for alot of members, how would you all feel if we change the date to Sat the 7th? (apologies to all who have said yes for the 14th, I'm just trying to be a bit flexible to suit everyone )

If this is a suitable/unsuitable date, please let me know

Diolch yn fawr