[F]Notts Beer and Walking Meet Report.
Maurice Barnes
band of AFPers gathered in the town of Nottingham.
Those were:
Maurice Barnes
ppint
Janice Wright
Mike Knell
Supermous
Andy Brown & other
Meeting at the beer festival, drinking occoured, some of which
included:
Cambrinus -The Reckoning
Castle Rock - NPA
Church End - Chocolate
Church End - Cherry
Coach House -Gunpowder Strong Mild
Darwin - Evolution Ale
Hampshire - Lionheart
Harviestoun - Brookers Bitter and Twisted
Kelham Island - Pale Rider
Rooster - Yankee
There were others that we didn't get to taste such as the:
Frog Island "Five Bellied Toad"
Mallard "Duck n'Dive"
Picks "Bedlam Bitter"
Anything from Titanic
Woodfordes "Baldric"
Church End "Bananananana"
I am assured the ciders were not good and that the Perries were also
not the best.
Converstaion was limited as the froup was standing next to the stage
and speakers in the only bit of clear floor. More than one attendee
did a double-take at SM's furry friend <g>.
Hey, there was serious drinking to be done <g>.
I should point out that at this point the ppint had not yet arrived.
After deciding the next days activities we split and Janice and I came
back to irc, re-conviening on the bus with mpk and wondering why so
many sprogs were out in Nottingham at 11pm on a Friday night. Rob
Collier was called from the bus to gauge his attendance for the next
day.
After a period on irc and about an hour's sleep ppint arrived at
approx 2.10am having been forced to take a most extraordinary detour
and thus adding time to his journey.
Saturday:
Breakfast and on to Matlock for walking like noises, though for the
first 2 hours or so this consisted of slurping noises in the coffee
shop. Lunch was had, and walking of part ofthe Peak Rail footpath
commenced, we etoured up to Darley dale and then I found an uphill bit
which led to a nicely gladey wood with ferns and other hortic things I
could happily geek about <g>.
A family of wild boar were photographed in the rain in an enclosure
before retuning on the downhill bit to the JD Weatherspoons pub in
Matlock for a three hour warm/dry/drink.
Evening was spent not at the Beer festival but at the Vic in Beeston
as Forest were at home. This was deemed to be the place to eat and
chat for the evening and peruse Con photos.
Sunday.
Janice didn't have to catch the train until the evening so with ppint
and I sallied forth into the wilds of Shipley Park to the NW of
Ilkeston for a far less uphill/downhill experience and a look at
people being dropped from heights at the Merkin Adventure World theme
park in the valley below. Addicting Canada Geese to (f)Lindt and
failing hoplessly to throw ppints boomerang properly although coming
close to self-decapitation. Lunch was had at the visitor centre and
exhibits perused before wnding our was back to base for Janice to
catch her train.
Things geeked:
Gravedigging
OS's
Tree
OS's again
Work Experience (interns for merkins)
Feedback
The advantages of opposible thumbs
Buses
Feel free to add to, denounce as heresy or think of any quotes as you
may.
Maurice Barnes - bar...@globalnet.co.uk
"There's no need to get dramatic" said Dougal "but there may
be something in what you say."
Trixie
(snip)
Father Leary would be *so* disappointed in you... ;)
Trixie
.Nisaba Merrieweather
Maurice Barnes <*bar...@globalnet.co.uk> wrote in article
<70gdob$b6n$1...@library.lspace.org>...
> Occuring over the weekend of the 16th-18th of October, a small select
> band of AFPers gathered in the town of Nottingham.
>
> Those were:.....
Occurring on most weekends is a regular meeting of a small but dedicated
band of AFPers in Sunny Downtown Gosford.
These are...
<small voice> Me.
--
.Nisaba Merrieweather
nis...@tac.com.au
Heather Knowles
>
><small voice> Me.
>
>
How I know the feeling - is the Durham Chapter just me? I know other
fans, but they're not AFPers and they just don't understand! (*And* they
don't eat enough cheese.)
--
lotsa luv
Heather
xxxxxxx
hea...@fanged.demon.co.uk
Grebil
<hea...@fanged.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <01bdfcaa$74cd66a0$60d266cb@default>, .Nisaba Merrieweather
>>
>><small voice> Me.
>>
>>
>How I know the feeling - is the Durham Chapter just me? I know other
>fans, but they're not AFPers and they just don't understand! (*And* they
>don't eat enough cheese.)
>--
>
Hey, are we talking Durham ... COUNTY Durham here?
I thought it was just ME!
<waves enthusiastically>
:)
Sarah
Anejo
<362dee3d...@nntp.onyx.net>...
> >How I know the feeling - is the Durham Chapter just me? I know other
> >fans, but they're not AFPers and they just don't understand! (*And* they
> >don't eat enough cheese.)
> Hey, are we talking Durham ... COUNTY Durham here?
>
> I thought it was just ME!
>
> <waves enthusiastically>
Be warned - this is how Organising An Afpmeet starts...
Anejo
Heather Knowles
<Sarah....@onyx.net> writes
>Hey, are we talking Durham ... COUNTY Durham here?
>
>I thought it was just ME!
>
><waves enthusiastically>
>
>
>Sarah
>
Yay! I'm in Esh Winning (Deerness Valley, about 6 miles west of Durham
City) - where the heck are you?? :) :)
--
MegaMole
>>>
>>><small voice> Me.
>>>
>>>
>>fans, but they're not AFPers and they just don't understand! (*And* they
>>don't eat enough cheese.)
>Hey, are we talking Durham ... COUNTY Durham here?
>
>I thought it was just ME!
>
><waves enthusiastically>
>
>:)
>
>Sarah
The Senior Lay Clerk of Durham Cathedral, a mate of mine, likes
Pratchett.
Like me, he's a counter-tenor; unlike me, he's very tall, THIN (grr),
has a little beard and called Tom.
Pop down to Evensnog^H Evensong one day and wave at him.
"Tell him Paul the Mole sent you."
So next time he sees me he'll thank me for passing him all the female
afpattention... <wink>
--
MegaMole
jes...@innotts.co.uk
<70gdob$b6n$1...@library.lspace.org>:
>Occuring over the weekend of the 16th-18th of October, a small select
>band of AFPers gathered in the town of Nottingham.
>
>Those were:
>
<sniplet>
>Andy Brown & other
Oops! Didn't I introduce Rosie?
I blame having been at the Beer festival for two hours already 8-)
>
>Meeting at the beer festival, drinking occoured, some of which
>included:
>
<snip list>
You forgot the Butt's Jester (well, I /had/ to try that didn't I?)
<snip>
>I am assured the ciders were not good and that the Perries were also
>not the best.
I think they'd been stored in the boiler room 8-(
<snip>
>Saturday:
>
>
>Evening was spent not at the Beer festival but at the Vic in Beeston
>as Forest were at home.
I think Supermouse might want a word with you about that. . .
Andy Brown
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Heather Knowles
<PSmit...@countertenor.demon.co.uk> writes
>Pop down to Evensnog^H Evensong one day and wave at him.
>
>"Tell him Paul the Mole sent you."
>
>So next time he sees me he'll thank me for passing him all the female
>afpattention... <wink>
>
^^^^
to snog Tom? My SO may have something to say on the matter... But I
*will* wave!
Heather Knowles
<an...@gwydion.highwayone.net> writes
>
>Be warned - this is how Organising An Afpmeet starts...
>
I would *love* to set up an AFPmeet - only one problem. I'm virtually
housebound with M.E., and probably wouldn't even be able to attend, let
alone organise one. I'm also not too good on the phone, as my energy
levels vary so much, but I love logging on here, especially if I can get
to 'meet the neighbours'!
There are positives to having M.E., though - I may not be able to
remember events from specific DW books off the top of my head (although
I always recognise them when someone *else* refers to them), because of
dodgy concentration and memory, but this also means that I can endlessly
reread DW and come to each book as if I had never read it before, every
time!
Supermouse
<hea...@fanged.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>I would *love* to set up an AFPmeet - only one problem. I'm virtually
>housebound with M.E., and probably wouldn't even be able to attend, let
>alone organise one. I'm also not too good on the phone, as my energy
>levels vary so much, but I love logging on here, especially if I can get
>to 'meet the neighbours'!
You have my sympathies. I have ME myself, have had for 3.5 years now.
I can get to afpmeets. It means feeling grotty for the rest of the
following week, but it's alway (IMHRO) worth it! :0) Especially when
it is the only time I *do* go out.
It sounds like yours is worse than mine though. *hugs*.
Is there any chance of you being able to 'save up' energy to blow
on an outing? (which is what I do) or doesn't it work like that for
you?
Certainly I do thank my lucky stars for internet access.
Cordially,
--
Supermouse
Or would you rather be a Rodent?
afpRodent to Miq
Supermouse
wrote:
>>Evening was spent not at the Beer festival but at the Vic in Beeston
>>as Forest were at home.
>
>I think Supermouse might want a word with you about that. . .
Wprds have been had and grovelling apologies offered (and accepted)
from mpk and phone numbers exchanged so it doesn't happen again. :0)
Plus I do have an extra, free, beermug. So it wasn't all bad. Despite
the furry Thing.
Cordially,
--
Supermouse
A wandering Rodent I,
A mouse of cheese and crackers...
AfpRodent to Miq, lurker behind carol's Fridge.
Heather Knowles
<Super...@warnco.com> writes
>
>Is there any chance of you being able to 'save up' energy to blow
>on an outing? (which is what I do) or doesn't it work like that for
>you?
>