Manchester Spinners Meet up Info + Stuff

I got very, very dampened today. Did it rain in Manchester too? Did we miss a deluge?

yup got absolutely pissed on at this festival thing in chorlton that we went too

would you be irritated if i said it was warm in rhyl?

Ah good, the meet was postponed, I somehow managed to catch a cold/throat infection so i've been in bed for the past 5 days.

Sunday the 13th, anyone?

Ello ello ello,

I was wondering.... Just wondering if anyone might be wanting to host a Sydney sider in Manchester after the meet on Sunday the 12th?

*grins*

I'm heading up to Edinburgh the next morning and was hoping to come along for a twirl on the Sunday. See what you lovely British twirlers are all about....

Neon Shaolin can vouch for me. He stayed at mine for a short while in Syd. Smiles.

Argh!

A reference ye be wantin'?

Dave is a lovely fine upstandin' chap who put me up/put up with me during my stay in Sydney and it quite the multi-talented chap so would be worth having at the meet and as a house guest...!

It's been a long time man, looking forward to seeing you!

I may be able to make the meet on Sunday (first in aaaaggggeees), but I know my housemate wants to go down to the festival thingy-mi-bob in Platt Fields (but it's such a trek).

I will however, most definately be at Play. I have tickets, time off and everything. I assume other people are going and this year maybe i ought to hang around manchester guys at least a little. Is anyone driving down on the Wednesday with space in car for a cheeky sod? I'm very wary of relying on the non-play bus at the other end...

Alex
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Thats a good point actually...
Who's going?

Play Roll-Call!!!

SOUND OFF LIKE YOU GOT A PAIR!!!

Me, I'll be there (and quite possibly on Sunday too, yup, shocker, Nigel isn't working the day of the meet. Yet.)
And I should be bringing Claire again (my neighbour, she of the impromptu spoon-playing workshop last year)
(A pair of what? Swinging clubs? Poi? Staffs? Legs? Eyes? Ears? Arms? Bicycles? Inline skates? Quads? Climbing shoes? Curtains?...)

I'll be going, gonna be training it down at some silly time in the morning... who ever knew that 7.30am existed...?

well, that was a death knell, wasn't it...

Who's coming on Sunday? Think it'll be castlefield again?

Yeah Castlefield it is

I propose to meet at 3pm if people want?

I'll be going to meet BandanaDave about 1630ish anyway...

I'll be there, or atleast my physical form will be

ok fun, me and pete will probabyl be there about 4pm ish

Yea yea, I'm slack...
In my defence I have to get a job pretty darn soon and I spent my afternoon working on that.

I trust y'all had fun in the sunshine...

Anyone up for some non-commital frisbee?

Not really

Right -
Shell Island looks the best option at the mo - secret garden requires pro spinners like toast or chimaera, and its in Cambridgshire.

Shell Island is £7 per night, fires on the beaches, its a site of special scientific interest, so it'll be nice, it's approx 60 miles from Chester, probably more, therefore nearer 90 from manc. Theoretically not that much further than Welshpool, but the roads will be windier as we have to go across Snowdonia nation park to get there, so it'll be a nice drive.
Weather looks OK, but it's still too far off to get a good read.

I'm in, anyone who wants to go please PM me your telephone numbers so's I can organise meeting up to travel convoy etc etc. Any more Q's please PM me!

And please note, this IS an open invite, so anyone who wants to, and is not a manchester spinner, will be welcome. We're not clicky...

And if you want to bring anyone it'll be cool, the more, the merrier, just point them in my direction...

the only block to not being able to camp is that the site is not licenced for campervans.

Also please post here if you're coming... or I could start a new thread?

I'm up for Shell Island. I have no transport of my own but do have Young Persons Railcard and experience at getting really annoyed at trains 8-).

What's Shell Island like for getting food (I'm not talking about hunting rabbits here) - do we have to bring *everything* with us or will we be able to buy supplies there?

Alex
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*cough* start a new thread *cough* well pete as you know its a given that im coming, but i will have space in my car for a few people, one might possibly be taken, but you can organise transport cant you

but yeah as far as im aware shell island has snack bar, a resturant and a tavern bar.....i think, but all the info is available on the website.