XMAS Party? 1st or 8th December???

[Tim Watts]

As per the topic really...

Selfishly these are the only weekends i'm not working in December and I really wanna come! ;-)

Should we think about booking the Brit again?

Sat 1st or Sat 8th pretty please :-) :-)

[Joel Colk]

is it this time again all ready? oh dear  :lol:

Either for me Tim

[Danny Sutton]

is there anywhere to stay near the brit, i fancy comming but would like to have a drink and obviously couldnt get home if i did..

[Joel Colk]

i usually stay at the travel lodge in Halykn. Is usually just under £30 for a family room.

http://www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels/133/Halkyn-hotel/rooms-rates?from=list

Give it a few weeks and there are usually some offers to share rooms ect

[John Nicholson]

Has to be the 1st of December for me and Bella.

Last year we camped in the van in the layby on the lane that leads over the bridge, but were woken up by the lorries filling with salt at the Council Depot over the road as it got icy.

Is there any venue other than the Brit?  I know I am one of many people who felt the food last year was not at all commendable.

[Joel Colk]

Are the Glan doing food yet? I seem to remember that there is also accomodtaion above the pub there.

Most of the food was used as missiles across the dining area at the last party. I'd expect that to happen anywhere though. I'm sure Mike started it too  :lol:

[John Nicholson]

Yes, Mike did.  But others abetted.  Mike has no taste for decent food though, so it is not surprising he reverts to throwing it about.  

More seriously, I was wondering whether you Joel, and Vikki Sestan could do something clever - either at the Glan, or at the hall behind the White Horse, Cilcain.  I don't mind paying £20 to £25 for a good Christmas dinner (excluding drinks).  It seems silly to cut corners on our Christmas meal for a tight price.  I also don't mind helping with preparing veg etc given guidance.

[Joel Colk]

Ok, i have catered before for large christmas parties and was spearheading a Sunday cavery for years, but your idea has one flaw John. I'm expecting to be blind drunk!

I'm leaving it up to other members who live locally to come up with some good suggestions of venues. As long as the food is reasonable, not too expensive, and they can throw a good party afterwards, i am happy.

[John Nicholson]

I'm sure you could do us all an excellent meal - if only you could keep the getting blind drunk bit until after it is all served and being eaten.  If we roasted a leg of lamb, a turkey and a chunk of beef, served with a selection of vegetables, plenty of good gravy, and normal spread of sauces.  May be choice of Christmas pudding and something else.

[Ian A]

WOOOOOOAAAAAAHHHH !!!!!!!



We have provisionally asked Vikki to organise this years party and she is currently away on holiday. At this moment we have not agreed anything with her and she has not formally committed to doing it ....

When she comes back off holiday I will ask her formally and if she accepts everyone can then dive in with ideas/suggestions etc.

 

Ian

[John Nicholson]

Thats really good news Ian.  
Is it a case of great minds think alike?

[Ian A]

Possibly  

[Joel Colk]

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When she comes back off holiday I will ask her formally and if she accepts everyone can then dive in with ideas/suggestions etc.

 

Ian[/quote]

She has no choice now. It's in writing  :lol:

[Claire Brimson]

Right then you hotch potch of dolly mixtures  :lol:  :lol:

You all LOVE the Mendips!!!! So.......

I propose we have the Christmas rave up down here!  You have fab accommodation at the Wessex..... A pub you can get plastered in - actually 3, yes, 3 pubs to get plastered in and ALL do really good food!!!

You can bring your wives, mistresses, husbands, partners, animals  :blink:  etc... and have a damm good knees up down this way.

Then...... its caving time!

AND.... I bet Les would agree.   Sooooo .... why not bite the bullet and come down this way for a change! Or are you all too scared we will eat you alive or drink the lot of you under the table!!!!  :whistle:  :whistle:

[Ali Wiseman]

I've seen small insects that could drink me under the table...

And my opinion on being eaten alive depends entirely who is doing the eating, and what it actually consists of...   different websites have varied opinions on this (Purely educational websites, of course.... *ahem* ).