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« on: September 24, 2009, 09:52:04 am » |
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This is a spinoff from the Proposed Banquet thread. Since that seems to be heading in the Central England direction and is just a bit too far away for an evening jaunt for me so....
Anybody in the West Country, Avon, Gloucestershire, Wales etc. fancy a more local outing and any ideas?
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« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2009, 10:21:16 am » |
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Ooooh aaar, count me in.
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stardust
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« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2009, 10:35:21 am » |
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i love the idea of a steam banquet on a train but the midlands one is also too far for me to get to. i would be very interested in a similar gathering in the south.
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Titus Wells
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« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2009, 11:21:23 am » |
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« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2009, 11:24:59 am » |
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my main criteria is the presence of a vegetarian option, followed by not being too expensive. otherwise all those locations are easily reachable.
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« Reply #5 on: September 24, 2009, 12:19:37 pm » |
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Any preferences?
On the basis of Quality Of Steaminess, I'd incline towards the East Somerset. (Even though I live on the doorstep of the Dean Forest railway) |
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« Reply #6 on: September 24, 2009, 02:34:38 pm » |
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Ooooh, where are you then, dingbat?
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« Reply #7 on: September 24, 2009, 06:08:44 pm » |
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Yep, I'm sticking my finger in this pie, too. Residing in Worcester is proving quite a boon with all this things going on in this part of the world  |
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« Reply #8 on: September 24, 2009, 06:15:41 pm » |
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May I also post to register an interest... I am South B'ham based, so some of these may be as easy for me to get to as Loughborough!
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« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2009, 08:57:35 pm » |
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I say, damned interested in this! I'd heartily recommend the West Somerset Railway myself, and of course the Forest of Dean run  |
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« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2009, 10:35:12 pm » |
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Include me in the list of interested parties. Somerset would be nearest to me, but I'm also in the Worcester area from time to time, so most seem 'do-able'. Of course, if anyone fancies coming down to the 'deep south' at some point we also have the Swanage Railway http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/  |
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« Reply #11 on: September 24, 2009, 10:38:36 pm » |
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ooh, i love the swanage railway! though i did once get my bus stuck under one of their bridges!
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Titus Wells
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« Reply #12 on: September 25, 2009, 07:42:28 am » |
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Ah, reminds me of frequent outings to Corfe Castle via the Swanage steamtrain. Happy times.
I shall do some phoning around over the next couple of days (if anyone's in the office on a saturday) and see what the arrangements are. Any preferred timescale for people? Might get a bit more expensive if we leave it until right before Christmas, and they may already be booked up of course.
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« Reply #13 on: September 25, 2009, 07:59:46 am » |
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personally, the further away the better works for me because then i will have time to save up for it. it may get more expensive round christmas, but i have to confess that i love the thought of doing a christmas special, as i haven't done one for years.
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« Reply #14 on: September 25, 2009, 08:37:15 am » |
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Ooooh, where are you then, dingbat?
dingbat and I live near Caldicot, South Wales |
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« Reply #15 on: September 29, 2009, 12:39:16 pm » |
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Ah, reminds me of frequent outings to Corfe Castle via the Swanage steamtrain. Happy times.
I shall do some phoning around over the next couple of days (if anyone's in the office on a saturday) and see what the arrangements are. Any preferred timescale for people? Might get a bit more expensive if we leave it until right before Christmas, and they may already be booked up of course.
early November? |
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« Reply #16 on: September 29, 2009, 12:55:42 pm » |
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dingbat and I live near Caldicot, South Wales
HA! I live in Caldicot! |
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« Reply #17 on: September 29, 2009, 05:23:29 pm » |
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dingbat and I live near Caldicot, South Wales
HA! I live in Caldicot! seriously?! lol! |
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Titus Wells
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« Reply #18 on: September 29, 2009, 06:15:47 pm » |
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Righty, I have been running all over the place this weekend so haven't made any calls, I promise I shall get it together tomorrow and let you all know our options. Pleased to see so many lovely folk in the area!
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« Reply #19 on: September 29, 2009, 06:49:09 pm » |
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Bookmark, would love a meal on a train, but pennies are tight, November might be ok tho
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Titus Wells
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« Reply #20 on: September 29, 2009, 07:33:59 pm » |
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The way my diary is looking for October it will be no sooner than November... besides, the exhibition in Oxford is my steamy outing for the month.
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« Reply #21 on: September 30, 2009, 11:12:01 am » |
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The way my diary is looking for October it will be no sooner than November... besides, the exhibition in Oxford is my steamy outing for the month.
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« Reply #22 on: September 30, 2009, 03:42:49 pm » |
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Okay, Most of the people I've spoken to aren't running steam trains (other than their Santa Specials) beyond the start of December so I think we have two possible routes. I've not been able to contact the Gloucester/Warwickshire railway yet. 1)December the 18th (wednesday) at 7:30 pm. The East Somerset Railway leaving from Cranmore Station. £32.50 per head, Christmas Meal menu: Smoked Salmon/Baked Brie/Pate followed by Roast Beef or Turkey or Tomato, Pepper and Cream Tart and then desserts. We can have a group booking and be all seated together but in tables of 4. See here: http://www.eastsomersetrailway.com/page.php?pid=54 for details. 2)November 1st any time of day on the Dean Forest railway. Bring our own punknic and arrange a group booking, if we have 16-26 we can book a whole coach. We can book a whole day if we want. Day tickets are £10 and we get a 15% discount for booking 20+ people. OR.... We could do this http://www.deanforestrailway.co.uk/event_halloween.html, maybe theme up as a Steamy Ghostbusters group! I think that could be a lot of fun... |
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« Reply #23 on: September 30, 2009, 06:00:51 pm » |
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Sunday 1st November sounds good to us as we've arranged it off work anyway as the original plan was to go to Whitby.
The Halloween event sounds somewhat child-orientated, however it's the company you're with that makes an event, I'm sure we could create our own suitably sinister atmosphere (*starts planning Mad Scientist costume*). It'd be easier for us if we had somewhere to stay over that evening too, so we'll be looking for an inexpensive place to stay the night with this option.
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