MN September Shindig

[FrankWippery]

Ok, so we have a venue, a growing list of those coming and Dances making lists.

I'm not going to give the address of the venue on this thread, but will put it in the FB Meet up Group and PM those who are not on FB. If you are and are not already in the group, please click the link and ask to be added and we shall do just that - just as soon as you have confirmed that you are coming and have made a payment of £20 to the Meet Up PayPal account.

The £20 will cover food (12-14ish decent sized canapés), anywhere between 2-4 drinks and, most importantly, cake. Depending on final numbers we have yet to decide whether to have a stock of paid for drinks - wine, beer, soft drinks perhaps, followed by a pay bar; or to do tokens of a set value that can be used for any drinks, again paying once you have used your tokens up.

The venue is just south of the river, next to Tower Bridge; BIWI, Pistey and I selflessly went and checked it out last week and it is lovely, great position and with easy transport to all London main line stations. Tube wise it has Northern Line, Jubilee Line and Circle/District lines running very close by.

With regard to food, when you have paid (please PM me or Pistey for the PayPal details as, again, I don't want to publish it for the world to see), could you please let me know any dietary requirements - allergies/vegetarian etc so that I can finalise the menu accordingly a couple of weeks before the bash.

Accommodation - we are hoping to sort out a group rate at a Travelodge, so if you are in need of a bed for the night, please do let me know and we can add you on to our list.

I will C&P the list of who is coming after this post. If you are coming and are not on it, please add yourself.

I think that's everything..... Any other questions, just let me know and I will, hopefully, be able to answer them.

Oh yes, I can't imagine you being anything other than MrsDeVere!

Of course BIWI rhymes with shewee

I have had other names, but this is my favourite. Well, I would have preferred just TillyMint, but someone got there before me

I am (thankfully) shortened to Dolly on meetups, at the beginning at least
But on tweetups I'm 'grumpy' as I go by a different name on twitter

I like also BeeWee because it has an exotic association for me.
Years ago, when I lived in St. Vincent there was British West Indian Airways, which was affectionately known as BeeWee.
I think it was based in Trinidad. I assume it no longer exists or has been renamed, as "West Indies" is not PC.

Sorry. As you were.

First time we went to Barbados it was with British West Indian Airways and I must admit I always think of that! (Worst flight ever, but that's a different matter)

When I went to Barbados it was with BWIA!

Bloody hell that was a terrible flight, only beaten into submission by African Safari Club airways.

I haven't been to Barbados

It's nothing special lies

Did you meet Michael Winner?

No, but I danced in the streets with Rihanna.

Actually that is such a lie. This was in 1992, I doubt Rihanna was born.

where do you barbados-goers stay?

Isn't it terribly expensive?

I went with my gran and we stayed in St Laurence Gap in a party goers 18-30 type hovel.

It was great, bar the cockroaches.

She was a very intrepid traveller - just booked a flight and sorted the accommodation when we arrived.

The island itself was beautiful, I loved it.

Last time I went to Barbados I was in a restaurant with Jeremy Clarkson.

Classy eh.

Yes to being expensive, and this was 20 years ago, so christ knows what it would be like now.

EVERYONE EXCEPT ME HAS BEEN TO BARBADOS

Yep. Even Clarkson.
They let Clarkson in.

I was in a restaurant in France and was absolutely obsessively convinced that the man at the next table was AA Gill. I stared and stared (subtlely) and in th e end he spoke to us about the salt or something in a broad Australian accent and shattered the moment.

I don't know why I thought it was him, I don't suppose he revies Novotels all that often.

It was lovely, we went on little minibus things all round the island, people said for us NOT to do that as it was classed as dangerous, but it was fine.

Thing that sticks out for me is the unbelievable blueness of the sea and how clear it was - I had assumed that all the photos of the caribbean had been camera jiggery pokery applied - and the rum being distilled n plastic bottles on the side of the road and sold for pennies.

I got slaughtered on rum punch a LOT.

I was in a Cafe Rouge in Cheltenham with my SIL once (drunk) and Richard Hammond was given a seat next to us. You know how close those tables in Cafe Rouge are. he took one look at us and ask to move. I think he had probably heard the drunken laughter from down the street.

I've been to Tobago, had a lot of rum there, it's all abit hazy.

He's so small and odd isn't he?

He is small. I loathe shortarsed men, what's the point?

And he had great big eyes like a bush baby, or Paul McCartney. Anyway, I didn't rate him.

I have alwways wanted to go to Tobago, it looks and sounds lovely.

May I suggest this thread? I put a pic of me on it and want to know what people think.

A bush baby or Paul McCartney.

It is lovely. Altho I had ds 2 and dd 5 months and terrible jetlag and stayed in a wooden house under avocado trees with parroty things and a LOT of mosquitoes.