WORCESTERSHIRE MEET UP!

[Furball]

3 months since the last one - what about Friday 20th July? Usual place? (the Swan at Whittington) Pleeeeasssse say yes, could do with a good laugh.

Of course you can lissie -welcome on board !

is it still at the swan?

Yes unless we hear otherwise. Fri 27th.

Furball is chief organiser extraordinaire (and a great job she does of it too ) so will be back on here to confirm nos etc.

Keep an eye on this thread.

Looking forward to meeting you

Yea!! I will know someone

Good timming - Just got back from having me hair done! and me threads come to life again.

I'll book it later on this afternoon when they are not so busy so will confirm times then.

Still don't know about

Turkishdeelite
Nappyaddict
Wychbold
Washersaurus

if you see them around point them in this direction. But will CAT (not that it seems to be a bullet proof way as MM never got hers so who else didn't? as a few didn't get CATS the last time either.

Booked! 8pm for 27th July at The Swan Whittington. Name of Mumsnet for 15 people.

Do they not want us to pre-order this time?

nope

Thanks for organising it again

See you there

PS - emailed Ch5 today but haven't heard anything back yet -hoping they can send a clip or it can be accessed on website or something.

sh*t, just tried to find trains for the 27th and it doesnt look like i'll be able to make it. so sorry

where abouts are you comming from lissie? Didn't realise you were commming by train! Is there one home at 11pm?

Anyway someone may well be passing just near to where you are

im coming from telford, the only one that gets back the same night and not 7am is at 22.10 from worcester staion. should have checked it first really

DH's good friend/colleague is leaving and his leaving do is on Friday. DH really wants to go and we can't get a baby sitter, so I'm going to have to pull out again.

So sorry ladies! I will meet you all one day, I will!!

Have a lovely time and have a glass or two of wine for me please

Am still coming, as live in "Floodbury", but if I lived the other side of the Avon in Cropthorne, would be looking at very big crater in old A44, 4ft on the road to Evesham and 5ft across the river valley and wondering whether I should ride the Dutch warmblood to the meet up as he has the longest legs and might just get through 3 ft of water.

So subject to any more flashfloods, how long it would take me to ride there on 25yr old horse, and whether they would let me put him in the garden I'll be there

Betty, furball, MistressM, the Worcester gals - are you all right?

I am going to pull out I'm afraid.I am going to a hotel and spa(alone!) for saat and sun so feel I ought to be at home on fri eve.

Wooluff- furball has posted - they're ok at the mo i believe. Not sure if anyone else is on flood area except poss Mistress M in Evesham but we've not heard from her yet.

Glad you're OK out in the sticks there! furball mentioned you on another thread and was going to email to make sure you wwere ok.

We're OK here although the roads down the hills have been like mini rivers at times (we're on the side of the hill but luckily the waters flowing around us rather than through us)

Thats a shame sassy -although I'm very of 2 days away alone.

Have you done it before?

Glad to hear that most people are okay floodwise.

No, never, Betty. Its a sort of needing-closure thingy. My mum died years ago and I am just starting to sort it all out in my head; thought I'd visit where I grew up and dh suggested luvvly spa weekend as part of it. Bless him.

I'll see you all next time.

oh that sounds both lovely and sad at the same time sassy IYSWIM. I hope you get what you want from it

hi folks. sassy how dare you ditch us in favour of a visit to a hotel and spa alone! very selfish IMHO make sure you enjoy it though

Wooluff - I did say I'd email you earlier but haven't managed to get off the sofa yet to get your email address off the other computer [lazy bones] Glad you are OK have seen some awful pictures of your village and surrounding area, so was concerned. Still don't know about MM, who was in another problem area. We survived it here thank god but we are now without water for upto 7-14 days and severn trent have not bothered with anyone other than gloucester to give the details of how to obtain fresh water! But thanks to the weather the water butt is full I may be a little smelly when I turn up Friday!

Fortunately our night out date was not last Friday as first plucked, as I'm not sure anyone would have turned up.

Hi, I am very sorry; it was extremely rude of me not to respond to your invite before now

I am due to have my baby on 1st Aug and feel just about ready to pop so I am going to give this meet-up a miss. I hope you all have a lovely time though

I am also pleased to hear that most of you have survived the flooding (so far) btw!

Lor Furball - up to 2 weeks without fresh water! Let me know if you want me to strap water carriers to saddle as well!

If I remember correctly MM's house is a bit set back and higher than the river in Evesham, but might CAT her just in case.

Had an interesting journey on Friday afternoon (and no, had not seen/heard any warnings although I listen to local radio). Dh was trapped in Oxford, and I tried to get through Cotswolds to get him, only to be turned back by police 2 miles from Morton in Marsh. Then by the time I got back to close to Evesham, the 3 inch puddle on the bridge over the local brook had become a 2ft deep fast flowing torrent sideways over the road and the bridge. Fortunately the air intake on my car is quite high, and met up with a neighbour (DN) in his Landy with a snorkel. Was v frightening and like something out of Dante's Peak, but with help of DN towing in parts, managed to get home - only for all power to go in house after 5 mins.

Dh managed to find himself a hotel so I did it all over again on Saturday morning to fetch him.

Mercifully DD's are in Greece with parents so didn't have car full of frightened progeny, or have to rustle up food for children with no power.

Carbon footprint be damned, I want a Landy! Or a canoe

wooluff -get a canoe and come white water rafting down the track to our house