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City gals go mad in Kent

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Squiffy · 21/01/2008 15:46

Well, having had a fab time on the friday meet-up in Champor-Champor, I promised I would drop you all an invite for a meet-up down on't farm, so here it is. If any of you delightful London ladies would like to feel the wind in your hair then set the 15th March in your diary. I have 3 spare double rooms available on a first come basis - all king beds, so doubling up can be done for those who aren't shy. The other alternatives are the hotel in the village which is very civilised and about 10 mins walk away, or blow-up mattresses in the downstairs reception rooms for the really late confirmers. Then there is the shed and the tent and the last train back to London. If any kids come I have a spare set of bunk beds and a couple of readybeds.

In terms of a schedule I am fairly happy to go with the flow. If people want to come for the evening only without kids then disappear back in the morning that works, or alternative is to come over in the afternoon and if child-free you can grab a massage in the local therapy centre. Anyone who wants to make a weekend of it can bring the kids and maybe spend the day on Whitstable beach or - even better - at a place called Farming World which is in my village and has soft play areas and lots of cute little bunnies and lambs and piglets (which all get slaughtered at the end of the season and sold to the likes of me for munching).

Um, that's about it. We're 65 mins from London (Victoria Station), and it takes about an hour to drive from the city if it isn't rush hour.

If anyone wants to come let me know

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eleusis · 21/01/2008 17:24

Sounds fab. I'm in.... but... what happend with the shift in dates?

Nevermind, I'm there. Can I really bring the kids? Does your nanny work on Saturday mornings?

QuintessentialShadow · 21/01/2008 22:20

Ummm, you have 3 extra double guest rooms????

I dont know if I am still here then, but if I am.....

Squiffy · 22/01/2008 11:24

I am flexible with dates (can't quite remember what date I said - hey, the champagne was flowing...). I went for March only because the farming world thing is open then.... but really I can do any dates that suit others...I also wasn't sure whether to do a Friday night or Saturday night thing?

Bringing kids definately an option - I can probably get nanny cover for at least part of the day...

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eleusis · 22/01/2008 11:41

Well, beofre you brought us the orgy picture from the bathroom or was it after? we said the last weekend in March. Everything else is a little fuzzy... not really sure why... oh yes the champers... Or was it the wine...

I can make 15th if that is the date. But, I will have to beg and plead and sell my sole to get two consecutive weekends away (am in Bournmouth the weekend of the 8th for hen weekend). So, if I get a vote, it's for the last weekend in MArch. But, if it's on the 15th I will still show up ready and willing to drink champagne in a jacuzzi.

Squiffy · 22/01/2008 12:16

End of March works for me - only downside is that it is straight after Easter so people may be away for the week.. first weekend of April maybe...

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legalalien · 22/01/2008 12:25

first week of April is good for me - I think - there will be some begging etc involved, with a bit of luck this will coincide with SIL's visit from overseas, so my absence will go relatively unnoticed (read: DH not left in sole charge for the weekend!) I will keep watching / waiting for a consensus to emerge.....

eleusis · 22/01/2008 12:26

Nope, am flying to Chicago first weekend of April. So please please please don't do it then.

Page62 · 22/01/2008 13:39

we are away on and around easter....so as with legalalien, i will watch where most people end up.
i am quite flexible to a) beg my nanny to work weekend so DH not left in sole charge or b) find a place for all the family to enjoy a weekend in whitstable and meet up with everyone

Squiffy · 23/01/2008 10:42

Should we try to get a consensus on dates? I can do all the following.... maybe if everyone lists their first and second preference we might find a common date? Appreciate that difficult to plan in advance so things might change..

1st March
15th March
29th March
12th April

Page62 - you can bring kids to ours if you like for the night, but if you want I can send over some suggestions of great places if you want to make a weekend of it en famille. Actually you can have the links anyway as I have a whole file of them... there are two great places to stay here (where I got married - fabulous place - official website) and here, with good food here and here and here and here.

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Freckle · 23/01/2008 10:49

Interesting that you invite the London ladies but exclude all us Kent beauties. Not good enough are we??

eleusis · 23/01/2008 11:43

29th March
15th March (I should have kept my big mouth shut, huh???)

Freckle, because the city girls are more in need of a trip to the country. You Kent girls already live there.

BTW, I'm not really a city girl, more like a West London girl. But, where there is a party I will follow.

Squiffy · 23/01/2008 11:51

oh goodness, don't tell me I have the opportunity to develop a social life in Kent? I will be all over you like a freckle rash.

I didn't know there were more than a handful of Kent girls, tops - and I have always been terrified of the kent meet-ups because everyone seems to be in their early twenties and terribly glam - not working frumps in their 40's like me (or maybe there are hundreds of us hiding in the hops). Is there really life after EC2? I have spent so long being ignored at the school gates that I had given up hope.

Where do you live Freckle? And have I been missing out on a crazy kent scene? I think I should be told....

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Page62 · 23/01/2008 11:51

thanks squiffy, i will have a look at all those!

April 12
March 29

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legalalien · 23/01/2008 11:58

looks like 29 March is a frontrunner then... have told DH to hurry up and find out when SIL visiting, as may affect whether I turn up solo or go the "we all stay somewhere nearby" route.

at this point I can do any of the dates (having completely failed to sort out any holidays, social life etc for 2008 so far. Am prioritising sorting out curtains, light fittings etc given we've now been in house 6 months and I have no excuses)

Kewcumber · 23/01/2008 16:04

ooh I might be up for this with DS but isn't 29th March Easter weekend?

Kewcumber · 23/01/2008 16:05

oh no my mistake, its the weekend after.

Freckle · 23/01/2008 16:43

Well, I'm not in my 20s (more like double and then some) and I don't have a raging social life either. I'm in Maidstone and am meeting up with a couple of other Kent girls on Friday for coffee (about the height of my social calendar). I live in the centre of town so not exactly in the country.

Squiffy · 23/01/2008 17:12

Have stalked you and dropped in on your other thread, freckle. I live deep in straw-chewing territory on a farm opposite Mount Ephraim if you know it. You are welcome to join us on this meet, or alternatively I will watch other thread for any evening or w/e meet-ups...

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Freckle · 23/01/2008 17:17

Have been to Mount Ephraim for open-air Shakespeare. Do they still do that? It was lovely. Very envious as I am a country girl at heart, but have to say that, now the boys are in/entering into their teens, being near the town centre and good schools is a huge bonus, even if I do miss the joys of the countryside.

I grew up in Upchurch (if you know it) and spent most of my childhood running around in orchards, down the creek, etc. Not a childhood my boys will enjoy sadly.

Freckle · 23/01/2008 17:17

LOL, Fio! Thought you might appear as Squiffy is in your neck of the woods, isn't she??

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eleusis · 23/01/2008 17:39

Boy these Kent girls are a bit rough round the edges.

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