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The Great North East Meet Up!

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juneybean · 21/01/2010 13:40

All welcome!

The venue is to be the Giants Den in the Team Valley, Gateshead (just off the A1)

Princes Park
Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead, NE11
0191 487 4677

www.thegiantsden.co.uk

Date: To be agreed

Time: 10.30am

Price: Under 1's: 50p, Under 2's: £4.50, Over 2's: £5.90 (if half term), Adults/Children over 12: 25p

I'm going to throw in the idea of going during February half term which I believe is 15th - 20th February.

Ok I think I've waffled on enough; what does everyone think?

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1of4 · 11/02/2010 15:02

I'm pretty new to the NE (and to mumsnet!) and have just come across this.... would it be Ok for me to come along too and meet some local mums?
How would I recognise you all - do we all have to dress from a particular page of the Boden catalogue!!??

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juneybean · 11/02/2010 15:07

Of course you can come along, last time we met we brought biscuits haha!

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BouncingTurtle · 11/02/2010 15:15

1of4 - we'll be the group in the corner tutting at the mums giving their babies fruitshoots

Shall we all meet in the carpark? Perhaps by the entrance? There are quite a few of us who have met before, so if we kind of congregate near the entrance, hopefully we will be easy to spot!

If it helps, I am short, fat, dark haired and have a very small 2yo blond boy. And I drive a red Hyundai i30. So look out for me and I'll steer you right

Indith · 11/02/2010 15:44

Keep forgetting about this! Shall bully dh to see if he will work from home Shame Butterpie may not be able to make it, ds is still going on about M after cafe continental, methinks he has a crush

1of4 · 11/02/2010 15:54

BouncingTurtle - thanks - will bring fruitshoot, 2 each do?
hope to see you there...

BouncingTurtle · 11/02/2010 16:05

Awww Indith that is so cute!!

LOL@ 1of4. We may be forced to beat you over the head with our biscuits!!

StealthPolarBear · 11/02/2010 16:08

i'll be there, if you want is

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juneybean · 11/02/2010 16:13

Of course! The time we're going will be during "toddler time" so it'll be £4 per child plus 25p per adult

I'm wondering if we could get discount as a big group

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juneybean · 11/02/2010 16:16

I've sent them a cheeky e-mail Shy bairns get nowt.

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juneybean · 11/02/2010 16:47

Eee I got it down to £3.50 per child and 25p for adults plus free juice for the children for the first hour (so up until 3pm)

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StealthPolarBear · 11/02/2010 16:51

wow well done juneybean
Do you have the number for the Indian??

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juneybean · 11/02/2010 16:54

Hahah not sure my haggling would work there!

They've asked for proof, so I've made a little image that I will print off a few of so we have one each and I will put my name on it

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StealthPolarBear · 11/02/2010 16:57

proof of what? Will it not be proof enough when we all descend?

StealthPolarBear · 11/02/2010 16:58

they haven't at all have they? You just want to show off your cutting and sticking skills

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juneybean · 11/02/2010 16:59

Hahaha I have mad photoshop skillz yo!

Just proof that we're from the north east mumsnet meet up or something

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Indith · 11/02/2010 19:47

Argh, count me out. Dh not only cannot work from home but he needs the car to go between offices so I can't drop him at the station and nab off with it!

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juneybean · 11/02/2010 20:58

Awww noo

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BouncingTurtle · 12/02/2010 08:05

Oh no Indith!!!

Any chance of you cadging a lift with anyone?

I'd come for you only problem is trying to fit 3 child seats in my car...

Unless you squeezed in the back?
Is DD still in a rear facing seat?

We could put your dd in the rear seat behind my back seat(I have short legs so plenty of room behind me), you in the middle, your ds in the seat behind the passenger seat and my ds in the the front seat (I can disable front passenger airbag).

It might be a squash but you are dead skinny anyway unlike me lol.

BouncingTurtle · 12/02/2010 08:05

Juney - well done on the discount!!

StealthPolarBear · 12/02/2010 08:33

oh i'm sorry count me out too should have listened to the nagging voice telling me i had something on that day but i convinced myself i was thinking of May. Well i have made appointments to look round schools on the 8th/9th/10th.

BettySwollux · 12/02/2010 10:49

Any chance of moving the date as a few of us cant go?

Would that be really inconvenient?

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juneybean · 12/02/2010 13:26

Thursday 25th February - 2pm
Wednesday 3rd March - 10.30am
Tuesday 9th March - 10.30am
Thursday 11th March - 2pm
Monday 15th March - 2pm

Any of these any good it looks like it's just the usual gang anyways! Not sure what happened to the other Northerners lol

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juneybean · 12/02/2010 13:27

Oops sorry obviously not the 9th lol

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BouncingTurtle · 12/02/2010 14:08

Thursday 25th February - 2pm - No
Wednesday 3rd March - 10.30am - No
Tuesday 9th March - 10.30am - Yes
Thursday 11th March - 2pm - Yes
Monday 15th March - 2pm - Yes

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juneybean · 12/02/2010 14:31

Ok lets whittle it down to 11th or 15th March :D

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