National Meetup anyone interested?

I dont mind where it is as long as its accessible from the train.
moomin I am going to take my slippers with the pom poms.

Moved the train journey from Newcastle to London is a lot quicker and easier than to Birmingham and I imagine the same applies for anyone coming from Scotland and the West Country too.

In that case, perhaps the Londoners amongst us would offer B&B to those from far away??
Edinburgh would be good - lots of venues, plenty of extra 'muriel' activities and I can do B&B

jane London is an awfully long way for some people. OK for me but what about all those who live much further north. It is also likely to be a lot more expensive for those who need to stay overnight.

I like creating mayhem moomin so it sounds good to me too.

I would be interested, depending on when it is.
Dare I suggest London as the venue - it is easier to get to from many places than the Midlands or North-west.

Can you imagine? Wherever it takes place, the venue will expect a lot (!) of grey haired old ladies ready to chat, nod off, dribble into their tea and muffins. Instead they'll see a riot of wine drinkers, hooting with laughter and general mayhem

Sounds good to me!

Yes to a national meet-up as long as plenty of notice is given. Needs to be accessible by public transport for the non-drivers. You might find this helpful in deciding a venue: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_points_of_the_United_Kingdom

I would love us to have a National meet up , yes please!

I think the National Motor Museum is quite big and is very near Coventry but close to the motorway network from pretty much everywhere and trains run to the NEC which is just a short taxi ride away. Never been there though.

butty I take it that would work in well with travel arrangments?

gilly I am sure any venue will be falling all over themselves to accomodate GN.

Great idea glass!
I think the first week of October would be a good time

Imagine phoning some venue up and saying

"Excuse me could you fit a few hundred people in please"

Yes certainly, what is the occasion?

"Oh Gransnet are having a national meet up"

Oh how lovely. I am sure we could accommodate you.

"Oh forgot to say, you are licensed aren't you?"

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

"hello, young man, hello, hello"

I always thought Haltwhistle was the centre of the UK (I had a weird feeling of Deja vu there) Could be cos I'm like a broken record.

I've just looked at a map...Coventry is no-where near the centre of the UK! Leeds maybe?

notso that goes without saying

I'd be interested in a National Meetup. Wiki has some suggestions about where the centre of the UK is...for a meet-up point?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_points_of_the_United_Kingdom

Coventryish? Needs to be a big enough venue/easy road & rail links/plenty of Premier Inn type accomodation.

Oh! The venue needs to be licenced!

Dont want to let it drop off the page so bumping.