Edinburgh in October?

....and I'll be standing next to Marelli who will be standing next to Eliz1 who will be wearing the purple scarf

Thank you Lona for your kind words. will you be coming to the Edinburgh meet up?

If only I could Elizabeth, but I live down in Cheshire! You sound like a great bunch though, so I just hover with my face pressed up against the glass as it were!

Lona Perhaps one day

Never say never!

Just look for a strange glamorous bunch you wont miss them purple scarf or not. I wish I could be there but we dont get back until the 14th ha ha I still laugh about that poor lady we nearly abducted outside of Jenners.

I wish you could be with us, glass! I remember that lady's face when we all rushed up to her, grinning and breathing heavily because we'd rushed up from the station! It was raining and we were all wet and windblown. She clutched her handbag closer to her and stammered, "..er...er...no!" when we asked her if her name was Elegran! Elegran was standing just inside the glass doors peering out at us......not sure what she thought!!

Oh I have just gone down the thread and realised I missed the baby post elizabeth1 congratulations a long waited arrival

We did laugh didnt we marelli

And then we were very sensible while we had lunch at that lovely restaurant that Marmight had sussed out for us!

New member here, can I come on the 5th Oct

We are always sooo sensible
maggie you will have a great meet up with some lovely people.

Of course you can, Maggiemay51! It would be lovely to have you there with us.

Great let me know when you decide where

Keep an eye on this thread, Maggie51? Looking forward to meeting you.

glassortwo thanks for your congratulations. I'm in bed now catching up with my favourite programmes. I was given the brand new baby this morning at 5.30am after saying how the proud parents were managing the feeding programme on their own. There was me holding the baby until number one child woke up - crept into mum and dads bed then patiently waited until mum woke up. What an experience

Welcome Maggiemay51 looking forward to meeting up with you on the 5th. by the way I just love the song by Rod Stewart.

So MaggieMay makes eleven. I've been out today so have not yet booked, but can I assume we are all OK for Gennaro about 12.30? will book it tomorrow. I think I shall say twelve in case anyone else joins us.

I am so looking forward to seeing these new faces (as well as the old familiar ones, of course)

I liked the older song too, which was a Liverpool folk song and told the story of the Maggie May who plied the streets of Liverpool and was arrested for "robbing a homeward-bounder".

Lyrics at ingeb.org/songs/nowyoujo.html

Not that our MaggieMay is anything at all like that one!

Brilliant Liverpool folk song Elegran the lyrics are fabulous.

Very much looking forward to meeting you all for the first time, and hoping I don't get lost! It'll be my first visit to Edinburgh, so look out for a travel worn granny clutching a street map.

Congratulations Elizabeth!

Being a miserable sort I`ll probably be wearing black (as usual) or may wear a bright splash of darkest navy blue. I wonder if we should have a code phrase to mutter sinisterly like in spy films eg " The grey fox seeks her brethren." The correct response could be "Is that you hen?"

That sounds like a suitable secret greeting, Jane10 The police station os just round the corner should we accost a stranger and they run us in as agents provocateurs.

Brethren might be wrong though. Should it be sisters? Can't think of a parallel with brethren.

Twelve seats booked for lunch at Gennaro's at 12.30 on the 5th! That leaves room for one more if anyone gets a last-minute urge to join us.

FFinnochio Do you want to meet up a bit earlier at somewhere you know rather than finding your way completely blind?

Woop woop! Thanks Elegran for organising - yet again