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April in Edinburgh

(254 Posts)
thatbags Fri 15-Jan-16 13:51:14

I can't do Monday 2nd but it's a bank holiday anyway so probably not ideal.

Pittcity Fri 15-Jan-16 13:26:31

I will leave the planning down to those of you North of the Border and will endeavour to join you.
I do agree that we need plenty of time for tea and blethering!!

Jane10 Fri 15-Jan-16 12:27:26

Great idea Elegran. I'm easy re w/e vs w/t. Lots of good places to stay. The rosl itself has nice rooms. People could just stagger down to join us. How about some of the GNHQ people joining us?

Elegran Fri 15-Jan-16 11:35:15

A month or so ago we were remembering the big all-day meetup we had in Edinburgh two years ago and there was enthusiasm for doing it again.

Ok - time to get down to some serious planning if it is all to be organised in time foir a Spring Spectacular in April. I shall try to pm everyone who was interested when it was first mentioned, but I hope that there will be others. Last time we had people from the other end of the country, and it was great to see everyone.

Dates first - can I ask you for an idea of when in April you can and particularly when you CANT make it so that I can see what date would suit most people. Is the weekend or a weekday better? Sunday travelling proved tricky last time, but weekdays are not convenient if you are working. There are plenty of places to stay here for anyone who wants to make a city break of it (other halves can join us for lunch if they like)

Venue probably the ROSL www.rosl-edinburgh.org/ subject to availability on our chosen date.

Next - what kind of programme would you like? Last time we had a really good talk about the beaver re-introduction trial (still no decision by Scottish executive on whether that re-introduction is to be made permanent!) and an exhilarating dicsussion on the Scottish Independence referendum, with some Scottish songs to finish. There were other things in reserve, but time ran out. There was coffee and biscuits, and a sit-down lunch.