Edinburgh mid-December meet 2017

Well I made it to Newcastle in one piece . Fingers crossed for the East Coast Mainline !

So far, so good . . . .

On the train now .whoopee xx

Another great meet-up with the Edinburgh Grans. Thanks for all your hard work Elegran
Hope to see you all again in the New Year.

Oh yes. A good time was had by all! Lots of photos taken as instructed. I expect the various photographers will be posting them once they've sobered up soon.

A great big thank you from me Elegran it was great to catch up and to put (new) faces to names too. xx

I had a smashing time today catching up with lovely ladies. Thank you again Elegran you're a fabulous organiser x

I've had a restorative cup of coffee and a sit-down with a Ryan murder novel (The Dark Sky, just published) and now feel recovered enough to look on Gransnet. That was a great meetup. Thank you for braving the weather today, particularly Soop who left home at 5 am! It was so nice to see old faces and meet new ones.

While everyone's attention is on this meet-up, how about getting something arranged for the end of January? (Burns night is a good excuse) I've started a new thread about it under the meet-ups topic heading.

Oh how I wish I could join you sometime.
It all sounds so good with lots of regular posters and well known names meeting up.
I know just how much I would enjoy it, maybe one day.

Just home after a verrrry long journey to Glasgow, the train must have stopped at every station between Edinburgh and Glasgow Central. .
I had a super day and everyone was so welcoming.
Elegran , thank you so much for organising everything.

We all hope you could join us sometime annsixty. Maybe one of these days...

What a lovely day it was. Thanks again to Elegran who did us proud once again!
It was so good to see Gillybob and Soop again, as well as the newer faces, too. We did make quite a lot of noise.....but then, we always do!!
Granny23, I’d missed your post from yesterday- hopefully you’ll be able to join us next time - and maybe annsixty, too.

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Just in from a family function but had to tell you what a wonderful day in Edinburgh it was.Marvellous organisation, food, venue and,most ofall, company.Thank you Elegran and everyone.

That’s me on the train back to the frozen North! Had lovely time yesterday meeting friends old and new. Thank you so
much Elegran for all the effort you put into making these meet ups happen. Roll on Burns meet up and please let me know if there’s anything I can do to help

I muffed in my post so I'm reposting here.

Home to driving sleet for my drive round the loch! An altogether lovely meet up though, followed by a catch up with DD2 afterwards and before my train across country.

Thank you to elegran for making all the arrangements.
and the food was good.

Here are the proprietors of the Soop Kitchen and the Argy Bargy Cafe looking like a pair of best buddies.

Happy smiling faces...though Jane 10 appears to be hiding( ?)...and Yours truly is behind the camera
Thanks again, Elegran.....Roll on the next one

Just passed The Angel of the North in the train so I'm now officially 'down South', and left behind the snow which was falling when I left Fife.
I'm sure I saw icebergs floating on the Tweed in Berwick, though they could have been frozen swans!!
Hope everyone had a safe journey home and look forward to meeting again in 2018 (in Glasgow????).

OOOh I'm thinking about it.
However, Jan and I could never match Elengran's organisational skills.

Oh go on, Marydoll, it is time Scotland's second city (where's my tin hat? takes cover) hosted a meet-up. I believe there has been one, but I couldn't get to it so I can't tell you anything about it. It's not that difficult - you don't have to publicise it and market it, everyone seems keen to come, you just have to count numbers and pick a nice place. Tutorials on request.

After the Burns one, Jan and I will put our heads together (Sorry Jan, but you offered MY services yesterday ).

Lovely to see everyone and thanks again, Elegran, from a sleety East Lothian. Roll on next time, and Happy Christmas all.

Who`s who in the photo please? I know some, but not all of you.

From the left are:-
Elizabeth1
Katek
Jangran99
Jane10 just visible
Gillybob
Empty chair where GeminiJen had been sitting
Elegran
Soop
Oldgoat
Marelli
Bellasgran
Marydoll
Baggs
EllenT had left