UK Workshop Big Bash-THE RETURN!

[Scrit]

cant see "semper in excretia" on my map...

It's between Manchester and Leeds.... :lol:

To hell with it, lets just rent a chunk of the NEC and have everybody. :lol: :lol:

Well Wood 06 is coming up shortly at the NEC. Might be a chance to put faces to names for some of us, although personally I find the car parks a bit of a trek and I wouldn't fancy lugging a bag full of tools round all day..... :shock:

Scrit

 

[Anonymous]

has any thought been put into a northern meet ???? :-k
its a bit to far for us northerners
are there any northern members willing to arrange such a bash ???

"The North" is a pretty big area. Any ideas about where "oop North" we'd need to be?

Scrit

I'm sure we could organise something - if enough interest was shown and a few southerners were willing to risk passing the Watford Gap

 

[engineer one]

it's not the risk of passing watford gap, its stopping at watford gap and
actually eating there :lol: :lol: :lol: :twisted:

paul :wink:

 

[ajbell]

Philly

Count me in! Bring on the curry and Magners!

Andy

 

[Philly]

Alf
Yes, it is a little rural :roll: It is land owned by the volunteers Dad, so we should be o.k. if the snow holds off. I plan to do a "site visit" soon to check how practical it is.
Glad to see so many folk are interested. I've had lots of offers for demonstrations so it should be quite an informative and fun get-together.
Stay tuned.....
Philly
And Andy, better just have the one Magners :twisted:

 

[LyNx]

Count me in! Bring on the curry and Magners!

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[llangatwgnedd]

Count me in! Bring on the curry and Magners!

Drinking Irish cider in Devon :? for shame :wink:

 

[Noel]

You could do worse and drink the local stuff..................

 

[engineer one]

are we sure that irish apple stuff should be called cider!!! :lol:

surely if stilton has to be made in stilton, and armangnac in
normandy should not cider be in the west country????? :twisted:

like the idea of demos philly any hints about what, we may all have
to get their earlier even than last time :lol: :lol:

paul :wink:

 

[Noel]

A poor case presented for the defense, I fear. So, where's Cider then?...............

Noel, jesting.

 

[engineer one]

oh its got to be named after somewhere :lol: :lol:

paul
also being alot silly :twisted: :wink:

 

[Philly]

Glad to see you lot are as excited about the bash as you are about curry and cider! :lol:
We have (at the moment) hand cut dovetails, veneering, carving, sharpening, the Rat dovetails demo, and stock preparation with handplanes. Stay tuned for much, much more!
Cheers
Philly

 

[stewart]

Philly, sounds fantastic, can't wait - plus some friends of ours have recently moved to Stoodleigh and we haven't visited yet...two birds with one stone.
Only possible set back is that it's my wife's 40th and son's 16th in the first half of February, he says, angling for a date in the second half...
Cheers
Stewart

 

[Losos]

Hi Philly,
The planned venue for the next 'Big Bash' sounds great, it should allow for more demos, and more room to have 'work in progress' exhibits, for those brave enough to bring their work.

But I would second Alfs comments about the weather, for myself I will definately, without a doubt, be snowbound in Feb. (We usually have about three to four feet in Jan / Feb )

My next trip to Blighty is in the planning stages right now so is Feb. fixed in concrete, or can it be moved to March or even April :?: Might provide time to save up for some more goodies

 

[bobscarle]

Philly

I'd love to come. Missed the last one so big effort required. Good possibility of a pass out if I drop SWMBO off at Clarks Village in Street on the way through. Looking forward to seeing some demonstrations of how things should be done (especially sharpening).

Bob

 

[Philly]

Right-I'll check out the date situation. So March would be safer? Or will loads of you be on holiday?
One possible problem for later in the year is the Volunteer's Wife is pregnant and expecting in April-you know how spot on those predictions are. I want to leave plenty of "safety zone" around that one. :lol:
Philly

 

[wizer]

march will certainly be a bit warmer

 

[Johnboy]

March is OK for me, low chance of bad weather then.

John

 

[Colin C]

March would be good for me too as it would give me time to remember some thing :roll: :wink:

 

[Anonymous]

March is a bit tricky for me - depends on the final dates. Early march woudl be best