My U.K. Excursion

[NauticalGent]

Well Access Commandos,

I asked the misses where she would like to spend our Labor Day weekend and she left it up to me. So I picked jolly old England.

If any of you are within distance of the Oxfordshire area and would like to have a drink with an obnoxious, displaced yank...I will be in my cups at his location on Sep 2nd:

http://falklandarms.co.uk/home

Would really like to see some of the faces who have helped me out over the last couple of years, hell I may even buy the first round. Least I can do what with that whole 1776 thingy...

Hope you can make it!

John

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

I'll make it...

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[NauticalGent]

I was hoping you would!

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[CJ_London]

I'll be there!

 

[NauticalGent]

I'll be there!

Being as you are familiar with the place, should I reserve a table? We plan on staying there so it shouldn't be a problem...

 

[CJ_London]

always a good idea

there is a small restaurant where best to book. Otherwise it is first come first served for the bar area/outside - but if you are staying there, worth a try.

Are you thinking of meeting lunchtime or evening?

 

[NauticalGent]

Either one works for me. So far Tony, Riddes and yourself have responded. Does either time work better for yous guys?

If there is a better venue nearby, I am all ears...or eyes...

 

[isladogs]

I would prefer lunchtime if I'm able to get there

 

[CJ_London]

I'm only a few miles away and have pencilled out the whole weekend in case you would like a guide for a few hours! So either suits me.

 

[NauticalGent]

So a lunch thing it is, and we accept the offer for a guided tour, very considerate of you. Grazie Mille!

 

[Minty]

I would love to make this as it's not too far away, unfortunately I am attending a wedding on this date, so can't make it, which is a real shame, apologies.

 

[NauticalGent]

I would love to make this as it's not too far away, unfortunately I am attending a wedding on this date, so can't make it, which is a real shame, apologies.

No worries Minty, just means you have to come to Italy. Damn the bad luck!

 

[NauticalGent]

The time draws nigh, hope to see you guys there. Been longing for a decent stout. There is no such thing as stouts in Italy unless you consider Guinness, which is not a bad choice but is barely in the stout class...

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

Hi All,
I'm afraid I won't be able to make it!
I'm stuck in Barcelona due to my 7.10am flight in to Gatwick (Sat, Sept 2nd) being canceled!

Dont know why its been Cancelled? Anyone here know?

 

[NauticalGent]

Pity, but there are worse places to be stuck in! Our flight to Stansted was delayed too but that was mostly due to a system outage in Naples. The whole airport came to a grinding halt because the damn computer system went belly-up.

Lucky for us we were already at our gate and avoided the free-for-all at the counters. Scary thought that you can disrupt the world with one big EMP attack...

 

[isladogs]

Apologies but I also can't make it.
Hope your weekend break in the Cotswold goes well.

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

I put my forced short break to good use, did 25000 steps according to Google, on this walk:-

https://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=19523377

The walk shown stops at the Costa (the one by the segrada familia) - as i couldn't access Costa's WiFi, and tried switching it off and on again, messing up the walk Recording...

That app, wikiloc is brilliant!

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[Uncle Gizmo]

BTW - I was pushing me mum in her wheelchair all the way! Don't know how many calories that's worth!

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[Minty]

So - how did it go?

Who won the Beer Pong?

 

[NauticalGent]

Beer pong...didn't get a chance to play, but I drank about as much as if I had!

We stayed at the Faulkland Arms hotel which was a nice experience. Up to that point the only places in England I had visited were London and Portsmouth. Had no idea how green and hilly the rest of England could be.

CJ and his wife met up with us and we had a nice visit over the weekend. They were kind enough to show us around and we even had one day of sunshine. CJ and I did our best to rid the FA of all their IPA, but we failed miserably!

The missus and I toured the Hook-Norton brewery and had a blast. We tried not to bore the women with shop talk but it was difficult. I am rarely in company that knows more about database development than i do (it isn't because I'm so smart, I choose to surround myself with ignorant people!) and I couldn't help myself.

Hopefully there will be other chances in the future...