Comments on: Sloggers and Betters (Midlands) 3 – Update

By: John Appleton

John Appleton — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:56:49 +0000

I’d also like to add thanks to all involved for organising it. A great day, and very welcoming for somebody new to the fold.

By: MikeC

MikeC — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:07:47 +0000

My thanks also, for a very enjoyable day. It was good to meet lots of people.

Special thanks to Peter for organising, to Eric for his sterling work “plugging” the excellent 3D calendars (my Xmas present to myself!), and to Dalibor, Gervase and Trailman for providing three entertaining and challenging puzzles for us. The Derby themes were very neat – and a couple of Gervase’s clues were quite “Paul-worthy”.

Till the next time . . .

By: Bertandjoyce

Bertandjoyce — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:48:13 +0000

Many thanks to everyone, especially Kathryn’s Dad for a really enjoyable day. It was good to put faces to names and pseudonyms. We’re still working through the crosswords – thanks to the contributors. It’ll be much more fun now when we settle down for our regular solve and recognise a familiar name.

We’ll try to lurk a little less in future!

By: Quaiteaux

Quaiteaux — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:56:05 +0000

There are some pics here: https://picasaweb.google.com/kurwamac/Derby.

By: Median

Median — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:20:30 +0000

Back home after the event. Thoroughly enjoyed it – great to be able to put some faces to pseudonyms and real names. Thanks all round: to Kathryn’s Dad, for the organisation; to Gervase, for an entertaining puzzle (although it was slightly unnerving to have you looking over my shoulder while I worked on it!); to everyone for turning up and making it fun.

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:20:30 +0000

A few people have contacted me to ask if they need to decide in advance which food option they would like. The answer is no – it will be a self-service affair where you can help yourself to what you want, and there should be plenty to go around.

By: Allan_C

Allan_C — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:58:17 +0000

A couple of quick additions to Kathryn’s Dad’s excellent notes:

Make sure you leave the station by the main concourse adjacent to Platform 1, not the Pride Park exit.

Any early arrivals who haven’t booked food at Waterfall may like to know that the Brunswick serves food including a superb all-day breakfast. But service might be a bit slow as 12 hungry committee members of the FRMS (don’t ask!) including yours truly will be lunching there prior to their meeting. I’ll join you later if the meeting finishes early enough.

By: MikeC

MikeC — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:49:36 +0000

Thanks for all this, Peter. I’m not sure if you have me as a possible or a confirmed. If the former, please add me in – I will definitely be there – very much looking forward to it.

Best wishes

MikeC

By: Kathryn's Dad

Kathryn's Dad — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:23:20 +0000

Just to say that if you did want to access the Waterfall website, it’s changed. They are now at http://www.party-waterfall.co.uk

Sadly the Niagra spelling mistake has been corrected, which has made my cheap joke fall a bit flat.

By: nmsindy

nmsindy — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:42:55 +0000

Many thanks, Peter, for all the work you have put into this. I guess the Chicken Jalfrezi will help for the pangram…