[Cocoaheads-swindon] Bbq, Cider, Go Karts

[Mike Abdullah]

I'm good with the plan. Also like Graham's suggestion of computing museum in the morning.

On 25 May 2010, at 15:13, Chris Walters wrote:

> Bbq, Cider, Go Karts, Swindon Cocoaheads Grand Day Out Summer 2010 Edition
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> Must be almost summer and time again to talk about our "big day out."  Last year we went to Bletchley Park, followed by camping, BBQ, and plenty of beer. I'm pretty sure everybody enjoyed the outing, especially since my snoring was isolated.
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> This year, there has been some general discussion about having a 'go karting' outing, followed by camping, bbq, and ... cider.
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> I'd like to throw out a tentative date of July 12/13 (Mon./Tues.) and a candidate venue of "somewhere in Somerset."  There is a go kart place at Hullavington (J17 M4), after which we'd head south to Somerset to a rally ground TBD.
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> One plan would be to find local cider and "meat" to BBQ; possibly on a farm where the cider originates (although beer is an option for non-cider drinkers, and not drinking anything is an option for those not interested in either!).  Of course we can support vegetarians with a separate BBQ for grilled fish or veg, depending on vegetarian sub-affiliation, if desired.
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> Hopefully this can be a topic of discussion for the group on Friday and also the next meeting.  If nobody likes the plan, please suggest alternatives.  New Forest? Hull? Bletchley again?
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> I'm happy to make bookings etc. for the outing and "coordinate" - although if anybody else wants to take the lead that is also fine by me.  If elected (!) I may ask for help especially with local knowledge of possible camp sites and cider places (Simon?) and karting venues (Daniel?) (Hullavington comes to mind since it is "on the way" to Somerset but I'm not qualified to judge whether such a venue is good/bad.)
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> The idea with Monday/Tuesday is, like last time, to hopefully try and keep costs low by avoiding busy weekend rates.
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