willay
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Hi,
There is a site wide plan that admin/organisers are trying to push across all regions, the concept is that all regions have a meet on the first Sunday of the month.
So as we have plenty time till the first Sunday of November (5th) lets get some ideas of where to meet up.
I'll propose a few locations:
Southend (would probably be shite on Sunday midday ish)
Bluewater carpark (cover, may be busy on Sundays?)
Dobbs Weir (Basically a car park near me, where we can pop into the Family type pub and have some eatsss)
Grasshopper pub (you know the drill)
Hemel Services (its a service station)
Thurock Services (its a service station)
Time would probably be a mid-afternoon affair, around 12-2?
Thoughts, ideas, the format of the meet will be vanilla, ie we park up and chat bollocks while eating Gingsters pasties.
[Edited on 11-10-2006 by jr]
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P1CK4D
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Definate good idea mate! Thurrock Services is abit lame.. Good to meet up there if we was to go onto somewhere else. Southend I fink's always a good bet, as there is alot to do down there. But im up for this, good idea! 
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Fro
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Sounds like a very good idea to me, service stations are a bit lame but are good for people that live near eachother to meet up and to convoy from. southend is probably the best bet as there is more stuff to do, but switching it around each month instead of just meeting there would be good
Pubs etc might be best for this time of year though or we might have to wrap up like eskimos 
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willay
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Yeah I agree, IMHO theres no point in meeting up at service stations because its all within the region, its not like we are convoying to PVS or something.
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Fro
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Yeah you got a point there, apologies 
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willay
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I did mention service stations in the first instance however becuase its an easy event, we can park up, talk, go inside, have a few cups of tea (maybe a burger) then go home. Whereas in a pub its al ittle be more formal if you know what I mean.
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Fro
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Could be a good one when People are skint and cant afford the whole pub lunch business, but can find enough pennies for a cuppa
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willay
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exactly. Anyway its more about how many people turn up then what we eat.
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jr
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up will for thinking about this, as TBH i had'nt
IMO these meets will only work when either theres an event, like southend etc
or going to a pub etc, a pub doesnt have to be expensive, just depends on which one we choose to go to
much better than a servces station etc
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corb
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that'd be cool, as I'm off on the 5th, aslong as its not raining i'll also bring the corsa  . Pub and lunch and stuff would be cool
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JM_16v
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should be up for this
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willay
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Ok ace, interest
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JM_16v
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lots of intrest
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N90ATH
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sounds gd willay boy, def think the pub maybe the one nr u as grasshopper is quite far for lot of ppl in the region
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Fad
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November 5 sounds good to me too, Just ot to decide on what pub, I reckon GrassHopper as car parks massive and its a fairly decent(ish) pub. Or we could try somewhere near Brands hatch?
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Fro
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Sorry for being a donut...Where is the grasshopper pub?
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Fad
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Its a pub I westerham Kent we usually have a meet there in April but its a nice enough pub to just chill and see other cars. Its also used by otherCar forums such as Migweb and Pistonhead etc
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Fro
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Ah ok souds good, cheers fad
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jr
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theres a few nice places out by brands that are 
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JM_16v
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if its regular we should come up with a few pubs with large car parks
and maybe the first one should be somewhere for a change?
also
Dobbs Weir (Basically a car park near me, where we can pop into the Family type pub and have some eatsss)
gd place
and also theres a big car park at rye house in hoddesdon. near the carting track and also theres the rye pub
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SAL
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some where a bit more central in the regoin cos us north south east boys kent is a bit of a mish
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willay
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Theres always going to be this essex/kent divide cause no one wants to drive anywhere . Driving over to Kent isnt that big of a mission, you just get onto the M25 and put your foot down.
Grasshopper is known so isnt a gamble, however, my boss lives in the same village and tells me that its actually quite shite compared to what Westerham has to offer.
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Originally posted by JM_16v
Dobbs Weir (Basically a car park near me, where we can pop into the Family type pub and have some eatsss)
gd place
and also theres a big car park at rye house in hoddesdon. near the carting track and also theres the rye pub
As much as I'd like to go down the road for a CorsaSport meet, the pubs (including dobbs weir) arent anything to write home about However it does have a carpark where we wouldnt get bothered/told to move on if we just park up.
The monthly meet location WILL have to be rotated, as I can already see people bothered about the distance they need to travel But do remember, this is only once a month so get off your arse and make the effort
[Edited on 10-10-2006 by willay]
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jr
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as william said, from the looks of it it will all be rotated
but in order for it to move about it needs to be a sucess, and that means people turning up to the first one, not waiting till it comes near to them
and anyone that moans about the distants, kent is not far away, scotland is far away, kent is a blat round the M25
shall we try and make out region a sucess (controversial comming from me, i know)
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corb
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I just dropped a pin on a map, and it landed on The Maypole, my local pub. You'd never beleive that, I only have to drive 400yards to get to the meet 
Kidding. Willay, I reckon you should set the location tonight and have done with it. Any moaners can gtf as theyre not really that bothered about it, clearly, else they wouldnt moan!
But, nowhere with shit roads and speedbumps!
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jr
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may i put forward the case for
1) The grashopper, as they know us, are fine with us beeing there etc etc
2)The Lion, Farningham, Near brands hatch, really really pub, big car park
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