h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

So far, so good. See you all at lunchtime. Does the pub do food?

I hope so

I think it does, but I'd like to get to the Museum reasonably early.

But, come to think of it, the Museum has a cafe, which is probably a much better place to eat. It also has a bar that does very nice and . So I'd suggest that anyone who's hungry when they arrive eats there - then the rest of us can get on with exploring the Museum.

Sounding like a plan here Ormy

Better go and finish cooking a nice big breakfast and get on our way.
See you soon

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(I got to about Kettering before the realisation hit me )


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Thanks for organising the Brocolli, Ormy. I enjoyed the Bugs IMAX film . Did you have a nice curry?

My pleasure, Amy. We had an absolutely delicious curry, except for Bagpuss, who said his omelette was very nice. We accompanied it with one of the famous Omar's Restaurant giant three-foot long naans, which we just about managed to finish between us. Photographs were taken! The quiz and the ( in my case) went well too, and the quiz winner Phil looks very in his new h2g2 T-shirt. I have posted a formal apology to Amy P on behalf o' t' Committee for failing to make the usual contact: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/classic/F72158?thread=325951.

Home Only an hour an a half later than it would have been if every single train I was on had not have been delayed Half an hour late leaving Bradford half an hour late arriving York, thought I'd missed me connection... but that was running 45 minutes late... The train from york got as far as some place called St neats or something, where a points failure ment a revese trip to the previous points... one hour late by the time I fell off the train at Stevenage... then a wait for the next train to Cambridge, as had missed connection by about an hour finally got back about quter to seven found a taxi eventually, got home, threw bag on bed, and drank no time for dinner, pub is immanant Pizza or kebab after the pub me thinks Great meet, and well done for organising it all (and rigging the quizz questions so I'd end up with the lowest score as I always* do ) Everyone made it home safe? must calling

*sits in a corner sulking & waiting for the piccies*

That were a grand do Back home now but tired out . Piccies on my new digital camera so no excuses for delays on getting them up somewhere for you to look up. I'll have it done in the next couple of days.

for the new T'Shirt I really didn't think I'd done that well in the quiz but I must have done
Spent a while on sunday in Saltaire looking round the gallery in the big Mill and a walk round the village there.

I was very tired last night, so tired I had to take an early night, and went to bed before* 1 AM! Just after I'd eaten me kebab, obviously

Glad you like the T-shirt, Phil - you earned it! If I ever set another quiz, I might make it a little less mean. Then again, maybe not... And I'm glad to hear that Saltaire was open. I really must pay it another visit myself.

I'm also glad to hear that you got home OK, 2Legs, albeit after some delays. I take it that you haven't yet started that diet you were talking about?

Thanks for organising a great meet there Ormy The curry element was especially good, and makes me realise what I'm missing living here in the South of England

The trip home was pretty uneventful, apart from hitting a bird at about 95mph on the A43 - small burst of feathers and that was that!

The car and you are OK I guess.
Nice to meet and chat with you GD

Why was a bird doing 95mph down the A3?

It was all a bit unfortunate. There was this small bird scavenging on some roadkill and neither of us saw one another until far too late - a dull thump and a spray of black feathers coming up over the bonnet and passed the windscreen.

When I stopped a few miles later for fuel I could see no evidence on the bumper or splitter that anything had ever happened.

'Kebabs can help you loose weight as part of a calory controlled diet.' Well, it was the only* thing I ate yesterday! Having missed breckfast at teh Victoria (can't remember the last time I made it to breckfast a t a hotel...) and didn't seem to be much availible on the trains, I guess because it was a Sunday Of course, there was a few hundred calories in the beer before the kebab, but I don't think that really counts... Does it?