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minichessemouse - Ahoy there me barnacle!

So you all want to know what i got up to this past weekend.

I woke up on friday morning at 7am with enough time to wake up and check the contents of my backpack. My train to Leeds was not due until 9.30am so I even managed to have breakfast. I left relatively early at 8.30 which meant that i was sitting at the train station for about half an hour. My train finally appeared and i found myself a seat. Four and a half hours later I was getting off the train in Leeds and probably looking rather lost and confused. Z found me fairly quickly though and took me to meet Runescribe, Phil, Bagpuss and Metal Chicken. We then caught a number 42 bus to the Thackery Medical museum wher we learned about lots of things. After wandering around the museum we headed towards a pub to acquire some food. After we had eaten we decided that we should go to another pub where some of the group acquired yet more Beer. There was a lot of talking about many things but eventually i was falling asleep and Z decided that it was probably a good idea to take me to Ben's house. Ben fed me risotto and then gave me a sofabed to sleep on. I think i fell asleep almost as soon as my head hit the pillow.

We set out fairly early on saturday morning and bundled ourselves into the car still fairly asleep. We headed Londanwards for most of the morning talking about various things on the way. We made it to Kew at around 12.15 and soon found Teuchter, Agapanthus and S who walked with us to the Victoria gate where Sol and the Star, Keli, J and boys, Hypatia, Santra, Bald Bloke, Mazin mad fiddler, Malabarista, Hati and Hapi, and probably some others whose names i don't remember. (there were lots of people there!) We moved around in a vauge drifting manner occasionally breaking into smaller groups and then merging again. Eventually it was getting late and time for heading to the pub came. Teuchter kindly gave me a lift, but we decided hat we could probably have walked quicker as the traffic was rather bad. Eventually we arrived at the pub where i met Alex 'tufty' Ashman, Galaxy Babe, Lil, Belana, H5ringer, Ictoan, TRIG, Roymondo and most importantly 2legs. Im sure there were other people there who talked to me, but there were so many people there and most of them I didn't get a chance to talk to. The assumption made in this thread F103378?thread=4068227 was finally disproved as 2legs and I were in the same place at the same time. There was a quiz at some point of the 'Who are these pictures of' variety, 2legs and I decided that we had an unfair disadvantage, so sat and talked about tapdancing smiley - elf's. Eventually Z appeared to tell me that it was time for us to head back to where we were staying for the night. So Sol, Bald Bloke,Agapanthus, Z, Ben and myself caught a smiley - bus to a train station and then walked to a train, we were on this train for around 10 minute and then Sol, Ben, Z and I walked to where we were staying, Ben and Z headed to the TravelLodge and Sol took me back to her house, where we had to be quiet so as not to wake the sleeping Star. Again I fell asleep very quickly, it had been a long day.

Sunday came far too early again as we were supposed to be hitting the road at 6.30am Sol fed me Peanut butter and Jam on bread for breakfast. The Str woke himself up at 7am and Ben and z finally arrived around 8am. We hit the road at around 8.30 and headed north. I slept for quite a while in the car, a sure testament to how sleepy I was. We eventually made it to york where there was a train heading to Glasgow via Edinburgh due in half an hour. Ben and Z waited to make sure that i actually caught the correct train, which was good as the platform was changed at the last minute. I was snoozing on the train, but was awake enough to make sure that I got off the train at Edinburgh instead of ending up in Glasgow. Changing at Edinburgh is something I had never done before but some friendly passers by managed to find someone to show me to where the train would be. Quite some time later a train to Aberdeen arrived which was passing through Dundee. An hour and a half after boarding the train I found myself standing waiting for a taxi in Dundee. Finally 12 hours after I had left Sol's house in London i had finally arrived back in Dundee at my flat.

I had such a good time, and many thanks to all of you who looked after and spoke to me while i was in the various places I visited. I expect you shall all be seing a bit more of me at future meets.

minismiley - mouse


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Prof Animal Chaos.C.E.O..err! C.E.Idiot of H2G2 Fools Guild (Official).... A recipient of S.F.L and S.S.J.A.D.D...plus...S.N.A.F.U.

once bitten with a "meet" - that's hootoo for lifesmiley - laughit's in your bloodsmiley - smiley


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Post 3

Phil

It was nice to meet you in Leeds. It's good that a fun time was had in London and I would have liked to have been there. Money and time intervened this time but I'm sure I'll be back for another meet soon enough.


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AlsoRan80

Monday 12th May 2009 17.30

Very dear Mini,

well thank you my dear for writing such a wonderful account of your meet. You really made me feel as if I was with you. which I would have loved to have been, but I would never have managed it.

You sounded as if you had a wonderful time. You certainly were tired, but it was a wonderful sort of tiredness amongst very dear freinds.


Thank you again so much for sharing it and writing os beautifully about iboth Kew and the shakespeare.
PS What was the fountain?


with much affection


christiane.
AlsoRan80


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Post 5

BMT

Glad you made it minismiley - mouse and enjoyed yourself. As Prof said, once bitten always smitten where hootoo is concerned and meets. smiley - biggrin

smiley - cat


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Magwitch - My name is Mags and I am funky.

I'm so glad you had a good time, L.

I've seen some photos of you sitting next to 2legs.

What a wonderful bunch we are! I hope to meet some of you all soon.


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aka Bel - A87832164

It was great you went, and a very brave thing to do!
There are two especially lovely pictures, one with you, lil and me, one with added GB in front of the pub. They're in GB's photo album. smiley - hug


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minichessemouse - Ahoy there me barnacle!

It was lovely to meet you Bel, even if we didnt get to chat, there were so many people there i was a little overwhelmed, had to ask some peoples names several times!

minismiley - mouse


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Post 9

aka Bel - A87832164

I remember it well from the first two or three meets I attended, so don't worry about it. smiley - hug


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Titania (gone for lunch)

minismiley - mouse, today at w*rk I tried explaining just how come a person would venture on a trip like yours, spending the night with people you've never actually met in person and so on - and they were absolutely horrified, especially considering your limited vision...

Oh dear - I guess it takes an Internet weirdo to know one, eh?smiley - winkeye

So tonight, I tried to come up with a classification or, if you wish, a way of describing these weirdos - and I think 'benevolent eccentrics' would fit pretty well!smiley - winkeye

*wondering if minismiley - mouse has been bitten by the meet up bug yet*


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Post 11

minichessemouse - Ahoy there me barnacle!

Of course i have been bitten by the meet bug.

Ben described hootooers thus "we are the internet weirdos out mothers warned us about" which semms an accurate assumption.

Same you were not able to be in London this time Titania, as I would liked to have met you too, but there will b other meets im sure.

minismiley - mouse


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Post 12

Titania (gone for lunch)

There will, I am very much looking forward to meeting you in RL one day!smiley - biggrin


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minichessemouse - Ahoy there me barnacle!

Same here Titania, I may even aquire more smiley - fairy wings for the occasion smiley - winkeye

minismiley - mouse


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Titania (gone for lunch)

smiley - fairy wings? smiley - yikes

Uh... and just how do you go about acquiring those?smiley - erm


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minichessemouse - Ahoy there me barnacle!

Well last time I bought them from a shop. They were really cheap ones for haloween though so fell apart really quickly, might snaffle some welding wire from my dad and mke my own this time.

minismiley - mouse


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Titania (gone for lunch)

I was afraid you might have tried to pull them off some real live smiley - fairys *phew*


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minichessemouse - Ahoy there me barnacle!

But that would be cruelty in the extreme! I like smiley - fairys even though i prefer to spell them faeries smiley - silly

minismiley - mouse


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Titania (gone for lunch)



Nope, doesn't work smiley - silly


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Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE)

One of these years I may even get to make itsmiley - sigh

Meanwhile, I'll just have to work on my luring skillssmiley - winkeye


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minichessemouse - Ahoy there me barnacle!

Amy, Im going to see if i can do a SummercampUSA thingy next summer, so may be able to invede then. Oh i pestered 2legs on your behalf at the meet.

minismiley - mouse


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