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[digger]

I am hopeing to get to the cross keys about six thirty digger,if i remember rightly on the pub website it did say they did food.
When you see a bloke in bright leathers riding a bike into the car park that will be me.

I look forward to meeting you there, I will be arriving at a similar time and I believe that one other will be showing their face there shortly after.

[digger]

I sincerely hope high-vis stripes aren't a problem; I have the same! There is also a certain inescapable logic in having them when working with others in a dangerous area in near darkness.

I have booked a room at the Melbourne Arms & Cuisine India, Melbourne (UK). The room is cheap (and hopefully cheerful) and a curry sounds just the ticket, washed down with a Cobra beer or three. However, I'd like to apologise in advance to anyone with an aversion to garlic. They still have some rooms left and it's only a 15 minute drive to the venue.

Has anyone been doing any reading for this course?

TonyC

Hi TonyC. Have I missed something. That curry house looks to be about 30 miles from the firing site down mainly country roads, you must be a bloody quick driver to get there in 15 minutes. My sat nav makes it about a 50 minute drive.

If we are going to meet up on the Friday maybe a venue in between would be a good idea to keep the taxi cost sensible.

[Arthur Brown]

I have to work til 6 so shall not be laving til 7.30 ish so don't expect to be in the area til 10pm

[cooperman435]

Same here Ill be down Friday night but unsure exactly when so will hope ure not all too drunk in the pub already.

[starseeker]

I look forward to meeting you there, I will be arriving at a similar time and I believe that one other will be showing their face there shortly after.

Lovely job digger,see you tommorow.
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[TCblastmaster]

Hi TonyC. Have I missed something. That curry house looks to be about 30 miles from the firing site down mainly country roads, you must be a bloody quick driver to get there in 15 minutes. My sat nav makes it about a 50 minute drive.

If we are going to meet up on the Friday maybe a venue in between would be a good idea to keep the taxi cost sensible.

Hi Digger,

I sincerely hope you have missed something... otherwise I will have an unpleasant surprise and a certain organisation will have its reputation severely tarnished. I did consult the AA routeplanner, using the appropriate postcodes as references and, the journey should take about 4 1/2 minutes only. Melbourne is just to the North of Newbold Coleorton. Assuming I am correct I suggest, for your own safety, you treat your sat nav with extreme caution!!!! Only joking... there must be another establishment of the same name, different postcode -probably serves better food aswell!

As I am going to be driving directly from Ipswich, where I am doing a course on Friday, I may arrive rather late that night. Perhaps we will all need to relax over a beer after the course.

See you there. (If I'm very late you will know what happened)

Tony C

[digger]

Hi Digger,

I sincerely hope you have missed something... otherwise I will have an unpleasant surprise and a certain organisation will have its reputation severely tarnished. I did consult the AA routeplanner, using the appropriate postcodes as references and, the journey should take about 4 1/2 minutes only. Melbourne is just to the North of Newbold Coleorton. Assuming I am correct I suggest, for your own safety, you treat your sat nav with extreme caution!!!! Only joking... there must be another establishment of the same name, different postcode -probably serves better food aswell!

As I am going to be driving directly from Ipswich, where I am doing a course on Friday, I may arrive rather late that night. Perhaps we will all need to relax over a beer after the course.

See you there. (If I'm very late you will know what happened)

Tony C

Yep it looks like I had missed something, the route planner took a route down the A42 for some unknown reason.

Look like a curry night then.

[Arthur Brown]

Melbourne is only a short drive away.

Target arrival time at the Cross keys is 0900 for introductions etc, then into the course by 1000.

Please keep on topic during the day to ensure that there is time for all necessary subjects to be covered. then we can all get out at a sensible time after the firing.

[portfire]

Does anyone have a postcode for the pub ?

[digger]

Does anyone have a postcode for the pub ?

LE67 8PJ

[Bob Twells]

Hands up who's excited! (me, me, me)
I can't make it tonight, so I'll see you all tomorrow bright and early.

[portfire]

Bit too late, but cheers digger

Hands up who's excited! (me, me, me)
I can't make it tonight, so I'll see you all tomorrow bright and early.

Same here, really looking forward to it Although one thing has p**sed me off, I can't find my boots so got to use an older pair They'll do the job, but looks like the fashion show is out of the question starseeker

See you all tomorrow

[RegimentalPyro]

Right then - I'm about to load up and set out.

I've been looking forward to this for some time - See you there!

[portfire]

Right then - I'm about to load up and set out.

I've been looking forward to this for some time - See you there!

Same here, see you soon pal

[phildunford]

Well, that was brilliant!

Let me be the first to say thank you to Arthur for all his hard work and persistance in making this happen.

I feel we have taken a quantom leap forward here, both in what we know and in our standing in the 'industry'.

Many thank's to the instructors too, for a lucid, instructive and fun course.