Re: [Chicken-hackers] Summer 2012 meetup in the UK?

[Andy Bennett]

Hi,

> Having just moved into a much larger house than I previously lived in
> (one large enough to have an actual guest room, plus a playroom for the
> kids that we're equipping as a second guest room, and a big lounge!), I
> hereby offer to host a Chicken meetup sometime this summer! We can
> easily sleep quite a lot of people here (particularly if they bring
> sleeping bags).

Tops! I'm already looking forward to it and EXCITED!


> The location is Gloucester, which is about an hour and a half from
> London by train. As well as having a few days' hacking, we should find
> time to go and visit some of the lovely attractions of the area, such as
> the legendary cheese shop in Cheltenham, or peering at GCHQ, which is
> Europe's largest supercomputer centre (through a barbed-wire fence,
> while watched suspiciously by armed guards), or going for strolls in the
> Cotswold countryside.

If you're in London, be sure to visit "Cons Street": http://g.co/maps/z4rhs


> And I must warn everyone that my wife is planning to bake Chicken-themed
> cakes and biscuits.

CHICKEN CAKES?!?!?


> I am open to suggestions for dates. Should I avoid the Olympics, as
> travel will presumably be more expensive then? Or should I coincide with
> the Olympics, as people might want to come over to the UK for them
> anyway, and sneak in a few days in Gloucester amongst it all? Who would
> like to come, and when can they get time off?
> 
> I'd recommend we make it a long weekend, so we can fit in a good mixture
> of hacking and adventuring! But people are welcome to stay for longer if
> there's interest :-)

How about the August Bank Holiday? Although I'm not sure how many UK
people there are and whether it coincides with bank holidays elsewhere?




Regards,
@ndy

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