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

[Felix]

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

Fantastic! I will try everything to take part. I will put up with
chicken-cakes, but only if they are vegan.


cheers,
felix