N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: Leadfingers
Date: 16 Dec 02 - 08:07 PM

Like the Idea . Will check on the details but (I think you cab pencel me in for a bed etc.

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: Big Mick
Date: 16 Dec 02 - 07:58 PM

Why don't you good folks just post the hostel info. I am trying to talk Wyo Woman into coming. Hey Jeri,.............how bout it? This would be a great ramble and the rates are right.

Jed...........give it some thought, bud.

Mick

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: JudeL
Date: 16 Dec 02 - 05:47 PM

Count Paul and I in. Please pm me the phone number/address of the hostel so that we can book 2 places. Don't yet know if we'll be flying from gatwick/stanstead or driving and taking the ferry.

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: GUEST,Claymore
Date: 16 Dec 02 - 04:34 PM

Well that was a bit of a help... but if someone could give us an idea of the weather, ie: Does anyone know what the climate will be in fahrenheit? Amount of rain at that time of year? Blood alcohol content necessary to ward off chills? What is the snow situation (needed only for driving information.)

My plan is to land at Dublin and rent a car to drive north. I am still deciding whether to come a few days earlier or stay a few days later, but I will ensure that I'm there for the weekend. I will advise more as I figure it out...

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 16 Dec 02 - 03:59 PM

Wear what T shirts you like 3 or 4 at a time. It will be more Connecticut than California.
Giok

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: GUEST,Claymore
Date: 16 Dec 02 - 01:45 PM

Oh, and by the way, could you give us 'mericans a hint of the weather to be expected... so Mick and I can pick out the most appropriate T-shirts to wear...

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: GUEST,Claymore
Date: 16 Dec 02 - 12:34 PM

I'm at work and will write more later, but get an email address or web site for each of the hotels. If I can't contact them directly and give them a credit card number, then I can send you or them a check to hold the room(s). Like Big Mick, I'm set on coming...

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: Morticia
Date: 15 Dec 02 - 02:49 PM

I plan on being there, and expect I will be driving...I think cat and Micca have two of the spare seats so that leaves one for comfort or two for extra friendly people available.Fibs, if you PM me your address, I can send you some dosh to cover the deposit.

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 15 Dec 02 - 12:53 PM

Yep Prestwick would not be out of the question.
Giok

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: mooman
Date: 15 Dec 02 - 12:48 PM

Dear Fibula,

Lady McMoo (of Tyrone origins) is also interested now as well as myself so if we can work out the travel that would be a double room in the hostel for the two of us. I'll confirm as soon as I can.

Best regards,

moo

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: mooman
Date: 15 Dec 02 - 09:46 AM

Dear Giok,

I might fly into Glasgow-Prestwick as I can get a good cheap deal on that route.

Any chance I might be able to rent a seat in your car or would that be out of the way for you?

Very best regards,

moo

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: GUEST,Ard Mhacha.
Date: 15 Dec 02 - 07:25 AM

Larry I used that crossing in the 50s and you had to shove the cattle over to make room.
It`s all different now the cattle travel 3rd class. Ard Mhacha.

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: InOBU
Date: 14 Dec 02 - 07:21 PM

Jeeze I haven't been on the Larne Stranraer ferry since 78! It was two quid then, I believe, of course a pint was something like sixty p!
Larry

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 14 Dec 02 - 09:30 AM

Fionn, I live in the highlands, so will be approaching from t'north. What I was meaning particularly was even if we only met quayside, several people in the same car may travel more cheaply.
Giok

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: Peter K (Fionn)
Date: 14 Dec 02 - 07:35 AM

Giok, what GB points will you be passing en route to Stranraer? I'd be interested in buying a seat in your motor, though it's possible I will have to go over earlier than you (24 Feb).

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 14 Dec 02 - 07:06 AM

This is beginning to sound exciting......Giok

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: Big Mick
Date: 13 Dec 02 - 11:02 PM

I am going to do everything in my power to make it. It depends on the airfare, but I am very serious about this. And there is a very good chance that the other 4 in my band will come as well. Now that you have settled on a date, I will go to work on it and get back to you soon.

Mick

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: diesel
Date: 13 Dec 02 - 07:15 PM

Hi Fibula

Now you have a date - I'll go ask the permission from she who must be obeyed, Back to you within few days to confirm.

When I confirm - I'll post here and then send PM for details of either address for bank draft or bank details for EFT transaction ( this will show up on your record as sent by name...easy to track.)

Euro or Stg ?

rgds

Diesel

PS thanks for this....

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: Áine
Date: 13 Dec 02 - 06:52 PM

Hope I'm not throwing a spanner in the works; but, I won't know until the end of next week if I'll have the (insert your favorite currency here) to come. I will enquire further of Dear Hubby when he arrives at Moon on the Hill this evening about monetary arrangements -- I've gotta say he's really being a champ about my wanting to go back 'home' all by myself (again). What a fella! ;-)

-- Áine

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: GUEST,Ard Mhacha
Date: 13 Dec 02 - 04:56 PM

Fibula, Fair play to you, and to anyone who has never been to this lovely wee town, you will be pleasantly surprised, by the scenery and the people. Ard Mhacha.

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 13 Dec 02 - 04:30 PM

Wecome Wolfgang!"!

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: MudGuard
Date: 13 Dec 02 - 04:12 PM

Giok, thanks for the offer! You should be prepared for me taking it! ;-)
It is just that I want to avoid putting lots of money into the banks...

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 13 Dec 02 - 03:44 PM

Fibs, I'm yer man on this,I'll definitely come. MudGuard I'll sort your deposit out for you if it's a problem, we can square up later. I want to take my car, so it may be cheaper for some of us to meet UK side, and all cross in one vehicle, I'll look at prices on the Stranraer ferry site.

Singing already......Giok

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: MudGuard
Date: 13 Dec 02 - 02:29 PM

Hello Fibula,

I want to come, I'd like to get a bed in the hostel.
Payment from Germany is also a bit of a trouble, banks tend to take a lot here for foreign currency transactions (as well as for Euro transactions outside Germany)...
So I'd prefer to pay when I am there - but if necessary I will of course pay before that.

MudGuard

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: InOBU
Date: 13 Dec 02 - 02:28 PM

Hi Moo, when you get fare information, drop me an email at [e-mail], Genie and I may be going, I could drop over to Ardbo for a flying visit to see Brian O'Hannon and Co., and then down to Kerry for a quick hello... Cheers, hope to see ya's Larry

Subject: RE: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: mooman
Date: 13 Dec 02 - 11:02 AM

Thanks for the dates confirmation Fibula...I will now consult the almanack and cheapo fares sites and get back to you!

All the best

moo

Subject: N. Ireland 2003 gathering - need numbers
From: Fibula Mattock
Date: 13 Dec 02 - 10:44 AM

Some of us have been discussing a Mudcat Gethering in Portaferry, Co. Down, N. Ireland at the end of February 2003: Mudcat Gathering, N. Ireland, 2003?

I've contacted Barholm hostel and they've sent out some info. It looks like the weekend of Fri 28 February - 3 March 2003 is available (but liable to be booked up soon). Barholm can sleep up to 50 people in an assortment of single, double, family and group rooms. It's 12 quid per night per person, but there's a 10 per cent discount for groups of 15 or more. The conference room is 20 quid per day on top of that. The house can be booked in entirety - 750 quid for two days (pricey!!).

Anyway, they'd prefer it if a block booking was made. I can book for people, but I can't provide the deposit (being a poor broke student and all that). They want a 20 per cent non-refundable deposit with the balance paid on arrival.

Also, I've found out that the Market House in the Square can be booked at quite a resaonable price and is a good place for a bit of dancing!

So, I need to work out a plan, find out who's going, who wants accommodation, and how we can work all this out...