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A belated thank you from me too Susie for organising another great Social, my only regret was that I couldn't stay longer

Have a goodun

Wurzel

Yes thanks Susie, as a newbie it was good to put some more faces to names. It was also good to feel relatively normal sat amongst a group of grown people talking about butterflies!

Yes, thank you Susie for keeping what is becoming a tradition going. More people than ever and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks to everyone there too.

(And thanks also to dilettante for the lift at the end - exquisite timing for the train too! )

Dave

Looks like I managed to arrive late enough to avoid the group photo yesterday
It was a great afternoon and nice to meet up with familiar faces and a few new ones. Sorry to those I did not get to have a conversation with.
Thanks to Susie for making sure this happens every year
This is a great venue for me because it is only just up the road from home, I hope it remains here. I am curious as to how we arrived at choosing this venue especially as Susie is from Sussex, could somebody enlighten me please

jackz432r wrote: This is a great venue for me because it is only just up the road from home, I hope it remains here. I am curious as to how we arrived at choosing this venue especially as Susie is from Sussex, could somebody enlighten me please

One year at the Aes exhibition I was chatting to a few ukbutts members and idea of a winter get together was born. I looked at a map and found somewhere near to motorways accessible to us and decided Winchester was a good bet. Then I was warned that Winchester traffic at Christmas (initially the get together was in December) was a bit of a trial so I looked a bit further afield. A few possible locations came up but they needed to be near a railway station which narrowed the choices down a bit more. Finally online reviews of the pubs were consulted and Bob's your uncle. a nice country pub with good food, a free carpark, etc... bet you're sorry you asked now.

bugboy wrote:Yes thanks Susie, as a newbie it was good to put some more faces to names. It was also good to feel relatively normal sat amongst a group of grown people talking about butterflies!

I'm glad you could make it, it's nice to encourage the younger generation

Thanks again to everyone who has said thanks.

Susie wrote:

bugboy wrote:Yes thanks Susie, as a newbie it was good to put some more faces to names. It was also good to feel relatively normal sat amongst a group of grown people talking about butterflies!

I'm glad you could make it, it's nice to encourage the younger generation

Thanks again to everyone who has said thanks.

I'm the younger generation not been refered to in that way for at least 20 years!

bugboy wrote:I'm the younger generation not been refered to in that way for at least 20 years!

rejoice!