> 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 _______________________________________________ Chicken-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users
