>I was just remembering the story were Jeremy Reeves (a former miracle
>systems employee) and Stuart Honeyball went "hill climbing" during
that
>Irish Show. After Roy & Steve, Bill, you, and me had packed up, they
still
>hadn't returned, so we drew a map on a piece of paper as to where the
pub
>was and for them to meet us there when then returned, and hung it on
the
>handlebars of their bicycles which they had left outside - only to
get to
>the pub ourselves and find they had been there most of the day, and
were
>half sozzled.... ;-))

At least they'd been there much of the day without getting thrown
out...I knocked a pint over within minutes of arrival and nearly got
thrown out before having my first drink! Still, the laptop came in
handy when paying for the food didn't it Darren ;-))

>Happy days.. Most memorable for the wrong reasons - it was the
following
>morning we all woke to the news that Princess Diana was dead. I
remember
>all of us, including Ian Pizer from Switzerland and his wife standing
there
>watching the TV in disbelief...

I was staying in a B&B up the road with Simon Goodwin at the time and
we nearly argued because I thought he was winding me up that Diana had
been killed in that accident. It was only when he turned on the radio
that I realised it was true.

>Which reminds me, must get the final bookings sorted for a show over
here
>again this year. Now I am leaving the bank I will have some
additional time
>on my hands. Anyone have any preference as to when? I was thinking of
July
>or August, when the weather is good.

He he, been trying to get Darren to do this for ages, with many false
starts. To anyone fancying a few days in Ireland at that time of year
it's a superb place to be, and the last Irish show was such fun we'll
hardly forget it! I've also wanted to get to one of the USA QL shows
but each and every year something happens to prevent me going, I've
pretty well given up trying now.

Anyone wanting to travel to Ireland for the show could do worse than
take a sail and rail (or whatever they're called now) ticket to
Holyhead or south west wales from England. I have found to my surprise
in the past that these can sometimes actually be cheaper than ferry
fare alone due to discounting by the train companies concerned. And
the trains to north Wales are actually not as bad as we've come to
expect from the british rail companies, they do actually manage to get
to the ferries on time on the whole!

--
Dilwyn Jones
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