Cos if we are, I should probably see about a minibus!

No idea how I made the cost £100 earlier in this thread. V is quite right: £70-£80 sounds more like it.

My policy as always is that we should go after 5pm, so those with lectures and stuff can come too. I don't really think a leave after 5.30pm could be engineered and it may mean that we don't have as much time to do things… although this is principally up to the driver.

When we know rough overall costs I can email wychwood the details, suggesting the current plan (8-9th of May) and see how much interest there has been.

Would workers need to book time off on the Friday, or would we be going late?

See, I'm quibbling over details already…committee, yaysay or naysay shelaalalala so that i can quibble :P

8-9 May seems like the obvious one because it's early in term.

Is that a good date?
Is the trip too expensive or do we want to do it?

Oh mighty committee, what do you think, shall I phone the YHA and book us in? Once that's done we can wibble over the details at leisure.

Estimated cost is £65 + food + booze + transport (maybe £30?), that totals just under £100 + consumables

Cheaper if we go in multiple cars not a minibus, but we would then be paying several lots of fuel so I am not sure it would come to that much less overall unless numbers are low - and if we are all in one vehicle, then if we do get lost, at least we will all be lost together, which is much more fun!

I guess any date in Trinity is going to be bad for people with exams, but I am guessing that earlier is better than later?

Anyway, those are my not-terribly-coherent thoughts for your pondering.

How was your birthday, Shelagh?

What's CADW? Would it be closed access to others while we're there, or is it free coz anyone can do what they want there? I presume the former given the discussion about what we'd do there.

Estimate total cost of weekend £65+food and booze? Shelagh?

I think St Briavels sounds amazing. I think we HAVE to do it. I think we should make a really big event of it, and that for one weekend only it should rival Hauksby. And having been on the committee (like most of Old Wychwood) I know how much effort goes into organising events and keeping the society running smoothly, so I think they have the prerogative to date events to suit them as well as the society. It would be a huge shame to try and have a big event there and not have you guys present, and to do it twice so soon after the other might make both events smaller. I'd vote to have a full excursion to St Briavels next term. But sodding well book a weekend I can go!

Place bets now!

If we end up doing the Mystery Weekend to St Briavels next term, we need to sort out which weekend. Probably near the start, so as to not clash with exams? But then it'll be quite close to Hauksby… What do people think?
If we're doing a single day Mystery Trip, we could do Stonehenge/Silbury/West Kennet? Haven't been that way for a while.

EDIT:
Cai thinks the castle looks awesome but can't make the 28th, and would prefer the standard non-brewery mystery trip on the 7th (Option 1).
Candy thinks they all look good, but that combining Brewery and Mystery might be a bit rushed (so wants Option 1 or 3).

V

W'e of 28th Feb is available, but would interfere with the re-enactors market.

You can check the availability here:

https://www.yha.org.uk/find-accommodation/heart-of-england/hostels/St-Briavels/index.aspx

I don't think two craft days are possible. Perhaps we could have a really efficient kit making (starting earlier or something)? And kit makings in 0th/9th week if people are still around.

Talking of Hauksby, I think I will add that to the termcard so that people will know about it in advance.

Penny, if you can host the video evening you can chose the night ;)… well done for getting on the forum so quickly btw :D

P.S. This is V not Bunni, in case you haven't gathered

Would it be possible not to have the video evening on a Tuesday? Ignore me if that works out as the best day for everyone else, but on an average Tuesday evening I'm already triple booked.

My house could be used for kit making, I have a big living room.

I suggest if we go to St Briavels, we have a mini-banquet, i.e. vaguely authentic dinner in kit - since we'd have to have supper anyway, let's make something of it. However it is a Youth Hostel and we'd need to be more careful than usual about behaviour/alcomahol as it would be a shame to be barred from the YHA. Would suggest costing it up and mailing folk to see who's up for it. Also checking with YHA that they can fit in 10-ish people that weekend.

If possible, we should think about having two craft days, one for hard and one for soft kit. It's Hauksby coming up during Easter, so people need to get their kit into shape. Of course, there's already a lot on the termcard, so I don't know how feasible that is.

The Castle Trip could be a good idea, although if it's a whole weekend probably fewer people will be coming, so having the feast then would be unfair to all those who can't afford taking a weekend off. And when it comes to real mysteries, there's always the post-market drive, although this does of course greatly limit the places where we could go.

Ppppppppppppp

We do love you Paul, this is all just make-do talk for if you can't make it, but please do.

Also, RE: Mystery Trip. If it's St. Briavels Castle for a weekend, while it defeats the explicit nature of Mystery, I think that would need organising more openly. So - do we want to do it? I remember discussing it at the Railway Museum outside of Cannok and it sounded awesome to me. Also, Usk with Regia was a brilliant setting and a great event, lots of fun, so if WW could have an event of that ilk, I'd be all for it!

To add another layer of difficulty (if we go) - would we want to hold either the or a Feast there? Like a medieval banquet? Like cooking at Hauksby, but more so (or at least, more concentrated)? Just asking…

Ferny :D

Although an electric saw would be also be useful.

RE: brewery trip, there's space at the end of 1st week, or before the fire sat 2nd week, or instead of mystery trip (if that were to fold) end of 3rd week. But it would need confirmation of numbers and booking in advance (I'm not sure how far in advance tho). Again, it would need drivers (probably minibus). I'd suggest Sam to arrange details if he wants to.

RE: crafts day - Claire and I will only be able to arrive late (after 2pm) as we have a training day then. However, I am keen to do crafts, so I will be there as soon as possible. Paul, can you confirm that date or suggest another?

Ferny

I haven't been able to find a place for Sam's brewery trip but if anyone has any ideas how we can fit it in please do tell me.

Could people like Witty (with regards to hard crafts and coppicing), Ferny (with regards to coppicing) and Shelagh (with regards to Mystery trip and lots of things) especially give feedback.

Also Pppp because he's German and fun