On Thursday 3rd at 7.30pm, and by special request, our pre-Christmas meal will be a return visit to Anong Thai on Desborough Road in High Wycombe. This is a small friendly restaurant serving high quality Thai food at reasonable prices. See http://www.anongthai.co.uk/ for further information. Car parking is available off Desborough Avenue - free after 7.00pm.
Please contact me as above by Sunday 29th November to let me know you are coming so that I can book a table.
Our regular first Thursday of the month meeting will be on Thursday 3rd from 8.15pm. As always, we're at The Millstream, Cambridge Road, Hitchin. Good food and good beer both available! Call me for more details and encouragement. The pub is about ten minutes' walk from the railway station.
First Thursday is at our regular venue of Jurys Inn on Midsummer Boulevard on 3rd December from 8.00pm. Look out for the Mblem on one of the tables to the right in the foyer. Parking is a bit busy around Jurys and The Hub, so we usually try and get in across the road and then walk through the underpass.
In December we're moving the meeting to the beginning of the month, as diaries tend to fill up towards Christmas - and it will be lunch instead of an evening meal. We're meeting in the Caffe Italia, Church Street, in the centre of Melton Mowbray, at 1.00pm on Saturday 5th December. Hopefully some members may find it easier to come at lunchtime, and it would be great to have a really good turnout of those who regularly attend meetings, those who have been occasionally, and those we have not yet met. The cafe is very welcoming and the food decent and affordable. As it may get booked up at this time of year, could you let me know by Monday 30th November at the latest if you intend coming.
As I will be attending my Lakes Party Weekend, Kevin Bamford has kindly volunteered to host our regular '5th of the month' event. Please join him from 8.00pm on Saturday 5th at the Vat & Fiddle pub on Queensbridge Road for an evening of chatting and drinking (either alcoholic or non-alcoholic). Look for Mensa Magazine which can usually be found to the left of the bar. New faces of all ages are very welcome.
Just for a change we thought we'd have a MK & Bedford Mensa Christmas dinner on Sunday 6th. But rather than a traditional menu we decided to opt for a return visit to the Sizzling Wok in Bedford, scene of previous successful outings. This is a Mongolian barbecue where you select your own choice of raw ingredients and flavourings, and the chefs stir fry them for you. Please let me know by Wednesday 2nd if you plan to come along.
It's all change for the Northampton area meeting as from this month. We no longer meet on the First Thursday and we no longer meet at Harlestone. Our new venue is The Malt Shovel, Bridge Street, Northampton and this month you will find us there on Monday 7th December from 9.00pm - then the First Monday for each month thereafter. We'll try to grab a table towards the rear of the pub, next to the door for the beer garden.
If you're fed up of turkey dinners already then come along to Nando's on Wednesday 9th and eat chicken instead! We meet at 7.00pm inside the doors to the Cornerhouse in Nottingham city centre before heading round the corner to the restaurant on Forman Street. Afterwards there's the option of a film at Cineworld. Contact Paul on [Phone Number] or [Email] to find out how to get free drinks at the restaurant and 2-4-1 tickets at the cinema.
2SotM, I'm avoiding Christmas Market weekend, and moving to the second Saturday for this month. So, the 'regular' meeting will be Saturday 12th in the coffee bar at The Collection, Danes Terrace. Everyone is welcome, do join us for a chat - snack, lunches, drinks and nice cakes are available for those who wish to partake. I'll aim for a table at the far end of the room, look for Magazine/Mblem on the table. For directions/encouragement either email [Email] or give me a ring on [Phone Number].
This month on Wednesday 16th we're having a Christmas meal for our 3WOTM meeting at the Standing Order on Irongate. Main course with drink £5.99, starter and dessert £2.00 each. To check availability and book, contact Maxine on [Phone Number] or myself as above. We will meet at 7.30pm for food, or join us later for just a drink. Look out for the yellow Mblem on a long table in the area just beyond the bar. Contact me as above for more details/directions.
Our Third Wednesday meeting at the Old Beams in Shenley Lodge is on the 16th. If you're definitely planning to come, please let me know as it will help us to grab the right sized table, but don't let that put you off deciding on the spur of the moment - you'll still be welcome. See www.mcmullens.co.uk for location and menu details. You can eat or not, as you wish - their food is quite good and reasonably priced. Look around for the Mblem as we don't get the same table each time.
The December Roadshow is the last Northants event for 2009 and we are going back to Wellingborough for the first time in about nine months. The destination is The Locomotive in Finedon Road and we'll be there around 8.00pm on Thursday 17th December, probably somewhere near the sarcophagus.
As always, we'll advertise our presence with a copy of the Mensa magazine.
Our Mensa Meeting for Christmas will be at my house on Friday 18th December at 8.00pm.
Please ring me (as above) for details.
Best wishes to you all and hope to see you.
Our final event of the year is a soiree (it sounds posher than a party!) at my home in Langley Mill from 8.00pm on Friday 18th. A light buffet and mulled wine will be provided but please bring whatever else you would like to drink. Please let me know if you can join us to help catering or contact me for directions."