We continue with our regular First Thursday meeting at 8.00pm on 3rd February at Jurys Inn Hotel on Midsummer Boulevard. Look out for the Mblem on one of the tables to the right in the foyer. Parking is busy around Jurys and The Hub, so we usually try and get in across the road and then walk through the underpass.
Our regular first Thursday of the month meeting will be on the 3rd from 8.15pm. Come and join us! We'll be around for our usual mix of lively conversation and a good atmosphere. As always, we're at the Millstream, Cambridge Road, Hitchin. Good food and good beer both available! The pub is about ten minutes' walk from the railway station.
Our regular pub social falls on Saturday 5th. Please join us from 8.00pm at the Vat & Fiddle pub on Queensbridge Road in the city centre to celebrate the weekend and two days off work - unless you work shifts or on a rota of course! Look for the yellow Mblem usually to the left of the bar and a warm welcome awaits.
Our "chicks & flicks" event will be on Wednesday 9th. Please meet inside the doors to the Cornerhouse at 7.00pm prompt. We'll then dine at Nando's. Afterwards we can watch a film at Cineworld or, as in previous months if the roads are likely to turn icy and we don't want to stay out late, we'll just go for chocolate pudding or hot chocolate drinks at a nearby pub. "Chicks & flicks" or "chicks & chocs" we'll still have a nice evening!
Our first rolling-roadshow / eating-meeting of the year is a special one as Pen and I both celebrate our birthdays in February. Bring cards and enormously expensive presents along to The Ferrers Arms, Lount, on Friday 11th at 8:00pm (details/directions/etc. available at http://www.ferrersarmspub.co.uk) where we'll be all ready for you. If you can't make it, then just send cards and presents . . . !
We'll be holding the regular 2SaOTM in the coffee bar at The Collection, Danes Terrace. Do join us for lunch/snack or just a quick coffee. Usually we're at the far end of the room, spot the yellow Mblem. All very welcome. For more details or encouragement please contact me.
Please join us for Sunday breakfast at 10.00am in Café Rouge in The Hub (not the Centre:MK/Destination Dining branch) on Sunday 13th. Feel free to come for a full breakfast, a snack, or just a drink, but if possible please let me know by Saturday 12th so we have an idea what size table to grab when we arrive.
On Monday 14th from 8.00pm: a video evening, 'Random Numbers', hosted by Bryan, plus the usual conversation and comestibles. Please note - we do have a capacity limit, so you do need to contact me if you are planning on attending. I can then advise venue and directions.
Regular Third Wednesday of the Month get together in the Standing Order in Irongate on 16th from 7.30pm.
This year I'm once again involved in raising money for Cancer Research UK and have been given 100 tickets by Nottingham Greyhound Stadium for Friday 18th. I will be selling these for £5 each. This covers admission and a race card and the usual price is £6. All proceeds will go to charity. The venue will only make money on any food or drink purchased during the evening. Arrive from 7.00pm. As part of the event my team (i.e. whomever I sell tickets to) will be allocated a trap number for certain races and the position the dog finishes in each race will score points on a league table basis. The stadium are hosting this event on six different nights and the winning team from each night will be invited back free of charge in October to compete for a trophy and a further £150 for their charity. Friends and family are warmly welcome to this fun night out and to help raise money for this worthwhile charity. Please contact me to obtain your ticket(s). Sorry, over 18s only.
Maxine will behosting a meal at an exciting new Italian Restaurant, Carlucci , that opened in Heanor recently. The homemade pizzas and pastas are delicious and on Tuesday all main courses are BOGOF. Find the menu at www.carluccirestaurant.co.uk. Please book your place with Maxine on [Phone Number] or [Email] by 18th. Grazie! We know that not everyone can make our regular Wednesday meeting and Maxine has opted for a Tuesday evening, 22nd, which will also allow everyone to benefit from their "BOGOF" offer.
The meeting, on Wednesday 23rd, will be at the Old Mill on Berkhamsted High Street at the end nearest to Hemel Hempstead. There is a car park, but this is popular so try to be there early. I hope to see you there provided the weather allows. If we are in deep snow this meeting will be cancelled, but it should be clear by then. Sadly "Eat Fish" has closed down so we can no longer use their upper room.
Because of the date of the Pen & Paul birthday bash earlier on in February, for the third month on the trot we've had to shift the date of the Third Thursday of the Month pub social at The Old Horse on London Road in Leicester. This time it'll be on Fourth Thursday (24th February) at 8.00pm. Conversation topic of the day is "Call this a winter? When *I* were young . . . etc". For details/encouragement/a chat, please call or email me.
Many thanks to Michael Rich who has volunteered to host this month's "at home" event. He lives in Stapleford and is offering an evening of chat, drinks, nibbles and traditional games from 8.00pm on Thursday 24th. Please contact him on [Phone Number] or [Email] for directions and so he knows how many people to expect.
Join us at the Cowper Arms, Digswell (near Welwyn village) for Last Friday, 25th, from 8.00pm. Good food and good beer available to suit all tastes! The venue is next to Welwyn North railway station (Kings Cross - Cambridge and Peterborough line with trains every 30 minutes).
On Saturday 26th at 7.00pm, it's time to gather round a warm (probably gas) fire and enjoy an evening of friendly games of Scrabble. Tea and coffee will be provided. The exact location will be confirmed depending on numbers, weather and other unpredictable factors! Numbers are limited so please ring or email me by Monday 21st February for directions and to reserve your place.
Monday 28th from 8.00pm: a pub meeting in the Essex Arms, Watford. Everyone is very welcome and please look for the magazine on the table.