Regular FThotM meeting on 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 in 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.
Once again we are away for First Thursday, but once again Becky Cave has volunteered to step into the breach. Join her at 8.00pm on the 3rd at Jurys Inn Hotel on Midsummer Boulevard (west). Look out for the Mblem or mag on one of the tables to the right in the foyer. Contact Becky on 07941-168-131 for directions or encouragement.
Remember remember the 5th of November - and join us at the new look Vat & Fiddle pub on Queensbridge Road! Find us in the new room to the left of the bar probably on the first table as you enter. We'll be there from 8 until late as it's a Saturday. Last time we met we had the room to ourselves and the pub had overcatered on a private tour of their Castle Rock brewery so offered us the leftover buffet including sushi, samosas and satay chicken sticks. Yummy! If anyone would be interested in a tour of this micro-brewery please let me know and I'll try to arrange one.
I will be going to the Wycombe Swan on the afternoon of Saturday 5th to see Alan Ayckbourn's comedy Season's Greetings followed by an informal meal in town. Please buy your own theatre tickets, but ring or e-mail me at to let me know you are coming.
On Wednesday 9th we're meeting inside the doors to the Cornerhouse at 7.00pm prompt. We'll then head round the corner for a meal at Nando's restaurant whilst debating which film to watch at Cineworld later. Contact me in advance if you would like the options. We tend to choose from films starting between 8.00pm and 9.00pm so dinner isn't too rushed and it's not a very late finish and prefer 2D to 3D. You are welcome to join us for just the meal.
Our usual venue is changing management, so we will have to go elsewhere for our usual 2SaOTM, on 12th from 12-2, for frivolous chat and some more serious discussion over food and/or drink. It will probably be to the Adam and Eve pub on Lindum Hill in Lincoln. However, please email me if you are thinking of joining us so that I can let you know if there has to be a late change of plan.
Mike Hargreave Mawson continues to host meetings at his home in Bedford this month, with "My Favourite Things" on Sunday 13th. This month's theme for My Favourite Things is odours, so bring along samples or memories to share with others.
Mike's address is [Address]. He strongly advises contacting him in advance for directions and parking hints if it's your first visit - email [Email] or phone [Phone Number]. It's great to see meetings happening in Bedford again and hopefully they will be well supported by Bedford members.
Monday 14th at 8.00pm: Movie Night - feet up and bring the popcorn! [Address]. Will decide and advise nearer the time which film to watch. Please do let me know if you plan to attend as numbers may be limited.
There's just one event this month due to holidays, job searching and other commitments. Our regular 3rd Wednesday get together on 16th at the Standing Order on Irongate will be an early Christmas meal and requires pre-booking. The cost is £7.49 for main course including a drink then £2.00 each for starters or desserts so choose from 1, 2 or 3 courses. Please contact Maxine on [Phone Number] or [Email] for menu and to book. You are welcome to join us for just a drink later and we'll do our best to squeeze you around our reserved table.
Now that autumn is well and truly here, come and join us by the fireside at Oaklands for a nice cup of tea and some hot buttered crumpets. E-mail Mike on [Email] or phone [Phone Number] for directions/encouragement/parking hints.
In medieval times, meetings of great importance were heralded by the lighting of bonfires and the sacrificing of virgins (or something). These days, an entry in Empress is all it takes! On Thursday the 17th, we'll be gathering at the meeting hut known as The Craddock Inn (http://tinyurl.com/leicsMensaTTOTM) at 8.00pm. Conversation will be varied, and company convivial!
You may have seen the hilarious sheep racing at the Nottingham AG in 2006 or Bristol AG in 2009 or at local events over the years. It's a while since the flock have had an outing and they'll be making an appearance in the function room of the Horse & Groom pub in Moorgreen at 8.00pm on Wednesday 23rd. A pound or two will buy you a wad of sheepy money so you can gamble on the races and there will be a prize for the winner and the landlord will be donating all takings to Macmillan Cancer Care. Contact me for further details or directions or just turn up on the night.
LFotM on 25th from 8.00pm. Join us at the Cowper Arms, Digswell (near Welwyn village). 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). Contact me for further details and encouragement.
Sunday breakfast will be at 10.15am on Sunday 27th, but over the winter months we are moving to Brown's restaurant on the front of The Hub (next door to Jurys Inn), which we think is a bit cosier. Feel free to come for a full breakfast, a snack, or just a drink, but if possible please let me know by Saturday 26th so we have an idea what size table to grab when we arrive.
Monday 28th at 8.00pm: Pub meeting - Essex Arms, Langley Way, Watford. WD17 3EG. Please look for the Magazine on the table. New members always warmly welcomed.
Our last Tuesday eating meeting will be a festive feast at The Beekeeper on Meadow Lane in Beeston at 7.30pm on 29th. We don't usually return to the same venue consecutive years but the pub/restaurant was so good at re-arranging our group booking last year at very short notice when hardly anyone could get there due to the heavy snow and ice. Plus every diner receives a voucher booklet valid at Hungry Horse venues throughout the year so we've had lots of free food and drink during 2011. The cost is £8.99 for 2 courses or £11.99 for 3 courses and at the time of writing there are already 17 of us booked. Phone or email me to be added to our reservation.
On Wednesday 30th thoughts turn to Scotland as we celebrate St Andrew's Day with an eating-meeting at Wetherspoons in the Market Place in Leicester. I'm not Scottish, so that shouldn't stop you either! If there's no haggis on the menu, then we'll just have to mek do wi' a wee dram (or two...!)
The LWotM meeting on Wednesday 30th will be at 7.45pm 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 do try to be there early. This is St Andrew's Night. Any of you Scots want to come with a bit of Burns to read? I do hope some of you newer members will make an effort to meet us.