It'll start off between ourselves, and then we can try to get the ticket collector involved. See how long we can keep it up before they chuck us off.

 

When I was going down to the ATP Festival, a load of Young Farmers got on at Lancaster, on their way to a Young Farmers conference in Newton Abbot, and started having water-fights and generally arseing about in coach C. We knew it was coach C because there were a sucession of increasingly irate announcements asking them to stop arseing around. The best one was when the steward explained that due to their actions, he now had wet trousers, and that this kind of attitude was not acceptible. Eventually some policemen got on at Bristol, and walked up and down the train a bit, and on the way into Taunton there was announcement that if there was any more unacceptible behaviour, the culprits would be thrown off. The announcer didn't sound convinced.

 

So yeah - looks like you can get away with quite a bit before they finally chuck you off. The steward was a wuss.

a mate of mine pretended to be asleep after a night out when the ticket collector came round. he didn't buy the snoring act, so actually manhandled my mate towards the door of the still-moving train (it was those one of those old slam-door trains that didn't lock), until my mate eventually caved and bought a ticket.

Heh - that's how it should be!

Excellent, I shall pack a water gun and maybe even some water baloons. Can someone bring the water?

York/Leeds people: Is Barkston Ash/Tadcaster a nice area?
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=LS249PU&ie=UTF8&ll=53.833081,-1.257935&spn=0.0466,0.11673&t=h&z=13&om=1

Tadcaster has always made me think of some sort of penis manufacturing job title.

 

I've never been there though, but I wanted to share the above anyway.

I used to live in Littlehampton :C

(giggle)

Only driven through it once. They make beer there, if that's any help.

I want to drive through Maidenhead. As it were.

Stopping only to buy a copy of the local contact magazine the Maidenhead Advertiser

Let me know if they're any good. Might be able to go to a Halloween gig they're playing.

Talking about gigs, ahem.

(Sorry)

Added to the calender, not sure if i'll be able to make it, though.

Hehehe - no problems :) I realise that that far south east can be a bit of a struggle. It'd be cool to see you there, though!

Everyone ready for this then? I tihnk I've manage to committ Dyl to come by saying I'll bring his mandolin case what I owe him.

Oh shit, have we finalised a date?

Yes. :@

So what date are we going for? Should I book train tickets and stuff?

You've already booked train tickets haven't you? I'm sure you mentioned doing so further up t'thread.

 

Anyway, in case there's any doubt - the Northern Meat will take place on 10th November, in York, from early-mid afternoon onwards, starting at a suitable starting location, and then moving to steadily more unsuitable locations as the day progresses. I'm leaving that side of things to the Yorkshirers.