Venue :             Naseeb, Church St, Town

Date :               Monday 5 April 2004 9 p.m.

Time :               9.0 p.m.

 

Present on time :

Paul Barlymow

Andy Seens

Markage Proctor

Steve Stoooly

Dave Mooower

Ian Mitchell

No Show

everybody else

 

1.       Choice Of Beer With Curry

Mark was driving, so he had, and I quote from the menu “Castle Maine XXXY”. This must be brewed at the Man City ground, which explains why it’s rubbish (& I don’t even know a thing about football). The confusion between the “X”s and the “Y”s is a chromosome thing :- it is a female’s drink, not for men.

And 5 pints of Cobra pls.

 

2.       Previous Actions

4.1   Seens – tried unsuccessfully (which is not failed) to find cheap accom in Skipton.

Col –dug his camping book out, following a phone call to him at home during the meeting where he wasn’t, to find nothing of any use.

4.2   Stooly – went to Derbyshire on a recce, but it was raining, so he didn’t get out of the car. I’m not sure that this counts.

4.3   Barlymow – researched Penrith to the extent of discovering its entire unsuitableness : we would get our heads stoved in.

Moower – did remember to press the Penrith website “Accommodation” button, largely irrelevantly due to Barlymow’s result, above.

5    Seens – has found all reqd items for about £14.

4.4   Stooly - no response from Dianne yet.

 

3.       Location

To summarise, we are struggling :

Skipton – still unable to find suitable accom. Defo no camp. Could try a big self catering house. Or the Travel Lodge on the A59, just out of town, prob not cheap tho.

Whaley Bridge / Castleton / Edale - still a poss, but we still don’t know anything about the area.

Penrith- too dangerous.

Harrogate / Richmond (N.Yorks not Thames) were also mentioned, but have same accom problems.

We need to find some real options soon.

Action All

4.       Theme

Police Women –

Stooly stated that these days WPCs (N.B. not WPC’s for those illiterates) wear trousers, not short skirts. This nearly got him beaten up there and then. Seens has found the following suitable apparel :

·         hats (incl. chequered band and badge) £6

·         scarf (chequered) + epaulettes + handcuffs (pink – could be sprayed silver) + truncheon = £6

·         comedy breasts £1

·         skirt material + safety pins £1

Total ~ £14 each

Additionally :

·         walkie-talkies – poss optional extra due to cost, but many of us already have/could borrow them. All current PMRs use same frequencies (I think) so any model would do. Excellent for ordering your beers from whoever’s at the bar. Seens to look around for cheapest sets, anticipate £40/pair.

Action Seens.

·         Accessories – Seens (again) to ask Lou Critchley if she can borrow for us some stuff like “Police crime scene” tape, so we can rope of sections of birds. Internal cavity search equipment and instamatic cameras. The list is endless.

Action Seens.

 

5.       Weather

After Dianne Oxbry has still not replied to Stooly’s email, he’s going to take a leaf out of Dave Gorman’s book and send emails to all combinations of D/dot/_/Dianne/dot/_O/dot/_/Oxbry@anywhere.etc and hope she learns enough manners to at least reply.

Action – Stooly.

6.       AOB

·         As it’s Easter this w/e, beers shall be Thursday (8th) night. Starting at the towny end for a change :

7:30 Indigo / Voodoo Lounge

This is on the cobbled path betw. Friargate & Winkley Sqr.

·         Bill Bailey, no matter how funny, clashes with a (secret) party some of us are going to.

·         Mooower to sort out 1 day cricket event this spring, loosely disguising some all day drinking.

·         Glastonbury is rubbish this year (Paul McCartney headlining) and tickets are unobtainable anyway, despite Mr Evis’s attempts to sort it out, so were all going to V04 in Stafford, 19-22 Aug instead.

·         I had an excellent tandoori chicken madras, and there was (with help from Mark’s jalfrezi which was too hot for him to finish) enough left for next day breaky.

 

7.       Next Meeting

Stooly is away selling killing machines to the germans for 2 weeks, so :

Monday 19 April 9pm, Naseeb.

 

HAVE SOME SERIOUSLY GOOD LOCATION / ACCOMODATION IDEAS BY THEN.