by Alex Brandon-Smith » Mon Jun 25, 2018 6:42 pm
smokin wrote: ↑Mon Jun 25, 2018 5:09 pm
So next year's MSG will be down south again? No scope for it coming further north?
Hi Steve, it's certainly on the radar but I've decided to keep the MSG the same format for next year mainly to gain some momentum and also to ensure the relationships I built this year with the people who helped me organise are maintained and built upon. I am then hoping to move in year 3 and start to alternate. We had members from both Cornwall and Scotland there and I'm sure all of those who attended would confirm it's worth the journey and the advanced planning. Often, those with longer journeys have made a longer weekend of it...
However, I am looking at trying to organise a Christmas meal further up north if there is some help from the Northern Chapter to suggest some decent hotels where we could hold it. Somewhere like Chester could be a good shout which is fairly accessible and certainly more North. That may also then help with the choices for MSG moving north.
Hotel needs to be decent, with a private event/dining area, preferably in a decent setting. Current rooms at Bicester cost around £135-185 depending on room type. Any help would be much appreciated. I seem to remember somewhere like Rowton Hall Hotel & Spa being half decent?
Alex
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So next year's MSG will be down south again? No scope for it coming further north?
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Hi Steve, it's certainly on the radar but I've decided to keep the MSG the same format for next year mainly to gain some momentum and also to ensure the relationships I built this year with the people who helped me organise are maintained and built upon. I am then hoping to move in year 3 and start to alternate. We had members from both Cornwall and Scotland there and I'm sure all of those who attended would confirm it's worth the journey and the advanced planning. Often, those with longer journeys have made a longer weekend of it...
However, I am looking at trying to organise a Christmas meal further up north if there is some help from the Northern Chapter to suggest some decent hotels where we could hold it. Somewhere like Chester could be a good shout which is fairly accessible and certainly more North. That may also then help with the choices for MSG moving north.
Hotel needs to be decent, with a private event/dining area, preferably in a decent setting. Current rooms at Bicester cost around £135-185 depending on room type. Any help would be much appreciated. I seem to remember somewhere like Rowton Hall Hotel & Spa being half decent?
Alex