The ALTERNATIVE meet . . . the thread . . . .

[BillShipton]

As far as pubs down here are concerned for winter-style get-togethers (ie drinking but dressed), it would have to be midweek as otherwise they are noisy and full of rock bands (nice for getting drunk and misbehaving in a Hayley stylee but useless for talking). Also the pub with a separate room (yes there is a choice of two down here) would prefer a weekday.

I have been to London recently and most of the pubs I used to know with nice rooms upstairs have shut. Besides, winter accommodation is really cheap down here. Twenty quid B&B is the norm! We can do messy stuff in the studio first if you want BUT that makes it more expensive. Let's not run before we walk here. Pub, beer, the odd frock and fetish gear would be a good start. Also no upfront costs in case nobody turns up (it's all very well saying "talk is cheap" but cheap is good when you are the one paying the bills!).

Leeds sounds cool too. I used to moor my narrowboat there....

[Sploshman]

(it's all very well saying "talk is cheap" but cheap is good when you are the one paying the bills!)

Well if people back the chat then there's no probs.

That aint always the case tho' lol.

[stonecastle]

We can do messy stuff in the studio first if you want BUT that makes it more expensive.

That is a shame as the splosh studio would be the ideal place for a sploshing session meet.

[andy250]

If I was available I would visit, the distance is the prob, the knee would not let my drive the distance!!! then again we could asses B&B dept that sounds do able. Let me have a look at trains etc Bill. I'll see what the costs would be.

Dolly come fly with me!!! lets fly off to St. Lens!!! (*attempts to sing then realises why he is not on the x-factor!!)


regards

Andy

[muckypup]

We can do messy stuff in the studio first if you want BUT that makes it more expensive.

That is a shame as the splosh studio would be the ideal place for a sploshing session meet.

Dont quite get your comment there stonecastle, I dont think Bill was ruling it out just saying (reasonably) that it'd cost money if you wanted to do any messy stuff there

[Jonny]

I thought it would be a perfect for WI meet

[Trashcan]

missed most of fun on this thread .. but on pub meets ... this was an idea I was thinking of .... after the discussion on original threads

London on a Saturday to allow for shopping trips to the fetish/clothing parlours/shops of the fair city of the city and a trawl through Camden with maybe a meet type point at "an alt bar" like The Dev in mid afternoon say from about 3 ... its quieter in there generally until 7 when the DJ turns the volume up a bit .. it then offers people travelling a chance to go home if out of town, carry on in a noisy venue, go to a club/gig and if it was timed on a weekend like TG those interested could go onto that ...

It gives a pub venue that is busy but quietish with an almost anything goes dress code (within laws of decency but pvc, rubber, fetish, cyber, punk . X dress etc all happily seen in ther) ... (just wear black if in doubt) and alcohol ...


But also like idea of a weekend South Coast meet up ..... cheap accom, pubs and if people wanted the studio to play in!

On the mud course thing the last gallery is 2003 is it still running as seems strange no pic updates for last 3 years?

[andy250]

I could actually do tihs during the week for about £100.00 inc a cheap B&B its just short of 5 hours. Direct into St.Lens, would need somebody at the station maybe.

Let me know if we get serious and I'll aks Bill to name B&B's etc.

regards

Andy
(quicker than i thought.)

[DecadentDoll]

I could actually do tihs during the week for about £100.00 inc a cheap B&B its just short of 5 hours. Direct into St.Lens, would need somebody at the station maybe.

Let me know if we get serious and I'll aks Bill to name B&B's etc.

regards

Andy
(quicker than i thought.)

I'd meet you at the station, the studio and pub are about 5 10 mins walk away...shorter even.

[DungeonMasterOne]

Leeds sounds cool too. I used to moor my narrowboat there....

You like boats too? I used to take regular holidays on the Norfolk Broads, there really is nothing quite like spending three weeks just crusing around a beautiful part of the country at 5mph, no phones, no contact, no speeding about - you could go from deeply rural to the heart of Norwich and back again, and it was all so incredibly beautiful. Back in the late 80s all the little local medieval churches (most of which actually date back to the Norman conquest, a few even further) were still unlocked, you could tie up somewhere, walk to a church, look round, then on to a nice pub for a drink or two, back to the boat, cruise a little, then repeat the walk with a different church and pub. I'm not Christian but love ancient archetecture. Must go back some time, not been since 95.

Always meant to give the canals a try, but never got round to it. Probably should do the Leeds and Liverpool some time, I've heard good things about Shire Cruisers up near (I think) Skipton.

Has anyone ever done WAM on the mudflats of Breydon Water? Looks on the map as though it would be ideal, and a lot less poluted than the Humber, though access might be tricky.

[dirtydids]

Hmmmmmm,Good old Hoseasons! i used to love the Norfolk Broads, spent many happy holidays there years ago, unfortunately daft as it seems my wife now only has to look at a boat and starts feeling seasick . I have tried to assure her you will NOT get seasick on the Broads to no avail.
I used to use a boatyard at Loddon.

As for trying to wam in the mud on Breydon Water my recolections of that would be that i would think it virtually impossible.

From memories as you came under the bridges at Yarmouth and turned right out onto Breydon there was a very distinct marked channel that you had to keep within, due to the mudbanks and the tides.

I am sure there were boats there which had strayed outside this channel and got themselves into problems,plus by the very nature of this area i would be very wary of possible very deep quicksand type mud, and dont forget there is a very fast tide running there as well, could be very dangerous.Bear in mind though that it is nearly 30 years since i have been on the broads so could be different now.

[Hayley]

Hi

I went on Bill's boat when he had it. He was very proud of the fact that it was steel and not some 'plastic noddy boat' but it was very small and not terribly comfortable. He loved the canals though.

I have also had the 'pleasure' of falling in canals as well! Rural ones were great (we used to go down the Stratford canal) but in town they taste pretty disgusting! Also you have the added fun of trying to get out in the countryside which often means climbing up a nice wet muddy bank in sopping clothing. You might not be surprised to learn that I chose a place where the cows had trampled down the bank (to make climbing out easier) and the mud there was distinctly stinky! I got through a lot of clothes in a week!

Sadly the boat went cos Bill just didn't have time to use it. I know he'd like another when he finally 'retires'. The canals are certainly a great place for discreet fully clothed swims and the odd mucky encounter.

Hayley

[andy250]

No way, I no have the keeping up appearance's program in my head!!!
The one where they go sailing on the canal, how mad!!!!!!


Thanks for the offer Dolly we'll see what happens in the spring.

regards

Andy

[stonecastle]

Dont quite get your comment there stonecastle, I dont think Bill was ruling it out just saying (reasonably) that it'd cost money if you wanted to do any messy stuff there

How much money and why would it cost money, what for. To pay for the gunge used or to hire the studio?

[DungeonMasterOne]

Hi

Hi back! Thanks for posting the pics in the Uniform thread BTW.

I went on Bill's boat when he had it. He was very proud of the fact that it was steel and not some 'plastic noddy boat' but it was very small and not terribly comfortable. He loved the canals though.

I think that's a fairly common attitude amongst narrowboat owners - based in the usual results of a colision between a plastic cruiser and a steel narrowboat being a decisive one-nill to the narrowboat.

I have also had the 'pleasure' of falling in canals as well! Rural ones were great (we used to go down the Stratford canal) but in town they taste pretty disgusting! Also you have the added fun of trying to get out in the countryside which often means climbing up a nice wet muddy bank in sopping clothing. You might not be surprised to learn that I chose a place where the cows had trampled down the bank (to make climbing out easier) and the mud there was distinctly stinky! I got through a lot of clothes in a week!

Now that sounds like fun - though I thought canal bathing was frowned on for algae reasons? Large bodies of water that don't have much flow being ideal breeding grounds for all manner of nasties.

Sadly the boat went cos Bill just didn't have time to use it. I know he'd like another when he finally 'retires'. The canals are certainly a great place for discreet fully clothed swims and the odd mucky encounter.

Oddly enough I never really found that many places to WAM on the broads - not really much in the way of clay mud, more peat swamp (which is of course how the broads formed - they are flooded peat mines).

(On doing WAM on the Breydon mud flats)
I am sure there were boats there which had strayed outside this channel and got themselves into problems,plus by the very nature of this area i would be very wary of possible very deep quicksand type mud, and dont forget there is a very fast tide running there as well, could be very dangerous.Bear in mind though that it is nearly 30 years since i have been on the broads so could be different now.

I wasn't thinking of accessing the mud from a boat, but from the shore. Lack of road access might make this tricky from the photo-shoot POV, though self-WAM might be more feasable if there's somewhere to change that is secluded enough. Good point about the quicksand though - I guess it'd be a bit like Morcame Bay in that respect, and while I know people who do WAM there (the Wamdrogony crew for starters) I believe they have a fair bit of local knowledge to rely on.

Cheers for all the replys everyone! Poss the "boat" ones should be split out into their own thread? Didn't really mean to hi-jack this one, sorry!