Ralph has just told me that none of my messages on this topic reached the
list, so having checked back, I see that my follow-up that I sent from home
went to Tim instead of the list - Doh!
Here is what I was trying to send:
<Start>
Hi,
At the last Meeting we discussed the possibility of changing the venue after
the problems that we had during the World Cup. Prior to the Meeting someone
had suggested the Village Hotel bar off list, but no-one seemed to know what
it was like.
As it happens, I've just given someone a lift to the Royal Bournemouth
Hospital which is just across the road so I'm typing this from their bar.
Before I describe the place in detail, be aware that it is a hotel, not a pub,
so there's no discounted beer or special offers. Beer is between £4 and £5 a
pint and the only draught bitter is Boddingtons. They do have a reasonable
range of other beers etc on tap (see photo).
Anyway, the bar is quite large and has quite a lot of tables, (all a very
suitable height for laptops; some of the chairs are a bit hard though :-) ).
It is divided up into areas (see photos).
At one end there are lots of tables on either side of the big screen and in
the other two areas there are more tables which are separate from the big
screen area. The area that I'm in has no screen at all.
WiFi access is free and fast, but you do have to give an email address (if you
fail to check the 'Please send me lots of useless spam' box, it still works).
The car par is large, but is probably quite busy at night when all the
residents are in.
I've just realised that I can't upload the promised photos from here because I
don't have my FTP password with me, but I'll do it from home this evening.
<End>
After my trials I didn't bother to put up the pictures, since I think we need
a place with Internet that works....
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Terry Coles
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