The Broadway will be showing Euro 2024 matches all this week, including the Scotland v Switzerland one (8pm), "bookings recommended". Probably not the quietest place to meet then.
Anyone have comments about Ralph's suggestion of Wetherspoons Winton (quoted below)? It's easy enough to get to as far as I'm concerned, never been. Who is planning to go tomorrow? (I'm in.) Hamish -- it would definitely be worth starting a new email thread with a more explicit subject like "In-person meeting, 19th June" so that people with only half an eye on the mailing list might spot it. Tim. */ On Fri, 14 Jun 2024 at 09:46, Ralph Corderoy <ra...@inputplus.co.uk> wrote: > Hi, > > Hamish wrote: > > we agreed to meet at The Broadway > ... > > It would be good if someone could go and scout out the pub in advance. > > If that turns out too noisy then consider a Wetherspoons as they have no > music and no noise from fruit machines. They also tend to have a lot of > carpet, a unique design per pub influenced by its history or location, > which absorbs noise unlike the fashionable hard floors elsewhere. > Oh, and the drinks are cheap. Probably best to avoid a Tuesday or > Thursday evening, Steak and Curry Club nights. Monday Club has the > drinks get even cheaper; I don't know if that makes it busy. > > I see there's one in Winton. > > https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/pubs/all-pubs/england/dorset/the-parkstone-and-heatherlands-bournemouth > > Looks like there's some parking nearby, off Cranmer Road, though I don't > know if it's public; I'm not a local. > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/50.74336/-1.87835 > > -- > Cheers, Ralph. > > -- > Next meeting: The Broadway, Wednesday, 2024-06-19 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk > > -- Next meeting: The Broadway, Wednesday, 2024-06-19 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
