2006 Winchester Late Xmas Cache Bash

November 20, 2005

A few people have started to ask "is there going to be another Winchester Late Xmas Cache Bash in January".

The answer is, assuming I can get it organised, YES! As ever, it will be tha last Sunday in January, and my diary tells me that will be the 29th.

Given that last year's location coped well, and provided good food, I see no reason not to go there again.

Maybe a couple of other Winchester cachers would like to help out this time (eg set a new cache for the event)

Also, could do with a couple of silly games or quizzes to run on the day: any suggestions?

Paul

2.2k · November 21, 2005

count me in as attending hopefully with mini cacher.

November 21, 2005

We're up for it, twas great fun last year!!

November 21, 2005

We will be there :-)

WoodSmoke

November 21, 2005

Will be there,prob car share with others.Looking foreward to another of those excellent roasts already....

November 24, 2005

Will be there,prob car share with others.Looking foreward to another of those excellent roasts already....

Yes, I was pleasantly suprised last year how good the lunch was, and it wasn't particulary expensive either!

Paul

November 25, 2005

Sadly that is the weekend of the Scottish bash and although I need to visit the south I don’t think I will enjoy myself if I have to rush down the country. Hope it all goes well and maybe next year.

November 27, 2005

Well, with Debbie being away, Callum & I decided to go to the Cart & Horses for lunch!

Whilst the pub has changed management again, the lunch was as good as it was back in Jan 2005! Carvery for adults is £7.95, kids is £4.50. Today we had a choice of beef, gammon and pork, along with Roast potatoes, roast parsnips, brocolli, cauliflower & carrots, along with a yorkshire pudding & gravy! I'll be strongly lobbying for some lamb when we visit!!!

If you don't fancy the carvery, then they also have a full menu, which includes starters & deserts (and we can recommend the Clotted Ice Cream!)... I'll post a sample nearer the time.

The initial response to my "enquiry" was positive (not too surprising when you say "I'd like to bring about 60 people to lunch...."!), so I'm planning to go to the pub tonight, when quiet, to have a word with the manager,

Take a look at The Cart & Horses website to find out more.

No need to say if you're coming along yet.... I'll be assuming that loads of you WILL want to come along again!!!!!

Paul

November 28, 2005

As the closest cacher (I think) I'll be there. If anyone wants help orgainising, I'm happy to get involved.

December 5, 2005

I fully expect to be there.

December 30, 2005

Please can you confirm whether this bash is still on? Life permitting we would love to come.

December 30, 2005

Please can you confirm whether this bash is still on? Life permitting we would love to come.

I understand this bash event is still on!

We'll both be attending and are looking forward to it - last year's bash was huge - 100+ people!

Denise & Tim

Edited December 30, 2005 by DTJM

1.7k · January 7, 2006

Any news on this meet yet?

Sue's working this weekend but she will take some leave if the meet is on but she will need to know soon.

January 8, 2006

To the best of my knowledge it's still on... and I'm organising it!!

I'm off to the pub tonight to chat to the manager to get it all confirmed.

Next thing to do is to create a cache page for the event.

Paul

January 10, 2006

Well, I can 100% confirm that we'll be meeting at the pub on Sunday 29th January. Once approved, the event cache is GCRYVT . Its the same place (Cart & Horses, Kingsworthy, Winchester) as last year.

As last year, the obvious choice for lunch is the Carvery: £7.95 / £4.50 for adults / kids (which is CHEAPER than last year!!), you'll get a choice of Beef, Gammon or Turkey, plus roast & boiled spuds, along with 4 veg.... ooh, and don't forget the Yorkshire Pudding too!!!! They seem well organised, and I don't think anyone waited more than about 5 minutes to be served.

Paul G0TLG will (as long as he remembers) be doing a quiz of some sort, and I'm hoping we'll be able to place a cache for the day (may or may not be loggable & permanent, rather depends on the level of subterfuge applied!!!)

And the best news is left till the end: the pub now opens at 11:00am (an hour sooner than last year!!) with lunch available from 12:00 noon.

If you are coming along, and would like lunch, can you let me know how many (adults / kids) there will be, so I can give the pub reasonably accurate numbers a few days before.... you can either reply here, or post a note on the cache page.

Paul

Edited January 10, 2006 by paul.blitz

January 10, 2006

Two adults :-)

WoodSmoke

January 10, 2006

It looks like no dogs in the pub after 2:00 pm. Is that right?

January 10, 2006

One adult and a quiz :unsure:

January 10, 2006

We will be there

Paul have you seen the date on the cache page??????????

Mel

January 10, 2006

Please book us in for two adults.

Thank you Paul,

Ann and Brian

January 11, 2006

We will be there

Paul have you seen the date on the cache page??????????

Mel

I didn't did I???.... oops, yes, I did!

Its fixed now! Thanks for the heads-up...

Paul

January 11, 2006

...(and we can recommend the Clotted Ice Cream!)... I'll post a sample nearer the time.

Please don't...my desk is messy enough already without clotted cream ice cream oozing out of the computer

January 16, 2006

Just a note to (a) bump the topic :-)... but more importantly ( to remind you that I need (approximate) numbers for lunch... either leave a note here , or post a note on the cache page

Paul

Edited January 16, 2006 by paul.blitz

1.7k · January 16, 2006

It looks like no dogs in the pub after 2:00 pm. Is that right?

:lol:

January 17, 2006

Count me in!

1.6k · January 17, 2006

I am afraid that this is one day I am unable to attend - No cheering in the stalls please - as I will be taking an exam on that day. :anibad:

Hope you all have fun and a Merry belated Christmas!

January 23, 2006

Is this really only a week away? Wow, someone ought to bump this thread...

January 23, 2006

Did you say bump this thread??

January 23, 2006

Looks like this is going to be a busy meet just like last year,i wonder how they will cope with seating arrangements as we struggled last year!!!

January 24, 2006

One adult.

(well... adultescent anyway...)

January 24, 2006

Looks like this is going to be a busy meet just like last year,i wonder how they will cope with seating arrangements as we struggled last year!!!

Ah, I forgot to tell you... I have you down for sitting on MCL's knee..... :bad:

Paul

1.7k · January 25, 2006

We are looking at making a weekend of it, so can anyone recommend a nearby B & B / Hotel / Motel, oh and cheap would be nice coz I'm tight

3.3k · January 25, 2006

Back of your car?

January 26, 2006

We are looking at making a weekend of it, so can anyone recommend a nearby B & B / Hotel / Motel, oh and cheap would be nice coz I'm tight

There's a pair of Travelodges just up the road (Sutton Scotney)... you don't HAVE to use the A34 access, you CAN get in from the village ok.

They have rooms at £45 per night, for which you get a double bed, and a setee / pullout for 2 x under-16's

Travelodge on A34 Southbound

Travelodge on A34 Northbound

Paul

January 26, 2006

If anyone has any TB's that would like to go across the pond, we're off to Florida in a few weeks. :lol:

(Mr H will be there with Davy Boy)

January 27, 2006

Well, the latest figures seem to indicate at least 40 adults and 16 children for lunch, and quite a few more just coming along for the fun. If you plan on having lunch, and haven't yet said, then please let me know asap, so I can let the pub have some numbers tonight.

Whether there will be a special cache for the day rather depends of how my tax-return goes today!

See you all on Sunday: remember, the pub opens at 11am, with food available from noon.

Paul

January 27, 2006

Two meals please

Mel

1.7k · January 27, 2006

I emailed the pub regarding access for dogs and have today received the following reply:

Hi John,

We allow dogs in the snug bar but not in the restaurant, with the obvious

stipulations of being on a lead and well behaved.FYI the snug is a smoking

area. Look forward to seeing you at the weekend.

Karen.

I thought this info might be useful to any dog owning cachers out there.

Edited January 27, 2006 by Phillimore Clan

January 27, 2006

Having completed my tax return this morning, I treated myself to lunch at the pub, where Karen told me that a couple of you had been in touch!

Indeed, dogs are allowed in The Snug (not sure where their owners go though!!!).

We will NOT be using the skittle alley, but will be lurking about the pub somehwere... don't worry, you WILL see us!!!

Also took a nice walk after lunch, and have found a couple of places for caches for Sunday.... so you WILL be able to walk the lunch off. Not decided whether it / they will be loggable yet though...

Paul

January 28, 2006

See you all tomorrow!

I'd suggest you bring boots or wellies, as the paths are slightly muddy.

Paul

Edited January 28, 2006 by paul.blitz

2.5k · February 2, 2006

Quick question... did the event cache ever get published? Was it intended to be temporary? Do tell!

February 2, 2006

Quick question... did the event cache ever get published? Was it intended to be temporary? Do tell!

I am planning to make both caches permanent... just been busy this week (on business)... should be able to sort them out at the weekend.

(watch this space!)

Paul

2.5k · February 2, 2006

Great news!

Oh, and should have said... thanks for a great event Paul!

1.3k · February 2, 2006

Yes! Thanks Paul and thanks to the other Paul for the quiz (I know now why I got a prize ... it was for being last ... mine was not a serious entry you know!!).

For those who haven't got the event listing on their watchlist, sadly the fox died. It was humanely put to sleep by the RSPCA as they considered it was too far gone to save, and probably had blood poisoning due to the wound. Better to go like that, rather than out in the cold and dying a slow lingering death Liane, The Cache Hoppers

February 3, 2006

I've finally gotten around to creating "Even more Itchen...." (GCT9WH) for the main cache, which I'm sure will be approved soon, and which I'm sure will get about 30 visits in the first hour!

I'm intending to also do something for the "Bonus cache", to make it a standalone micro, but I need to visit the cache first to "upgrade" it, as I don't think it's not currently suitable for a formal cache.

For those of you who are so desperate to do the cache before it gets approved, but weren't there last weekend, the coords are N 51 4.925 W001 17.640 .... park up at the Cart & Horses Pub in Kingsworthy (just off the A33) and enjoy a nice stroll to the cache.

If you didn't do LAST year's cache (Itchen to get back to the pub - GCMJYQ) then I'd suggest you do that one FIRST!.

By the way, no logging "found cache, took fox" :-(

Paul

February 4, 2006

The "Bounus Cache" has been "upgraded" and will shortly be available to log (and to seek for that matter!) as GCTA70: it is called "A Tiny Itchen" (to get back to the pub)

Paul

February 4, 2006

(I know now why I got a prize ... it was for being last ... mine was not a serious entry you know!!).

That's OK Liane, it wasn't a very serious prize either Hope they were tasty anyway

Paul

February 5, 2006

Just uploaded my pics I took at the bash:

http://community.webshots.com/album/547140846tajcsg

Paul

February 5, 2006

Good to see the pics Paul - thanks for the link. Cannot believe I had my camera and didn't take one photo ! Too busy talking and drinking me thinks

Cheers for all the hard work you and Paul put in for the event - was good to catch up with people - mind you from the pictures I can see there were lots of people I didn't get caught up with ! Maybe next time.....

Cheers, Laughalot :blink:

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