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It turns out I can do early Saturday > Midday Sunday.

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i forgot I had swapped the weekend with my son, trying to swap it back..


...aaaaaaaand?


Waiting to hear back, i am thinking it will be a yay.. I will send over the money today

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How much do I owe ya, Curio?


I dunno.

Regular price is £100, but I don't know whether it changes if you're attending for a markedly shorter time.

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How much do I owe ya, Curio?


I dunno.

Regular price is £100, but I don't know whether it changes if you're attending for a markedly shorter time.

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That seems probably too much if it's £100 for three nights and you're staying one night.

I'd prefer to pay slightly more if I have to

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That seems probably too much if it's £100 for three nights and you're staying one night.

I'd prefer to pay slightly more if I have to

£50? I don't want to be a freeloader!


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That seems probably too much if it's £100 for three nights and you're staying one night.

I'd prefer to pay slightly more if I have to


But it's also £100 for two nights, given that some people don't stay the Sunday.

Insight into how much I worry about everything: I also have a worry in my head that if we offer particularly good discounts then people will start shortening their participation, to the point where the overall price has to go up, which may prevent some people from coming at all. I also hate asking people for money :DD

£70? £75? £65?

Generate a random number between 60 and 80 and pay it into my account :D

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£80 it is then. I'll sort you out as soon as I'm sober enough to remember my login ;)


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That seems probably too much if it's £100 for three nights and you're staying one night.

I understand what you're saying, but if you take a bed for one night it's a bed that no-one else can have for the whole weekend (unless the occupant is feeling especially friendly).

It's a tricky one to price, certainly.

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Well, I'm definitely coming. So... what do I bring, entertainment wise? Or do I just leech off the collective as a consumer?


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Well, I'm definitely coming. So... what do I bring, entertainment wise? Or do I just leech off the collective as a consumer?


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Well, I'm definitely coming. So... what do I bring, entertainment wise? Or do I just leech off the collective as a consumer?


Typically we are well equipped, but if you have any board games etc you think others won't have but folks would like, then bring them along!

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Well, I'm definitely coming. So... what do I bring, entertainment wise?


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Cras wrote:
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Well, I'm definitely coming. So... what do I bring, entertainment wise? Or do I just leech off the collective as a consumer?


Typically we are well equipped, but if you have any board games etc you think others won't have but folks would like, then bring them along!

I suspect a wild spreadsheet will appear.

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Well, I'm definitely coming. So... what do I bring, entertainment wise? Or do I just leech off the collective as a consumer?


Typically we are well equipped, but if you have any board games etc you think others won't have but folks would like, then being them along!

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Is anyone bringing a technohat? If anyone is, I wonder if it's worth me bringing mine for multiplayer technohat shenanigans.


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Is anyone bringing a technohat? If anyone is, I wonder if it's worth me bringing mine for multiplayer technohat shenanigans.

Doubtful that the Internet connection would be good enough.

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Hopefully we will have a handy board game spreadsheet closer to the time.

Save us all lugging the same games up there!

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Ah yeah. Always forget about that.

Jem and I stayed at another non-BeEx cottage event the weekend before last and that place had fibre broadband and a 50 metre indoor heated pool ;) If it wasn't completely non-central I'd suggest it for Cotta9e.


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Ah yeah. Always forget about that.

Jem and I stayed at another non-BeEx cottage event the weekend before last and that place had fibre broadband and a 50 metre indoor heated pool ;) If it wasn't completely non-central I'd suggest it for Cotta9e.


If it sleeps 25 people and costs the same, I'm interested!

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I can come. I now owe my ex-wife a favour...... :)

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DavPaz wrote:
I have a retropie with loads of classic games and two controllers, if that was of interest


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If it sleeps 25 people and costs the same, I'm interested!

Officially sleeps 24, but the organiser of our party arranged accommodation for 28 + a few kids.

Cost isn't the same though from what I can tell - 3 nights is £4K.

//edit: Also 50ft pool, not 50m :P


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£160 each, says my likely-crappy mental math.

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This is the clear choice for Cottage the ninth.

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If it sleeps 25 people and costs the same, I'm interested!

Officially sleeps 24, but the organiser of our party arranged accommodation for 28 + a few kids.

Cost isn't the same though from what I can tell - 3 nights is £4K.

//edit: Also 50ft pool, not 50m :P


That looks far too posh for us!


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If it sleeps 25 people and costs the same, I'm interested!

Officially sleeps 24, but the organiser of our party arranged accommodation for 28 + a few kids.

Cost isn't the same though from what I can tell - 3 nights is £4K.

//edit: Also 50ft pool, not 50m :P


That looks far too posh for us!



Nice and close to me though!

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This is the clear choice for Cottage the ninth.

http://www.thebigdomain.com/large-houses/marine-view


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This is the clear choice for Cottage the ninth.

http://www.thebigdomain.com/large-houses/marine-view


If I win the Euromillions jackpot we'll do this.

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If it sleeps 25 people and costs the same, I'm interested!

Officially sleeps 24, but the organiser of our party arranged accommodation for 28 + a few kids.

Cost isn't the same though from what I can tell - 3 nights is £4K.

//edit: Also 50ft pool, not 50m :P


That looks far too posh for us!



Nice and close to me though!


145 miles for me!


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That looks far too posh for us!

It's surprisingly not-posh - it looks very grandiose from the outside but once you're inside it looks... fairly normal. OK, so it's not Ikea furniture or anything, but it does really just look like a slightly bigger version of "our" Cottage.

The pool and sauna were very nice though, even if I was basically the only person there that didn't strip completely starkers every night while using it.

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I have a retropie with loads of classic games and two controllers, if that was of interest


Yep!

Any requests? It's mainly mega drive and NES/SNES games currently, but it can do pretty much anything.


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I was basically the only person there that didn't strip completely starkers every night while using it.


Did you know this was the plan beforehand?


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I have a retropie with loads of classic games and two controllers, if that was of interest


Yep!

Any requests? It's mainly mega drive and NES/SNES games currently, but it can do pretty much anything.


I'll play anything me! Anything multiplayer would be grand... Can it play Amiga games? Skid marks and Shadow Fighter spring to mind.


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I have a retropie with loads of classic games and two controllers, if that was of interest


Yep!

Any requests? It's mainly mega drive and NES/SNES games currently, but it can do pretty much anything.


I'll play anything me! Anything multiplayer would be grand... Can it play Amiga games? Skid marks and Shadow Fighter spring to mind.

It can! Not sure they're on there, but it's trivial to get them.


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That marine house looks ace.

Inspired by this thread, I did take a look at the Landmark Trust's website but their search function only goes up to 16.


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If it sleeps 25 people and costs the same, I'm interested!

Officially sleeps 24, but the organiser of our party arranged accommodation for 28 + a few kids.

Cost isn't the same though from what I can tell - 3 nights is £4K.

//edit: Also 50ft pool, not 50m :P


That looks far too posh for us!



Nice and close to me though!


145 miles for me!


The Cottage in Derby is 235 miles away for me.

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Malc wrote:
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Malc wrote:
TheVision wrote:
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Curiosity wrote:
If it sleeps 25 people and costs the same, I'm interested!

Officially sleeps 24, but the organiser of our party arranged accommodation for 28 + a few kids.

Cost isn't the same though from what I can tell - 3 nights is £4K.

//edit: Also 50ft pool, not 50m :P


That looks far too posh for us!



Nice and close to me though!


145 miles for me!


The Cottage in Derby is 235 miles away for me.


Worth every mile I'm sure you'll agree.


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i forgot I had swapped the weekend with my son, trying to swap it back..


...aaaaaaaand?


Waiting to hear back, i am thinking it will be a yay.. I will send over the money today


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