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| Author: | myp [ Mon Apr 24, 2017 14:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
Cras wrote: I think the de-facto definition of 'ages in advance' is 'before the hotels nearby are booked up'  It's ridiculous. I've just yesterday managed to book a cheap hotel in Manchester for £70 for this Saturday. There can't be THAT many people going to the BBQ. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Apr 24, 2017 14:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
It does seem to be a stupidly busy hotel, considering it's near, well, nothing. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Apr 24, 2017 14:58 ] |
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Significantly more hotels in Manchester thanking Bedford |
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| Author: | Kern [ Mon Apr 24, 2017 14:59 ] |
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Grim... wrote: It does seem to be a stupidly busy hotel, considering it's near, well, nothing. Four stars on Tripadvisor no less. |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Mon Apr 24, 2017 15:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
I hadn't booked either. What with it being ages away. |
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| Author: | myp [ Mon Apr 24, 2017 15:00 ] |
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Grim... wrote: It does seem to be a stupidly busy hotel, considering it's near, well, nothing. That's what I was thinking. I mean the Bedford Blues are nearby but they don't have a huge nationwide following do they? |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Apr 24, 2017 15:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
There are some here: https://www.trivago.co.uk/?iPathId=3804 ... lterTab=0& but I don't know if they're any good. |
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| Author: | Kern [ Mon Apr 24, 2017 15:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
Lonewolves wrote: Grim... wrote: It does seem to be a stupidly busy hotel, considering it's near, well, nothing. That's what I was thinking. I mean the Bedford Blues are nearby but they don't have a huge nationwide following do they? I saw them play their end of season game against the Cornish Pirates at Penzance the other Saturday. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Apr 24, 2017 15:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
Lonewolves wrote: Grim... wrote: It does seem to be a stupidly busy hotel, considering it's near, well, nothing. That's what I was thinking. I mean the Bedford Blues are nearby but they don't have a huge nationwide following do they? Nope. You can go birdwatching nearby, I guess. Or maybe the Toby Carvery is really popular. |
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| Author: | Kern [ Mon Apr 24, 2017 15:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
Perhaps there's always a wedding on at the nearby church? |
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| Author: | Kern [ Mon Apr 24, 2017 15:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
Ah - you can get the X5 to go to Bicester Village! Although, I'm not sure why you would when you can get the train straight from London and the east-west link is at least five years away. |
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Mon Apr 24, 2017 15:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
DavPaz wrote: Significantly more hotels in Manchester thanking Bedford All thanks be to Bedford. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Mon Apr 24, 2017 15:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
Hmm, not sure what happened there. Giphy "multitasking": https://media.giphy.com/media/NYsaMPSudpG8w/giphy-loop.mp4 |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Mon Apr 24, 2017 15:47 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
There is another Travelodge in Bedford that's got rooms for that night. It's a couple of miles from Grim's so you'd be taxi-ing there and back but I can't imagine it would cost more than a few quid for a private hire. https://www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels/273 ... 2F17&rooms[0][roomId]=3ciko676njs93l&rooms[0][adults]=2&rooms[0][children]=0&rooms[0][extras][0]= |
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| Author: | Cras [ Mon Apr 24, 2017 16:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
Taxis are virtually free in Bedford |
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| Author: | Jem [ Mon Apr 24, 2017 16:45 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
Gaz, assuming you've not booked anything, is it worth camping to save dosh? |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Mon Apr 24, 2017 17:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
Jem wrote: Gaz, assuming you've not booked anything, is it worth camping to save dosh? Aye, although I've no idea where our tent is at the moment? Our tent's a 6-man jobber and could feasibly fit more in it as it has a large "living space" too so others are welcome to crash in it if they have airbeds etc. |
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| Author: | myp [ Mon Apr 24, 2017 17:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
GazChap wrote: Jem wrote: Gaz, assuming you've not booked anything, is it worth camping to save dosh? Aye, although I've no idea where our tent is at the moment? Our tent's a 6-man jobber and could feasibly fit more in it as it has a large "living space" too so others are welcome to crash in it if they have airbeds etc. I'll run it past Sal but I'm suspecting the answer will be no 
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| Author: | myp [ Tue Apr 25, 2017 10:17 ] |
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The short answer is "no thank you." |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue Apr 25, 2017 10:21 ] |
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Lonewolves wrote: The short answer is "no thank you." Is she interested having a turn around in MaliA's PleasureDome? |
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| Author: | myp [ Tue Apr 25, 2017 10:22 ] |
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Most definitely not. |
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| Author: | Kern [ Tue Apr 25, 2017 10:25 ] |
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My dog tent? It's fully air-conditioned. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Apr 25, 2017 11:04 ] |
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Are you joining us this year, Kern? |
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| Author: | Kern [ Tue Apr 25, 2017 11:11 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Are you joining us this year, Kern? Yep! |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Apr 25, 2017 11:45 ] |
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Yeah! |
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| Author: | Jem [ Wed Apr 26, 2017 9:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
GazChap wrote: Jem wrote: Gaz, assuming you've not booked anything, is it worth camping to save dosh? Aye, although I've no idea where our tent is at the moment? Our tent's a 6-man jobber and could feasibly fit more in it as it has a large "living space" too so others are welcome to crash in it if they have airbeds etc. In the shed, so it could be fucked 
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| Author: | Grim... [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 15:42 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
Website is up! You can't book yet, though. Soon! https://meatupfestival.co.uk/ |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 15:49 ] |
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Grim... wrote: That's ace! |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 15:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
I hope I don't have to pay model fees. You should come, TV. So should everyone else. But especially you. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 16:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
Creepy. Sidebar: I may build a clone of your barbecue. Do you have a design? |
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| Author: | Cras [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 16:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
I don't think it was designed so much as energetically birthed. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 16:17 ] |
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Grim... wrote: I hope I don't have to pay model fees. You should come, TV. So should everyone else. But especially you. Do you need a sales video done? |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 16:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
MrChris wrote: Grim... wrote: I hope I don't have to pay model fees. You should come, TV. So should everyone else. But especially you. Do you need a sales video done? I like your thinking MrChris! Although, I don't just do sales videos. Perhaps there's a training provision that would benefit from a video? Perhaps Grim... is organising a seminar that could go online for delegates that can't make the day? Perhaps he has a new product or service that he'd like to show off? Whatever the reason, I can help. Reasonable rates too! As for the Meatup though.. I'd love to come but I've just checked and I'm at a wedding that day. Great.. Another wedding. Did I ever tell you lot that my brother in law and best friend are getting married on the same day? The same day that there's a retro video game show on in Walsall. Guess which one I'd like to attend the most? |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 16:33 ] |
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Brother in law. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 16:36 ] |
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That's third on my list. Also, I've made it sound like my brother in law and best friend are getting married to each other. They're not. They're getting married to their respective partners. |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 16:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
TheVision wrote: That's third on my list. Also, I've made it sound like my brother in law and best friend are getting married to each other. They're not. They're getting married to their respective partners. That would be illegal for a start. -edit- wait, only if it was your sibling's husband. Not if it were a sibling of your wife.
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| Author: | Kern [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 17:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
Great looking site Grim...! Grim... wrote: I hope I don't have to pay model fees. PM sent. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 20:26 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
Lonewolves wrote: TheVision wrote: That's third on my list. Also, I've made it sound like my brother in law and best friend are getting married to each other. They're not. They're getting married to their respective partners. That would be illegal for a start. -edit- wait, only if it was your sibling's husband. Not if it were a sibling of your wife. Huh? |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 20:27 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
DavPaz wrote: Creepy. Sidebar: I may build a clone of your barbecue. Do you have a design? Hmm, not really. Back of a beer-mat type stuff. You're welcome to come along and measure it, though. I can tell you what I'd have done differently, too. Why not pop in on, ooh - the 12th August? |
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| Author: | Bobbyaro [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 20:32 ] |
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You can measure it by seeing how many burgers fit on it. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 20:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
I've got the measurements somewhere, I think. Basically the depth is decided by the paving slabs that make up the work surface, so it's roughly 600mm deep. The work surface is 1200mm wide and the grill is 1200 mm wide, too. It's as high as you want it to be (within breeze block sizes, anyway). You build a basic E shape with the blocks and cement the ash pan into one level (which we did one brick too low, so the door is massive) and then there's some angle iron to hold the mesh for the fuel and more mesh to cook on. Building the lid is the trickiest part unless you have a handy furniture designer to do it for you. The door is 3mm stainless and the lid is 1.5mm stainless. The handles are angled brackets with broom handles in, whack some chain on the lid so it doesn't open too far and I think that's about it. All told I think it ran about £350, but you can do it cheaper if you get the metals as offcuts. I can take a load of photos if you'd like, but it's pretty simple stuff. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 20:53 ] |
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Cheers. I can work with that |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 20:56 ] |
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This is what I inherited with the house. It's about mid thigh in height. Not bad for occasional use |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Thu Apr 27, 2017 20:57 ] |
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The mesh was the hardest part to source, but this stuff is perfect: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stainless-Ste ... SwbqpT7iMI |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue May 16, 2017 20:43 ] |
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OH, YOU WANT SOME MEATS? Best you get a ticket then. https://meatupfestival.co.uk/ |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Tue May 16, 2017 21:53 ] |
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Grim... wrote: I love the site this year, Grim...! Always great work. I look forwards to seeing what you have done with it each year. |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Tue May 16, 2017 21:58 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Done. I think that's only the second time I've ever used my Paypal account and I instantly removed the card details from it again because there's just something about them I don't trust. |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Tue May 16, 2017 22:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
Also, the map doesn't load for me? I've checked in Firefox and Edge. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue May 16, 2017 22:09 ] |
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Oh yeah, I turned that off because it always spits errors into the console and annoys me. I'll turn it back on tomorrow. |
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| Author: | Bamba [ Tue May 16, 2017 23:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
You could replace it with just a link to Google Maps. |
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