Kin Meet 2018

[Rufus_UK]

Ahh sorry guys, apparently we are going to Essen Spiel in 2017 and that clashes with the weekend so we are pushing this back to February 2018 (Saturday 10th Feb - Saturday 17th Feb 2018). On the plus side there is a good chance of snow in February! I know this is a long way off but as Bara said, this does mean there is no excuse not to come :)

 

[Hammarstrand]

A kinmeet in Wales sounds like a lot of fun. I'll be there. :)

[Rufus_UK]

If anyone was thinking of coming from (for example) Sweden, there are direct flights to Manchester from Stockholm which is a 2.5 hour train journey from Bangor. Or probably cheaper flights to London which would then need a journey similar to Rhi & Q's above.

[Rufus_UK]

Trains to Bangor should be fairly painless for most people. It looks like the tickets would be about £70 return for an adult from your place (although you may be able to do better) and take 4.5 hours. We may be able to collect people from Bangor or there are very regular busses (2, 9, 9A, T2) from Bangor to Caernarfon which take about 25 mins. From Caernarfon to the cottage is by the 1F bus service which is only hourly (and takes 20 minutes) or we can collect as it's only a short drive. A taxi from Bangor station would be 15 miles which would cost about £38 or £21 (8 miles) from Caernarfon. A Red Rover all-day bus ticket costs £6.80 for an adult and £3.40 as a child. There, I have done the travel research for you :)

 

Ruf

[Reddmaeve]

We'd be interested!  Just have to investigate transportation!

 

~Rhi

[Rufus_UK]

Hi all, we are proposing a kin meet in early 2018 in our cottages in North Wales. We can accomodate a few people so I am posting this to see who is interested in coming up. The proposed date is Saturday 21st October 2017-Saturday 28th October 2017 (see below). The cottages are in North Wales, in the mountains above Caernarfon and their Facebook page is here

We would need to make a charge to cover the utility costs, linen and cleaning which would amount to £50 per unit (each of which sleeps 4 people - one double and one twin). The place does have good WiFi and decent fibre broadband but has very poor mobile phone reception.

The idea would be to organise a mix of excursions, meals and boardgaming with the option for people to do their own thing for some or all of the time. Suggested ideas for excursions include:

• Visit to a castle (Caernarfon or Baeumaris)
• Ride on a narrow-gague railway (Welsh Highland Railway probably)
• Local walk - to Pen yr Orsedd disused quarry
• Mountain trip - to Snowdon or Cader Idris

We would probably have a couple of LotRO sessions for those with laptops (or who bring their gaming rigs with them!) so that non-attendees can be a part of the week.

Please post suggestions, expressions of interest, etc!

 

Rufus & Family