Leonard Cohen Walking Weekend, or Isn't It A Long Way Down?

[Diane]

Hi Mylitta, we look forward to meeting you ! At least you can be sure of not getting any funny looks over the course of this weekend. Not from us anyhow. Get your dates sorted at work soon as you can to get the best deal on rooms.

18 of us signed up so far, Mylitta will be 19. And I guestimate another dozenish who can't commit this early. And maybe others we have yet to hear from...?

Make that 21 - I am still catching up with the messages I had when I was offline - Phil and Jean and their two dogs are now on the list.

[kwills]

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so he shouldn't feel too cocky!

[mylitta]

I've booked at Marwyn, no need to worry about missing tiles, there's another floor above me. So who's got the room with the four poster, then?

[Paula]

Thank God for that Mylitta I thought I was gonna be on me Jack!

What is your real name it isn't Pony is it

Diane about the tiles "there is a crack in everything that's how the light gets in" it is obviously cheaper than paying the leccy bill.

[Henning]

Thank God for that Mylitta I thought I was gonna be on me Jack!.

Hey Paula - what sort of English is that ? Is that Welsh ? Looking at the picture with the sheeps, I thought it won't take long and Ken will come up with a photoshop fake and I am sort of involved again. He must really like me. I didn't ask for it though. And by the way, talking about breakfast. Given the amount of beers that we will have the night before, every breakfast we have will taste like English breakfast anyways. So I don't mind much.

[Diane]

Paula, provided it doesn’t rain, you and Mylitta will be just fine. Pack some buckets just in case though, I would. Looking at the website the Marwyn looks rather nice, but notice they have omitted pictures of the ceiling.

People who intend delaying their room booking can relax. We can add the summit hut on Cadair Idris, to the accommodation list. Fine views, no breakfast, ensuite bathroom (bring your own soap, cold shower and blow-dryer always running). To add to your experience, Henning will ascend the mountain at first light dressed as an ancient Celtic bard. That is to say, he will still be wearing the clothes he fell over in and ripped the night before. When he awakens you with his glockenspiel, you will discover, true to the mountain’s legend, what you have become.

[mylitta]

What is your real name it isn't Pony is it

No it's Judith- not quite as glamorous as Mylitta, but with an equally bloodthirsty story.
So it sounds like as long as we bring a bucket and a waterproof each, we''l be fine at the Marwyn!

[Yorkshire Lad]

Hi Diane
Just booked the Sandpiper (10-14th ) Sept . Looking forward to meeting everyone . Some for the first time but also meeting up with old friends. Just to let you know we will be walking so you can remove thr question mark .
Phil and Jean

[Yorkshire Lad]

Diane
I might have missed something on the main thread but can you explain the minibus cost to me in more detail - It looks like you are saying it is 35 to 70 pounds per person which seems alot

[Diane]

Hi Liptrot, looking forward to meeting you. I don’t remember saying that or where I’d have got that calculation from. If we need to hire transport, we could use extra car spaces plus hire a vehicle and divide the cost of hiring between everyone without their own transport to reduce the cost pp, and we also have the option to use the train for Portmeirion (but unless we can hire from close by, which we may not be able to, returning the vehicle before the end of the weekend might be a problem). To give examples though, randomly googling a hire company http://www.sixt.co.uk/php/res/offerlist (we are not likely to use this one cos it doesn't have a pick up point in our area but just for guide), for 4 days (pick up Thursday afternoon return Monday morning), a 9-seater would cost £ 403.27 with full insurance, £45 each; a 15-seater £443.88, £30 each. Plus petrol. So yes, cost as high as £70 seems unlikely. Until we know final numbers etc, the actual situation will have to remain an unknown, unless anyone has a bus in their garage they could bring along.

[Yorkshire Lad]

Hi Diane I would like to apologise . It was on one of Tim's postings where the seventy pounds was mentioned but your explanation has been very helpful I now fully appreciate the situation . I would like to make it clear that whatever the cost ( in whichever the mode of transport even if you use tandoms)Jean and I would like two seats . Would it be right to say that even if we decide not to walk up the mountain on one of the days we can still travel in the minibus - Our eldest dog Rosie might not manage two consectutive days mountain climbing . ( it is great when you can make excuses for your own shortcomings by blaming it on the dogs )

[kwills]

The Hairy Bikers were filming in Potrmeirion on Friday for their tv show.
I didn't see them ,but I heard they came roaring in on their motorbikes.
Just a bit of trivial information for you.

kwills

[Byron]

anything to do with motorbikes is not trivial.

[Diane]

No problem, Phil. Way over a year ago when we first planned this weekend Tim and I looked into minibus costs together so I would have been of the same mind as him anyhow, and I still can't remember how we would have arrived at that figure but nevermind. I'm optimistic that we will find a way to convey everyone to where they want to be. Expecting one seat per person is a bit much, however. Surely Jean could sit on your lap;-) Having dogs on the walk(s) will be fun.

[efc]

Sad news from Snowdon at the weekend:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/7864422.stm