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Yes, yes, I know it's ages away yet but our usual venue gets booked up pretty early so I took the opportunity to reserve the room last night whilst *ahem* visiting the establishment.
I'll be updating with more concrete information closer to the actual bash but for now I'll leave a few handy bits here to help people and hopefully convince you to sign up sooner rather than later!
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The bash is at 'The Blessington Carriage', commonly known as 'The Bless'. We have the upstairs function room booked so we will have the full run of a pretty excellent space, plus our own bar complete with solitary barperson to traumatise and generally perplex.
I'm thinking a kick off of about 5:30pm again, we'll have our bar open from about then anyway, but as usual myself and the fine Professor KM will be milling around getting up to mischief from about 4pm. If you want to make an earlier start that's fine too, the main pub (ie downstairs) is open normal hours.
Carpark opposite the pub:
Basically, it's £1 all evening if you arrive after 6pm.
Hotels:
Rough list here
The International is just 60 seconds from our flat (10 mins from the pub) which has some very mixed reviews online, but a few people we know have stayed there and haven't had any complaints.
Another option is the Heritage Hotel which is in the town centre.
We have a Holiday Inn/Express, and similar place (the name escapes me, I'll update this when I next pass it. Edit: 'Premier Lodge' I think), they're both a taxi-ride from the Bless but still pretty close.
We also have a new Etap which as a general rule is only one step up from a hostel, but is always very cheap - £32 flat rate for a room that sleeps 3 (single bunk bed over a double). This is an excellently cheap place to lay your head but has a shower closet rather than seperate bathroom- ie you'll have to know your room-mates well enough to be getting changed in the same room!
Also, it's just under 6 miles from the venue, so, y'know- expensive taxi perhaps.
UPDATE 07/09/09: The new Jurys Inn in the city centre is actually open now, which I hadn't realised before, it appears to be £49 a night for a room with a double and single bed (3 people), advance rate, £55 usually. Nice.
Kippage:
a) There is a highly limited and somewhat theoretical number of kippage spaces again this year, but last years 'experience' has taught me that I'm going to have to allocate space to people.
We only have a small flat guys, the figure I gave last year was the maximum we can accomodate on comfy surfaces and it relies heavily on people sharing what little space there is. Loads of people ask each year so please only request kippage space if you really need it and we'll see what we can do :)
b) Please let me know if you are local and can help out with giving some fellow internet weirdos somewhere to lay their heads.
Live stuff:
There will almost certainly be live music again this year, though set up so it can actually be heard properly by most this time!
Watch this space for actual line up, but I can assure you that it will be SEXY. Oh yes.
01/09/09- IMPORTANT UPDATE
Kippage: The crack den is now occupied on a semi-permanent basis and so kippage is greatly reduced, to the point where I don't feel comfortable promising crash space to people.
I know this is a fucker, but if your attendance is literally hingeing on having somewhere to stay then POST HERE as there are still a few things to be done
1- maybe someone has a spare bed in their hotel room and would like to split the cost (the Etap is ridiculously cheap, hostel prices so excellent for sharing...though also very basic as I've pointed out above)
2- Caewan has said that he may have some crash space and is also in the area, if anyone else is local these days then please let me know.
3- I still have a sofa and a floor, if you really can't find anywhere to lay your head for the night then I may still be able to put you but please, please only ask if you really need to as I'm expecting there to be a few people who do and I don't want people to not be able to come just because they are struggling for somewhere to stay!
29/09/09- UPDATE
With the bash near upon us I just thought I'd do a final(ish?) update.
- Anyone who wants a contact number feel free to gaz myself or the lovely Prof
- Is anyone still struggling for accomodation? Post below.
- It's a reasonably short jaunt from the train station to the Bless but if anyone is struggling to make it or (is like me and) gets lost easily then post below and we may be able to arrange lifts or groups.
Infact, if you are arriving by train then you might as well post when you get in as I know last year people waited for each other when they were arriving at similar times.
Mork out.
The Bless [map]
Fourth EVER Derby Bash!
Going: Jessie, Professor Kenny Martin, Rotating Wobbly Hat, Mstandot, McBadger, Geoff the Clownfish, J Peasemould Gruntfuttock, Fluffy elephants, Laird Dave Draws, mictoboy, Lord Chode, Sea Tramp, Sonic James Doom, Joe Scaramanga, Mrs Trellis, Maximinimus, in vino veritas, hooker1uk, mr horrible, Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop!, ivesb, chunderbunny, rosalicious, MrKane, The Hedgehog From Hell, Monsieur Monster, grey kid, Duke Otterby, JollyJack, Zank Frappa, Bob the mul, LeightonJimbo, Watney Heckbulb uhnnnnnnnn, The Cat's Mother, arrangedletters, fannycradock, Doctor When, TopUpTheTea, Master Of Turnips. (39 people).
Can I have floor space please?Your atic is very lovely
( , Thu 19 Mar 2009, 16:03, Reply)
but I REALLY hope I can make it this year!
( , Thu 19 Mar 2009, 17:12, Reply)
Oh so there. With bells on.
Well, the bells may not actually make it.
I'll see what I can do.
( , Fri 20 Mar 2009, 20:39, Reply)
but with fondant icing all the same.
( , Thu 30 Apr 2009, 20:31, Reply)
Due to various things happening at the last minute. However, I will be there, count on that. Oh, and... icanhazcrashspace? I do have good memories of your attic, although Mstandot does snore a bit.
( , Sun 22 Mar 2009, 8:49, Reply)
Can I kip in the crack den and abuse young boys with Micto again please?
( , Mon 30 Mar 2009, 21:58, Reply)
I'll be on my honeymoon and am not leaving my pretty wifey and villa in the sun for you fuckers!! but think of me whilst you party!
( , Wed 1 Apr 2009, 20:45, Reply)
I can reminisce about my studenty days, i had many a drunken night at the Bless.
Any other Derby Students/Alumni going?
( , Mon 6 Apr 2009, 18:49, Reply)
Graduated 2004.
The bastards still send me 'Alumni' email
( , Thu 16 Apr 2009, 10:51, Reply)
JPG, you still up for a dapper bash in fancy suits?
( , Fri 17 Apr 2009, 12:21, Reply)
with optional moustache.
( , Wed 17 Jun 2009, 9:11, Reply)
Am I going to have to dress like a chav, just to be different?
( , Wed 30 Sep 2009, 11:40, Reply)
Well, clearly not, since this is October...
anyway... yes indeed and possibly the good lady S will accompany me*
(*make sure I find my way back to the hotel)
( , Fri 17 Apr 2009, 12:26, Reply)
And might I be able to request kippage space if possible please?
( , Mon 20 Apr 2009, 13:15, Reply)
pregnancies over and babies here.
no stress or shit to go wrong
and plenty of time to save pennies.
now then. is there somewhere to stash a bike?
and if crashspace is gone anywhere to pitch a tent?
( , Sat 23 May 2009, 23:29, Reply)
(unless you want to lay on a steep slope or pitch on tarmac!)
but we could put your bike in the entrance with ours, not much room but it would be fine overnight I'm sure (and locks).
( , Wed 2 Sep 2009, 11:28, Reply)
I have signed up for this and will endeavour to be present :D
( , Sun 31 May 2009, 20:52, Reply)
=D
( , Thu 11 Jun 2009, 21:47, Reply)
Anyone else going?
( , Sat 4 Jul 2009, 12:27, Reply)
and it's the first Saturday after my thesis hand in deadline. I may go dressed as Braveheart and shout FREEDOM! all eveving. Now I think about it, that would be horrible.
( , Mon 20 Jul 2009, 13:11, Reply)
I will bore you senseless about the historical inaccuracies of the film, seeing as how I grew up in the shadow of the Wallace Monument and went to Wallace High School. Don't get me started on the battle of Stirling Bridge without the fucking bridge.
( , Tue 21 Jul 2009, 17:45, Reply)
Last bloke in britain to be hung drawn and quatered.
Oh yes.
also... TIMELY REPLY!
( , Mon 17 Aug 2009, 20:25, Reply)
also i have a house and may be able to let a few people sleep in it.
( , Thu 6 Aug 2009, 4:57, Reply)
i signed up and then it hit me im in Australia and cant go
Im speaking to the gov't hoping to repeal my great, great, great grandfathers deportation from blighty!
(he was a chook thief who got done for receiving a duck!)
( , Sat 8 Aug 2009, 23:12, Reply)
Just send a puppy in your place, if you post it now it should just about have cleared quarantine by the time the bash comes around!
( , Wed 2 Sep 2009, 11:33, Reply)
Booze? Check.
B3tans? Check.
Hooray, count me in!
/edit - should I bring a cake or would the pub frown on it?
( , Fri 14 Aug 2009, 1:18, Reply)
I'm not sure, it scared and confused me as all the rock and indie type people had been replaced with hip and trendy people :S
Not that this helps with your question, just thought I'd make conversation, no offence etc.
( , Thu 20 Aug 2009, 12:44, Reply)
I prefer rock and indie types. I'll check with the hosts nearer the time.
( , Sun 23 Aug 2009, 15:37, Reply)
Or maybe in 5 years the pub has changed that much. I'm sure it will be great anyway, with all the live music and interweb people
( , Mon 24 Aug 2009, 10:44, Reply)
I just meant about the cake. I wouldn't want to get us thrown out for bringing a cake in if the pub think we might be planning to have a food fight with it.
( , Tue 25 Aug 2009, 13:28, Reply)
Dixon brought loads of cake type things last year
At least I think it was Dixon...
fairly sure it was Derby
;)
( , Tue 25 Aug 2009, 20:09, Reply)
You've not lived until you've witnessed first hand the pure joy (then guilt) most of a battenburg can bring to his cheeky little face.
( , Wed 2 Sep 2009, 10:54, Reply)
We're in the function room upstairs, not the main bar, so they pretty much overlook whatever.
As for the 'trendy types' taking over, no.
There's always someone willing to put the place down on reviews and stuff it seems, but in the years I've been having this bash there, and the occasions when I've been in the pub itself, I've only ever seen a medley of 'other' types and I consider it my relief from the usual bullshit of a town bar and the types it attracts.
Good music, decent selection of alcomahols, chilled patrons- personally I've never seen a problem with the place.
( , Wed 2 Sep 2009, 10:53, Reply)
I've been there many times in the past, I must have just hit it on a bad night or there was a full moon or something.
( , Wed 2 Sep 2009, 11:58, Reply)
I will fight* the entire pub or your right to bring cake.
* May not include actual fighting. A firm, but polite, letter may be substituted for fisticuffs.
( , Wed 30 Sep 2009, 12:07, Reply)
then noticed I'd already signed up.
Bloody booze.
( , Fri 28 Aug 2009, 2:46, Reply)
she remembered its her best mate's hen night that very evening.
But I'm still coming to stop crying
( , Wed 9 Sep 2009, 11:35, Reply)
she shall be missed, she is a highly popular b3tawive
but also YES! for your continued attendance :D
( , Wed 9 Sep 2009, 11:40, Reply)
The Rangemoor seems to tick boxes relating to how far it is to stumble back from
( , Wed 9 Sep 2009, 11:57, Reply)
Though it's only ickle so I don't know if it would be booked up by now
( , Wed 9 Sep 2009, 12:10, Reply)
The Rangemoor is opposite the hell on earth that was the Heritage.
Pumping banging tunes til 4 in the morning? I think not
( , Wed 9 Sep 2009, 12:15, Reply)
I'm sure there will be people who still need a room now the crack den is out.
( , Wed 9 Sep 2009, 12:24, Reply)
That's not to mention the bed-hopping locals who use it as a hook-up spot, and the mostly-intact kebab I had to step over to get into my room.
I'm booked into the European Inn this time, it's slightly further away but it sounds nicer.
( , Thu 10 Sep 2009, 1:46, Reply)
I guess I could train it up from the big smoke then maybe get the last train out, being too poor to afford hotels and the like.
Rest assured b3tans if its psychically physically possible I'll be there.
( , Wed 9 Sep 2009, 13:29, Reply)
It looks like there's a late bus on saturday nights, but it will be a 3 1/2 mile walk home from there. Decisions decisions.
( , Wed 9 Sep 2009, 20:28, Reply)
can't get the next day off,so a sober bash for me!! (for a change)
( , Wed 9 Sep 2009, 20:33, Reply)
It has just been decided - at approximately 4:20am , after starting on the whisky - that Bob the mul and I shall be attending in kilts. We will leave it to the ladyfolk present to ascertain who has the better legs.
( , Sun 13 Sep 2009, 4:26, Reply)
But will you be doing the PROPER kilt thing? That's what we women all want to know - and have proof of. Oh yes.
( , Fri 18 Sep 2009, 15:36, Reply)
It's very sad, really.
( , Sat 19 Sep 2009, 18:23, Reply)
( , Sat 19 Sep 2009, 22:16, Reply)
If any of you B3tans from outside Derby need to know why you should come to the Derby thing:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RcQGJt4A6I for a fine advert for our beautiful town
Come to Derby! Come Here often!
( , Tue 15 Sep 2009, 15:03, Reply)
Derby may not be the most exciting city ever but that makes it positively shit...YAY DERBY!
( , Tue 15 Sep 2009, 16:33, Reply)
*empties out copper jar, starts counting*
EDIT: BUGGER IT I'M COMING! WOOYAYS!
( , Tue 15 Sep 2009, 15:14, Reply)
I'd offer you a place to stay but it would probably be inappropriate and it's quite far out of derby so a bus journey and walking would be required at the end of the night.
I do have a spare bedroom or a sofa, or an office.
( , Wed 16 Sep 2009, 9:57, Reply)
But I'm reasonably sure at least a couple of people are doing the sexy-smart thang so please feel free to join them!
*rubs thighs*
( , Wed 16 Sep 2009, 14:54, Reply)
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( , Wed 16 Sep 2009, 16:13, Reply)
Maybe a shirt and tie under the hoodie but not a smart shirt or tie. /huffs
( , Tue 29 Sep 2009, 9:29, Reply)
...go on then. I'll come.
And after that, I will probably see you at The Bless.
( , Mon 21 Sep 2009, 14:39, Reply)
I'm down as a definitely maybe.
( , Thu 24 Sep 2009, 20:53, Reply)
you'll be fine. Just wear a stab-proof vest.
( , Thu 24 Sep 2009, 21:52, Reply)
As long as I don't buy any drinks while I'm there. I wonder how the Bless feels about hip flasks.....?
( , Fri 25 Sep 2009, 18:28, Reply)
Please don't not come for the sake of a few drinks, we've got your back girlfren!
(*shudders* but seriously, we'll sort something)
( , Fri 25 Sep 2009, 18:42, Reply)
Seriously I am going to be there if I have to walk! After that, there will be much fluttering of eyelashes to get stuff bought for me ;)
Only concern is if I have more important things to spend money on than petrol between now and then, then I may not make it....
( , Fri 25 Sep 2009, 19:27, Reply)
We could club together and get a 2 litre bottle of Tesco value cola, for about 30p!
15p each ...Ultimate cheap night out!!
( , Sun 27 Sep 2009, 21:22, Reply)
I SHALL be there - I'd say thanks to my fairy godmother, but I don't think he'd thank me for that....
( , Sun 27 Sep 2009, 22:19, Reply)
"Saturday is a day for cavorting"
So expect me to cavort liek there's no tomorrow
( , Mon 28 Sep 2009, 15:16, Reply)
Will the lovely Mrs Scaramanga be in attendance?
( , Mon 28 Sep 2009, 18:48, Reply)
she is attending a party of the hen variety
she will be sending hugs and kisses to all though, delivered through the medium of me
( , Tue 29 Sep 2009, 13:57, Reply)
( , Thu 1 Oct 2009, 19:28, Reply)
but come 11 oc clock tomorrow, I'll be fighting you off with a shitty stick
( , Fri 2 Oct 2009, 13:10, Reply)
I will be arriving in delicious Derby at 17:16, if anybody'll be arriving around that time and fancies staggering up the road with me let me know :D
( , Tue 29 Sep 2009, 14:35, Reply)
Only a couple of days to go! what will I wear!? I don't know if I like what I plan to wear! Panic setting in! I might have to go clothes shopping again!
( , Thu 1 Oct 2009, 9:51, Reply)
Some people will be dressed up, most will probably be in jeans and tshirts...it matters not a jot good sir :D
( , Thu 1 Oct 2009, 10:13, Reply)
Well I do but they look silly, not that I mind looking silly, I very often wear clothes far too big for me but that's only because I'm cheap and normally I don't care how I look. But this is the Derby bash and I want to look 1/2 decent so maybe 3/4 length combats and a hoodie, maybe jeans and a short sleeve shirt, I just don't know. I'm sure I'll buy something completely different on Saturday then spend hours trying to choose between them :S
( , Thu 1 Oct 2009, 10:28, Reply)
I'm wearing that stuff today, it looks so funny XD
( , Thu 1 Oct 2009, 16:40, Reply)
If I can still get in it!!!
/Fatter now
( , Fri 2 Oct 2009, 9:57, Reply)
Now torn between funeral chic, or an amazing fur-lined frock which has the unfortunate habit of releasing the scent of its past owner. I may have to employ someone to chuck pints of Febreze over me at timed intervals.
OMG IT'S TOMORROW :D :D :D
( , Fri 2 Oct 2009, 10:51, Reply)
I don't the chance to suit up much these days so I jump at the chance
( , Fri 2 Oct 2009, 13:11, Reply)
( , Fri 2 Oct 2009, 21:24, Reply)
That's a shame, see you at another one.
( , Fri 2 Oct 2009, 23:12, Reply)
Great to see you alll again,pity I couldn't get drunk though!
( , Sun 4 Oct 2009, 0:01, Reply)
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