Welsh Weekend 2014

boxerscott · Post by **boxerscott** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:16 pm

Err. wot hotel would that be Steve?

Chris

eyore · Post by **eyore** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:23 pm

boxerscott wrote:Err. wot hotel would that be Steve?

Chris

Good question............??

slparry · Post by **slparry** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:40 pm

sorry guys you've lost me ?

eyore · Post by **eyore** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 8:54 pm

slparry wrote:sorry guys you've lost me ?

and us.

you'r such a tease

slparry · Post by **slparry** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:17 pm

I'm confused.com now

The hotel is the Wild Pheasant Hotel in Llangollen as "usual", weekend of 25th/26th April 2014

http://www.wildpheasanthotel.co.uk/

Are you both signing up too?

eyore · Post by **eyore** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:47 pm

Would love to go , just looking at the possibilities of it.

Dai wiskers · Post by **Dai wiskers** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 11:17 pm

I hope it's the wild pheasant that's where we're booked in

eyore · Post by **eyore** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 7:30 am

Dai wiskers wrote:I hope it's the wild pheasant that's where we're booked in

Depends on the mood of the locals............could be the wild peasant.

Any details about the format, seeing as I am a noob, presumably rideouts sat and sun with some carousing thrown in

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 7:52 am

eyore wrote:presumably rideouts sat and sun with some carousing thrown in

Presumption correct.

slparry · Post by **slparry** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 9:15 am

Most arrive on the Friday evening, and alcohol is tested and imbibed I'm led to believe.

Group ride out at 10:00 am <sharp> with empty bladders and full fuel tanks. Usually circa 200 miles or so around north and mid Wales finest, with a lunch stop and two coffee breaks. Pace is very sedentary with not one single speed limit ever being exceeded

and as the last man drop off is used those who are even slower don't feel pressured into achieving the speed limit

Group dinner on the Saturday night, where more alcohol is imbibed and lots of utter b*ll*x is talked and debated. Strippers don't turn up until the elderly members have gone to bed (and the very few remaining are so drunk at this point that it's a waste the strippers bothering really).

Sunday is breakfast, hangover, some brave souls go for a head clearing short spin others start making their way home/visit the Ponderosa/visit the Prospect Tea Rooms for Whinberry tart (if a few want to do this then I may have to warn them to cater for a group) etc

Sunday evening the recriminations start

The Wild Pheasant have a group deal for us for £99 for the two nights for Dinner, bed and breakfast all in. Just mention my name and Boxertrix when booking.

There are alternative hotels & a hostel nearby (walking distance) if the WPH is full and the WPH will allow others to join the group dinner on Saturday evening for the appropriate palm crossing of silver

Some of the pix from this years

viewtopic.php?t=15500&start=195

and this years group dinner menu was

http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk/pdfs/Boxertri ... 3-menu.pdf

I seem to recall we had 46 staying at the WPH etc plus day visitors for the ride out so it's a very well attended event.

We REALLY REALLY need to start doing a group photo before the ride out on Saturday morning, perhaps at 9:45 get the bikes lined up and do the pix and the drop off explanation at the same time?

Boxadog 2000 · Post by **Boxadog 2000** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:04 pm

Must have missed this thread and the chance to vote on where to stay.

We will not be going next year as I (we) do not like the absolutely characterless Hotel the bar is pits to segregated.
For my two peneth Betwsycoed was far better

andy griff · Post by **andy griff** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:50 pm

Say what you think there, don't sit on the fence

andy griff · Post by **andy griff** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:51 pm

Say what you think there, don't sit on the fence

slparry · Post by **slparry** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:53 pm

Boxadog 2000 wrote:Must have missed this thread and the chance to vote on where to stay.

We will not be going next year as I (we) do not like the absolutely characterless Hotel the bar is pits to segregated.
For my two peneth Betwsycoed was far better

genuinely sorry to hear that

I've not stayed at the hotel in Betws but I can recall being told it was £70 per person per night for room only with breakfast and dinner on top. So the £49.99 the WPH does for us for D,B&B seems much better value, of course if everyone wants to have a different venue subsequent year that's no problem

I did get "some" interest from a hotel on Anglesey that may be prepared to do a similar deal at one point

Boxadog 2000 · Post by **Boxadog 2000** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 7:00 pm

andy griff wrote:Say what you think there, don't sit on the fence

I generally do.

It would have been nice to have been asked