Alpina Meet - Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Hants & Surrey ish

B10BRW · Post by **B10BRW** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 11:48 am

ALPB1033 wrote: Hi Guys, why not make this one in Bicester for a Nov. meet on Sunday. So the ladies can do a bit of shopping before X'mas in the Bicester Village outlet (keep our fingers cross they don't spend all your hard earn cash in this trip ) and all our guys stick togather and have a beer in the nearby pub. But one thing concern me is the parking as this is very busy on Sunday.

James

I thought we were talking about a Southerly meeting

,to me that means
south of the Thames

Bicester is along way from being South

Post by **Charles** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:21 pm

ALPB1033 wrote: Hi Guys, why not make this one in Bicester for a Nov. meet on Sunday. So the ladies can do a bit of shopping before X'mas in the Bicester Village outlet (keep our fingers cross they don't spend all your hard earn cash in this trip ) and all our guys stick togather and have a beer in the nearby pub. But one thing concern me is the parking as this is very busy on Sunday.

James

I understand your thinking but:

1 Wouldn't go near Bicester Village in the run up to Christmas
2 Wouldn't really fancy that pub
3 Was thinking of somewhere further South - more Newbury/Basingstoke/Andover area
4 One of the advantages of having 4 children is I can't fit the whole family in the Alpina and so I can go places on my own

alpina46 · Post by **alpina46** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:38 pm

I was thinking of a castle or similar point of interest i must admit i'd rather poke my eyes out with a stick than drive all the way down south for a shopping trip

B10BRW · Post by **B10BRW** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:05 pm

Tony,

My thoughts exactly,

no way I would drive that far NORTH for a shopping trip.

Anyway Bicester Village is very much over rated

B9-200 · Post by **B9-200** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 12:10 pm

B9-200 wrote:Sounds good to me. I'll try and think of somewhere suitable in the Berks and Hants area.

How about here?
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w- ... w-thevyne/

Post by **Charles** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:31 pm

B9-200 wrote:
B9-200 wrote:Sounds good to me. I'll try and think of somewhere suitable in the Berks and Hants area.
How about here?
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w- ... w-thevyne/

Nice location but minimal eating facilities.

Like your thinking though..

Any other suggestions?

B9-200 · Post by **B9-200** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:58 pm

Charles wrote:
Nice location but minimal eating facilities.

They have a restaurant there.
How about here then?
http://www.birdworld.co.uk/

Post by D4 » Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:48 pm

without even clicking on the link - i'm liking the sound of birdworld already

though somehow I think I might be a little disappointed from what my one track mind is currently visualising...

Post by **Charles** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:14 pm

B9-200 wrote:
Charles wrote:
Nice location but minimal eating facilities.

They have a restaurant there.

It looked like it was just a tearoom - but I may be wrong

simon13 · Post by **simon13** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:35 pm

Newlands corner? just outside of Guildford surrey, it's a country park with a cafe and a very large carpark?

i'm right in the middle of the suggested area and am struggling to think of a place that meets up to everything said!

jezza · Post by **jezza** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:31 am

Newlands Corner is 2 mins down the road for me........ It has parking and the New Barn coffe shop serves decent food.

Hobi · Post by **Hobi** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 12:29 pm

Hi All

Newbie here. Am up for a meet "in the south" whenever (after Oct 3).

Tim

Post by **Charles** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 1:09 pm

Hi Tim,

Welcome on board

Watch this space - I might get myself organised one day

C

B10BRW · Post by **B10BRW** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 2:14 pm

Hi Tim,

Welcome to the growing number of Alpina enthusiasts in Surrey.
I am in Epsom a lot so might see

your B3.

Brian.

B10-V8

KevinB10 · Post by **KevinB10** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 2:34 pm

jezza wrote:Newlands Corner is 2 mins down the road for me........ It has parking and the New Barn coffe shop serves decent food.

Sounds good to me, I seem to remember our little gathering there last year.
Can we go for this venue?????

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Alpina Meet - Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Hants & Surrey ish

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