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The laugh (for me) was that when I tried to book up a small area at the Copthorne Hotel for us to meet and disect the puzzle, I couldn't because there was a "Doctors Convention" on.... Not quite what I fouund there :lol: Some very inventive costumed fans (including one lady in all-over yellow make-u...

That is a horrible combination of problems We'll be thinking about you Gill. Take care.

:D Sounds good. I'm in Newcastle Library at the moment and just come across this which has a very nice map for the lovers of bridges ;) http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/HadriansWall/uploads/Bridges.pdf In the tiny picture you can spot the shape of Jesmond Dene which gives an idea of the general area. ...

Mine's the same, and I've just sent a text off to the Tin Dog to confirm that I have his number right. I'll let you know.

Saturday morning schedule and travel plans to come. My deadline is..... wellllllll..... Friday night

Things are geting close.... Can we get a shout out of when people plan to arrive (which day and an idea of time)? PM sent to the Giraffe family ;) hope all is well over there. My puzzle has been passed on (far too late) for a 2nd-person remote test. Fingers crossed I haven't made any seriously stupi...

<<<< Innocent and bemused expression (under the mask)

Well - it's official - I'm now amongst the 'jobless' :( They did manage to make total hash of the end-of-job experience with an emaill coming through 10:30 yesterday morning saying "Yes, it's all sorted and you're leaving today (as you suggested)" :roll: I've been forced into 'voluntary' redundancy ...

If I am getting a train from Durham to Newcastle is it obvious where I get a metro from to get to the area of your map with Hopalong ? (I'm assuming Metro is the way to get from A to B) If you're coming for the morning of the puzzle trail then center of town (train station) is fine. I'm sorting out...

Looks great to me. Is it the kind of place you need to book a table or not? I've got their business card - for a group of us it's worth while booking and getting a space reserved (.....they say). They did seem interested in the idea of a group of puzzlers :twisted: I've just been looking at the rev...

LAT wrote:Found Jesmond Park Hotel.
http://www.jesmondpark.com/

This is the essence of LAT's message a couple of pages back. Below is the location and the area it's in.

There are masses of places to eat, but finally I managed to visit THIS place yesterday: http://www.yourkingdom.co.uk/about/ Not a cheap meal, but one heck of a variety of food - and as a buffet I'm sure there's ways to get value for money ;) [Gluttons line up behind me - LOL] I took a drive past the...

All pavement walking. The puzzle walk is less than 2 miles on the flat, after that it is as much exploring as people want to do. Heading up into the town centre adds more, but that can be fiddled with judicious use of my car or the electric Quayside busses. It had gone quiet - I hoped people were st...

I bet we could organise a much better and more challenging puzzle trail between us if we put our minds to it. There are probably a few companies doing this. There was one on local radio that has trals in London, Manchester and Newcastle. The 'clues' they gave over the radio were pretty basic, but t...

Sounds interesting

I have often thought this would be a good way to test kids on things like basic maths... Work through the problems getting answers that finally arrive at a code to get out... The oxygen running out in this air-tight room I class as an 'incentive to learning'.

Well - things move on - I've now been offered a quick way out that doesn't involve spending the next 3 months de-rigging the Libraries that are closing. A severance package that would put the equal of 6 months take-home pay in my bank. During the 3 months I would have had access to any learning offe...

In any case, your experience running the bus project is great experience to have on your cv I would think. Don't get me started on CVs :evil: :? :roll: I have a lovely readable story about my life which I'm told nobody will read and I am bouncing my head of the wall trying to turn it into a series ...

It was made official on Friday that I did not get the internal job in the Library serivce (which i didn't really think i wanted or would be good at) and on the close of business Friday 11th my computer bus project is over. I then go into a 3 month "redeployment" status where other areas of the counc...

Me back with another technology one - LOL i;ve got myself a Tablet PC (no company name I can spot). Designed to give downstairs access to the internet for only 64 quid from a London company on eBay. Android operating system. So what do i need to know about tablet based technology? Protection?? AVG s...

Bunnylump wrote:Do you know anywhere we could get something to eat on The Friday evening?

More than do-able - I'll give it some thought and come back with a few ideas in a week or so.

A quick check that I've got things straight so far. Arrival at various times Friday 25th October. Get together for welcomes and chat in the afternoon-->evening. Saturday 26th for puzzle walk, exploring, fun, and trying NOT to walk 3 inches off everyone's legs (which would be too easy to do). Sunday ...