Got the PM thanks, and it's all sounding very good, in fact better than good. Only one hurdle we haven't jumped over so far, and that is costs.

Perhaps we should make a decision to go for the w/end of 6/8th September, the French schools will have started back so the site won't be too full, and the weather should still be reasonable.

If Marc and Gemma could come up with some idea of tent pitch costs, caravan costs also if it's hammering down that would be good also.

I also like the idea of a something to eat on the friday evening which isn't too involved - a pasta type meal or something as people turn up, and a BBq on the sat night.

I really don't think it's necessary to do too much for this first meet, there will be plenty to talk about, and if the tent is well stocked, I'm sure we'll all get along fine and find things to do perhaps on the Saturday as well as just chill out and talk and maybe explore the area a bit. This is a mini meet after all, not a full blown event.

Hopefully we'll get a few wanting to come along, so the sooner we know what sort of costs are invloved based around the above,the quicker we can start putting formal ideas up. I know it's difficult to calculate costs on an unknown number of attendees, but if we work it out from list price ( off season) on a per head basis, then there won't be any nasty surprises. If we get lots of peeps wanting to come along, we can always ask for a special rate down the line.

Thanks for all your help on this Gemma and Marc, what started out as a simple question some months back, is fast becoming a reality. Hope you can come back soon with some interesting figures.

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