Oxfordshire Gransneters

Shall we start thinking about an Autumn meet up ?Open to suggestions about date and venue etc.The Ashmolean in Oxford was very good and someone once suggested Wallingford. Would early October suit ? Let us have your thoughts.

Thought that a group of four was ideal number. We certainly had lots to talk about

Yes, a good choice of venue Roses ....better than M&S by the sound of it!!!

Lovely to have met you Greenfinch. Our get together of four Gransnetters was a great success, although your quick exit from M and S not so good.

Good choice of venue Roses.

Hope your foot is on the mend Anya.

Thank you ladies for a lovely few hours in the Ashmolean café.I went to Marks on the way to the bus.Just bought myself another cup of coffee only to be evacuated because the fire alarm went off !
If you can, join us for the Reading meet up at the beginning of next month.

Sounds like you had a lovely time ladies - well done on making that happen ? ?

A lovely chatty meet up....my throat was a bit sore later! so nice to get to know people who have so far been only a name.As the only real local person, thank you all for making the time to travel into Oxford.

Yes lovely to meet up with you three and to put a face to a name/names.

You would have thought we had known each other for ages. Our get together was easy and relaxed and I got a few recipes off Anya, thanks so much.

Till the next time.

Lovely to meet up with *Greenfinch, Rosesarered and NanKate today.

Looking forward to it. Don't know about the cake but will enter a bit late looking for a rose, a batman brolly and someone wearing purple. Look out for me !

Hope it won't rain, but look forward to meeting you all in the basement cafe ,I will have a rose, nankate in purple, Anya with a slight limp and a batman brolly and Greenfinch with a huge slice of cake, plus anyone else who can make the meet up?????

Thanks Roses for getting back to me so quickly. I shall look out for a perfumed pink rose, I do like a rose with a decent scent/ perfume/aroma.

I am small, well 5' 2 1/2" with grey hair which I think is blonde, you will have to make your own mind up about that. I will no doubt be wearing something purple as it is my favourite colour.

Looking forward to meeting you all. Kate

I am small and blonde and could do with losing a bit ( a lot) of weight.

If you are there before me, I will clutch the rose and walk about the tables looking gormless until you wave.

I will put a pink rose on the table Nan ( haven't got any red ones)

Hi All,

Is this Friday still on at the Ashmolien at 11.00am ?

Can I join you all ?

How will we know each other ?

Till Friday, Kate

We definitely met for longer than an hour last time.There were about eight of us and although some left early,we had lunch there and held the table until about3pm. I am not saying we will be so long this time as there are fewer of us and some have commitments but I hope it will be for longer than an hour or I will miss most of it !! ⚽

My train back isn't until 2.30 as I intend to spend any extra time in the Ashmolean or wandering round Oxford as it's a couple of years since I visited with my GS.

That is fine by me. Summertown was only a suggestion. If I can find something else to do in Oxford the day of the meet-up, and I will try, so that I can be there for, say, 4 hours I will come, but not otherwise.

I might have a look at the Reading meet-up. We lived there for many years and I still do a lot of things there, so I could probably do several things while I was there.

Yes,Summertown is just one bus too far for me.I already have two plus a car drive to begin with. so the. centre of Oxford is better for me.

This time [for me] it has to be the Ashmolean, it has lots of seats/tables in the café and some Gnetters are already coming a long way either Reading or MK or further so for them, the centre of Oxford is perfect really.Also although I live locally I have to be back around 3 pm for childcare.
Monica we could always do another in Witney or Abingdon some time soon?where driving and parking is easy.

I have been away since the Ashmolean thread started. I thoroughly enjoyed the small meet-up we had in Abingdon a few weeks ago but, I confess, I am not enthusiastic about the Ashmolean. Central Oxford is very expensive for me to travel to.

I am travel sick on buses so need to come by train or car. Train means paying £6.00 to park the car at Didcot Parkway as well as my fare and driving and parking means walking in from the Park & Ride, it takes about 30 minutes both ways, which for a coffee event that will only last an hour or so is a lot of travelling time for a short meeting.

Is there anywhere in Summertown that would be suitable. It is well served by buses and parking is not too difficult or expensive and it is easy to access by car.

Sadly she can't come this time.

It's only cost me £12.20 off peak return

The more the merrier

I have sent a pm to Alchemillamollis as she came to the previous one we had.