Sunday, 25 October, 2009

1) Warrington is a pleasant, unassuming town. Yes, it looks a bit forbidding when you arrive in the station – that’s the Unilever factory incidentally, but don’t go thinking it is a grim industrial place. Far from it. As the advertisement on the station proudly boasts Warrington is “the gateway to the historic gardens of Cheshire”. I like their modesty. What they are saying is basically, “Warrington – It’s quite near somewhere nicer!”
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Tuesday, 25 August, 2009
If it has been a long time since I blogged, it has been even longer since I splunched!

For those unused to Splosh! terminology, a Splunch is a Splosh! Munch where fans of sploshing meet up in a vanilla setting (usually the pub) to sit and chat about all things wet and messy. It is a good way for people new to the scene to meet up and feel a part of things, and now there are several to choose from. The London Meet gets together about once every three months, the Bristol one meets in spring and summer (they like to hold a mud shoot at the same time) and various venues up north do their best to get people to come to ones there as well (for details of all upcoming events, go to the forum).
Again, not wishing to be seen as egotistical, I haven’t been to one of these for ages but Mike Nomic who runs the Bristol do made me an offer I couldn’t resist (ie beer and food) so off I went to Bristol…
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