Stickens - The Stickam/TokBox meetup August 2009 *UPDATED*

[BOYD1981]

Right, as some people already know, the original plans for Stickens have been cancelled and will now be held in a different location, which we now know to be... Brookside Caravan Park, in Lynminster, West Sussex (which is close to Littlehampton, Obi's hometown).

The accommodation has changed slightly too, after unsuccesfully trying to arrange for a 6 person chalet (fully booked) and then a 4 person holiday bungalow (no reply from owner), and the time for getting a place for August running short, we will now be staying in a 4 berth caravan. The date, 8th to 15th of August remains the same.

I know it's a bit of a step down from a cottage on the Scottish borders and means that even less people can come, but it does now work out cheaper, and very few people were able to come with the original plan anyway.
Plus I see this as less of a holiday and more of a get together, which means it's more about the people than the place.

So right now we have 3 people staying on site (Bicilotti, Sylvr and myself), which means there is room for one more person, but you have to bear in mind that although this is a 4 person caravan there are only two double beds, and I really don't expect Sylvr to share with a strange male from the internet. The other double bed is made up by re-arranging cushions and sliding a thinger out from underneath the seats in the main area, and I suspect it can be re-arranged to make two single beds also.
However, the owner of this caravan does also have another 4 person caravan on the same site for £360 a week, so if more people were interested in coming it is still available for booking, but it's only really practical if atleast 3 additional people can come, and they'd have to decide they want to pretty soon before it's booked.
In addition to the three staying there we'll also have frequent visits from/to Obi as he lives nearby, and also Stupot said he may be able to drop in as he lives over in East Sussex.

Over the coming weeks (and hopefully with Obi's help) I'll be drawing up a list of local activities, places to eat and possible daytrips to nearby locations, so that we have an idea of what we can get up to while we're there without having to spend half the time deciding or wandering about

Santa hats are still a requirement...

[MrColossal]

Sounds neat! I hope you guys have a blast!

Are you going to broadcast it over TokBox?

[BOYD1981]

Hah, it would be really neat to do that, but broadband (or internet of any kind) isn't listed under what's available at the cottage, so it's not very likely unfortunately.

[Ghost]

If things go right, my exam doesn't fail, and my last internship doesn't play teh havoxx, you can add this Ghost to the list with a *defenitely*! (or definitely, if you're picky  )

[OneDollar]

*Removed*

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

This meet up cannot possibly be official without me...which is why there is no 'official' tag in the title.  Why can't you people have a gathering within 20 miles of where I live for once! 

[Sylvr]

 :

[LUniqueDan]

Heyyyyy, wait! Let me think.

And, btw where's Ryan when we need him? And Tosh. I wanna see Tosh! (Ines too, but that's another topic.)

[Buckethead]

What the...? Only 6 people? plus it's already full.  Come on you gotta find a bigger place dude.

[Renal Shutdown]

It's unlikely, but:

I could get to sunderland/newcastle relatively easily, for the day, so if y'all end up there, give me a shout.

I'm a Northerner now. \o/

[BOYD1981]

I really wanted to try get a bigger place, but there aren't that many that sleep more than 6 for a reasonable price, the place where it's booked for now does have an adjoining cottage for larger parties, but that adds an additional £550 to the price, so that wouldn't be a viable option unless there were an additional 6 people, plus I don't know if it has already been booked or not.

But like I said, next year we'll definitely be looking at bigger places and getting it all arranged and booked as early as possible, and we'll most likely have it somewhere outside of the UK.
Another thing to keep in mind is that there is always the possibility a space might become available if one of the current six can't make it, so we're not exactly counting all our chickens just yet.

And although we definitely could get more than 6 people inside the cottage with sleeping bags and/or inflatable beds, it is listed as sleeping 6 and I'm not sure the owner of the property would appreciate it if more than 6 people turned up, especially when they could make some extra money with the adjoining cottage.

And if people really do have their heart set on coming there's always the option of Bed & Breakfasts in the area (I'm not sure if there are any, but I could find out) for them to stay in. You don't have to sleep with the rest of us to take part during the day
Or if there are 3+ additional people that want to come and can afford to you could always enquire about the adjoining cottage, the owner of the propery can be contacted through the website I linked to in the first post and you know the dates, and you never know, because it would basically be the same party it might be offered at a reduced price (and even if it's only 2 people I think there is a reduction available for couples ).

It really is a bugger that the bigger place wasn't available for the dates we had in mind, and because it was left so late we couldn't really bring the date forward because it would have left less time for saving up, and September or later wasn't really an option because some of us are still at school and wouldn't have been able to make it. And any later than that and it would have been quite a cold holiday.

In hindsight it would have been a good idea to get this thread started earlier, possibly back when we first started talking about meeting up, but that can be put down to a lack of experience in arranging these things and next year we'll know better.

I really am sorry to have disappointed anyone that wanted to come along.

[IndieBoy]

Well it is a bit pointless since I only live about 45mins away from this place that I should stay at the cottage. So someone can take my bed.

[Ultra Magnus]

So, this is like Brittens but on a smaller scale?
It's like mini-Brittens, so you should call it Mittens!

Wait, that wouldn't work. It's such a silly name.

Aaaanyway...
Is anyone going to end up being at Mittens, Brittens and Stickittens?
And maybe Lapaset, too?

[BOYD1981]

Yeh, for now it's like a Brittens for the Stickam/TokBox community people.
But you never know, it could become an alternate event for everyone, but right now we're interested in keeping it to the Stickam/TokBox regulars because we already all know eachother.

[bicilotti]

I'd like to join.

[Ultra Magnus]

right now we're interested in keeping it to the Stickam/TokBox regulars because we already all know eachother.

Yeah, I got that.
You can relax, you don't have to worry about me showing up.

[Ryan Timothy B]

Hmmm.... Stickens eh?

[bicilotti]

Hmmm.... Stickens eh?

yeah, stickens! Come from canada, come from pakistan, come from scotland, we'll find a way to get everyone a bed.

WITH LOVE!

[Sylvr]

What the...? Only 6 people? plus it's already full.  Come on you gotta find a bigger place dude.

...if one of the current six can't make it

Well there is the possibility that I won't be able to make it:(... y'know.. just in case someone else is eyeing a place in the Stickens Cottage

[LUniqueDan]

yeah, stickens! Come from canada, come from pakistan, come from scotland, we'll find a way to get everyone a bed.

If you manage a way to have Babar, I'll find a way to show up and kidnap Progz on the trail .

But, in an other hand, I'm more into organising a Canadens for Brokens AGSers who can't afford Scotland / Miami. Something like an old Sugar Cabin that we can squat for almost nothing. A place like Ryan flat.