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Re: Conference Location

Subject: Re: Conference Location
From: Tim Scott-Ellis
Date: Sep 01 2008 20:18:43 
jon heuch wrote:

Where's your sense of adventure?
Look you can fly to Canterbury (or nearby). 
http://www.manstonairport.org.uk/
Look on the left hand column and DIY - it will give you a form to fill in: 
"Flight Plan Form". You don't get that sort of service at Heathrow do you?
You can even get a plan with details of the lighting of the runway and
instructions such as :
"When coming from the South or SW and already with approach, routing via 
Deal Pier will probably get you a join for 'left base for 28' or if 10 in
use then a 'downwind 10 RH'." Almost as good as "turn left at the Dartford
Crossing" init?

and
"A radar service is not always available, due to staff manning." That's 
reassuring - I'll just look out of the window to see if I can see the
runway.
But the Fire and Rescue link is the best: it provides a nice set of linkages 
to plane crashes and accidents. Not the sort of thing that BA and BAA give
high prominence. Highlights include the "DHL 767 Toilet Fire"  and a few
goodies from Utube.
Chocks away!.get a plane and you will be there in no time. 
Welcome to Battle of Britain land!
Biggles
PS I did make a suggestion that Reading might be more appropriate than 
Canterbury but that was after the decision was made.
On 1 Sep 2008, at 14:13, Chris Hastie wrote: 
 I'm all for moving conference about, but it really would be nice if the AA
thought about the transport implications of their decisions. Canterbury is a
complete beech to get to from 
anywhere outside Kent and SE London.
Hear hear!
Most of us drive and some of us like to use the train. IMHO venues 'off the 
beaten track', like Horticultural colleges or remote corners of Britain, add
ridiculous costs & unnecessary hassle 
for the majority of delegates. Are we professional enough yet to have proper
conference venues? I was making this argument 15yrs ago...sigh..., Bill
I did once know the NAAFI manageress at RAF Manston as it was then.
Happy days.
Anyway, the conference venue is a very difficult one to resolve. We
agreed recently to keep four venues and use each in turn only to find
the prices rise too far and we end up having to look elsewhere. The
main trouble is finding a venue with suitable trees located within a
reasonable distance. These are surpirsingly few. Specific confernece
are available and easily booked but they would cost at least double and
the price, and price is one of the more common complaints (despite being
very good value).
We are trying Canterbury but i agree, it does seem like the end of the
world if you are not in Kent, especially if want to travel by train.
Of course, what we really need to know is where the decent pubs that
serve food on the Saturday and Sunday nights. If anyone can let us know
where serves a decent pint (i.e. not Shepherd Neame) within easy reach
of the university I would be very grateful. 


Tim




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