MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE MEMWNS BENIGN DICTATORSHIP 2/12/2009Location: Square and Compasses
Present: Oscars dad, chief, Oaky
We decided that since there were three of us present, and had prior backing of the group for benign dictatorship duties, we would proceed as a triumvirate to plan the first half of next year.
A new feature of the MEMWNS rides was proposed by Oscars dad, and unanimously accepted (see "THE EVIL PLAN" below).
A pub list and victim list were thrashed out, with reference to the original list and several bang up to date pub/beer/AA guides, thoughtfully provided by the Square and Compasses.
Beer was consumed, mostly a Boggart's brew called "Ray of Sunshine", I believe. Snacks were eaten.
Business was concluded and OD shipped off home early to prepare for driving at silly-o'clock the next morning.
THE EVIL PLANAs well as the current format rides (well, more a list of pubs and dates), we have decided to make one Wednesday a month into a hosted ride, where a carefully selected list of GENIAL HOSTS will show us the delights of their neck of the woods. These will almost certainly have at the very least a rail-and-ride component for people not local to the area in question.
We have "volunteered" a likely list of folks to lead rides (See "GENIAL HOSTS" below), and allocated them to dates in the "PUBLIST" section. These are obviously not set in stone. If anyone we've victimised below doesn't want to lead one then let us know. Likewise if you aren't named, but want to, shout up!
THE PUBLISTThere is a
Google Map listing all of the locations in this list as well as some previous ones that don't explicitly appear.
I have siphoned these off into a separate thread to make them easier to find (since we're now on page 45 or so of this one). The separate thread will be the canonical/authoritative listing!
EDIT: I have now elided the list from this thread --- the other thread linked above is now the repository for the list.
THE VICTIMS GENIAL HOSTSOscars dad (Various compasses)
Oaky (Witham/Totham/Maldon pub crawl loop)
chief (assorted bridleway stuff -- not
too off-roady)
The Southenders (wowbagger, delthebike, ?nuttycyclist?, ...)
Tokamak+bobb (the delights of Chelmsford and environs)
Tomsk (Dunmow)
Auntie Helen+Uncle James (Tendring)
mike (That's what you get for volunteering to show people the highest point
special guest host - a certain Jon, not (yet?) of this forum.