Following a comment on another thread, just wondered whether there were enough folks from the Thames Valley hanging around in here to make a viable number to meet up for a pint?
Can I start the ball rolling with a suggestion for Wokingham? Not my home town, but close enough. The Three Frogs is easy to get to from the M3/M4, just off the A329M:
PoP
Certainly.
Another good option which is fairly easy to find (albeit not quite as easy to find as the Three Frogs) is the Green Man at Hurst which I suspect has better food. The (Brakspear's) beer's certainly good.
.andy
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The Green Man is good for me. As you say, the only issue is that out-of-area people may find it a little harder to navigate to, but there's a useful map on that web site.
PoP
I could always do a better map from AutoRoute and email a JPEG to interested parties. The only slightly fiddly piece is getting to the right road coming out of Wokingham or perhaps south from Twyford.
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Quite possibly
I'd be coming from Binfield/Bracknell - and I know exactly where the straight mile is so no problem there :)
Need to think about dates before we go much further. I don't have anything particular in mind, but maybe a Wednesday evening in November? Could be Friday or Saturday, but I'm inclined to think it might be a bit busy those nights? Spouses and partners too maybe? What do others think?
PoP
I'd be up for it.
This Green Man is in Hinton Rd and is virtually at the Hurst village (A321) end - i.e. the opposite end to the B3018.
OK. I'm out of the country on the weeks of the 10th and 17th but the weeks of the 3rd and 24th are OK.
It might be an idea to give the pub a call. They used to have a quiz night where again it's very full. IIRC, that was Thursdays but I'm not certain. Fridays and Saturdays are busy.
Sure - if they want to do so.
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Wokingham or Hurst (or anywhere else around Reading) would be fine by me - weekday evening but not Thursday (SWMBO's evening out)
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Me too. Wokingham is not too far for me but I have no idea where either pub is.
If you go to the following web site, search for postcode RG10 0BP, then it will get you to within 100 yards. I would suggest you zoom the map out a little so that you can see the local A and B roads:
Time to put something up for consideration - thoughts welcome!
Location: How about The Green Man, as suggested in a reply on this thread? Location can be easily found from the street maps web site by searching for the postcode RG10 0BP:
Once we have the date/time/location set we can figure out which colour carnations to wear in our dungarees so as to be able to identify each other :)
PoP
Fine by me.
It might be an idea to poll for an idea of numbers and make a table reservation.......
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Sounds like an idea, though I can't really imagine a Tuesday evening being quite that busy in an out-of-town pub :)
I think I'll try and pop along there in the next couple of weeks to satisfy myself where it is.
PoP
Ok for me. Autoroute says 3 frogs is closer at 32 mins. Green Man 47 mins
I think that's a bit pessimistic. I'd reckon on about ten minutes between the two if you take the A321 out of Wokingham....
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2hours seven minutes from here to junction 6 on M4 but I'll need my old car back. ;-)
(Junction 37 of M1....)
:-(
Mark S.
You'd be very welcome.
We even have proper beer down here tha knows. :-)
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