Feeding You (Part 1)

[pensnest]

I'd like to do a quick check on who can eat what, so please comment if you have any dietary requirements that are more complicated than "Feed me", ie if you're vegetarian, or prohibited from eating anything in particular, or have evil allergies, or a pathological* hatred of certain foods.




* Your definition may vary. I myself will not eat grapefruit, but I don't consider that pathological, simply sensible. Disgusting things, grapefruit.

Feeding You (Part 2)

[pensnest]

nopseud and I thought it would be rather nice to enjoy a more varied diet during Camp Sparkle: the Ecclesiastical Remix, than hitherto, so...

Who's going to cook? We'll happily take responsibility for the weekend, but it would be nice to try out some Other Foods during the remainder of the week. Like, maybe the Finnish Contingent would like to produce something one evening, for example? We can figure out what ingredients are not likely to be available locally in time for you to pack whatever might be necessary... It doesn't have to be an example of Your National Cuisine, of course, anyone is welcome to produce, oh, spaghetti with red sauce or whatever you feel up to cooking in quantity.

Any volunteers?

Entertainments of a non-sparkly nature

[pensnest]

We'll be in the reasonably-close vicinity of Chatsworth, home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, and very beautiful (see here for details), and of Alton Towers Theme Park (see here).

I suggest that we do Chatsworth on the Tuesday and Alton Towers on the Wednesday. If we have groups of sufficient size we can get a group rate on tickets, which seems worth doing. For Chatsworth we need 15, which we may not be able to manage; for Alton Towers, just 10.

Have a look at the websites, and comment if you would like to go.

I propose that we potter about locally on the Monday (and possibly eat at the terrific and perfectly traditional pub we discovered on our Exploratory Visit last year), and we can have a look when we get to the Chapel and discuss other possibilities for tourism on the Thursday.

Sparkly Campers

[nopseud]

There's just over a month to go, so I'm going to be calculating final payments by the middle of the week. I need to know how many people will be there and for how long, as this year accommodation is costed on a per-night basis.

If you are definitely attending Camp Sparkle, but you haven't sent me a sign-up form yet, PLEASE REPLY TO THIS POST, letting me know how many nights you'll be staying.

If you've sent in a form, but you've changed your mind about how many nights you're staying, please comment to let me know the new number. (You can now check on the sign up post what you said on the form.) If you can't access that post, then I haven't had a sign-up form from you and I won't be including you in the sums.