White Christmas !

[Matthew]

At the moment Monday or Tuesday suits me

Matthew

[Moxy]

I would be up for 27/28th, but will hafta check wiv the girlfriend and c if she'll let me out for the nite. She thinks i'm a nutter!

[darren]

I can't make it back to work on Boxing day

you actually working on boxing day.
thats not fair.

[Tim]

I'm good for the 3 days after boxing day as my girlfriends working so shes given me the all clear

[MikeD]

Sweet!

[darren]

I'm good for the 3 days after boxing day as my girlfriends working so shes given me the all clear

more than 1 girlfriend.

[Tim]

Haha yep. Good old punctuation

[darren]

it's def gonna be cold!

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=cold;sess=

i dont mind the cold ill be up for that as well.

[Dowser]

I'm mad keen on this one and even keener on staying overnight but I'm gonna have to see how things turn out.  I've been struck down with the worst flu I've ever had and I am feeling a bit ropey!!!  So much for getting the flu jab earlier in the year.  Apparently it only protects you from a couple of particular strains... Now they tell me 

I would like to think I will be good to go by the 27th and 28th though. 

Has there been any chat about location for this one?  Possibly a Carrick Little start and an Annalong Valley Igloo Village or do you fancy trying somewhere new?

Oh... I can just see it now:

[MikeD]

Hopefully you'll be feeling better Dowser, I could give you a lift if you're not feeling the best !!

FOLDING SHOVELS - only seems like Smithfield army surplus store has them - nice ex-army ones- quite light - but - they want £20 for them - and they're not budging - so I refused to buy it as he wouldn't entertain a haggle - as an online search shows army surplus shovels cost £15.

Maybe someone on here is selling their old folding shovel !  Or knows of somewhere else I can get them (none in Millets, Cotswold, Black shop, Tiso).

No doubt I'll have to crawl back into his shop on Friday eating humble pie - and I'll probably also buy some army trousers off him..... I don't know..... I just wish people in small local shops would haggle, just a bit.  Rant over.

[LennyJ1]

Tell them you ex milatary and you might get a couple of quid off. 

[MikeD]

Tell them you ex milatary and you might get a couple of quid off. 

Thanks Lenny, bit dodgy doing that round there I'd say, keep that stuff under a hat.  Its just the point, that he wouldn't haggle, its just poor customer relations IMO.

[Dowser]

Hopefully you'll be feeling better Dowser, I could give you a lift if you're not feeling the best !!

FOLDING SHOVELS - only seems like Smithfield army surplus store has them - nice ex-army ones- quite light - but - they want £20 for them - and they're not budging - so I refused to buy it as he wouldn't entertain a haggle - as an online search shows army surplus shovels cost £15.

Maybe someone on here is selling their old folding shovel !  Or knows of somewhere else I can get them (none in Millets, Cotswold, Black shop, Tiso).

No doubt I'll have to crawl back into his shop on Friday eating humble pie - and I'll probably also buy some army trousers off him..... I don't know..... I just wish people in small local shops would haggle, just a bit.  Rant over.

If you do have to crawl back on Friday see if he'll give you any sort of discount for buying two of them as I'd take one and square you up when I see you.

[LandyLiam]

I was up Donard yesterday and plenty of snow about as you'd expect, the saddle would be a nice spot to build something, plenty of people passing so maybe some chance for recruiting ni-wilders    annalong valley would be less walking though, another handy spot would be at the end of the lane at Meelmore Lodge, not sure what the roads are like up there though as i haven't been that way yet. I have a folding shovel and a small military shovel. A few taurpaulins would be handy for transporting snow.

[Dowser]

If you do have to crawl back on Friday see if he'll give you any sort of discount for buying two of them as I'd take one and square you up when I see you.

Oh... Mention NI-Wild, and me too, because I buy a lot of stuff from him.  I even showed him our website, on his store computer, a couple of days after we returned from Kerry.  You never know it might prompt a bit of a discount.