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I have written quite a long piece containing thinky thoughts after the weekend at WriterConUk in Coventry - but I think I will post it to the community later. This is more my 'report'!
S2C and I set off from home on Thursday morning, had a pleasant crossing of the Irish Sea, a leisurely light lunch on Lancaster Railway Station, and a pleasant train trip to Coventry where we were met by the wonderful![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gillo who chauffeured us to the Ramada. We found our room, dropped our cases, collected daiseechain, and Gill took us back to her house for a good natter, a check that we, as the committee, hadn't forgotten anything major, and pizza, salad, and Italian hazelnut cake with strawberries and cream. A good day.
And yes - we knew WriterCon didn't start till the Friday - but Daisee and Gill and I thought it might be nice to be around first to welcome everyone - and we had a couple of meetings with the conference organiser and the dining room manager at the Ramada on Friday morning to make sure everything was just as we expected/ordered. There was a moment of shock when we realised they'd taken the sexy chairs from the breakout area - but after a chat they did, at least, make sure there were enough other comfortable chairs there to fit us all.
Then we settled ourselves in the bar and people started to arrive; as always it was lovely to meet friends again for the first time since last year.
We even had an official sign -
As the group expanded we decided to have lunch - and I got out my camera to take a picture of S2C's as he didn't just get fish and chips - but there were 'leetle fishieees' as well. I'll cut here.
( cut for lots of food and dead fishies )
I would say to all my LJ friends who live within reach of Coventry that this is a brilliant weekend - there are people from many, many fandoms and people who are not really into any fandom, but just like to meet other LJ people.
It is not an expensive weekend at all - especially if you share a room; we reckon that, without your travel expenses, it comes in at about £150 for the Friday evening to Sunday morning - including one course at the Indian restaurant, a sandwich lunch on Saturday, and the dinner on Saturday night... all this and Goody Bags too.
And the best bit is that everyone is incredibly friendly - even if you didn't know anyone when you first arrived you would feel you were amongst friends within minutes.
S2C and I set off from home on Thursday morning, had a pleasant crossing of the Irish Sea, a leisurely light lunch on Lancaster Railway Station, and a pleasant train trip to Coventry where we were met by the wonderful
gillo who chauffeured us to the Ramada. We found our room, dropped our cases, collected daiseechain, and Gill took us back to her house for a good natter, a check that we, as the committee, hadn't forgotten anything major, and pizza, salad, and Italian hazelnut cake with strawberries and cream. A good day.And yes - we knew WriterCon didn't start till the Friday - but Daisee and Gill and I thought it might be nice to be around first to welcome everyone - and we had a couple of meetings with the conference organiser and the dining room manager at the Ramada on Friday morning to make sure everything was just as we expected/ordered. There was a moment of shock when we realised they'd taken the sexy chairs from the breakout area - but after a chat they did, at least, make sure there were enough other comfortable chairs there to fit us all.
Then we settled ourselves in the bar and people started to arrive; as always it was lovely to meet friends again for the first time since last year.
We even had an official sign -
As the group expanded we decided to have lunch - and I got out my camera to take a picture of S2C's as he didn't just get fish and chips - but there were 'leetle fishieees' as well. I'll cut here.
( cut for lots of food and dead fishies )
I would say to all my LJ friends who live within reach of Coventry that this is a brilliant weekend - there are people from many, many fandoms and people who are not really into any fandom, but just like to meet other LJ people.
It is not an expensive weekend at all - especially if you share a room; we reckon that, without your travel expenses, it comes in at about £150 for the Friday evening to Sunday morning - including one course at the Indian restaurant, a sandwich lunch on Saturday, and the dinner on Saturday night... all this and Goody Bags too.
And the best bit is that everyone is incredibly friendly - even if you didn't know anyone when you first arrived you would feel you were amongst friends within minutes.
