Me (obviously)
Carl Parker
Twangothan
Lunaman
Idiotbear (if doesn't clash with birthday plans?)
Andy Barrons
Simon Kumar
Lee Rimmer
Retro Man (who nominated the venue!)
Richie B
Goosefat101
Vorgongod
Captain Underpants
John Waite
Lucas Hare
Joe R
David Rothon
Richie B
Dlusher
the mvps
Paul Holmes
kbhr
thecolonel
Azeem
Iain McKinney (did you have any luck with flights?)
Ganglesprocket
Dave C

Blimey, that's nearly 30 already... Apols if I've missed anyone out, or indeed if I've mistakenly included you. Just let me know below...

Hannah xxx

But I shall raise a glass or three in your direction from this beer festival instead

www.alefestival.org.uk/winterales/

Promish to raish a glash or three to you all from the shnug bar in my local. Sheersh!

Missed me out!

Planning to be there, looking forward to it.

Once drank in that pub - Good Choice!

maybe.

Don't mind if I do.

30? Mostly blokes full of beer and pub sarnies? There'll be a new hole in the ozone layer that night.

I might drink wine - global warming sorted!

Living Ooop North screws me up for getting there, but i was wondering how the hell you lot are going to recognise each other..is their a secret handshake or wink??

Looking forward to turning the virtual pub real again.

Bit far to travel.Would love to be amongst you all,if you're ever in the Chester area let me know,we'll have a sherbet or two.Have a good 'un!Pip Pip.

I'll certainly try to get there for a while.

Martin

I'm really looking forward to it!

... but not in body. Living in Hartlepool rather precludes me being able to get down to the 'big city' on a work day - plus the damn tax office impending deadline will have me trapped to my desk (weekends, too :-( ).

Enjoy yourselves!

P.S. Did once meet up with an internet chum, who advertised the fact of who he was by holding a copy of The Word.

If I do I'll be on the coke (the brown fizzy stuff that only goes up your nose if something makes you laugh while you are drinking it)rather than The Lamb's fine selection of beers.

It's officially diaried. I will be looking for a phalanx of mostly bearded men. If you are not I am bald, rather short and possessing a loud Glasweigan accent. If you see someone who looks like that looking a bit bewildered it will be me...

Confirmed.

I'm no longer a Londoner but you'll all be delighted to hear I'm making a special effort to get a train especially.

After my last disaster of going to the right pub but not managing to find anyone and hence going home and missing the fun, I may need some help. I'm fairly unremarkable looking and have no real distinguishing features, but if you see someone in their 20s wandering about looking a bit lost and sheepish, it'll probably be me.

Looking forward to it!

to make it

I'll be in Glasgow - a few weeks at home is going pretty well!

At some point soon, I'll fire a flare in the sky to see if Mr Blast and others can assemble in a disorderly fashion somewhere around the Clyde.

Yep, I'm still in. Still to work out whether we stay over in old smokey or make mad dash for the train mid-flow, but will be there. I'll be the word-bird that doesn't look like Kate Winslet either.

Should I start growing the beard now?

just a lil bump to keep the thread going...

I've only recently joined this forum but already I feel like a regular and look forward to Word Massive updates getting me through a dull day at work.

I'd love to come along but unfortunately I'm double booked.

Have a beer or three for me!

...want to exchange more Cumbernauld stories with Ganglesprocket and the other Sneck (sorry, can't rememebr who that was)

I am trying to plan it around a trip, I'll confirm in the next couple of days.

Should be there around sevenish !

If things go as last time Lunaman & Twang should be there about that time as well.

Will wear a suitably obscure Thick Records (Chicago art-punk and SpaceRock) t shirt if i remember. Hopefully the Winter Warmer will still be on.

but I have a plan. Should get there for 8:30 or so. You lot had better not moved on by then.....

It's a Friday, and I'm a grown man in charge of my own destiny after all, so I may cast caution to the four winds and come to work in jeans that day.

... but I may not make it till about 8.30ish.

Hope you'll still be there

As it's happening this weekend.

beddy bump.

I can't believe I am actually going to be travelling up to that London all on my own to meet a room full of strangers with funny names that I chat to on an internet forum...

Probably around 6-ish

I expect a distinct lack of action on this here Word Forum between the hours of 19.00 and 03.00.

And then some drunken ramblings.

A running commentary would be welcome, using a hashtag like #wordmeetup.

Those with Twitter accounts could take part virtually, and those without could at least follow the action on t'Interweb (I think - though not sure if you can do a twitter hashtag search without an account?)

Anyway, have fun,
MillyMollyMandy x

Hoping a drink or two will cure my hangover. I'll be proudly sporting a Baron of Piccadilly carrier bag (get there before they close forever!) in case anyone spots an (alleged) Alan Davies-alike looking lost…

that's far too big for me.

Just look for a pair of feet and a tuft of thinning hair.

...around half seven, I should think.

but unfortunately I have to.

I would have been wearing a Belle and Sebastian T Shirt, a provocative thing to do when meeting music fans in my experience!

Am very up for the next one tho so I'll keep my eye out.

have a fine time.

At Heathrow now waiting on a tube. Yes I have flown in for the Word meet up. Will be the tired looking crumpled man with a holdal full of dirty laundry.

What time is everyone mee.....

Oh.