Meet Rhys in Liverpool!

[Aston100]

tw33ty wrote:

A week or two notice and you’d have had a lot more people, even without the lure of free drinks.

Agreed.
Can’t compare this to a properly organised official event in London.

[sloth]

Poor old Rob and Rhys, can’t do right for doing wrong…

I bet Rhys is regretting the offer now! Haha

[Richie]

My guess is there could be more to this than just a complimentary beverage.

[No Longer Entitled]

Rob Burgess wrote:

No Longer Entitled wrote:

Conflicts with a Parents Evening for me otherwise I’d drive across. Shame I can’t make it but I really welcome the initiative. Hopefully it’s a good night for all and maybe generates a repeat or two in the years ahead.

I think the numbers here are a good reason for not doing it again 🙂

We can’t go to Barclays and ask for £1,000 sponsorship for a regional event when we can’t get 10 people together for free drinks in Liverpool.

We’ll sell 500 tickets for the London event within 10 minutes (hopefully!).

This was not the point I was making. Anyone who reads HfP for any length of time will be aware of the pull of London, but opening up an invite for an evening when already in Liverpool (or Edinburgh) is a nice gesture and was welcomed.

[kevind]

Thank you to Rob and Rhys for the gesture. We should be buying you drinks given how much money hfp has saved us over the years and how much your advice has helped to improve our travel experiences.

Next time you guys are in Belfast, give me a shout and I’ll buy you the best Guinness in town!

[TGLoyalty]

Rob Burgess wrote:

No Longer Entitled wrote:

Conflicts with a Parents Evening for me otherwise I’d drive across. Shame I can’t make it but I really welcome the initiative. Hopefully it’s a good night for all and maybe generates a repeat or two in the years ahead.

I think the numbers here are a good reason for not doing it again 🙂

We can’t go to Barclays and ask for £1,000 sponsorship for a regional event when we can’t get 10 people together for free drinks in Liverpool.

We’ll sell 500 tickets for the London event within 10 minutes (hopefully!).

Tbf 1 days notice isn’t really going to bring the numbers.

Save the date for the London event was a months notice.

For example Id happily meet for a drink in Birmingham or anywhere else local but would need a weeks notice in reality.

[Rob]

Richie wrote:

My guess is there could be more to this than just a complimentary beverage.

Not unless Rhys is spending his own money 🙂 He won’t be drinking much anyway as he’s got a Stena Line the next morning.

[yorkshireRich]

I love the invitation but 2 days notice is just too short for me on this occasion. London is a months notice and I generally would have been able to attend but unfortunately in this instance, I can’t attend London either.

I think people who are check this site regularly and make it part of there life (like myself) would love to meet but 2 days notice just isn’t viable. For future reference, Anywhere in West Yorkshire (and even South Yorkshire), I’ll do it at an hours notice.

[Royback]

Krug for 3 then!

[Super Secret Stuff]

Rob Burgess wrote:

No Longer Entitled wrote:

Conflicts with a Parents Evening for me otherwise I’d drive across. Shame I can’t make it but I really welcome the initiative. Hopefully it’s a good night for all and maybe generates a repeat or two in the years ahead.

I think the numbers here are a good reason for not doing it again 🙂

We can’t go to Barclays and ask for £1,000 sponsorship for a regional event when we can’t get 10 people together for free drinks in Liverpool.

We’ll sell 500 tickets for the London event within 10 minutes (hopefully!).

Tbf a few days notice is cutting it short, I can only make it as my friend bailed on a pub quiz and I’m single with no kids

[Mart16]

The whinging on this thread!!! Give me strength. Good on you Rhys and Rob for the offer.

[Rhys]

Aston100 wrote:

tw33ty wrote:

A week or two notice and you’d have had a lot more people, even without the lure of free drinks.

Agreed.
Can’t compare this to a properly organised official event in London.

This isn’t a ‘properly organised event’. This is me taking time out of my evening to say hi, for those that want to 🙂

Anyway, I’ve just emailed everyone that I think said they were interested with details of where/when, so if you didn’t receive an email leave a note here!

[jontlancaster]

I’d happily join you for a drink – thank you very much.

[Aston100]

Mart16 wrote:

The whinging on this thread!!! Give me strength. Good on you Rhys and Rob for the offer.

What whinging? please cite examples.

[Super Secret Stuff]

I didn’t get an email, looking forward to it though 🙂

[Rhys]

You should have now!

[Aston100]

Hope you all have a great evening.
Take photos and share them here!

[Blair Waldorf Salad]

Thanks Rhys. I had to leave for a train but proceedings are still going on. As my PhD (pre-holiday diet) isn’t going well I can thankfully say no pics were taken while I was there.

[Royback]

Thanks for a lovely evening all. Great to meet you Rhys and everyone else. Some great stories and tips! The London meet up will be epic!

[Super Secret Stuff]

Thank you for a lovely evening everyone!

@Blair Waldorf Salad I should’ve gone with you, my train was 45 mins delayed!And it was a slow one

[angiemcc]

Lovely to meet everybody, particularly Checker the dog (sorry I know I’ve got the spelling wrong!). Will be interested in Rhys’s review of the hotel – still so new it smelt of paint and wallpaper paste.
@BlairWaldorfSalad you don’t need a PhD…..

[The Savage Squirrel]

Rob Burgess wrote:

No Longer Entitled wrote:

Conflicts with a Parents Evening for me otherwise I’d drive across. Shame I can’t make it but I really welcome the initiative. Hopefully it’s a good night for all and maybe generates a repeat or two in the years ahead.

I think the numbers here are a good reason for not doing it again 🙂

We can’t go to Barclays and ask for £1,000 sponsorship for a regional event when we can’t get 10 people together for free drinks in Liverpool.

We’ll sell 500 tickets for the London event within 10 minutes (hopefully!).

I hope everyone had a good time.

I’d agree that this comparison is a little unfair and so probably shouldn’t entirely determine future choices. You wouldn’t get 500 people in 10 minutes if you just posted on the forum that you were around for free drinks with 1 day’s notice, even if it was in The City.

I hope you can do “pop up Rhys” again elsewhere :D.

[Aston100]

Surely someone must have taken photos?
At least tell us the venue?

[Super Secret Stuff]

angiemcc wrote:

Lovely to meet everybody, particularly Checker the dog (sorry I know I’ve got the spelling wrong!). Will be interested in Rhys’s review of the hotel – still so new it smelt of paint and wallpaper paste.
@BlairWaldorfSalad you don’t need a PhD…..

Spelling is correct don’t worry! It was good to meet you!

Aston100 wrote:

Surely someone must have taken photos?
At least tell us the venue?

It was the Municipal in Liverpool, just opened. Very nice. No photos though

[raveon]

Echo the thanks to Rhys (Rob) for the drinks and what felt like an exclusive booking of the hotel bar. It was a pleasant evening and good to put a few faces to usernames ;-). Looking forward to a mention and photo of the 200 yard bus transfer in the Stena review.