Donkey
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Reged: 31/05/2007
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Loc: Northants
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Hi,
As the Title suggest's is there any Meets in or around these areas that are organised by anyone here ?
Cheers Peeps
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bench_ubbster
Carpal \'Tunnel
Reged: 08/08/2006
Posts: 2546
Loc: Cambridgeshire, UK
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Could be. Where do you suggest?
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Donkey
enthusiast
Reged: 31/05/2007
Posts: 201
Loc: Northants
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TBH i was kinda hoping someone was or will be organising some as i would like to attend as opposed to being at the sharp end so to speak..
Only had my DSLR a couple of weeks so i would like to see how it's done 
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Malcolm_Stewart
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Reged: 11/07/2005
Posts: 2248
Loc: Milton Keynes, UK
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Northampton and its iron-stone villages for the rich mix of building styles, texture and colour. Salcey Forest for a walk at tree-top height.
Milton Keynes for all sorts of cows as well as good birding spots, modern construction/buildings for the archives, and town/city planning issues.
Stoke Bruerne or Three Locks for canal side shots. Dunstable Downs for shots of gliders and hang gliders - can occasionally look spectacular.
Over bridges on the M1 for checking out whether the AF really does track!
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Hotblack
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Reged: 07/03/2006
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Loc: Upstairs in the spare room.
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Where were you thinking you would go? I would imagine MK is relatively easy for people to get to by car or train etc. The architecture is supposed to be quite good (I've never been. I've driven through quite a few times however).
I've organised Oxford and London trips before. It's a case of suggesting a venue and a couple of dates and seeing who bites. Then pick the date most people can make.
Oh! And make sure there's a good pub for something to eat and a drink. 
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David
David J White Photography
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Hotblack
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And one more thing. I'm not organising another one for a while. If I'm involved they just become a drink fest with not much photography involved.
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David
David J White Photography
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ermintrude
Hinkypuff
Reged: 30/06/2003
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Loc: London, UK
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And one more thing. I'm not organising another one for a while. If I'm involved they just become a drink fest with not much photography involved.
Thats my kind of photo meetup 
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OneTen
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Loc: Hartland, Devon
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And one more thing. I'm not organising another one for a while. If I'm involved they just become a drink fest with not much photography involved.
PEOPLE CALLED ROMANES THEY GO THE HOUSE!!!
Don't knock it David, they were brilliant days out.
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Hotblack
Dead Horse Flogger
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Meh! They were alright I s'pose.
*shrugs*
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David
David J White Photography
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Malcolm_Stewart
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 11/07/2005
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Loc: Milton Keynes, UK
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Where were you thinking you would go? I would imagine MK is relatively easy for people to get to by car or train etc. The architecture is supposed to be quite good (I've never been. I've driven through quite a few times however).
Accessing MK can be dead easy, or quite difficult at the weekends via rail when track possession is at its highest. (NR is building new tracks and platforms at MK Central station.) Bustitution tends to happen quite often, and I'm not bright enough to know where the NR plans are, if any.
Car parking can be free, and not timed, at the weekends as the masses of free places nearer the station aren't hogged by commuters getting some exercise walking the half-mile to the station. Other spaces near The Hub where much of the current construction is happening are Pay and Display charged every day. I've never found a space mid-week.
I rarely use a tripod in city centres, so have no idea what the policy might be, but the shopping centres are private property and patrolled. They're even using some of these stand-on electric duo-cycles(?) which raise the guy about 20-30cm and provide a speed of around 4-5mph. There are city parks from the west of the rail tracks through to the pseudo country style Campbell park towards the M1 in the east about 1mile away, and there's a variety of lakes, some with bird-hides.
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Fen
BAD WOLF
Reged: 12/03/2002
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Loc: Currently Unknown!
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And one more thing. I'm not organising another one for a while. If I'm involved they just become a drink fest with not much photography involved.
Can't blame me for the last one. YOU wanted to take us to all those pubs.
And I think it was because I was driving and couldn't drink
*flounce*
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Benchista
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They're even using some of these stand-on electric duo-cycles(?) which raise the guy about 20-30cm and provide a speed of around 4-5mph.
Segways? Now that has to be worth a shot or two.
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Malcolm_Stewart
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 11/07/2005
Posts: 2248
Loc: Milton Keynes, UK
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Thanks, Nick.
Segway. That's the thing - from the brochure it seems as though their max speed is 12.5mph. I've seen them on two visits so far, and have no idea whether they've been bought or just being assessed. Might require some surreptitious snapping if they're only seen inside the shopping centre.
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Donkey
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Reged: 31/05/2007
Posts: 201
Loc: Northants
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Ummm, I appear to have opened a can of worms !!!
Binge drinking and shooting users of the lesser spotted Segway transportation system 
Thanks for the suggestions and comments but i think i will pass and wait for someone with more bottle to step up 
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Hotblack
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And one more thing. I'm not organising another one for a while. If I'm involved they just become a drink fest with not much photography involved.
Can't blame me for the last one. YOU wanted to take us to all those pubs.
And I think it was because I was driving and couldn't drink
*flounce*
So........organise another London pissu.....errrr......photographic trip then. You know all the best pub.....errr......photographic locations.......around London. And you won't have to drive.
Tog trip to the GBBF in August maybe???????
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David
David J White Photography
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Fen
BAD WOLF
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So........organise another London pissu.....errrr......photographic trip then. You know all the best pub.....errr......photographic locations.......around London. And you won't have to drive.
I would, but I haven't got any weekends free in July/early August 
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Tog trip to the GBBF in August maybe???????
Tried that before.
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