Notes from a very small island

It'd be nice to see you :-)

Nothing will really be properly decided for a couple of months yet, if past years are any guide :-)

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Is there potentially some sort of system for allocating accommodation? Perhaps the quality of the accommodation on offer correlates directly to the quantity and quality of electronic equipment supplied...?

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I was going to be arbitrary and dictatorial about it :-D

After checking with people to find out what they'd prefer, and making sure my decisions would be acceptable to all parties, of course :-D

What the basis of allocation would be... *shrug* :-)

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Unfortunately for you, I think the best way to get a spacious room is to come along with a child...

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A decent PC is about the same height, width, depth, noise level and degree of annoyance as a small toddler - doesn't that count?

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jane-somebody.livejournal.com

Thing is, a PC doesn't need room for a travel cot to sleep in ;-) And if your PC manages to be as annoying on a daily basis as a toddler, you've been seriously done!

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skordh.livejournal.com

Blimey! You must have a lot of trouble with your PCs!

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bunn.livejournal.com

Even Windows Vista isn't that much of a pain in the bum!

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Oh by the way, Bunn is coming 'in her own right' and not just as an 'other half'.

If the garage is going, that would be fine...

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Yes, I did think Pellinor was asking for trouble in the way he phrased that...

Our tentative plan so far has you in the garage, I think.

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Yes, but I couldn't be bothered to type out two names for each couple. Though I did think I should have left you out and mentioned Bunn in the interests of laziness, but by that time I'd already written you.

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bunn.livejournal.com

I'd be on for camping, but I bet you wouldn't.

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bunn.livejournal.com

actually, I forgot to mention to you I think that there are plans for another OC camping trip this summer, so I, the tent and the 2 longlegged hotwaterbottles will be heading off without you...

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Hope you get better weather this time...

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If by 'camping' you mean a weekend of watching Carry On films, then I'd be on for it.

If by 'camping' you mean sleeping snug and warm in a motorhome so big it has its own postcode, then I'd be on for it.

If, on the other hand, by 'camping' you mean sleeping outside under some artifical fabric, then no.

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jane-somebody.livejournal.com

Is one and a half children enough to earn me a bid for the spare bed?

I am thinking that after this year, though, we'll need to move to the B&B option.

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Yes, you're down for the spare bed. Our main debate is where to put Louise, since she also needs a room for two plus child, but I think we've almost worked it out now.

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purplecat

G is capable of sleeping on her own or sharing a room with other children, if that makes things easier. I would say we could all share with other adults (if we adopt the G sleeps somewhere until we go to bed and then we move her) - but other adults may be less than keen on sharing with G

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The thing about this house is that we have a fair number of rooms, but they're all relatively small, so one would struggle to fit many people in.

Couples are OK as a double bed takes less space than 2 singles; children we assume can be slotted in fairly close to parents, so couple plus child needs much less space than 3 adults. Single adults are the anooyingthings that are hard to find space for :-)

Our debate is really whether you go in one room and someone else in another, or vice versa. Although there is an element of LoA wanting access to a PC early in the morning, too :-)

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purplecat

How early will she want to have access? G likes to get us up around 6.30am...

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G may need to be drugged :-D

Though I suspect you might find LoA looking after G for you, in whichever room doesn't still have sleeping people in. She too tends to get up ridiculously early, often pre-7.00.

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purplecat

Well keeping her up late is fairly effective, though with a lag of a few days... so we should perhaps start early.

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No, I won't seriously want access. I do tend to get up a good few hours earlier than everyone else at these gatherings, but we now have internet access in the kitchen, and a shiny new laptop, so I'll be happily surfing in the kitchen while everyone else does the sensible thing and stays asleep.

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chainmailmaiden

but we now have internet access in the kitchen, and a shiny new laptop

So the gaming doesn't even have to stop when we're getting food? Great :-D

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chainmailmaiden

Single adults are the anooyingthings that are hard to find space for :-)

Technically neither of us are single :-p

And if the singleness is such a problem I could always bring a cat or two with me...

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Our rooms aren't really big enough for much sharing. We've got one of those modern "four bedroom" houses in which some of the bedrooms are hardly big enough to swing a cat. However, my room has a double futon in it, and enough space to one side of it for a single airbed. It certainly won't be spaciour, and getting in and out during the night would require a bit of clambering, but I think it would be okay. It's also likely to be a bit quieter than the downstairs rooms for when she goes early to bed. The alternative is the dining room, but that's likely to be quite a bit noisier, and also liable to be full of an active board game which we might be loathe to stop at 7.30. (My room, on the other hand, will only have one or maybe two computers in it, and there will be plenty more elsewhere for evening gaming sessions. The (converted) garage and Pellinor's room tend to be the main computer gaming locations.)

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wellinghall.livejournal.com

We want to come, and will unless we're in Orkney. We'll keep you posted.

If we do come, we'll be happy with a B&B. (I don't do floors).

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