Club Question Time - South West Region
Hi everyone,
The South West Region's Question Time is being hosted at the SS Great Britain on Saturday 22 September 2018 from 12 noon to 2pm – followed by light refreshments and a complimentary tour of SS Great Britain and Museum.
This Question Time event is a great opportunity for Club members to engage with the Executive Committee and staff from the Club with any questions or suggestions about the Club.
The nearest Club site is Baltic Wharf.
There is ample parking at the museum, please contact a steward upon arrival for complimentary parking ticket.
The SS Great Britain was a passenger ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and is now a museum ship. She was the first iron steamer to cross the Atlantic, which she did in 1845 in 14 days. Now part of the National Historic Fleet, she is berthed at Bristol Harbour and attracts around 200,000 visitors each year!
If you would like to attend this Question Time and enjoy the tour, please register your interest with Lesley Fear, Regional Secretary at secretary@southwestregioncc.org.uk
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Whoops, Baltic Wharf seems to be fully booked. Best look elsewhere if you’re intending to go.
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So it's a 250+ mile round trip for you and me Tinny. Funny how Club head office thinks Bristol is the South West.
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More than that I reckon from here Euro and, for anyone from Penzance, it’s got to be more like 400.
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This is the South West we're talking about and Bristol, to my mind, lies at the northernmost edge of the Region.
It amazes me that, in their supposed wisdom, the club has decided that the SW includes the Isle of Wight, parts of Hampshire, Wiltshire and so on. It’s practically the southern half of the country. Yet, when you want to book sites in Somerset or Dorset for instance, they’re classed as Southern England, not the South West.
Consistency is not a word known to CAMC.
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Long way to go on me day off
JK
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PS. Look at the logo. That was screenshot from this website shortly before posting. Did I mention consistency? 😆
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For South West England - Exeter.
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That's reachable with reasonable ease from all four of the SW counties.👍🏻
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That's a really interesting experience seeing the SS Gt Britain and an excellent saving (at least £29 for two seniors) plus the complimentary car park which is adjacent. Good to see other parts of the SW having an opportunity to meet up.
Sorry Tinners and ET, you turn will come one day. 
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It's OK, Brue, I won’t be losing sleep over it.
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I think the funniest bit is the 'nearest site is Baltic Wharf'. Like you are going to be able to get in.
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+1 but I couldn't write it when I read the OP when it first appeared as I'd have done ,myself mischief 😉. I've stopped laughing now! Not even a suggestion that CL's could be available in the nearby area. Don't the club want to help CL's and get a decent attendance?
I agree the SS Great Britain is well worth a look and the guided tour sounds great, but as I can't get a space in Baltic Wharf 😉 I'll give it a miss sadly
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On the plus side for those many members living within 30/40 miles of Bristol and wish to attend such an event will no doubt be delighted that it is so close. I understand these events are hosted with the help of local Centres so perhaps those concerned wanting one of these events closer to home might like to contact their nearest Centre to enquire what the chances are of one being organised closer to home.
David
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I wonder what criteria is, or was used to determine the so called regions? May be historic, georaphic, political, I don't know. Lots of National institutions and businesses devide the land mass up into their own manageable chunks which don't always fit the historical geographic boundaries. May be in the mists of time each of the club's regions held very similar numbers of sites or even centres for that matter?
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Micky
I am not sure how many of these events are arranged annually but I suspect the figure is quite small. As far as I can see the Club try and arrange as diverse a set of destinations as possible. They may also look at their membership database to arrange them where they have the highest density of members. I have attended one of these events in quite a central position in the South East which must have been accessible to a fair number of members but only 40/50 people turned up which I thought was not a lot.
David
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Hi everyone,
Thanks for your feedback with regards to location. Just FYI these events are organised and run by Club volunteers who put in a lot of hard work running the events. They are not obliged to run the event but do so for the benefit of Club members. The Region aims to run a Question Time annually, and looks at a new location within the Region each year to ensure the geographical location of the region is covered.
Regions welcome the help of all Club members who wish to assist in the running of the Regional Council. Please attend the South West Regional AGM on Nov 17 at The George Albert Hotel, Dorset (or contact the Regional Secretary for more information) if you would like to offer your help in the future.
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I guess that’s Dorchester in Dorset.
Cheers, Ro.
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South West, Robodoo. You can’t get any further South West than Land's End which is in ……Cornwall.
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I think the residents of St Agnes might have something to say about that Tinwheeler.
looking at the posts . My vote goes for Tinwheeler to arrange the next event for the southwest what do people reckon . 👍 😉 i’ve Not been to cornwall in ages must be at least a week .
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Had a good trip offshore did you? 😁
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