In message <F7WDj.28782$M9.15376@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Teut
<teut@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>Jo wrote:
>> OK, it would be good to have tEC 10 around the 10th
anniversary,
>> and I think we may just make it if some of us relent and allow Reading
>> to be included as a tEC rather than a large mini-meet.
>> In the meantime, might help if we list them, and maybe your
>> strongest memories of each - just for the fun of it...
>> 1 - Maeshafn - dormitories and painting Baggy.
>
>I remember Walker snoring like a gorilla in the bunk opposite mine
>for the *entire* first evening, and people eventually having to get
>him up by throwing celery at him. Also, I remember asking Simon
>Happybunny if he knew where Simon Happybunny was (He'd, er,
>taken his jumper off.).
>
>> 3 - venue? - Wasn't there.
>
>Ah, Great Yarmouth. I remember Kamion's directions being
>rubbish. That might be my sole memory of it, actually, although I
>also remember tales of skinny dipping at 1am that I shudder to even
>contemplate. Needless to say, I had nothing to do with that.
>
>> 5 -
>
>I think 5 was Milton Keynes - with Happybunny being, as far as I
>know, still the only person to walk to a tEC. I remember driving
>around Milton Keynes for hours, and having to ask at the police
>station to find out where the youth hostel was. Also, there was some
>bellringing, bizarrely.
>
>I've also been to two Durham meets - are they tECs? I lost track of
>the numbers a long time ago, and stopped caring even further back.
>
I think Durham is borderline - we were all in the same accommodation
(except Itty, who stayed at home) - but we were pretty spread out. We
split up and did our own things a little too much, but we still had The
Walk and The Meal and The Quiz.
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