The fifteenth Bristol Splunch will take place on Saturday, 16th May 2015 from 2:00pm – 7:00pm in Horts Bar, 49 Broad Street, Bristol, BS1 2EP, and for those who are still peckish/thirsty later at some eatery/watering hole elsewhere in or near the city.

This is a vanilla meet; all over 18 from anywhere are welcome, and entry is free – I might even buy your first drink.

How do I get there?

Broad Street is about twenty minutes walk from Bristol Temple Meads railway station, easily accessible from almost anywhere in the country, and there are several car parks nearby.

From the railway station exit, turn right along Temple Gate to the roundabout, cross over onto Victoria Street, continue over the river bridge into High Street, and bear gently left into Broad Street as High Street turns to the right into Wine Street. Horts Bar is about one hundred yards down on the right.

From the bus/coach station, exit onto Whitson Street, left into Lower Maudlin Street, cross Lewins Mead to Rupert Street and turn right. After about two hundred yards, turn left into Christmas Street, cross Quay Street and through the stone archway into Broad Street. Horts Bar is about fifty yards up on the left.

For those driving, at the bottom of the M32/Newfoundland Street, turn right onto Bond Street, take the first exit at the roundabout into The Haymarket, turn left into Bridewell Street, left into Nelson Street, right into Halifax Street and into the multi-storey on All Saints' Street - only £5 for the whole day, and closer than any other one. Map below.

To get to the bar, from All Saints' Street, turn right into Pithay, right into Tower Lane, left into Newmarket Avenue, and right onto Broad Street - the bar is a few yards down on the right. (Politically correct notice – other car parks are available in Bristol.)

For those flush enough (or subsidised) flying into Bristol (Lulsgate) Airport, take the 331 bus service to the bus/coach station and proceed as above from there.

Hotels – the usual chains are readily available: Premier Inn, Haymarket (next to the bus station, approx ¼ mile – from £80); Premier Inn, King Street (approx ½ mile – from £102); Hotel Ibis, Temple Quay (approx ½ mile – from £94); Hotel Ibis, Anchor Road (approx ½ mile - full); Travelodge, Anchor Road (approx ½ mile – from £95); Travelodge, Mitchell Lane (approx ½ mile – from £89); Holiday Inn Express (approx ¾ mile – full); Holiday Inn (approx 1 mile – from £127); Novotel, Victoria Street (approx ½ mile – from £99); and Mercure Brigstow (approx ½ mile – from £109). For those hotels that are not available for Saturday only, rooms seem to be readily available for two-night stays, either Friday/Saturday or Saturday/Sunday nights at very reasonable rates. Other hotels are available – check laterooms.com or similar sites, or check the out-of-town hotels from the above chains.

Dinner – please let me know if you’d like to stay for dinner on Saturday evening; I’ve booked a table at a Chinese restaurant which is rated as being amongst the top five in the country.

I’ll be hoping to do an outdoor mud shoot on the Sunday (always subject to the bl**dy weather and availability of models and sober drivers), but I’ll have to see how I feel much nearer the time.

If you have any further questions, post them here or pm me.

Mike Nomic

Mike

I really hope I can make this splunch

Jason

Having sadly missed the Birmingham one (and it sounded like we missed a good one) Candy and I will be there for this!

Count us in for dinner, too...

Henry

PS I tried to hit the 'I'm attending' button on the calendar but it said 'Sorry, please come to this page from a link' and refused to let me!

Me and Mordicus will be there too, and dinner of course, been so busy we didn't know about the brum one

Hurrah, hurrah, I can make it.....will be staying over for the whole weekend too! Please count me in for the evening meal Mr Mike

Hi Mike

I have been a lurker and always semi interested in going to a Splunch. Recently, I made an ultimatum to my boss that I'm going to UK for personal reasons and my boss was kind enough to parley that into a trip here! Of course, being the first time in UK and into WAM, I went to Adultwork and contacted a girl who would do WAM but in Glasgow. So I'm in UK on the 15th but will sadly be in Glasgow fulfilling my currently unrealized dreams. Sorry, but that trumps this event! I did want to say hello and I will be in the London area all the following week. While I'm there, meeting up would be interesting to meet others. I hope everyone has fun! If there's a chance of another meet or just meeting for the sake of getting to know a guy from California, let me know.

Thanks!
Ivan

My attendance will be dependent on ASDA, my new employer as of today....i hope to be able to come along; I enjoyed last year

Thanks for letting me know about this Mike but sorry I can't make this one as away on holiday on the 16th. I'll aim to make the next one though. I hope it's a good turn out