The twenty-first Bristol Splunch will take place on Saturday, 19th May 2018 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.
What is it?
It's a 'vanilla' pub social meet - drink, chat, meet'n'greet, listen, learn, advise, offer opinions, discuss substances, etc, make friends, maybe arrange a session. This is usually followed by a meal in the evening, and an outdoor mud session the following day; always subject to the bl**dy weather.
If I can answer any more questions, I'll be delighted to help; and in any event to welcome you to the Splunch.
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. Please note that many roads in Bristol are subject to a 20mph speed limit; the previous mayor, who introduced the limit, was caught speeding.
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 Airport Flyer bus service to the bus/coach station and proceed as above from there.
Hotels the usual chains are readily available: Premier Inn, Lewins Mead (approx a half mile from £90); Premier Inn, Haymarket (next to the bus station, approx a half mile: full); Premier Inn, King Street (approx a half mile: full); Hotel Ibis, Temple Quay (approx a half mile from £83); Hotel Ibis, Anchor Road (approx a half mile from £129); Travelodge, Anchor Road (approx a half mile: full); Travelodge, Mitchell Lane (approx a half mile from £108); Holiday Inn Express (approx a half mile from £109); Holiday Inn (approx 1 mile from £119); Novotel, Victoria Street (approx a half mile from £115); and Mercure Brigstow (approx a half mile from £125). 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 trivago or similar sites, try the Royal Hotel, Avonmouth, 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; it's likely to be Chinese.
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).
If you have any further questions, post them here or pm me.

Mike.

Damn, bugger, blast and sod - might not be able to make this one....clashes with something else that weekend...grrrrr!

Alas, this clashes with the Severn Valley Railway's spring diesel gala, sorry!

I really would love to come but family commitments prevent me. If I was single and child free I would be there in a flash!

Ahh my Lord, rather than a good trashing go for a good thrashing - you can't beat an English Electric on full power (shame the SVR can't see a class 50 at 90mph)!!!!

I should make it along for the afternoon.

I shall be going! Though I don't think I'll be able to stay for the meal in the evening.

Hello all, poking my head up from the build debris and general chaos to say I think henners and I will be able to come along, and if we do it will be for dinner as well

Hope to see you all there x

Mike.. thanks ever so much for a) going to the trouble of arranging this meet up, and b) inviting me through chat. Im gutted Im not going to be able to come and meet some of you amazing folk after being here for years and years.. but I will hopefully be able to come to one in the near future...

Have a fantastic night everyone, and thanks again Mike!

Roughly four weeks to go, and time for an update.
Few are indicating whether they're coming for dinner; please don't leave it too late

Definites and Probables
Candy Custard (D)
& Henry Wilcox (D)
The Don 88
Falkor & Custard
Flank
Gorgeous George
Iain-ecgunge
LRZ & D
& li'l old me Mike Nomic (D)

Possibles
Dizzie D
JustaName
Kapitan Kitty
Messy150
Messy Laura & Mordicus
Naughtyjim
Nina Jay
Totalcoverage_uk
I suspect there may be a bit of a rush when folks return from holidays, but there is still plenty of room for more people, and time to let me know you'll be staying for dinner.

I'm just off to the umd bash in LV; I'll update this when I get back

Hello All

Unfortunately I won't be able to make this one.

Wamadeus

Roughly one week to go, and time for an update.
Few are indicating whether they're coming for dinner; please don't leave it too late

Definites and Probables
Candy Custard (D)
& Henry Wilcox (D)
Darret (D)
The Don 88
Falkor & Custard
Flank
Gorgeous George
Iain-ecgunge
LRZ & D
& li'l old me Mike Nomic (D)

Possibles
Deepintheshadows
Dizzie D
JustaName
Kapitan Kitty
Messy150
Messy Laura & Mordicus
Naughtyjim
Nina Jay
Theobeseman
Thereservoirdog
Totalcoverage_uk
White rabbit 93

There is still plenty of room for more people, and time to let me know you'll be staying for dinner.

Falkor & Custard will be there, looking forward to it

We are not staying for the dinner, thanks.

Hi there, looking forward to seeing you all again this weekend!

Sadly, Candy and I can't make it to dinner after all, but we'll be there all afternoon.

Henry

For the benefit of newbies, rather than you having to tour the bar asking 'Are you the custard crew?', there'll be an OS map and a light bulb on our table.

I'm leaving shortly, and I'll see all you lovely kinksters in a couple of hours.

Enjoy and have a good one guys

Thanks Mike for another great splunch, lovely to see everyone. Hope your shoot managed to happen today

I'd like to say a big thank you to the few who came to the meet, the diehards, the occasional visitors, and the 3 Bristol newbies alike, for making it the meet that it was. I hope you all enjoyed yourselves; I think I got to chat to everyone, some only briefly, others for longer, on a wide range of subjects. I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible, especially returning newbies, at future Bristol and other meets.

Those who made it were: -

Candy Custard and Henry Wilcox
Darret
Falkor and Custard
Flank
Gorgeous George
Iain-ecgunge
Kapitan Kitty
... and me, Mike Nomic.

There were a lot of no-shows, in addition to the notified ones, a great disappointment.

The card is below; despite having checked that cameras were available, we again forgot to take a full group photo.
There was no mud shoot on Sunday due to a lack of suitable models. Have I retired from shooting by default? The next Bristol date is18th August. Prayers for good weather will be gratefully received.

That's a shame as the weather has been great recently too for once.

Glad it went well Mike and to everyone that made it down.

So, so sorry we didn't make it! First time in ages we miss out - gah!!! Still, sounds like you all had a great time - blame the Royal Wedding!!!

Sorry I didn't make this one but keep inviting me as I will come to another one if I'm available. I wasn't in Bristol this time sadly. Sorry the shoot didn't happen on the Sunday