The twenty-sixth Bristol Splunch will take place on Saturday, 16th August 2025 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. 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 http://laterooms.com or trivago 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; it's likely to be Chinese or Indian unless there's an overwhelming vote for something else.

I'll be hoping to do an outdoor mud shoot on the Sunday (always subject to mud and the bl%%dy weather and availability of models and sober drivers).

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

Mike.

I'll be there Mike

Hopefully I'll be able to attend. Be nice to meet some wammers in person

At last an update on people interested in the Splunch: -

Coming.

Eng Leo
Falkor
Joshi
Kelly-Le-Frock
Mike Nomic
Pie Fan
Wamadeus


Interested.

ALGEA1135*
BrightStar94*
bunny b
bunnypied
BonkersSub*
Cardiff-sub99*
Debbie
EJBGunge*
Jamesinbristoluk*
Joey Ru*
K dot1*
Lucy
MarieCurie401*
Markoflife*
McMikeyWAM*
Messy Emily*
MessyEnglishGuy*
MzClio*
Omni-Sensual*
SadieMartins*
Tara
TheDon88*
Vinnie

Plenty of room for more, and if you're coming, please let me know if you want to stay for dinner.

Sadly I'll be busy on the 16th so can't travel down and attend.

Thinking about the previous Splunch in May, there was some confusion about times. I.e. several people had said they'd be there, so Mike reserved a large area of the pub, but then there were only a few of us sitting around the table.

I think this is because some people read "2-7pm" as "we can drop in for a bit at some point between those times" rather than "we'll be there for the whole 5 hours", i.e. they arrived a bit later.

So, if people RSVP, it might be useful to give a rough idea of what time you're planning to be there.

It's also worth noting that a lot of people on Fetlife click "Interested" to mean "Remind me later". So, I'd treat it as a very low commitment, and I wouldn't expect them to change that status if they decide not to come.

I was actually going to come last time (after some reconsideration and then recommitment admittedly) but work overran considerably and I only got away at 5.30 pm (was meant to finish at 12.30pm) and by the time I could of got there everyone would have left so I apologise for that, unfortunately I definitely can't make this date as I'm working on location an hour away and it is a night shoot so not feasible at all!

I got so excited when I saw this because I'm in Bristol tomorrow then saw the date . I've been meaning to come to one for years.
Hopefully another time!

Come anyway; it's but an hour from Gloucester.

I'd love to but I go on holiday that day. I've never met up with anyone before, I'll keep an eye out. It would be lovely to start connecting properly with people.

Hopefully be attending this time

I'm going to try come along again as had a good time last time, but I doubt I'll be able to stay for the meal at the end. It'll be my first major social event after a hospital stint and the medication I'm still on is quite draining such that I'll do what I can before starting to get too tired.

A few more have added to the list, and a couple have deleted.

For the newbies, so that you don't have to go round the bar asking groups
"Are you the custard crew?" or something similar, we have a reserved area
just inside the front door on the right, and there'll be a map and a light bulb (!)
on the table, and a card for people to sign.

I've had no indications of what people would like for the evening meal, so it's
likely to be Indian; there's a very good one close by.

Due to an error in planning on my end it now looks like I Can actually come along to this... Time to Figure out the best route and panic about social interaction

I'm just leaving; I'll see all you lovely folk in a couple of hours.

Have a great time people. Wish i could make it.

I'd like to say a big thank you to those few who came to the meet, the diehards, the occasional visitors, and the several 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: -
ALGEA1135
Electra_M
Falkor
Flank
Joshi
Mysteryspin
Omni-Sensual
Slimeninja
Wamadeus
... and me, Mike Nomic.

It would've been nice to see turnout return to higher levels, and I look forward to the trend returning.
There were a lot (5 and from the 'confirmed' list, and 24 from the 'interested' lists) of no-shows, in addition to the notified ones, a very great disappointment.

There was no mud shoot on Sunday due to a lack of scouting and suitable models. Have I retired from shooting by default? The next Bristol date is 16th May 2026. Prayers for good weather will be gratefully received, actual attendance more so.