Nearly there. Around 120+ adults and 30+ should be there on the Saturday for most of it, before one of the parents will need to leave and take the kid/s off to bed.
How hard are these things to do? I was planning on it being pretty chilled out, drinks in the garden affair and now it is some kind of multimedia extraveganza, multiple food orders, decorations on tables, and there would have been named seating arrangements until me and the hotel owner told Ange that you couldn't fit everyone into the one function room.
Not sure cutting the Spongebob cake count as a traditional part of these things.
Anyway, photos collected, music on a 1Tb drive and some video left to do.
Important
Reception drinks at 2pm and 1st buffet at 4pm. So those with kids, and adults, you should have a light lunch before you come out. I don't want people to be Stella'd out mid-afternoon causing all sorts of trouble.
Mind the swearing, there'll be kids. Mind the plants in the garden, there'll be fines for any broken ones. Mind the projector, as there will be shameful images of you lot appearing on screen.
A bit melodramatic but after having lunch at the Ocean City restaurant as a bit of a celebration after finally completing a government tender response, I left to go back to the office. However, at the first roundabout some idiot decided to stop just on the exit. I stopped without any problem, but someone else rolled into the back and damaging my bumper.
Had an e-mail and a word of thanks from a Cliff Russell in Ferndown who has used this web site a few times for recommendations on restaurants etc. Nice to see people, other than us daft loonies, finding this site useful. If there are others, feel free to send us a mail with any recommendations of your own and where you went and why.
Hello there, Just a quick hello and praise for a great website you have, especially the dining out list. I live in Ferndown (near Bournemouth) and have used your advice several times previous and you were spot on with your after-thoughts about the places. I am next visiting the Oriental Garden restaurant in Bournemouth and looking forward to it. I was in Australia for a year and one morning a week we went to a great yum-cha place in Brisbane chinatown and I really miss that a lot. Anyway, thanyou again for a lovely website and wish you both all the best.
Gordon and Angela Fong - living in Southbourne, working hard, enjoying life, travelling the world, eating great food and drinking some nice tipple along the way.
