AMIT - members meet up in 2023 thoughts

[jbaent]

During the last tour, I talked with my usual gang that, once the MK touring is really over, we should do one trip per year around something MK related... we have ideas for places like the Spanish City in Whitley Bay, Robin Hood Bay and attend a Steve Phillips gig, going to Pennan and do some Local Hero related trips... lots of ideas.

We did one travel some years to the New Forest and visiting John's pub (and sleeping there) and that was so great that looked a good idea to keep doing that travels in the future.

Whitely Bay would be lovely to visit.  The weather was so miserable when I was there before I didn't even get out of the car! 

A gang of people walking around a place like Pennan might get a few weird looks!

we are three or four, just a small gang LOL

[dmg]

During the last tour, I talked with my usual gang that, once the MK touring is really over, we should do one trip per year around something MK related... we have ideas for places like the Spanish City in Whitley Bay, Robin Hood Bay and attend a Steve Phillips gig, going to Pennan and do some Local Hero related trips... lots of ideas.

We did one travel some years to the New Forest and visiting John's pub (and sleeping there) and that was so great that looked a good idea to keep doing that travels in the future.

Whitely Bay would be lovely to visit.  The weather was so miserable when I was there before I didn't even get out of the car! 

A gang of people walking around a place like Pennan might get a few weird looks!

we are three or four, just a small gang LOL

That'll double the population of Pennan! 

[dustyvalentino]

There was literally no one in Pennan last time I was there, December 2019.


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[Knopflerfan]

Evening all, I've just had an amazing conversation with ingridswing after a few years and that has coincided with us both chatting about looking to sort a possible AMIT meet up next year (2023)

We are both sure and subsequently resigned to the fact that MK will sadly not be touring next year and so we both are looking for meetup's at a venue in possibly London or Newcastle maybe even Edinburgh (to be decided) in May/June 2023....

Proposed dates: Friday 16th - Sunday 18th June or Friday 14th - Saturday 16th July 2023

Location/date Poll is here:

https://www.amarkintime.org/forum/index.php?topic=8245.0

I'd like to throw comments open to the rest of the AMIT community with ideas for places to meet etc

[ingridswing]

I am in! Such a good idea from Knopflerfan.
I think London is easy to reach, and pretty cheap planetickets, but hotels are so expensive.

Newcastle has a lot of memories, we can do a MK-walk through the city, I believe we have a writer who can organize that ;-)
Hotels are cheaper and so are drinks and meals.

Can you please respond to this? I hope there are a lot people who like it as well.
Please share (un)possible dates, ideas etc.'Then Knopflerfan and I are going to sort it out.

I hope to meet a lot of fans! Please share this with your friends who are not on AMIT or who dont respond because there is no real news around and they don't login 

[dmg]

I'm in - sounds like an excellent idea!  I've missed you all and would really love a get together again. 

I agree about London prices and Newcastle has so many good locations maybe that could be the place to go???

[Knopflerfan]

I'm in - sounds like an excellent idea!  I've missed you all and would really love a get together again. 

I agree about London prices and Newcastle has so many good locations maybe that could be the place to go???

I agree with you having missed everyone and I'm also very keen on Newcastle being the meet up location...

[dustyvalentino]

Count me in!

July is school holidays so could be more demand for hotels then…

[Knopflerfan]

Count me in!

July is school holidays so could be more demand for hotels then…

Possible, but hopefully we can nip in early! Mind you a lot of kids don't start Summer hols until the end of July...

[ingridswing]

Hi all, if you want to join, please go to the poll. There you can vote for location and 3 weekends.
You can vote maximum 2 days, in case you have the possibility to be able to attend on 2 weekends.

[superval99]

Count me and Mr Val in too! 

[Knopflerfan]

Count me and Mr Val in too!

Fantastic! Be great to see you both again!

[superval99]

Count me and Mr Val in too!

Fantastic! Be great to see you both again!

Wouldn't it be great to get MK on board to take us to some of his haunts mentioned in his songs!   

[skydiver]

Thank you all for this lovely idea.
Would it be a good idea to wait with a decision on the date for maybe another month?
By then maybe the idea of bringing the Local Hero musical to other places in 2023 could have been released (after the Chichester production is over).
Maybe some of us would love to combine a trip to the UK in 2023 with an evening of MK's LH music.

[jbaent]

Thank you all for this lovely idea.
Would it be a good idea to wait with a decision on the date for maybe another month?
By then maybe the idea of bringing the Local Hero musical to other places in 2023 could have been released (after the Chichester production is over).
Maybe some of us would love to combine a trip to the UK in 2023 with an evening of MK's LH music.

That's a great idea, and in fact is the reason why I didn't join this yet, because I hope that next year could be the LHM year in London, and save the trip for that!