the Sylpheed-Claws meeting
The Sylpheed-Claws meeting took place in Bristol over the 14th and 15th of October, I'd been meaning to blog about it sooner, but I didn't for one reason and another. It was good to finally meet everyone, (not everyone, but Colin, Hoa, Ricardo, and wwp), since we have been engaging in all manner of discussions on IRC over the last few years. Everyone seemed in person like they have seemed on IRC, so there were no surprises.
It wasn't much of a geek meeting, although we did discuss Sylpheed-Claws for some of the time, but was more of a social gathering. We drank cider in the hotel room, (the cider wasn't finished despite me providing the best cider in the world), and then went to a pub in St Nicholas's Market, walking through the throngs of drunken revellers, much to wwp's 'delight'. Also taking in a round of pizzas – wwp's was the one with the pepper! (say 'When'!) Colin walked around with his camera around his neck, but fortunately no-one decided to try to steal it!
The following day we visited the sites, on foot. The distance that we walked was quite a bit further than I had remembered it being, everyone undertook it with a smile but I'm sure I was being secretly cursed for making everyone endure such a distance!
All things considered, I'd have to say that the meeting came to an end too quickly, but, of course, there's always the possibility of another meeting in the future. It was a pleasure to meet you guys.
