Veggie meet up goes south?!

Sapsorrow

Right all you Dublin veggies me thinks ye've all had it far too cushty with these meet up things and think ye should get it together to come visit some of the rest of us! Any one up for organising a meet-up in Cork or Galway? Come on don't be sh*t b*st*rds, I know Dublins like the MOST amazing place ever and everywhere else is just the bogland but come on!!!!

Slaphead07

khrystyna100 wrote: »

me thinks ye've all had it far too cushty....
....don't be sh*t b*st*rds...
I know Dublins like the MOST amazing place ever and everywhere else is just the bogland but come on!!!!

Should this be moved to the Personal Issues forum?:rolleyes:

Sapsorrow

Slaphead07 wrote: »

Should this be moved to the Personal Issues forum?:rolleyes:

Nope I've only got money issues and can't afford to come to money-land for meet-ups!

Thoushaltnot

'Bout f***n time!
There's about 6 million* Corkonians up here!

*slight exaggeration, for effect

Sapsorrow

PLus Cork has a deadly food scene for the size of it, we've got the english market (supposed to be one of the best covererd markets in europe), the quay-coop, cafe paradiso and the dharma deli so no lack of veggie yum yums!

I'm game........I expect to be caroused after wards though.
Does Cork have a coppers?

raah!

I think it's a grand idea. I will feel bad if I only go to a cork one though, so quicks get a dublin one going afterwards too . A Galway one sounds good too. I have 105.48 exactly to my name though, and I don't intend to work for the rest of the summer either

entropi

Moonbaby wrote: »

Does Cork have a coppers?

You mean an opposite to Coppers, whereby all the Dubs go to get drunk and hit with cheesy chat up lines by country folk?:P*

*take me too:P

Depends if i can afford it and whether its just a day thing or what?

taram

Only in Cork for another few weeks but would love to meet up!

DonnieScribbles

We must have one in Galway too! Because I'm new and intrigued... I'll be back there late in August, I can cook curry or noodle stir-fry for everyone! Vegan of course I also make good vegan cookies and apple crumble... I know some Galway veggies, I can lure them in...

sweet-rasmus

There are at least 5 people on this forum who live in cork at the moment, so I think you guys should deffo pick a date that suits you all. I spent weeks trying to fix a date for that picnic last weekend and in the end 6 people attended (enjoyed myself, thanks again ). So as you can see, you don't need everyone to turn up, just so long as it suits those of you that are local most of all. Good luck in organising a date It's tough!

As for Galway, it is a great town, but does anyone in the forum live there? Money-wise it makes sense to meet where a good few of ous veggie boardsies live. Plus, vegan wise, Galway is tough. There is that one vegan shepard's pie in that place on lower abbeygate stree (where the staff don't necessarily know what a vegan diet is). There are some options at the market though... Can't remember the specifics about the govindas stand... but I am scared about butter in recipes in the place of oil.

Edit: didn't notice your offer to be a cook for us all there DonnieScribbles! That changes everything *woohooo vegan food*

Tar.Aldarion

I will go to one in cork or galway. I can easlily satay in numerous places in galway and I know a girl in kinsale, so maybe I could stay there or B&B or whatever. Would love one anyway. So yeah, I'll go if date suits.

My sister is veggie and lives near cork too. Maybe she go dunno.

Tar.Aldarion

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

I will go to one in cork or galway. I can easlily satay in numerous places in galway and I know a girl in kinsale, so maybe I could stay there or B&B or whatever. Would love one anyway. So yeah, I'll go if date suits.

My sister is veggie and lives near cork too. Maybe she go dunno.

Hostel would be fun if we have a few going.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

A Cork one would be fantastic, a Galway one would be doable for me as well coz I'm up and down to that neck of the woods to see my parents. And I'm a vegan of leisure btw so if there is a Cork one I'll volunteer to go get people from the bus or whatever if they're afraid of getting lost

Tar.Aldarion

Moonbaby wrote: »

Hostel would be fun if we have a few going.

I looooove staying in hostels with friends, they are so much fun. Did it with my class in edinburgh, ohh the mischief.
Also in a hotel in limerick and went paintballing drinking for the weekend, little trips like them are the best.
There was a pool table and a giant connect four game in edinburgh hostel hehe. Cheap too.
Would be great if a few came down.

Arya Happy Voyage wrote: »

A Cork one would be fantastic, a Galway one would be doable for me as well coz I'm up and down to that neck of the woods to see my parents. And I'm a vegan of leisure btw so if there is a Cork one I'll volunteer to go get people from the bus or whatever if they're afraid of getting lost

Maybe I should say feck my old apartment in galway, hostel there sounds fun too haha.
Veggie weekend trip somewhere would be fun, hard to do, or get interest, though maybe.

raah!

Arya Happy Voyage wrote: »

I'm a vegan of leisure

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Veggie weekend trip somewhere would be fun, hard to do, or get interest, though maybe.

I would be well interested in it. A mountain trip perhaps, a camping trip of some nature. These days I'm having trouble in bonfire situations when people are cooking limpets and sausages and the like, and I'm able to do nothing but boil water. So a useful vegetarian learning experience it would be too. And after a few succesful regular meetups it will most likely gain popularity.

Tar.Aldarion

Would be cool, or even a less ambitious one to start with haha. Like a hostel for a weekend, with drinking, shopping and markets.
Would love to go camping though. oooh fire

raah!

Ah yes, perhaps the Galway trip would be suitable for the hostel one. I knows a good hostel in Galway, called "the Galway city hostel", I also know some terrible ones. The top of the list is that horrible "sleepzone" franchise.

Tar.Aldarion

Oh sleepzone is the only one I have seen around. Going to teh market in galway would be great, I miss it. Would need to be there early, possibly friday night before to get mattar paneer though, sells out so fast.

Anyway, lets see what this hostel/night trip is like first!
*calls top bunk off moonbaby*

Tar.Aldarion

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

*calls top bunk off moonbaby*

Oh please I'm not co-ordinated enough to get into the top bunk sober!

I am loving this idea.....I haz car too. And I love Diamond Hill, and am totally unscruplous enough to drag hungover types up it

Tar.Aldarion

Sweet, default top bunk!

I call a lift, collect me from sligo! and then you can drive me to the top of that hill, after some sort of veggie fry in town, nomnom.

biZrb

Moonbaby wrote: »

Oh please I'm not co-ordinated enough to get into the top bunk sober!

I am loving this idea.....I haz car too. And I love Diamond Hill, and am totally unscruplous enough to drag hungover types up it

Shotgun!

Tar.Aldarion

biZrb wrote: »

Shotgun!

Double barreled shotgun!

I may be making this one up, but I call bindies!

biZrb

I think you are making it up, what the hell are bindies?

Tar.Aldarion

It's my made up term which binds my other made up terms as fact!


I'll have to call bindies on the term bindies. :P

Sapsorrow

Ok deadly loads of interest, heres an idea if yer interested, I live in the sticks bout 40 min drive (1/2 hr on the train) outside cork, we've a huge garden and field with the house so if ye'd like we could have a barbeque at my place and everyone can camp around the house in the garden or field if they liked (we've even got an outside toilet in the barn). The countryside around me is lovely and if we had a few cars we could transport everyone no bother.
We could always have a day around the city and then head out to the house later on in the evening after doing the markets etc..
Got 4 cats, a kitten and a sheepdog for free cuddles too!

Sapsorrow

Did I mention my 5 gallons of homebrewed apple and elderflower wine is gonna be ready this week too....

khrystyna100

khrystyna100 wrote: »

Ok deadly loads of interest, heres an idea if yer interested, I live in the sticks bout 40 min drive (1/2 hr on the train) outside cork, we've a huge garden and field with the house so if ye'd like we could have a barbeque at my place and everyone can camp around the house in the garden or field if they liked (we've even got an outside toilet in the barn). The countryside around me is lovely and if we had a few cars we could transport everyone no bother.
We could always have a day around the city and then head out to the house later on in the evening after doing the markets etc..
Got 4 cats, a kitten and a sheepdog for free cuddles too!

You had me at kitten cuddles. :P

biZrb

biZrb wrote: »

Shotgun!

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Double barreled shotgun!

Just a small word of warning.
The person who drives up front when I drive, gets to see the life threathening opportunities coming first. :P

Thoushaltnot

raah! wrote: »

I would be well interested in it. A mountain trip perhaps, a camping trip of some nature. These days I'm having trouble in bonfire situations when people are cooking limpets and sausages and the like, and I'm able to do nothing but boil water. So a useful vegetarian learning experience it would be too. And after a few succesful regular meetups it will most likely gain popularity.

You should check out the MeetUp.com folks - organized by the Irish Vegetarian Society but you don't have to be a member, just a member on MeetUp .com (free). They just had a weekend away in the Mourne mountains last weekend.

http://vegetarian.meetup.com/485/

I've been to a few of the Dublin ones - nice folks, slightly greater spread of ages...and looks like a bit of a cross pollination already, guessing from the name of the newest member

Thoushaltnot

Moonbaby wrote: »

You had me at kitten cuddles. :P

ROFL

Sapsorrow

lol guilty!

Tar.Aldarion

khrystyna100 wrote: »

Ok deadly loads of interest, heres an idea if yer interested, I live in the sticks bout 40 min drive (1/2 hr on the train) outside cork, we've a huge garden and field with the house so if ye'd like we could have a barbeque at my place and everyone can camp around the house in the garden or field if they liked (we've even got an outside toilet in the barn). The countryside around me is lovely and if we had a few cars we could transport everyone no bother.
We could always have a day around the city and then head out to the house later on in the evening after doing the markets etc..
Got 4 cats, a kitten and a sheepdog for free cuddles too!

Sounds cool, will have to borrow my friends tent and sleeping bag again. Heaven forfend I actually buy my own one day.

khrystyna100 wrote: »

Did I mention my 5 gallons of homebrewed apple and elderflower wine is gonna be ready this week too....

Ooooh, tent friend also making wine, from rasberries or something. SOunds like a good summer!

Moonbaby wrote: »

You had me at kitten cuddles. :P

I have 5 kittens.
God they are cute, I watch them so much just running around tricking each other.

Moonbaby wrote: »

Just a small word of warning.
The person who drives up front when I drive, gets to see the life threathening opportunities coming first. :P

Sweet! Can't be worse than me, I'm a learner. Let me drive, gwannn. hehe
Going out to practice in anticipation now.

Thoushaltnot wrote: »

You should check out the MeetUp.com folks - organized by the Irish Vegetarian Society but you don't have to be a member, just a member on MeetUp .com (free). They just had a weekend away in the Mourne mountains last weekend.

http://vegetarian.meetup.com/485/

I've been to a few of the Dublin ones - nice folks, slightly greater spread of ages...and looks like a bit of a cross pollination already, guessing from the name of the newest member

I'll just sign up to it now, to try and get them on boards, haha.

Tar.Aldarion

Signed up...see a few familiar faces..

raah!

Well I'm not occupied in any particular way, so whatever is decided on, I will mots likely be able to come along.

DonnieScribbles

khrystyna100 wrote: »

Ok deadly loads of interest, heres an idea if yer interested, I live in the sticks bout 40 min drive (1/2 hr on the train) outside cork, we've a huge garden and field with the house so if ye'd like we could have a barbeque at my place and everyone can camp around the house in the garden or field if they liked (we've even got an outside toilet in the barn). The countryside around me is lovely and if we had a few cars we could transport everyone no bother.
We could always have a day around the city and then head out to the house later on in the evening after doing the markets etc..
Got 4 cats, a kitten and a sheepdog for free cuddles too!

If this happens sometime after August 18th, I'd love to come fraternise with your kittens! Otherwise I'll just have to hope for a Galway one. Which leads me too...

sweet-rasmus wrote: »

Edit: didn't notice your offer to be a cook for us all there DonnieScribbles! That changes everything *woohooo vegan food*

Moonbaby wrote: »

Hostel would be fun if we have a few going.

Here's a Galway based idea: Everyone stays in Kinlay Hostel (think it's the cheapest central hostel) and then gets the bus and ferry out to the Aran Islands and one night camping out there? The place next door to the Kinlay sells the tickets... And I can cook for everyone! It'd be fun :pac:
But ye should probably organise your Cork one first!

Sapsorrow

OK I can't do this weekend, but the next few weekends after that should be grand, Tar can you set up one of those polls to see which weekend people want to do?

Slaphead07

You guys lost me at "hostel". Any nice 5 star hotels in the area?

Tar.Aldarion

DonnieScribbles wrote: »

If this happens sometime after August 18th, I'd love to come fraternise with your kittens! Otherwise I'll just have to hope for a Galway one. Which leads me too...

Here's a Galway based idea: Everyone stays in Kinlay Hostel (think it's the cheapest central hostel) and then gets the bus and ferry out to the Aran Islands and one night camping out there? The place next door to the Kinlay sells the tickets... And I can cook for everyone! It'd be fun :pac:
But ye should probably organise your Cork one first!

Wouldn't mind that at all, all my friends in NUIG went but I was too emo at the time and missed it. Would be nice to get a chance to go out there. Anybody know how to make fire? :-p
Market/shopping/camping, would be cool.

khrystyna100 wrote: »

OK I can't do this weekend, but the next few weekends after that should be grand, Tar can you set up one of those polls to see which weekend people want to do?

Yeah sure, ya lazy bugger.

Slaphead07 wrote: »

You guys lost me at "hostel". Any nice 5 star hotels in the area?

I could tell you but then you would have to pay for my room!
Hehe, I imagine there are a few hotels that the more affluent vegetarian would deign to stay at.

Slaphead07

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Hehe, I imagine there are a few hotels that the more affluent vegetarian would deign to stay at.

I've saved up a lot of money by not eating meat for nearly 30 years!

Tar.Aldarion

So in 25 years I'll be minted. Sweet.

Slaphead07

yes "minted"... you'll be farting through silk.:rolleyes:

Tar.Aldarion

Not if I become vegan to save even more money.

Sapsorrow

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Yeah sure, ya lazy bugger.

Sh*t sorry Tar didn't realise a mere pleb like myself could start one! Thought it was only possible for you special types :P

maameeo

hey just saw this, feck sake, how long was i gone!!! dont have time to read through everything but are we goin ta cork? woot woot! road trip!
id love to go, id even get a babysitter! go mental like!
hehe

hostel wud be so much fun! when when when???

Sapsorrow

One of the next few weekends after this one coming, got to do a poll n see when ppl are able to go!

Sapsorrow

Right hippies I made a poll there so get voting! I picked the dates cos I'm assuming we're going ahead with the camping trip at my place and these weekends suit me with work (I'll be on my holidays), either way the weather is supposed to be getting better now so woo hoo!

Slaphead07

khrystyna100 wrote: »

...I'm assuming we're going ahead with the camping trip at my place...

No seriously, is there a hotel nearby? That said I'm not even sure if I can go yet.

Sapsorrow

No it's the countryside, camping and a BBQ was the cheapy option.

taram

I sadly work weekends but would be up for popping along to anything in Cork

Tar.Aldarion

khrystyna100 wrote: »

Sh*t sorry Tar didn't realise a mere pleb like myself could start one! Thought it was only possible for you special types :P

Good girl.

maameeo wrote: »

hey just saw this, feck sake, how long was i gone!!! dont have time to read through everything but are we goin ta cork? woot woot! road trip!
id love to go, id even get a babysitter! go mental like!
hehe

hostel wud be so much fun! when when when???

Just vote for your fav, I'm not voting cos any of those weekends are fine.
Hostel or camping would be cool! Drive down and let me drive your car. hehe

khrystyna100 wrote: »

Right hippies I made a poll there so get voting! I picked the dates cos I'm assuming we're going ahead with the camping trip at my place and these weekends suit me with work (I'll be on my holidays), either way the weather is supposed to be getting better now so woo hoo!

Slaphead07 wrote: »

No seriously, is there a hotel nearby? That said I'm not even sure if I can go yet.

khrystyna100 wrote: »

No it's the countryside, camping and a BBQ was the cheapy option.

Hmm, well hostels/hotels would be better if people don't like camping etc ( I don't even have camping gear as it stands )
If people do camping, some can stay camping and some in hotel/hostel perhaps. It should be easy to meet up with phones, have like a bbq, go to a market or whatever. Plus drinking in the same hostel room is great fun at night. heh.
So waht would be the nearest place to yours if somebody wanted a hostel/hotel? Some people really don't like camping etc and would be good to include everybody.

taram wrote: »

I sadly work weekends but would be up for popping along to anything in Cork

Good man(???). We could go for a drink in the evening?
I've pmed some peeps my number about the last meet, not sure about you and slaphead, so if I haven't I'll let you guys know that too.