Return of the Ring and Barrow-Downs Mega-moot - Celebrating Tolkien in 2012

[Mithalwen]

http://www.lboro.ac.uk/about/findus.html

Not quite near but not very far.. of course everywhere is north for me but having Warwickshire born parents I know some of the Midlands well but get hazy about its northern borders ... I always think Yorkshire seems very remote forgetting just how vast it is and Sheffield low down that it is potentially daytrippable... Geography was never my strong suit...

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Originally Posted by Mithalwen

http://www.lboro.ac.uk/about/findus.html

Not quite near but not very far.. of course everywhere is north for me but having Warwickshire born parents I know some of the Midlands well but get hazy about its northern borders ... I always think Yorkshire seems very remote forgetting just how vast it is and Sheffield low down that it is potentially daytrippable... Geography was never my strong suit...

That's not that far, is it? It always amuses me a little when Brits talk about how far it is from one place to another on such a small island. Of course, my opinion of 'far', or even possibly 'remote', is like going to North Pole from Anchorage, so who am I to talk?

And surely they will have hotels in Loughborough. And if you book them this far in advance you could probably get a fair deal from one as well.

[Bêthberry]

Accommodation will be available on campus, in the Loughborough University residences according to the link. Food too. And access to the university sports facilities, which are said to be quite good. This is, I think, rather opposite to the Oxford experience. It might even be Jock Central.

Of course, those who might prefer a less formal environment can find, I'm sure, yet olde B&Bs in town.

narffie, we know you know all the public houses in Oxford. It's the ones in Loughborough we need you to canvass for us.

[Mithalwen]

Originally Posted by TheGreatElvenWarrior

That's not that far, is it? It always amuses me a little when Brits talk about how far it is from one place to another on such a small island. Of course, my opinion of 'far', or even possibly 'remote', is like going to North Pole from Anchorage, so who am I to talk?

Well I had all this when I lived in Aus - they'd laugh at my idea of far and I'd laugh at their idea of a large town or an old building. But what you have to bear in mind is the traffic density - Oxford is about 90 miles from me and I have done the journey in a barely legal hour and quarter and in an agonising 4and a half. It may be small but it is very dense.

[Kath]

Loughborough? Horrible place. But if all of you lovely people are there I'll very happily go. 2012 should finally have some money again too!

[Bêthberry]

Originally Posted by Kath

Loughborough? Horrible place. But if all of you lovely people are there I'll very happily go. 2012 should finally have some money again too!

I thought it might be, reading between the lines of the uni link.

But that's all the more reason for having a very large Downs contingent there, no? Because we bring the fun and beauty with us.

[Thinlómien]

Sounds goooooooooooooooooooood...

[Estelyn Telcontar]

One year before this event, interest is building - at Finlandmoot, we discussed the possibility of getting Downers together around the time of this wonderful occasion in England next August. I've merged two threads that announced it so that all information is gathered in one place.

Several Downers are definitely planning to be at RotR - I have already registered and will be actively involved in programme organisation and lecturing. Have others already registered? Who's thinking of coming? If a Moot takes place, I will plan to be there as well.