BB/Spyderco Weekend.....Details!

[UK Ken]

Itinerary for the BB and Spyderco weekend!
One or two people have asked for details about the forthcoming event so I hope that this helps.:)

Saturday 3rd Feb 2007

I have hired the upstairs room (very grotty to be honest) in the Cardigan Arms on Kirkstall Road in Leeds. We are limited to 50 people! The room will be available from 12.00 noon until 17.00. The Sheesh Mahal is next door virtually and for those not happy with Indian cuisine there are many more food outlets very close by. A cinema and bowling alley as well as a selection of drinking houses are also within a hundred yards of the Cardigan Arms.

From the city centre……….

Travel
(miles) and
then to
take show
map total
(miles)
0.00 Start out at Leeds,West Yorkshire Unclassified
0.00
0.06 At traffic signals bear left onto Bishopgate Street (signposted All loop traffic) Bishopgate Street
0.06
0.07 Bear left onto Wellington Street Wellington Street
0.13
0.02 At Leeds City Square continue forward onto Wellington Street (signposted Sipton (A65), Bradford (A647), Airport) Wellington Street 0.15
0.56 Continue forward, then keep in left hand lanes and continue forward onto the A65 A65
0.71
1.76 Finish on Kirkstall Road,Leeds A65
2.48
- Section time 0:05, Total time 0:05 - - -


Link for map: http://www.theaa.com/travelwatch/planner_results.jsp#map

A taxi can be hired from the city centre an will cost about £4.00 (Ask for the Cardigan Arms on Kirkstall Road).


Sunday 4th Feb 2007 Spyderco “Mini Show”

At the Royal Armouries in Leeds from 12.00 onwards in the Theatre of War. Sal Glesser and the team will be showing us some of their latest designs. Ed Schempp will be sharing his vast knowledge of cutting competition knives. The room holds 117 so we still have space for more attendees! I am planning a coffee/tea break at 14.30
We have the room until 17.00 when the Museum closes.

After a swift pint or two at the Cardigan Arms......or where ever you prefer, we are having a curry (if your name is down) at the Sheesh Mahal, starting at 19.00. Last year it worked out at about £14.00 a head.

The Museum opens at 10.00 and entry is free! If anyone wants to get down there early for a look around, it is well worth it. The Armouries is well sign posted which ever direction you approach it.

I am looking forward to seeing you all there! :D

Cheers, Ken

[outdoorcode]

Sounds Good :D

[Mr_Yarrow]

Please dont forget that we are holding a raffle on the Saturday at the pub...this is to keep Sunday clear for Spyderco only.

Any and all donations will be greatly received and we are doing rather well already :D

http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30653

Rgds

[s11ews]

just booked myself into the holiday inn about 50 yrds from kirkstall road, looking forward to seeing you all there, and a good session in the pub and curry house ;)

[Singeblister]

see you all on the sunday :) I will get there early and have a look round again didn't get to see to much last time.

[Pyro]

I might have to get an earlier train on Saturday so I don't miss most of the fun :o

[Mr_Yarrow]

bttt

[Stuart Ackerman]

Wish I was there.....

[Stuart Ackerman]

Uh...Say Hi to Uncle Sal for me, please?

[eds]

12.00 - 17.00 in the pub. Affraid I'll not be able make it no, sory about that. Are people staying in the Cardigan Arms longer? As I be passing around 20.00.

[Knife-Man]

Does any one know where I can get a good Detailed map of leeds complete with readable street names I don't really fancy buying one

[Mr_Yarrow]

12.00 - 17.00 in the pub. Affraid I'll not be able make it no, sory about that. Are people staying in the Cardigan Arms longer? As I be passing around 20.00.

well likely be in the curry house nearby at that point, so well likely still be in the area :)

[Stan]

Does any one know where I can get a good Detailed map of leeds complete with readable street names I don't really fancy buying one

Google earth shows the actual building and you can overlay the street names

[Knife-Man]

Google earth shows the actual building and you can overlay the street names

can you print ?

[Stan]

Yes, you can print it. If you haven’t tried it, its well worth playing with. Once you have downloaded it, type in a postcode and it zooms down to it.

[Knife-Man]

Ive just downloaded it Started as soon as you suggested it :D

Ive got the same problem though I cant get everything I need onto one map while still being able to read street names.

Id need about 5 maps

[Stan]

Yes, that’s a problem. When you get used to it, there’s a setting that allows you to use it like a flight simulator [ctl g] (3D Viewer Navigation). I use this setting to familiarise myself with a route.

[The General]

I will be arriving at Leeds station at between 1pm and 2pm... I am aiming to try for a 1PM arrival, but my train ticket greatly limits when I can travel so it might be 2pm if they get wound up!:rolleyes:

How far is the pub frm the station?

[The General]

looks like about 2 miles on Google Earth.:)

[Stan]

From the station to the pub is about 2 pints.:D

[UK Ken]

Friends

One or two things I feel I should mention.

Please refrain from whipping out yer weapons anywhere other than in the allocated room in the Cardigan Arms! :O

Last year one or two knives were being shown outside the armouries. Please wait until we are inside the Theatre of War before being tempted to get 'em out. From the outset Sunday at the Armouries has been both financed and organised by Spyderco. The Spyderco "mini show" is the reason for us being there, not to trade or show knives though there might be some "Spare Time" (where the Spyderco team are not requiring our full attention) when we are able to show some of our own knives.

A number of people are meeting at the Cardigan Arms (a ten minute drive away from the Armouries) again on Sunday between 17.00 and 19.00 all are welcome.

Cheers, Ken

[UK Ken]

There has been a change to the room we are using at the Armouries.

We are now in the Wellington Suite not the Theatre of War! :) It is larger, lighter and I am trying to get access to it for an hour before the Spyderco Show begins. :)

It is on the first floor of the Armouries and will (I am assured) suit our purposes better. :D

Regards, Ken

[Edd-UK]

There has been a change to the room we are using at the Armouries.

We are now in the Wellington Suite not the Theatre of War! :) It is larger, lighter and I am trying to get access to it for an hour before the Spyderco Show begins. :)

It is on the first floor of the Armouries and will (I am assured) suit our purposes better. :D

Regards, Ken

Will we be meeting at the main desk again or just going stright to the room??

will there be name badges like last time:rolleyes:

[Simon Glass]

Hello I am new to this and am not sure if my request was recieved for another name to go on the list for the Syderco event. I wanted to ask if there would be space for Miss Hannah Andrson Smith? Thank you in advance,
Simon Glass.

[UK Ken]

Hello I am new to this and am not sure if my request was recieved for another name to go on the list for the Syderco event. I wanted to ask if there would be space for Miss Hannah Andrson Smith? Thank you in advance,
Simon Glass.
Already added mate!

Ken

[The General]

sounds good! I was worried for a second there!:D

[Mr_Yarrow]

sounds good! I was worried for a second there!:D

This may be BB, BUT the number of the devilz post is still noteworthy ;) :D

[The General]

This may be BB, BUT the number of the devilz post is still noteworthy ;) :D

:D :lol:

[Simon G]

As you know, the new job started this week and the last thing I want is not to be able to make it back home for Monday morning and the start of the second week. I'm led to believe that the Police Training Staff and the force in general take a very dim view of this.

So, it is with great regrets that I have had to make the decision that I will NOT be attending!

You will all know, as the dyed in the wool Spydie collector I am, I can't risk it. Not when 240 miles away! My warmest wishes to you all and hope you have a great day!

Convince Sal and the crew to come back next year!!!

[The General]

As you know, the new job started this week and the last thing I want is not to be able to make it back home for Monday morning and the start of the second week. I'm led to believe that the Police Training Staff and the force in general take a very dim view of this.

So, it is with great regrets that I have had to make the decision that I will NOT be attending!

You will all know, as the dyed in the wool Spydie collector I am, I can't risk it. Not when 240 miles away! My warmest wishes to you all and hope you have a great day!

Convince Sal and the crew to come back next year!!!

DAMN!!!!:( You will be missed mate...

[twelveboar]

Could someone remind me what time I need to be there on Sunday?
:)

[grace horne]

"Does any one know where I can get a good Detailed map of leeds complete with readable street names I don't really fancy buying one"

I dont wish to be a party popper but you really dont need a map - you'll get lost anyway! I'm only from Sheffield and there is something about Leeds that makes me get lost EVERYTIME I go! In fact the only thing I can ever find is the Armouries 'cos its so well signposted! So you only need the map from there to the pub (and if it's anything like last year - we ended up back at the armouries three times before we found the pub!)

[Tiffers]

We didnt but then GPS helped ;)

:D

Tiffers

P.S I want to see you in your corner Grace :D

[Knife-Man]

I dont wish to be a party popper but you really dont need a map - you'll get lost anyway! I'm only from Sheffield and there is something about Leeds that makes me get lost EVERYTIME I go! In fact the only thing I can ever find is the Armouries 'cos its so well signposted! So you only need the map from there to the pub (and if it's anything like last year - we ended up back at the armouries three times before we found the pub!)


Im also going to need to find my way from the hotel to the armories from my hotel to the pub and from the train station to my hotel. and probably the way back as well

Im not sure if you have some odd plans but were are not going from the armories to the pub? ... its the other way round with a nights sleep in the middle;)

[UK Ken]

See post #1 in this thread! It is very easy, honestly! :)

Cheers, Ken

[Singeblister]

Its hard enough finding the entrance from the car park at the Armories :D
Finding the car park was easy though

[UK Ken]

Could someone remind me what time I need to be there on Sunday?
:)


The armouries opens at 10.00 and the Spyderco show starts at 12.00 :)

Ken:D

[UK Ken]

Its hard enough finding the entrance from the car park at the Armories :D
Finding the car park was easy though

Some of the building work is now complete.....you will be fine! :D

Ken

[The General]

I will enjoy looking at the exhibits this time without the tour.;) ;)

[Cones]

I have found a link to some very good maps on Google Maps.

First off the

Cardigan Arms
364 Kirkstall Road
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS4 2HQ

http://maps.google.com/?q=LS4+2HQ&hl=en&ie=UTF8&z=16&om=1&iwloc=addr

Next the Royal Armouries Museum
Armouries Drive
LEEDS
West Yorkshire
LS10 1LT

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=LS10+1LT&ie=UTF8&z=16&om=1&iwloc=addr

Hopefully that will help you all find your way around. :)

HTH

Mark

[Stephen63]

Hopefully that will help you all find your way around.

But the hard bit is negociating your way around the one-way ring road / gyratory system from Hell....

[Knife-Man]

But the hard bit is negociating your way around the one-way ring road / gyratory system from Hell....

walk :rolleyes: you can walk both ways down a one way street

[Cones]

Route between the two places.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=LS10+1LT&daddr=LS4+2HQ&sll=53.786822,-1.529803&sspn=0.008658,0.027122&ie=UTF8&z=14&t=h&om=1

4.5 Miles via road.


I assume that if I wanted to walk between the Museum and the pub there is a decent short cut?

Thanks

Mark

[Simon G]

This is just so unfair.............................!!

[Edd-UK]

Route between the two places.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=LS10+1LT&daddr=LS4+2HQ&sll=53.786822,-1.529803&sspn=0.008658,0.027122&ie=UTF8&z=14&t=h&om=1

4.5 Miles via road.


I assume that if I wanted to walk between the Museum and the pub there is a decent short cut?

Thanks

Mark

yep walk toward the train station from either direction, should cut about two miles of the trip, very walkable:)

[Knife-Man]

I assume that if I wanted to walk between the Museum and the pub there is a decent short cut?

Thanks

Mark

Stop off in the middle and get a nights sleep ;) unless of course your hotel is near the armories

[Edd-UK]

Stop off in the middle and get a nights sleep ;) unless of course your hotel is near the armories

:mad: funny very funny...;) ;) :D

Does any one have any idea of how much a taxi would be from the pub to the armories???

[Cones]

I assume that for those of us turning up at the Armouries Holiday Inn on the Saturday we could share a taxi to the pub?

I was going to drive to the Armouries, park the car (hopefully at the Holiday Inn discounted rate) and then walk or get a taxi to the pub.

Perhaps Ken can give us some local Taxi numbers we could use please?

Thanks

Mark

[Cones]

Maps for driving and walking to the Armouries.

http://www.royalarmouries.org/extsite/view.jsp?sectionId=2214

HTH

Mark

[Edd-UK]

I assume that for those of us turning up at the Armouries Holiday Inn on the Saturday we could share a taxi to the pub?




Im at the Armouries Holiday Inn too, that would be a brilliant idea. i think there could be a few of us staying there...:rolleyes:

[Cones]

I know Danzo and Tiffers are there as well. I think there is a list on the other thread.

Mark

[Scully]

Is there space for a rather small female?
I do not eat very much.

[Edd-UK]

Is there space for a rather small female?
I do not eat very much.

why of course Scully, but how you going to get out of the computer;) :D

[Ropeman]

You'll have to carry the computer Edd. You just invited her, after all.

:P

[Damage1978]

Here are a couple of taxi numbers for Leeds.

Aireline
42 Bridge End
Leeds
LS1 4DJ
0113 244 4303

A Metro Cars
New Briggate
Leeds
LS1 6NU
0113 244 4031

[Edd-UK]

You'll have to carry the computer Edd. You just invited her, after all.

:P

computers cant eat!:P so must be a real person:P
Iv got enough stuff as it is:rolleyes:

[Ratel10mm]

Is there space for a rather small female?
I do not eat very much.

Well, if you're happy with travelling in a PDA for the weekend, I can sort you out. :)

[Edd-UK]

Well, if you're happy with travelling in a PDA for the weekend, I can sort you out. :)

haha my responsibility has been taken from me:P :P :P

[Ratel10mm]

I figured your lovely other half might have something to say mate. ;) In fact, you owe me your life! :D :lol:

[Edd-UK]

I figured your lovely other half might have something to say mate. ;) In fact, you owe me your life! :D :lol:

:rolleyes: narr she doesn't get jealous of computer programs.....








....i think anyway:O

;)

[Edd-UK]

I figured your lovely other half might have something to say mate. ;) In fact, you owe me your life! :D :lol:

hay one more post and you will have a thousand!!!

nice work :)

[Mr_Yarrow]

hay one more post and you will have a thousand!!!

nice work :)

Dont bloody encourage him :O

[Edd-UK]

Dont bloody encourage him :O

:X


:D