Club Question Time - South West Region

That's reachable with reasonable ease from all four of the SW counties.👍🏻

That's a really interesting experience seeing the SS Gt Britain and an excellent saving (at least £29 for two seniors) plus the complimentary car park which is adjacent. Good to see other parts of the SW having an opportunity to meet up.  Sorry Tinners and ET, you turn will come one day. 

It's OK, Brue, I won’t be losing sleep over it.

Or Torquay, plenty of nice venues there. It is usual to move them around a region. Have any been held west of Exeter?

peedee

I think the funniest bit is the 'nearest site is Baltic Wharf'. Like you are going to be able to get in. 

+1 but I couldn't write it when I read the OP when it first appeared as I'd have done ,myself mischief 😉. I've stopped laughing now! Not even a suggestion that CL's could be available in the nearby area. Don't the club want to help CL's and get a decent attendance?

I agree the  SS Great Britain is well worth a look and the guided tour sounds great, but as I can't get a space in Baltic Wharf 😉 I'll give it a miss sadly 

On the plus side for those many members living within 30/40 miles of Bristol and wish to attend such an event will no doubt be delighted that it is so close. I understand these events are hosted with the help of local Centres so perhaps those concerned wanting one of these events closer to home might like to contact their nearest Centre to enquire what the chances are of one being organised closer to home. 

David 

I wonder what criteria is, or was used to determine the so called regions? May be historic, georaphic, political, I don't know. Lots of National institutions and businesses devide the land mass up into their own manageable chunks which don't always fit the historical geographic boundaries. May be in the mists of time each of the club's regions held very similar numbers of sites or even centres for that matter?

Micky

I am not sure how many of these events are arranged annually but I suspect the figure is quite small. As far as I can see the Club try and arrange as diverse a set of destinations as possible. They may also look at their membership database to arrange them where they have the highest density of members. I have attended one of these events in quite a central position in the South East  which must have been accessible to a fair number of members but only 40/50 people turned up which I thought was not a lot.

David

The area covers several counties, Gloucs, Somerset, Wilts etc plus those just over the bridge in S Wales. I think Taunton was a previous venue (might be wrong on that) so it makes sense to move the choice up and down the SW.