Southern UKAPS meet this spring

[Geoffrey Rea]

Hello folks 👋🏼

Attempting to gauge interest in a UKAPS community meet in the South this spring.

Suggesting a meet at Aquarium Gardens. If you wish to know the location the address is below:

Unit 20A
Upland Industrial Estate
Mere Way
Wyton
Huntingdon
PE28 2JZ
England

The store is a credit to the UK aquatic plant scene and we would like to approach Dave of @Aquarium Gardens to potentially host you good folks.

For those unfamiliar with our sponsors store here is a few photo’s of what you can expect:

Anyway… Your vote really does count as this will involve mobilising the UKAPS team and approaching Aquarium Gardens to see if we can all get together in the south.

Please let us know if this is something the UKAPS community fancies in the calendar this spring.

 

[Aqua360]

I'd be interested

 

[Geoffrey Rea]

Nice @Aqua360 tap your vote 😎

 

[Geoffrey Rea]

Hey everyone 👋🏼

Sunday 28th April is looking like the date for the UKAPS meet at Aquarium Gardens (official post to follow).

Save the date if you wish to attend and please vote above so we can gauge how many wish to attend. We need numbers to accommodate for food and drinks.

If you’re on the fence about attending, these events are great for meeting the folks whose posts you read everyday. They’re friendly, funny and there will be a scaping competition and food.

Hope to see you there 😎

 

[richardcunliffe]

Sounds great!

 

[PeterBD]

I hate to be a typical Southerner but Huntingdon looks very north to me! 🤣

 

[Geoffrey Rea]

Just a reminder that Sunday 28th April is the date for the UKAPS meet at Aquarium Gardens.

Official post to follow, save the date and lovingly tap the vote button at the top of this thread if you wish to attend ☝🏼 🥰 😎

 

[Tim Harrison]

I’ll definitely be there, complete with sticky labels for name badges so we can all put faces to names.

Hope to see as many members there as last year, both new and familiar 🙂

 

[Aqua sobriquet]

I hate to be a typical Southerner but Huntingdon looks very north to me! 🤣

Agreed, it’s 170 miles North of me! 😆

 

[john6]

I am actually bang in the middle of both, Huntingdon 105 miles, Newton A. 107 miles, so whichever I can get to I'll be going.

 

[castle]

I’m scheduled to be in London that week for work, so maybe I could visit. But then I realise I’m not that social 👍

 

[PeterBD]

Agreed, it’s 170 miles North of me!

I'm in South London. It's 110 miles for me. When I saw "Southern UKAPS meet" in the title I was thinking more Surrey/Sussex 🤣

 

[Little]

Too far north for me too 🧭

 

[malik uddin]

I would like to go, never been to aquarium Gardens, but again distance is too far. Maybe do a live stream as well

You guys could live stream the aquascaping contests and games

 

[richardcunliffe]

@Geoffrey Rea any news? I found the meet thread from last year saying this 2024 was going to be this coming Sunday and got worried!

 

[Mike Singh]

What’s the proposed meeting time?

 

[Geoffrey Rea]

@Geoffrey Rea any news? I found the meet thread from last year saying this 2024 was going to be this coming Sunday and got worried!

Sunday 28th of April, plenty of time yet 😉

What’s the proposed meeting time?

There will be a flyer posted this weekend with all the details @Mike Singh

 

[Mike Singh]

Sunday 28th of April, plenty of time yet 😉



There will be a flyer posted this weekend with all the details @Mike Singh

Mrs S has given me permission to come so I have to lock the time down 🫣

 

[Geoffrey Rea]

Mrs S has given me permission to come so I have to lock the time down 🫣

Starts at 10am if that helps @Mike Singh

 

[Mike Singh]

Starts at 10am if that helps @Mike Singh

Thanks i’ll report the start time to my line manager. 😬