The Birmingham Mudmeet

The Birmingham mudmeet was held over the weekend of the 28th-30th April, 2000, this meet was organised by Jincks, and present were: Richard, Foddy, Umbrarg, Boggy, Antman, Cat, Gandalf, Azzuri, Karya, Marlight, Poledra, Tom, Ciara, Tilnoom, Fruitbat, Jincks, Crowley, Rosie, Marmite, Benny, Maniac, Mankoid, Seamus, Serenety, Aileen, Cloud, Octane, Zordell, Thwomp, Foz, Alice, Syl, Vulnax, Xena, Gutbucket, Carrott, Uglybloke and Jo. Yes, that is 38 people! The largest mudmeet so far!

Friday

On the Friday evening a small group of us had arranged to meet up in the Figure of Eight pub, the location of the actual meet the following day, but this was thwarted when the bouncers would not let Boggy or Benny into the pub without any ID! (Was this going to be a problem the next day?) Marlight, Poledra, Foddy and I finished our dinner and drinks at that pub then moved onto the pub next door where Antman, Boggy, Benny and Maniac had been let in, but only to find we couldn't hear each other talking! So, another pint later we moved onto the next pub, and stayed there the rest of the evening. Here, Maniac borrowed Foddy's camera, and went around the pub taking pictures of various girls whilst pretending to be a professional photographer!

Foddy in pub number 1.	Benny and Boggy in pub number 2.	Maniac in pub number 3.
Benny showing his polite and charming side.	Malight and Foddy pondering on what drink to have next.	Marlight.
Foddy.	Boggy giving his opinion on the standard of alcohol in that pub.

Saturday

On the Saturday a group of us who were all staying in the same hotel (Tom, Ciara, Tilnoom, Marlight, Poledra, Foddy and myself) met up and made our way down to the Figure of Eight pub early (for the meet) for lunch. Having got our drinks, ordered our lunch, we surveyed our surroundings.

"See that bloke over there in the long coat?" asked Ciara. We all looked and nodded.
"That is how I imagine Mankoid to look," she added.
We all stared at the culprit intently. Suddenly he leapt out of his seat, grabbed his pint and bounded over! Pointing at Foddy and I he announced, "You're Foddy, and you're Karya!"
"Who are you?" we asked him as he joined us.
"Mankoid," he replied.

Over the next few hours everyone else turned up in dribs and drabs. Jincks arrived several hours late, having got stuck in traffic, and blaming either Azzuri or Gandalf (I forget which) for getting lost, or for the traffic, or for both … Antman went around attempting to take photographs of everyone's tattoos, claiming it was for a "Mud Tattoo Collection" that he is starting … Serenety, Zordell, Benny and Poledra ran away from the camera a lot, Xena and Vulnax posed for the camera, Richard nominated Cat to hold the next meet in Colchester, Jo displayed her tattoos to Antman, whilst displaying everything else to everyone else in the pub, everyone drank lots, and noone fell asleep this time!

Tom with sister Tilnoom.	Serenety examines Umbrarg's weapon.	Antman.
Boggy and Benny.	Cat and Maniac.	Crowley, Xena and Tom.
Maniac, Vulnax and Gutbucket.	Fruitbat (with left to right, Cloud, Syl, Richard and Foddy).	Gandalf.
Gutbucket.	Marmite.	Mankoid.
Richard.	Serenety.	Syl.
Thwomp.	Marlight.	Rosie and Crowley.
Marlight and Poledra.	Tom and Ciara.	Benny, Tom. Tilnoom, Maniac and others.

Sunday

On the Sunday, most of us met up in the same pub yet again, for an afternoon of basking in the sunshine in the pub's beer garden. We reflected on the weekend's events, started to plan for the next mudmeet and thanked Jincks for a thoroughly enjoyable weekend.

Fruitbat and Tom.	Poledra and Marlight.	Azzuri, Gandalf and Crowley.
Rosie and Crowley.	Serenety, Cloud and Marlight.