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- Thu May 02, 2024 5:26 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 324
- Views: 77494
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Oddly enough I still find Fawlty Towers funny, with John Cleese being the highlight, but I absolutely cannot stand anything with 'Alan Partridge' in the title, mainly because of the title character. When I watch a sitcom I want to laugh, not cringe.
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: c4c errors
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5798
Re: c4c errors
The best thing you can do if these keeps happening is raise a ticket on apterous. Charlie checks those more regularly, and he can access the database, but I can't.
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 10:09 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
- Replies: 324
- Views: 77494
Re: Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold
Taylor Swift is okay. Her music is good, but not great, and as a performer she's a solid 7.5/10 but nowhere near the generational talent her fans make her out to be and not even remotely the 'death of music' some of her haters seem to think she is.
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:55 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous Player Charter
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7719
Re: Apterous Player Charter
Yep, that's working now, thanks
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 3:38 pm
- Forum: apterous.org
- Topic: Apterous Player Charter
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7719
Re: Apterous Player Charter
Is anyone else getting stuck on the Player's charter page? Every time I open apterous on any page it comes up and whether I click 'yes' or 'no' it directs me to a page that says 'apterous.org is unable to process this request'.
For obvious reasons I am unable to raise a ticket about this.
For obvious reasons I am unable to raise a ticket about this.
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 1:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 1st April 2024 - Mark Mills debuts
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4473
Re: Spoilers for Monday 1st April 2024 - Mark Mills debuts
OCCUPIED in R10?
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: FOCAL Belts
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6101
Re: FOCAL Belts
I really should pay attention to that now that I qualify for it.Fiona T wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:58 pm Well the over 40s tourney on apterous is approaching the final stages - 48 players whittled down to a final between Neil Collins, and Tim Down or Patrick Thompson. Should be a cracker!
https://challonge.com/seniors2024
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 5:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 41659
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
Interesting. Could have my opinion swayed on this issue As for co event suggestion - I do think if there's somebody who is quite clearly a good host and can hurry a game along that they host first. Shows newer people how it's done and sets a precedent for more experienced but slower hosts on how to...
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 10:47 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 487905
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Sometimes I make notes about c4c dreams but then forget to type them up when I wake up and (obviously) forget the details later on. This was in my notes from September 2018, so I'll let you fill in all the gaps. -Tidying after COLIN at my house -Tropes boxes -Kirk insane -Forgot the spoon -Piles of ...
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 5:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1753
- Views: 774508
Re: Ask Graeme?
Surprised no one's yet mentioned the 3 series champs and one CoC winner named Chris but okay.
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:00 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The COLIN stat file
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7211
Re: The COLIN stat file
Updated again, 2024's events now included along with a couple more silly pages like the 'linear championship'.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qi1d267b ... 1615x&dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qi1d267b ... 1615x&dl=0
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 7:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XX- your input desired
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4820
Re: COLIN XX- your input desired
So say if you produced 30 of these books and ended up £50 over budget, you could sell them at £2 each and reserve 5 to give out as free prizes so the prizewinners don't have to pay for one. They're likely to cost about £6-£7 to produce so anyone getting them for £2 is getting a bargain! But I agree...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 8:48 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: National COLIN Day
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3315
Re: National COLIN Day
Pure coincidence. Though 2005 was the first one so technically 29 January is the proper anniversary.
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 4:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XX- your input desired
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4820
Re: COLIN XX- your input desired
3 events all with a final will be a lot! I will probably do all 3 because of FOMO but honestly 2 is already enough to leave me exhausted. You'll be exhausted? :? As for the 'two calendars' thing it's been a problem for years. Only solution I can think of is to only give prizes on the Saturday for p...
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 10:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XX- your input desired
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4820
Re: COLIN XX- your input desired
For next year, I'm finally pulling the trigger on a 'big prize' (such as mugs, t-shirts, calendars etc) I've been thinking of for years, namely the 'Big Book of COLIN'. What this will include is all manner of stuff like photos, stats, records, old (and some new) puzzles, quizzes... but I also want ...
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 10:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XX- your input desired
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4820
COLIN XX- your input desired
Hi everyone With COLIN XIX now behind us (and the stat file getting updated as we speak) it's time to look toward next year... and there's a lot to look forward to. :) The pre-drinks As I announced at the end of the weekend, next year's COLIN will be the first ever co-event triple header . There'll ...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 7:12 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 647
- Views: 337341
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
No, she abdicated and Frederik is king.
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 7:05 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 647
- Views: 337341
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
There are no reigning female monarchs anywhere in the world right now for the first time in over 70 years.
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 5:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 41659
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
Following from this post ... If I had one small suggestion, it would be that if there are table numbers, it's best to have them explicitly labelled rather than people having to infer them from the set numbers on the lids of the letters/numbers boxes, which are generally harder to find with the lids...
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
- Replies: 44
- Views: 25187
Re: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
Yeah thanks again Ben. I'll second everything GC said. Much better atmosphere at the social club than the fox and hounds, but I don't think we'd even be able to describe the food as "ok" this time I didn't eat at the social club. Are you saying the food there was better than OK or worse t...
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:46 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 487905
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
My traditional post-COLIN dream state has arrived right on schedule. Last night saw me walking through a completely 'wrong' version of my workplace with some colleagues when we were ambushed by a swarm of Scarabs . I immediately recognised the situation as a scenario from the Metal Gear Solid game t...
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 12:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 41659
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
It's worth pointing out that this is the first year that there have been 4 people scoring 400+ at COLIN, and Jack's aggregate of 448 over 6 games smashed the previous 6 game record (but was a few shy of the record average). It's also worth pointing out that the two guys above had 2 of the 3 highest ...
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 8:48 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
- Replies: 44
- Views: 25187
Re: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
And the full results: STANDINGS Players are ranked by number of wins then total points scored. P W Pts 1 Adam Latchford 4 4 265 2 Rob Foster 4 4 261 3 Jack Hurst 4 4 260 4 Jack Worsley 4 4 253 5 Callum Todd 4 3 273 6 Thomas Carey 4 3 260 7 Thomas Cappleman 4 3 252 8 Tim Down 4 3 240 9 Dan Byrom 4 3 ...
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 4:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
- Replies: 44
- Views: 25187
Re: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
Rob Foster is the COLIN XIX Hangover champion, beating Adam Latchford 84-56 in a final that hung on the 9 letter word TELECASTS. Full results to follow...
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 11:14 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
- Replies: 44
- Views: 25187
Re: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
He was late so was effectively 'pruned' for round 1.
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:20 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
- Replies: 44
- Views: 25187
Re: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
Congratulations to Jack Hurst winning his second COLIN title ten years after the first by defeating Callum Todd on a crucial conundrum in a double max game final! Full standings are below. COLIN XIX The Ark 27 January 2024 STANDINGS Players are ranked by number of wins then total points scored. P W ...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 41659
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
The upside of version B is that the 3W players will be the two with the highest aggregate score.
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 11:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
- Replies: 44
- Views: 25187
Re: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
Up to 44 entries now! :) Seedings updated above. The itinerary for the day, btw- 11:00 doors open 11:30 introductions 11:50 round 1 13:10 lunch 14:00 round 2 15:20 break 15:35 round 3 16:50 break 17:15 grand final 17:30 prizegiving If everyone could endeavour to be there for 11:30 I'd be grateful- g...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 7:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 41659
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
Thought I'd weigh in here with a bit of statistical data (and fwiw, I'm in favour of the 'draw 3 randomly on the same number of wins for round 2' idea) so here are the players on table 1 after rounds 2 and 3 of COLIN from 2005-2023, along with their eventual finishing positions. Round 2 2005* Chris ...
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 10:28 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
- Replies: 44
- Views: 25187
Re: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
COLIN veteran James Laverty brings numbers up to 40! :D There are still plenty* of spaces left though, so why not get your entry fee to me asap and book your place at the premiere co-event of the FOCAL calendar? :) Also, seeds have been updated. :) *By 'plenty' I mean 'twenty', which rhymes so it ki...
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 3:05 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-Event Suggestion Box
- Replies: 181
- Views: 41659
Re: Co-Event Suggestion Box
Always use the letters packs that Callum made. The ones taken from various copies of the board game all have very bad (and inconsistent) distributions, which make it less fun for most. They used to. Adam 'awesome' Beach has gone through the packs and standardised them all, so everyone from COLIN on...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 4:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
- Replies: 44
- Views: 25187
Re: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
Anyone who's been before but more than 5 years ago is ordered by their best finish, otherwise by order of entry.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 3:59 pm How do you decide what order to put the the people in the middle group in?
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 3:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
- Replies: 44
- Views: 25187
Re: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
Welp, COLIN veteran Andy Platt makes it 36, so here are the seeds. A reminder that seeds are based on an average of finishes at the previous five COLINs (not a player's last five COLINs- in this case, specifically COLINs XIV-XVIII), with the worst finish disregarded, and from this year, any obviousl...
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 12:42 am
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
- Replies: 44
- Views: 25187
Re: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
The annual outrage that is the COLIN seedings will be published once we hit 36 entries. and as we're currently on 35, that in theory shouldn't be far away...
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 10:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: What’s the best three-word phrase formed from the conundrum answers on consecutive days?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4349
Re: What’s the best three-word phrase formed from the conundrum answers on consecutive days?
'Bestowing thronging craziness' Were my first three, and imho sounds like a better honours ceremony than whatever usually goes down at Buckingham Palace.
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 4:30 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
- Replies: 44
- Views: 25187
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 10:46 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown Lookalikes?
- Replies: 390
- Views: 262758
Re: Countdown Lookalikes?
Tom Carey just deaged, put on an American accent and beat the Tetris world record.
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 10:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
- Replies: 44
- Views: 25187
Re: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
Series 44 semi-finalist David Roe brings numbers to 28 and sets a new record for most time between consecutive COLIN appearances at 14 years since he played at COLIN 2010. Only two other people have gaps of 10 years or more between appearances- can you name either of them? One of them has to be Kai...
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 7:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
- Replies: 44
- Views: 25187
Re: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
Series 44 semi-finalist David Roe brings numbers to 28 and sets a new record for most time between consecutive COLIN appearances at 14 years since he played at COLIN 2010. Only two other people have gaps of 10 years or more between appearances- can you name either of them?
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 7:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
- Replies: 44
- Views: 25187
Re: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
A big day for entrants today- 4, including COLIN debutant Adrian Fletcher, brings numbers for the Saturday up to 26! Still plenty of room for more...
- Tue Dec 26, 2023 7:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Could a Countdown World Championships be a feasible event
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4990
Re: Could a Countdown World Championships be a feasible event
Flattering, but more accurately it'd be called FOCAL.
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 2:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-event lunch arrangements
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7316
Re: Co-event lunch arrangements
Fwiw, some of the very early COLINs had cash prizes, and the general consensus was that people preferred the prizes that were more tangible, even if they were (objectively) a bit shit.
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 4:30 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Question of Sport Axed
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3899
Re: Question of Sport Axed
Isn't that just 'They Think It's All Over'?
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 4:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Co-event lunch arrangements
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7316
Re: Co-event lunch arrangements
The on-site cooked lunches at COLIN actually ended because of too much demand rather than anything else- it was my mum in charge of doing it all pretty much solo as I had to be chained to my desk to deal with conundrums/scores etc, and cooking lunch for 15+ people in one go is kinda tricky regardles...
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 6:09 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 487905
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Neglecting to take my meds last night had a very interesting result. Note: this dream was either sandwiched between or at the same time as dreams where I was Jack Sparrow marooning people in 4 foot deep water, and one where I was reenactment Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes while following the syno...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 5:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: Setting Conundrums at Co Events
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5089
Re: Setting Conundrums at Co Events
I kinda feel compelled to contribute here, having probably set more co-event conundrums than anyone else lol. In the past, conundrums at COLIN were 'graded', in that lower tables got easier ones and higher tables got harder ones. The main reason for this was to stop conundrums being reaction tests, ...
- Wed Sep 20, 2023 8:05 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Celebrities that are all round good eggs
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2507
Re: Celebrities that are all round good eggs
Mick Foley. Met him twice when he was doing stand up in Sheffield and he's as genial off-screen as he appears on-screen.
- Sun Sep 17, 2023 7:05 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 487905
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Cheers Marc
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 12:16 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 487905
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Being really unwell usually lends itself to unusual dreams, and tonight was no exception. In tonight's dream, I'm hosting Countdown in Leamington Spa for some reason, adjudicating a game where there's a query over the validity of a word. It's unknown where the game's host (and other player) went. On...
- Sun Sep 03, 2023 11:09 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdowners in the news
- Replies: 243
- Views: 155828
Re: Countdowners in the news
'Construction work is expected to start in November 2025 and the road is scheduled to open by the end of 2028.'
It's also ridiculously optimistic knowing the state of the local authorities around here.
- Wed Aug 23, 2023 4:31 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1617
- Views: 743636
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
NASA's Artemis 2 mission is set to orbit the Moon next year with Artemis 3 landing crew on the Moon by about 2026 (Artemis 1 was orbital and has already launched successfully)
- Thu Aug 17, 2023 4:27 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1617
- Views: 743636
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
I don't think I understand the difference between big and massive in this context! Zero volume, very large weight*, infinite density. The volume of the 'hole' part of the black hole depends entirely on how 'heavy' the centre of it is. *mass is a more technically correct term here but I'm using weig...
- Thu Aug 17, 2023 9:36 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1617
- Views: 743636
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
What actually is/happens in a black hole? How can there just be nothing? The latest episode of the Sky at Night (broadcast this Monday) was literally about black holes and is a recommended watch. :-) but in short: there isn't 'nothing' in there, a black hole in the conventional sense is an area sur...
- Sun Aug 13, 2023 6:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
- Replies: 44
- Views: 25187
COLIN XIX- Countdown in Lincoln, 27-28 January 2024
Everyone's getting a little bit older- god knows I am- but one thing that hasn't changed is that when January rolls around, COLIN won't be far behind. :-) Yep, for the nineteenth time, yours truly will be hosting Countdown in Lincoln- the oldest event on the co-event calendar. If you're one of the 2...
- Thu Aug 03, 2023 7:40 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 487905
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Also I don't think you mentioned the countdowner whose penis fell off in my dream that one time (well, you have, he is on the list somewhere, but I don't recall telling you who it was).
- Thu Aug 03, 2023 7:39 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 487905
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
That reminds me of one I had a few days ago. In the dream, I went to a scrabble tournament, but before I could sign up, I had to complete an arcade game where you control Mr Burns from the Simpsons stealing artefacts from ancient tombs. In a twist, this bit was physical- as in the arcade contained a...
- Thu Jul 20, 2023 9:22 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 759
- Views: 487905
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
In the latest one I end up somewhere in Leeds, trying to find a hotel for the night only to find myself caught outside what I assume is a kitchen or a generator room in the rain, which is padlocked. A bunch of apterites including George Armstrong and Fiona T arrive, break into the place with a pair ...
- Tue Jun 27, 2023 10:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: What is your preferred format for co-events?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2459
What is your preferred format for co-events?
It's been a while since we had this poll, and the recent bumping of the old 'preferred' format thread reminded me that there was a poll about this a while back, and with more co-events than ever, it'd be good to 'take the pulse of the community'. Let me preface this by saying that there's plenty of ...
- Thu May 25, 2023 6:18 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 25th May 2023 (Series 87, Heat 89)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 934
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 25th May 2023 (Series 87, Heat 89)
As another minor record, I think 286 is the highest anybody's ever scored in two consecutive games. May have to set Graeme on that one.
- Sun May 21, 2023 5:20 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Events
- Topic: CO MSO Sunday 27th August 2023
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11104
Re: CO MSO Sunday 27th August 2023
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 4:30 pmJust bring normal metal cutlery then.Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 3:28 pm They are very strict at the venue and plastic cutlery are on the banned list as is food but there is a huge Waitrose nearby