Unofficial Meet, Derby 2016

Basic Details

Date: Saturday 30th. July 2016
Time: 12noon to 6pm
Location: The Brunswick Inn, 1 Railway Terrace, Derby, DE1 2RU
Price: No charge, but donations towards room hire gratefully received.
Brunswick Inn web-site

How To Get There

Train

CrossCountry trains serve Derby from various parts of the country. A direct service is available from London on the Midland Main Line, provided by East Midlands Trains . Lots of local services mean access from other cities is easy. The pub is about 300 yards walking distance from the railway station main entrance: go out of the station's main entrance, turn right, walk across the car park entrance and up to the main road, cross the road at the pedestrian crossing, turn right, follow this road parallel to the railway and the pub is on the left-hand side shortly before the junction.

Bus

Bus services 6,44,45 and 73 run between Derby Bus Station and Derby Rail Station, stop right outside The Brunswick and run every few minutes. Information about these services is available from the Derby Connected web-site.

Coach

National Express coaches use the new Riverlights bus station, so proceed as for local buses above. The local buses to the meet go from the same building.

Car

There is no parking at the pub itself however there are several short- and long-stay car parks within a mile of it - SatNav users are advised to use the postcode DE1 1RU. There is on-street parking for up to 4 hours in some of the streets close to the venue. If you're staying overnight then your hotel or B&B might have parking.

Facilities and Venue Details

Food

Food is not being provided at this meet, but The Brunswick have a bar menu which can be viewed on their website .

Drink

Prices subject to change (although normally rather less expensive than many parts of the country). The pub has its own microbrewery on site and also serves a good range of other cask beers as well as the usual lagers, ciders and "smooth" beers. Drinks will be served from the main bar downstairs.

WiFi

Free WiFi available

Room Layout

Function Room (photos courtesy of DerbyBest).

Function Room as shown on Brunswick Inn web-site

(Photo copied with their permission)

The Meet

Times

Those with laptops for use by the SimSig public, please arrive by 11:30 to set up. If you are fetching your laptop you are advised to set up a separate User Account for the meet so that your personal information and data cannot be accessed. There will be someone at the meet (fingers crossed) who will be able to grant temporary licences if anyone's machine does not have a licence for a sim that is to be used for multiplay and chaining.

Those without laptops, please wait until noon when (hopefully) everything will be ready.

Entrance Fee

There is no charge but donations towards room hire gratefully received. Any surplus will be handed over for general SimSig admin. If you are going to attend, could you please fill in the Derby Meet form (deleted) so that we can advise the Brunswick of the likely demand for bar food. You can see who has already signed up at this link (deleted).

What's Included

Shared access to multiplayer simulations.

Where To Stay

The Smart Aston Court Hotel is very close to both the railway station and the venue.

The Hallmark Inn is a short distance further than the Aston Court.

Please offer other recommendations if you know of further suitable accommodation.

Friday night

Please offer recommendations. Previous years have included a meal at a Mexican restaurant followed by drinks at one or more local pubs.

Saturday night

Normally a good proportion of those attending go on for a curry after the meet. Anything of that nature will be confirmed at the meet

Sunday

There is no visit arranged to date.

What Actually Happened

There was a small but select gathering (8 in total) so the management put us in the Family Parlour free of charge rather than charging us for the hire of the upstairs room. No simulations were run as we were too busy gossiping and putting the world to rights. Things wound down at about 16:30 and people started going off in their various directions.

While it was a very low-key event, it was nice to meet up again and re-establish social contact.

Last edited by GeoffM on 15/09/2016 at 03:00