Cambridge, Sunday July 25 2010
After the undoubted success of our earlier ventures, we’re going to head off up river again on Sunday July 25
The Invite
You are invited to PuntCon VI: The Undiscovered Country, or the eighth great geek punt picnic, to take place on or about the River Cam on the afternoon of Sunday July 25th 2010. We will be heading upriver rather than along the backs – more picnic places, fewer tourists.
As before, turn up outside the Mill public house on Mill Lane between 1200 and 1230. We will head off between 1230 and 1300 – if you are late you can walk up river and catch us as we don’t punt very fast!
Bring something to drink and something to eat.
I will provide bread, plates, cutlery, glasses and more food/drink
We will take as many punts as we need [one for every six people] and head up river to a convenient picnic place [eg Grantchester Meadows] where we will eat/drink/carouse.
We normally get back around 1800. Those heading back to the station can be dropped at a bridge within walking distance.
Post punting we have the option of retiring to the pub and letting Sunday evening happen around us.
How Much
There is no registration fee or indeed any other cost. Bring food and drink and entertainment. Punt cost will be split between all comers – works out around a tenner per person. Infants are not expected to contribute.
Why PuntCon?
Conferences are fun, but don’t have ducklings. Or champagne. So the legendary Geek Punt Picnic has morphed into PuntCon, the Cambridge leg of the alternative conference circuit.
In keeping with tradition there will be no talks, no presentations, no agenda and nothing to disturb the quiet delights of the river on a Sunday afternoon. But apart from that, it’s a conference and therefore probably tax-deductible.
What happened in previous years?
This Flickr photoset should give you all the information needed.
The RSVP
Let me know if you’re up for it, but come along even if you didn’t. Bring friends as the event is scalable – let me know approx numbers if you can be bothered. Email me at bill@andfinally.com for more. If you use Facebook then there is also an event page.
The Invitees
Please feel free to invite other people – it’s a big river and there are lots of punts. It would be nice (but is by no means essential) if I had a rough idea of numbers in advance so I know how much bread to get, but there’s a Sainsburys five minutes walk away anyway…
How to Get There
The event takes place at Scudamore’s Boatyard, at the corner of Mill Lane and Granta Place, Cambridge.
