Sunday 28 July 2013

#EastMidsMeetUp

Yes, another meet up... 




If you follow me on Twitter, you will have seen a few tweets about a Meet Up I am organising for East Midlands based Bloggers. Now, the reason for this is that I feel Midland Bloggers, especially East Midland based Bloggers, miss out on events due to people that don't actually live in the Midlands, travelling to attend them. I have no problem with that but if it means that we miss out on places at events because of it, then it's not fair. So, with this Meet up, there are requirements that you need to meet. 

You need to live in a 30 (35 pushing it) mile radius of Derby City Centre (this is where the Meet Up will take place). If you don't know whether that's you, I have popped a map/list below of all the places that would count:



 Buxton, Great Britain is 30 miles away 

 Great Glen, Great Britain is 30 miles away 

Stafford, Great Britain is 30 miles away 

 Stoke On Trent, Great Britain is 30 miles away 
Stoke-on-trent, Great Britain is 30 miles away 
 Worksop, Great Britain is 30 miles away 
 Stone, Great Britain is 29 miles away 
 Sutton Coldfield, Great Britain is 29 miles away 
 New Ollerton, Great Britain is 28 miles away 
 Wishaw, Great Britain is 28 miles away 
 Hinckley, Great Britain is 27 miles away 
 Melton Mowbray, Great Britain is 27 miles away 
 Leicester, Great Britain is 24 miles away 
 Lichfield, Great Britain is 24 miles away 
Southwell, Great Britain is 24 miles away 
Atherstone, Great Britain is 23 miles away 
 Chesterfield, Great Britain is 22 miles away 
 Near Tamworth, Great Britain is 22 miles away 
Nuneaton, Great Britain is 22 miles away 
 Tamworth, Great Britain is 21 miles away 
 Market Bosworth, Great Britain is 20 miles away 
 Leicecster, Great Britain is 19 miles away 
 Mansfield, Great Britain is 19 miles away 
 Markfield, Great Britain is 17 miles away 
 Appleby Magna, Great Britain is 16 miles away 
 Matlock, Great Britain is 16 miles away 
 Arnold, Great Britain is 14 miles away 
Coalville, Great Britain is 14 miles away 
Loughborough, Great Britain is 14 miles away 
 Ashbourne, Great Britain is 13 miles away 
 Nottingham, Great Britain is 12 miles away 
Ruddington, Great Britain is 12 miles away 
 Ashby-de-la-zouch, Great Britain is 11 miles away 
Burton-on-trent, Great Britain is 9 miles away 
 Burton On Trent, Great Britain is 8 miles away 
Belper, Great Britain is 7 miles away 
Castle Donington, Great Britain is 7 miles away 
 Derby Nottingham, Great Britain is 5 miles away 

Below are the places just over 30 miles that will get 2nd priority over places:

 Albrighton, Great Britain is 40 miles away 
 Kenilworth, Great Britain is 40 miles away 
 Rugby, Great Britain is 40 miles away 
 Sandbach, Great Britain is 40 miles away 
 Glaston, Uppingham, Great Britain is 39 miles away 
 Disley, Great Britain is 38 miles away 
Macclesfield, Great Britain is 38 miles away 
Tettenhall Wood, Great Britain is 38 miles away 
 Uppingham, Great Britain is 38 miles away 
 Market Harborough, Great Britain is 37 miles away
 Retford, Great Britain is 35 miles away 
 Coventry, Great Britain is 34 miles away 

 Oakham, Great Britain is 34 miles away 

Rotherham, Great Britain is 34 miles away 

 Birmingham, Great Britain is 33 miles away 
 Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Great Britain is 33 miles away 
Sheffield, Great Britain is 32 miles away 
 Walsall, Great Britain is 32 miles away


Overall, I think (to be confirmed) there will be 30 available places so priority will firstly go to those who live within the proximity, then to those who live over 30 miles and then to anyone else, providing there are spaces left of course. 

It will be a chance for local bloggers to meet up, shop, have a bite to eat and hopefully, learn some new things about companies in Derby! The day is 'under construction' at the moment but I have lots of ideas as to what to do. I am hoping it will be held on the weekend of 30th November/1st December so you could class it as a little Blogger Christmas Party! Timings again, are to be confirmed but i'm thinking about 12-7pm? including eating and shopping. 

If you are interested and would like to be involved, please email me with your postcode or area that you live so I can double check you meet the criteria and I will send you a confirmation email back! 

If you don't live in the designated area but would still like to come along, you can still email me and I will add you to a reserve list. This will be first come first serve so that if I have spaces left, the people that got in touch first will take priority over those spaces. 

If you have any questions, feel free to email me! 



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