Fretboard Jams - the future - calling all North and South residents!

guitars4you

I suppose no ideal option for the North that suits all - But taking Scotland out of the question for now, Leeds is well serviced by motorways/access - Manchester and Greater Manchester conurbations + South Yorks area are all only around an hour away, so big populations surrounding the area  - Go further North to say Newcastle and less surrounding population and certainly no one lives East of Newcastle and very little north of there

usedtobe

I'm a miserable northern bastard (on a good day) who doesn't like to travel far, for anything. Why the bloody ell should should I?
 And both Leicester and Leeds are within reach, so Leeds is probably a bit south for north, thanus..
Plus.. it's Leeds!
  

LuttiS

I'd be in for a North one.. I'm North Wales so Manchester area would work nicely for me On the other hand.. North Wales does have North in the title so....

Bridgehouse

LuttiS said:

I'd be in for a North one.. I'm North Wales so Manchester area would work nicely for me On the other hand.. North Wales does have North in the title so....

Yes, I'm a. It concerned that Leeds is a bit East, given Leicester is also East. 

Legionreturns

Bridgehouse said:

LuttiS said:

I'd be in for a North one.. I'm North Wales so Manchester area would work nicely for me On the other hand.. North Wales does have North in the title so....

Yes, I'm a. It concerned that Leeds is a bit East, given Leicester is also East. 

Actually Leeds is quite central. The m62 corridor goes all the way to Hull and that's a good hour and a half East of Leeds. Leeds and Manchester are easily connected by train or car and the majority of trains from Scotland go through either Leeds or York. On that basis, even though it's Dirty Leeds (to give it its full name), it's probably the best location. 

Of course...Huddersfield (my second home!) is right smack in between the two and about as central as it gets  

crunchman

bigjon said:

I think a good reason why the September one took off so quickly is because Leicester is easily accessible from a wide area (eg direct train from Cambridge where I'm based). I'd therefore suggest central rather than West / East, say Oxford or even Watford / Milton Keynes rather than Swindon or Bristol.

I'd potentially be interested in the Southern one, and in the Northern one if it's in Leeds, as my folks live there :-)

I wouldn't regard Swindon as West.  According to Google, it's 228 miles from Penzance and only 164 miles from Dover so you could argue that it's more East than West.  As for Milton Keynes or Watford, they are definitely East not central.

If anyone does want to come from the South-West proper (Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset), Swindon is definitely easier to get to than Oxford.  It would also be easier for anyone who wants to come from South Wales as it's straight along the M4.  Someone coming from Kent/Sussex wouldn't have to spend as long on the M25 either which has got to be a good thing.

It's also likely to be significantly cheaper than Oxford.

BigMonka

Legionreturns said:

Bridgehouse said:

LuttiS said:

I'd be in for a North one.. I'm North Wales so Manchester area would work nicely for me On the other hand.. North Wales does have North in the title so....

Yes, I'm a. It concerned that Leeds is a bit East, given Leicester is also East. 

Actually Leeds is quite central. The m62 corridor goes all the way to Hull and that's a good hour and a half East of Leeds. Leeds and Manchester are easily connected by train or car and the majority of trains from Scotland go through either Leeds or York. On that basis, even though it's Dirty Leeds (to give it its full name), it's probably the best location. 

Of course...Huddersfield (my second home!) is right smack in between the two and about as central as it gets  

I'd be up for Leeds but somewhere like Huddersfield or Halifax might be more convenient for the Manchester/North Wales crew than Leeds?
I'm in York, and these places are definitely in the North (saying that as someone who grew up down in Bournemouth ;-) )

LuttiS

BigMonka said:

I'd be up for Leeds but somewhere like Huddersfield or Halifax might be more convenient for the Manchester/North Wales crew than Leeds?
I'm in York, and these places are definitely in the North (saying that as someone who grew up down in Bournemouth ;-) )

My first crew!

Legionreturns

BigMonka said:

Legionreturns said:

Bridgehouse said:

LuttiS said:

I'd be in for a North one.. I'm North Wales so Manchester area would work nicely for me On the other hand.. North Wales does have North in the title so....

Yes, I'm a. It concerned that Leeds is a bit East, given Leicester is also East. 

Actually Leeds is quite central. The m62 corridor goes all the way to Hull and that's a good hour and a half East of Leeds. Leeds and Manchester are easily connected by train or car and the majority of trains from Scotland go through either Leeds or York. On that basis, even though it's Dirty Leeds (to give it its full name), it's probably the best location. 

Of course...Huddersfield (my second home!) is right smack in between the two and about as central as it gets  

I'd be up for Leeds but somewhere like Huddersfield or Halifax might be more convenient for the Manchester/North Wales crew than Leeds?
I'm in York, and these places are definitely in the North (saying that as someone who grew up down in Bournemouth ;-) )

Ahhh Halifax! I've whiled away many a summers eve, perched on Saddleworth Moor, listening to the soft ambient sound of police sirens and watching the gentle glow of car fires  

crunchman

For those up North, I did my PGCE in Leeds so I spent a year there and feel semi-qualified to butt in.  Given that it's on the M1, it would be easier for those coming from places like Newcastle.  You are also more likely to get people coming up from places like Nottingham and Derby, although I realise they will be Southern Softies to the proper Northerners.

I actually did my main teaching practice in a small town called Cleckheaton that is about 13 miles West of Leeds on the M62.  Somewhere like that might be a decent compromise for those in cars.  Public transport was rubbish though.

Legionreturns

Cleckheaton is basically Huddersfield, where there are several decent studios plus I could likely borrow a church or a barn if we wanted to keep costs down. My outlaws have a farm. We'd have beef and bbq facilities  

LuttiS

Legionreturns said:

Cleckheaton is basically Huddersfield, where there are several decent studios plus I could likely borrow a church or a barn if we wanted to keep costs down. My outlaws have a farm. We'd have beef and bbq facilities  

+ horsey rides?

Jalapeno

Swindon is about as far west we could go before it became a West-Country Jam - it's still quite a haul from London based peeps (or worse still North,South or East of London).

paulnb57

Jalapeno said:

Swindon is about as far west we could go before it became a West-Country Jam - it's still quite a haul from London based peeps (or worse still North,South or East of London).

Not as big of a haul as I would have! 
3 hours including an eighty quid ferry crossing.......Swinedon appears well served by major roads

crunchman

Jalapeno said:

Swindon is about as far west we could go before it became a West-Country Jam - it's still quite a haul from London based peeps (or worse still North,South or East of London).

As someone who grew up in Devon, it's not proper West Country until you are SW of Bristol.

I live in London now, so further East would be more convenient for me, but I think somewhere reasonably central along the M4 would be the best option.  If you go further East you will lose people from the SW and from South Wales.

m_c

Leeds is not North!

How many of us from north of the border are interested?
Newcastle is a bit of a pain to get too from the north. Would somewhere around Carlisle/cumbria work?

Nikko

Leeds is about 3 and a half hours North of where I live, so its QUITE North

crunchman

Leeds is North enough that you have days in the winter where it just doesn't seem to get light.

m_c

Leeds is about 4 hours south for me!
Bloody southern shandy drinkers who think the north starts at Watford gap.

BigMonka

Legionreturns said:

Cleckheaton is basically Huddersfield, where there are several decent studios plus I could likely borrow a church or a barn if we wanted to keep costs down. My outlaws have a farm. We'd have beef and bbq facilities  

Now we're talking!!