Well people… the Willow Walk pub, Victoria, London, from 1pm onwards on Sunday, 3rd January. Try and make it if at all possible for you, as it shall be my last meeting…well, at least for a few years or so.

I hope to see you there!

Just a quick update on the next meet-up details…

- Found a better page for the pub details: http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/pubs/pub-details.php?PubNumber=1169 (it’s “official page);
- According to this page, the pub is open until 11:30 pm on Sunday, by which time we’d probably all be ready to go home anyway. I’m still going to maintain the suggestion of starting a bit earlier, if anything for the sake of any of you people with work to do the following morning!

Hi all,

Looks like we’ve pretty much settled on a date for the meet next monh, so I’m putting forth that the next Shining Only UK meet will be on Sunday January 3rd at The Willow Walk, London (i.e. the same place as previous London meets, more info here: http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/48/489/Willow_Walk/Victoria).

I’ll take this opportunity to add that, as stated in previous posts, this will also be a send-off bash for Alpha before he moves overseas, and a thanks for the work he’s done to set up this site and help getting the meets started and arranged.

As it’s a Sunday, and I’m not entirely sure how long they’re open until on Sundays, I’m going to suggest we start the meet-up from around 1-2pm in case we have to leave earlier than usual (from my experience Wetherspoons are open for a while into Sunday evenings, but I’ve never been there long enough to know their Sunday quitting times). Of course, don’t feel obliged to be there that early feel – free to turn up at whatever time’s convenient for you!

Hi all,

I know this is fairly close to the time, but due to some folks’s unavailability and/or fund issues, it’s pretty much gone down that the Christmas meet (planned for either the 5th or 12th of December) won’t be happening as planned.

Rather than hold it early in December, we’re going to be pushing it back to the start of January, either on Sunday the 3rd or Saturday the 9th of January; I’m already aware that some people – myself inluded – may have problems with one or the other of these dates, but we want to get a meet in that Alpha can attend before he moves abroad, and these seem to be the only viable dates before then.

A good (GMT) evening to all! I proudly present the Shining Only UK website to you, now as a subdomain of Shining Force Central itself! The move was swift thanks to the beauty of WordPress. In addition to this, Swalchy has been working for hours (with me offering criticisms and design ideas) coding the new theme that you can see.

A big thanks therefore to Moogie, for the use of some of her webspace and art skills (the head banner was done by her), and to Swalchy for his PHP, XHTML & CSS work. That’s all for now, stay tuned!

G’day all! I have inserted the photos from the last meeting into the Media page. I have also put the provisional details for the next meeting into the Meetings page.

Now I must continue to work on the new layout design. That’s all for now!

Hi everyone,

First of all, a quick thank you message to all the folks who came along the Liverpool meet earlier in the month, ’twas a blast. Hopefully Alpha can pop the photos into the media section sooner or later.

Now the main headline – we’re planning on getting another meet in before the end of the year, back at The Willow Walk near London Victoria. We’re still confirming a date, but chances are it’ll be one of the first three Saturdays of December (i.e. the 5th, 12th or 19th). Any folks wanting to come along but have preferences on which dates they can make it to are welcome to leave comments.

Well, all, here’s the info you’ve been waiting for! We have decided the location our next meeting will be held at. It’s the Ship & Mitre Pub in Liverpool.  See its website here: http://www.shipandmitre.co.uk/

The easier way to get there is from Moorfield, if you’re coming from Merseyside trains, or Liverpool Lime Street station for everywhere else.

We’ll be aiming to get there mid afternoon, and stay until the evening I expect.  Hope to see you there!

‘Lo all, Culley in da house.

Thought we should let you know just when and where the next Shining Only UK meet is planned.

We’ve pretty much confirmed that we will be meeting on Saturday 5th September; whilst we haven’t fully decided on an exact location, we’ll be meeting in Liverpool – probably a decent pub that’s somewhere close to the station. As for times, we’re working on the basis of early afternoon until whatever time those of us who are stopping in Liverpool attempt to find our way to whatever lodgings we’ve booked. Folks are welcome to arrive later in the day or leave earlier if necessary – being able to turn up is the main thing, even if you can’t stop for the whole afternoon.

What will we be doing, I hear you ask? For the most part, it’ll probably be a general social meet and chat, as many of us will be meeting in person for the first time. You’re welcome to bring along any Shining series bits and pieces as a sort of “show and tell” – I’ll be bringing along some of the doujins and bits that I got from the Japan Shining Onlys and have been bringing to the London meets. You’re also welcome to make and sell/give away your own fan-made Shining wares. And I’ll also throw in that it doesn’t have to be Shining related, though it is preferred – the name is meant to be Shining Only!

Once we’ve confirmed the details, they’ll be posted on the official meetings page.

Search bar and the option to register have been added. The former will in all likelihood become more useful once more stuff is up. The latter will allow anybody interested to in essence, subscribe and be informed whenever new content is up.

I’m also currently working on the design for the site. Once that’s done, Swalch can get some coding done and we’ll have a makeover. That’s all for now!