I am a member and cannot go becuase I am travelling. Can I give you my spots? The pics are fabulous and I would love to come really, so I would have said yes if I were here.

Thanks that is really nice of you, but Grumpy fixed it for me to go with 7 guests

Good idea for an event, i am a tad snowed under atm so its a 'maybe' for now. Let you know nearer the time.

This sounds ace!! Been far too long since I had some British ale and I think Jenny's Wren will be the one from me as it has Kentish ingredients! Whoop whoop!!

Last train, Terry?

If im going you are welcome to a lift there and back.

(as is anyone else in the zug area)

Someone open a pie shop in Lausanne pleeeeeease!!

Pie's Good, Cheese Good, Ale Good, EF Good - Who woudln't want to be there!!!

In that case, especially for you, JW will be the draught ale. For those who think Kentish is just a misspelling for simply unacceptable behaviour, there will be 3K Best Bitter, Dark Peter London Porter, and a tasty but still experimental Mild so new it hasn't got a name, all in bottles.

You legend, thank you very much!!!!

For those that didn't know.... Spiffing Ales is the baby of Swiss Bob. As well as the 30 odd EF'ers (or even 40 at this rate) that look like coming, I have about another 20 people and the Pie Shop will have their own guests so it looks like being a lively night. It doesn't look like Bob will be able to supply enough beer for the whole evening though so we may be bringing in a few barrels of Rappi Gold from the Rappi Bier Factory. There will also be wine and soft drinks of course......

And if you can't make it to the Pie Shop, don't forget we are hosting the Ultimate Ploughmans at the Rapperswil Brewery on the Saturday afternoon / early evening.

mmmmm RappiGold. Is there anything it cannot cure?

...a hangover. I tried it Sunday morning.

Just a reminder that this is happening this Thursday night and the weather forecast at the moment is good!

If you are a Maybe and know for sure if you are coming on not, would you mind changing your setting so we can try to gauge final numbers? If you're still a Maybe, no problem but hope you can make it.

The up-dated food selection is:

Mini Cornish & Veggie Pasties and some other mini pies that the 2 girls at the Pie Shop are working on as we speak (they will be making plenty). Chilled broccoli & Stilton soup and mini Welsh Rarebits (with plenty of real English mustard - finalised the recipes last night and they are really yummy) and plenty of real British Farmhouse cheese nibbles with oat cakes and other crackers, namely:

Colston Basset Blue Stilton
Montgomery's Mature Cheddar
Godminster Organic Waxed Cheddar
Woolsery Goat from Dorset,
Mature Hawes Wensleydale
Sparkenhoe Red Leicester
Blue Shropshire (new in and just fantastic)
Isle of Mull Cheddar
Cornish Yarg

Remember, your first drink (beer or wine) and all the above nibbles are included in the 15 Fr entry. There will be plenty of beer at the bar including Rappi Gold if Bob sells out. There will also be some cheese and pies on sale to take home as well.

See you all Thursday!

I treated my colleagues to some whiskey port and pies (from the pie shop) recently - the pies were seriously good.

Unfortunately I'm on my way to Corsica with two young ladies at that time so enjoy (the pies - not my absence)

In your new red sports car?

Barbra.

Speaking of pies....

Just a reminder - tonight's the night. The beer is there, the pies are there, and soon the cheese and me will be there!

weather forecast is good, see you all tonight

EDIT: And for all who keep asking, the puppy will not be there. Puppies & Pies do not mix.

Perfect day for it...

But then again, which day is not perfect for pies and beer?

Looking forward to tonight, should be there at about 6.45

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!

Well, that'd be Saturday, as there's the Ultimate Ploughman's lunch.