PostingBlog Fest

Guineapigmum, Erica from Littlemummy and I all met for a successful coffee and chat yesterday at one of my favourite childhood haunts, Victor Hugo's delicatessen, after Guineapigmum noticed a jokey comment here about setting up a Blog Fest to run alongside the several other festivals in Edinburgh in August and suggested we meet up.

Erica and I already know each other; we have children almost the same age, and have enjoyed meeting up a couple of times in the Botanic Gardens to chat about blogging and the delights (or challenges) of looking after our toddlers. Guineapigmum and I have swapped comments on each others' sites, but yesterday was the first time we met in person, and I'm glad to say we all had a good time chatting about the important things in life - like being mums, our children and blogging - before taking the younger children over to the swing park together.

It was great to meet up in person, encourage each other, swap tips and find out how we all make time to write postings while working and looking after families (I'm writing this as Beanie has her mid-morning nap, and the sound of her coughing means I'll have to end soon). Many thanks to Guineapigmum for taking the initiative to suggest it.

Yesterday made us all think it'd be great to get more of us bloggers together more frequently. Who knows? Perhaps in time we'll have a proper blog fest - and get to meet in person lots of lovely fellow bloggers from around the country! Keep an eye out for details of future get-togethers.

Posted 10 August 2007 10:57

Edinburgh Festival Blogging Friends

Comments

Erica said:

I'm definitely up for that :)

Posted 10 August 2007 15:33

Mother at Large said:

Thanks, Erica.

Posted 10 August 2007 16:06

DJ Kirkby said:

I would lOVE a get together, work and children allowing! How fabulous. Perhaps we could all meet up at a Centre Parcs type venue for a long weekend so we don't have to give up on family time? N3S coughs as he begins to wake alos, how odd, do all children do this or does The Bean have a cold?

Posted 10 August 2007 16:44

Flowerpot said:

Great idea Mother, though Edinburgh and Cornwall are some way away!!

Posted 10 August 2007 17:25

21st Century Mummy said:

Wah eh! A Blogfest...now that is definitely a must ;-D

Posted 10 August 2007 18:27

IngeniousRose said:

Oh my goodness, DJ Kirkby's suggestion is perfect - Centre Parcs Sherwood Forest is just down the road from me! It's a central location and would be perfect for a Blog Fest. But how would we know who was who?

Posted 10 August 2007 23:22

Absolutely Bananas said:

I want to go to the Edinburgh blogfest!!!!! I need to get someone to sponsor me for the trip. Seattle to Edinburgh... it's not THAT expensive, right?! :)

Posted 11 August 2007 04:56

DJ Kirkby said:

Lol, IR.... good point... erm....we'd arrange to met in a cafe? With name tags on? but I'd need about a year to save as there are five of us! Last time it cost us £700 to stay for 4 days during Feb half term at longleat.

Posted 11 August 2007 07:56

Mother at Large said:

DJ, family holiday/blog fest sounds like fun. No, don't think so, Beanie has cold at moment.



Flowerpot, no, they're not! Tis but a quick mouse click from Edinburgh to Cornwall (in the blogosphere, anyway). :)



21st CM, will put your name down.



IR, good point. Name badges are too corporate for me. We'd find a way...



AB, we would love to see you.



DJ, could Chopper look after the family?

Posted 11 August 2007 10:46

mid-lifer said:

As some of you will know, I'm always up for a get-together of any kind...but Edinburgh/ i even find London a struggle.



Maybe we should have regional blogfests. Anyone on the Hants/Surrey/Berks borders??

Posted 11 August 2007 11:30

Mother at Large said:

Go you Hants/Surrey/Berks bloggers, Midlifer!

Posted 11 August 2007 12:22

DJ Kirkby said:

No, well yes but I don't go away overnight without number 3 son for obvious reasons the main one being that he couldnt cope with the change inr outine of having only one parent there at bedtime. I get too little family time anyway, would prefer combining it with a family hol if at all poss.

Posted 12 August 2007 11:36

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