The Bosworth Jump - Information
Dear all,
The Bosworth Jump will soon be upon us! Are you excited?
You should have received an email with all the attachments - however if you have not, at least you can check the information here. If you have any queries please don't hesitate to email me.
Our Chief of Security asks that you please ensure you have all required belongings with you, we don’t want any disasters in the FOD-Plod or even the POD-Plod!¹ Our Chief of Merchandise asks – WHICH of Jodi’s Books would you like us to bring along to the Jump – it would be really helpful to know which books you might be interested in purchasing, so that we can ensure those books are brought along for you. Please reply by email to [email protected] or [email protected].
We are running a contest – for which we’d like you (if you wish) to design your own coat of arms (it can be amusing, in fact amusing is better) – we provided a template on the website, but we’ve also attached it to the email. If you have artistic flair and wish to colour it in and do it by hand, that’s fine, but you can also design one digitally which we’d like you to print off and bring with you. These will be judged at the event. The prizes are as follows: 1st Prize - £50 Voucher plus signed and dated copy of the book, 2nd Prize £30 Voucher, 3rd Prize £20 Voucher. The 1st and 2nd place winners have also been reserved a seat on Jodi’s table for the evening meal.
We have put you into groups for the Walk or Talk at the battlefield, but unless you are meeting us at the Battlefield, please come to the Hotel and we will depart from there. Those who’ve offered lifts to those coming by public transport (or to reduce number of cars) please then make yourselves known and those seeking lifts form an orderly queue! There is a charge of approximately £2.50 for parking at the Battlefield which is outside of our control – so the less cars that go down there, the cheaper it will be. (There is a new car park meter installed together with new variable car park tariffs).
The walking groups are due at the Battlefield at 10.30, 12,30 and 3.30 and the seated talk is at 2pm.
There is a café at the Visitor Centre at the Battlefield, and we have warned them that Disaster Magnets may be descending upon them, however, tea, coffee and biscuits will be served at the Hotel during the course of the afternoon.
The evening meal will commence at 7pm, which will give you time to freshen up after your walk. The main event room will be open all day, you are all allocated to tables, and there are sofas around the outside should you wish to meet up with old friends and new during the afternoon. Books and other merchandise will be on sale during the afternoon in the main Event Room (The Britannia Suite). There is a BAR in the Event room, although the hotel has other bars, and areas, should you prefer.²
For those of you in Wheelchairs, the Event Space is upstairs, but there is an accessible lift, which will unfortunately only take one wheelchair plus a carer at a time.
Something which we weren’t aware of when we booked this event at this particular hotel, but only discovered during our second visit to the venue, is that the breakfast room has a step up to the food area. If you are in a wheelchair or struggle with a step, there are servers who will get your food for you. However, we’re all part of the Jodiworld Family and so many of you are wonderfully helpful that we’re sure there will be many helpers willing to help those who have accessibility issues. The hotel is old unfortunately – we are taking this on board for future events and may have to discard ambience and history for more easily accessible venues.³
Attached is an aerial view of the hotel showing where the parking is – if you are severely disabled, you would be best to park behind the hotel near to the Event Space – as that’s the least distance to have to wheel. We will do registration in the main Event room.
Also attached is a map of the Battlefield walk – indicating the parking.
If you would like to go to the separate indoor Visitor Centre there is a charge, which we were not able to include in our ticket price. But if you go as a group of 10 of you, there’s a significant discount.
Finally – If you’ve managed to get this far in the email, give yourselves a pat on the back! Don’t forget to bring your Coat of Arms along (template attached if you need it) – there is a significant prize for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places! We will be judging them during the afternoon of the event.
¹ It is an outdoor event in England, in June, so it’s probably best to bring shorts, t-shirt, sun-cream as well as an umbrella, sou’wester, and wellies!
² We have asked for Margaritas, they have said they will do their best to ensure we have them, these may only be available in the Event Room Bar.
³ We are so sorry about this – but hey, the Convention next year will have 44 Accessible rooms!!
The Bosworth Jump will soon be upon us! Are you excited?
You should have received an email with all the attachments - however if you have not, at least you can check the information here. If you have any queries please don't hesitate to email me.
Our Chief of Security asks that you please ensure you have all required belongings with you, we don’t want any disasters in the FOD-Plod or even the POD-Plod!¹ Our Chief of Merchandise asks – WHICH of Jodi’s Books would you like us to bring along to the Jump – it would be really helpful to know which books you might be interested in purchasing, so that we can ensure those books are brought along for you. Please reply by email to [email protected] or [email protected].
We are running a contest – for which we’d like you (if you wish) to design your own coat of arms (it can be amusing, in fact amusing is better) – we provided a template on the website, but we’ve also attached it to the email. If you have artistic flair and wish to colour it in and do it by hand, that’s fine, but you can also design one digitally which we’d like you to print off and bring with you. These will be judged at the event. The prizes are as follows: 1st Prize - £50 Voucher plus signed and dated copy of the book, 2nd Prize £30 Voucher, 3rd Prize £20 Voucher. The 1st and 2nd place winners have also been reserved a seat on Jodi’s table for the evening meal.
We have put you into groups for the Walk or Talk at the battlefield, but unless you are meeting us at the Battlefield, please come to the Hotel and we will depart from there. Those who’ve offered lifts to those coming by public transport (or to reduce number of cars) please then make yourselves known and those seeking lifts form an orderly queue! There is a charge of approximately £2.50 for parking at the Battlefield which is outside of our control – so the less cars that go down there, the cheaper it will be. (There is a new car park meter installed together with new variable car park tariffs).
The walking groups are due at the Battlefield at 10.30, 12,30 and 3.30 and the seated talk is at 2pm.
There is a café at the Visitor Centre at the Battlefield, and we have warned them that Disaster Magnets may be descending upon them, however, tea, coffee and biscuits will be served at the Hotel during the course of the afternoon.
The evening meal will commence at 7pm, which will give you time to freshen up after your walk. The main event room will be open all day, you are all allocated to tables, and there are sofas around the outside should you wish to meet up with old friends and new during the afternoon. Books and other merchandise will be on sale during the afternoon in the main Event Room (The Britannia Suite). There is a BAR in the Event room, although the hotel has other bars, and areas, should you prefer.²
For those of you in Wheelchairs, the Event Space is upstairs, but there is an accessible lift, which will unfortunately only take one wheelchair plus a carer at a time.
Something which we weren’t aware of when we booked this event at this particular hotel, but only discovered during our second visit to the venue, is that the breakfast room has a step up to the food area. If you are in a wheelchair or struggle with a step, there are servers who will get your food for you. However, we’re all part of the Jodiworld Family and so many of you are wonderfully helpful that we’re sure there will be many helpers willing to help those who have accessibility issues. The hotel is old unfortunately – we are taking this on board for future events and may have to discard ambience and history for more easily accessible venues.³
Attached is an aerial view of the hotel showing where the parking is – if you are severely disabled, you would be best to park behind the hotel near to the Event Space – as that’s the least distance to have to wheel. We will do registration in the main Event room.
Also attached is a map of the Battlefield walk – indicating the parking.
If you would like to go to the separate indoor Visitor Centre there is a charge, which we were not able to include in our ticket price. But if you go as a group of 10 of you, there’s a significant discount.
Finally – If you’ve managed to get this far in the email, give yourselves a pat on the back! Don’t forget to bring your Coat of Arms along (template attached if you need it) – there is a significant prize for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places! We will be judging them during the afternoon of the event.
¹ It is an outdoor event in England, in June, so it’s probably best to bring shorts, t-shirt, sun-cream as well as an umbrella, sou’wester, and wellies!
² We have asked for Margaritas, they have said they will do their best to ensure we have them, these may only be available in the Event Room Bar.
³ We are so sorry about this – but hey, the Convention next year will have 44 Accessible rooms!!