Any idea of how many people will be going on Saturday? If there is going to be more than 30 I am prepared to give it a miss. The coronavirus situation is looking very bleak at the moment and where I live is still under restrictions regarding meeting other people in their home or garden.

I very much regret that I don't think I will be able to make it ... I am out during the daytime and not likely to be back to later .... If I turn up I only count as half a person anyway

We're still up for this, let us know if you need help sorting things as the week progresses..

It is with a very heavy heart that I am going to have to cancel this weekend, mainly due to hostility of some of the neighbours because of the rise in New cases plus some other issues.
We could plan to do it in a month's time or leave it until spring, most of the preparation is done,so could pick it up easily.
One problem is that I have to collect the pig tomorrow as it has already been slaughtered, I can freeze it but will have to cut it up to get it in the freezer, may have to be a modified spit roast,but suppose it will taste the same.
I would appreciate any feedback about changing the date.

Sorry about the lack of notice but I was hoping things would sort themselves out.

Sorry to hear about this, Doug. It is impossible to make plans at a time like this and I fully understand your decision. I was unsure about whether or not I should come myself due to the situation. I am not working next Thursday (the 17th) so I will be along for the weekly trip (coronavirus permitting).
I suggest leaving it until May next year, remember the brilliant weather we had in May this year and hopefully we will have a vaccine by then.

Freeze the pig and think about it again next year some time ....

no worries Doug, thanks for all the effort put in.

Les has suggested doing it for the AGM sounds like a plan to me, what do you think.

Sorry to hear this Doug. Fuckin' neighbours! Cheers for all the effort you have put in.

Doug wrote:

We may not have an AGM .. certainly there isn't one planned at the moment. The way the country seems to be floundering in a wash of viral effluent, it may be some while before we can organise it.

Don't worry over it Doug ... let the dust settle then unfreeze the pig

Why don't you just not invite the neighbours then it's got nothing to do with them, just you. Just a thought

Gutted for you Doug. Lots of hard work already put in by the sounds of it.

I couldn't have made it anyway (offshore) but i'm now in for a chance of making whatever the revised date might be

timwatts wrote:
Find out when you are onshore during the spring (April/May). Hopefully the virus will be in retreat by then, we will have a vaccine and we usually get good weather then.

Sorry to hear Doug was looking forward to it, need a plan for next one

The best days weather since the end of July, bloody typical.