This is the hotel that 5 of us stayed at in April:
http://www.ibishotel.com/ibis/fichehotel/gb/ibi/3142/fiche_hotel.shtml
It's 5 mins walk and has a 24-hour cafe so you can have a mean tuna melt panini and hot chocolate at 3.30am! It's a really new hotel as well so it's nice and clean and tidy.
As for recognition, there's a few photo sites so even if we've not met (which many of us have) we recognise people from there. He's mine of people from the April S&G:
http://lou.fotopic.net/show_collection.php?id=17961
If you want to say hi to me I can introduce you to everyone else. You can't miss me - I'm 6 ft, have f***-off big black boots and will probably be the loudest one there (assuming Girl Unafraid's not going). If you want to send me a photo my email's above.
There's no karaoke but there damn well should be!
See you there!
GDx
> Just after that, I'm off to China for two weeks, so I'll need me fix.
> What's the nearest hotel? I mean, I'm only 40 miles away over the Pennines
> but you can't drive back, right?
> It will be my first time at the Star & Garter but I'm so looking
> forward to it - at least this time I have a chance.
> What's the deal with folk from this board by the way? Do I turn up with a
> lapel badge saying "hello, my name is UncleSkinny" or summat So
> folk know who I am and so I know who others are?
> Cheer me up folks, I really need it. By the way, will there be any
> Smiths/Moz Karaoke? I do a killer Hairdresser On Fire!
> UncleSk/Peter Finan