The 2014 Linux Bier Wanderung

The 2014 LBW is planned for 20th–26th July 2014 in the village of Talybont-on-Usk, Wales.

Our registration site is now up, please register!

What is the LBW?

LBW is a week-long event which takes place in a different European country each summer, drawing together Open Source software enthusiasts from more than a dozen different countries, for a combination of talks, presentations, hands-on mini-projects, outdoor exercise, and good food and drink. If you're new to LBW, we have more information about LBW here.

If you would like to come, please register and get in touch.

We have a hall

We have booked a hall in Talybont-on-Usk, Henderson Hall. The hall is a flexible space, with a concertina divider across the middle, and between the hall and adjacent meeting room to which we also have access. There is even a stage!

There is a kitchen adjacent to the meeting room. It has two kettles and a water boiler, so we will be well supplied for tea. There is a dishwasher, so no excuse for leaving unwashed crockery! We are able to use the kitchen for making hot drinks all week. We have negotiated to use it for cooking proper on one day for pot-luck, and also to support are barbecue on Friday.

The kitchen may also be used for cooking your evening meal provided you donate £5 per person per day.

Technology wise, we have a 6Mbs^-1 Internet connection, data projector with screen, stereo sound system. A DVD player is set up ready to use.

The exterior of the hall. View looking out of the hall. A small part of the hall, showing the stage, meeting room, and serving hatch into kitchen.

Fields

There are fields and a children's playground with swings and roundabouts adjacent to the hall, owned by the Talybont on Usk parish council. We need get in touch with them if we'd like to do anything on the fields.

We have a village

Talybont-on-Usk, an agreeable village in Wales. It has a CAMRA award winning pub, a canal, a river, and the Brecon Beacons National Park almost on top of you. The village is also called Tal-y-bont ar Wysg in Welsh.

There is a free (for UK debit cards) cash machine at the post office. Post Office (Swyddfa'r Post Cyf) opening hours are Monday to Saturday, 09:00 to 13:00. There is another cash machine at the village shop which demands fees.

Pubs

Talybont-on-Usk has four pubs, all marked on this map.

The Star Inn, where we had an agreeable meal while scouting.
The Usk Inn.
The Travellers. It's unclear if this is actually a pub. It may be merely an ambitious restaurant that requires booking.
The White Hart Inn, which has an attached four-star bunk house. I don't really understand how stars ratings can apply to a bunk house, but I'm sure it can't be a bad thing. Scouting found a wide selections of ales and ciders, including those from Rhymney, Felinfoel, Raglan, Westons, Thatchers, Fosters and others.

Other good pubs are a pleasant walk away,

A couple of kilometres down the road is Pencelli, where the Royal Oak (map) may be found. Beer garden, good food, etc. This pub is particularly recommended by us should there be a power cut following a storm.
Nearby in Groesffordd, there is the Three Horseshoes Inn (map), serving food, real ales and ciders.
Further away in Llanfrynach there is the White Swan (map). This place was closed while we were scouting. It looks like it might be a bit foody.

Weather

The sky is blue altho it is sometimes grey. The BBC have a forecast as do the Norwegians and the Chinese. Note that with all the hills and mountains around, forecasts may not be as reliable as you might wish. There is a mountain forecast of unknown provenance.

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