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I was thrilled with HH2 so please excuse the following raving.

First some highly deserved thanks in chronological order:

Thanks Nick for organizing this from the Hiker side. I appreciate that the coordination work, information posting, and question organizing took a lot of work. You did a tremendous job without which I don`t think this could have happened.

Thanks Philip for organizing the breakfast and paying for the “foreigners”. I really appreciated easing into the intense discussions and meeting a few hikers in person before I was engulfed by the swarm.

Thanks to the Meridian management for putting up the tremendous amount of time and money that was obvious that you put into it. With the resources that you provided a large group was able to get virtually personal attention. The lunch was scrumptious and the pub after gave me a chance to get more insight on the day from my “new” friends - it also helped ease my terror of the big lorries hurling at me on my side of the road and deal with the steering wheel on the passenger side.

Thanks to the Meridian team. The warmth of the reception, genuine interest and going the extra mile to relate to an eclectic group of fanatics was palpable.

Thanks to all my fellow hikers for coming. What an eclectic group from the full spectrum of people with a common love and the magic of communicating in “Meridian” to each other. Chatting in person was a whole new dimension compared to trying to communicate with only the written word on the forum.

It was a spectacular day. After having 32 hours of travelling home time to think about the day, I came to the conclusion that my main benefit was nothing to do with the list of little concerns and questions that I had come with. Rather it was a reinforcement of the reason why I am a Meridian fanatic. Because Meridian sticks to their fundamental philosophy and skill, and do not compromise with short term trends and industry stupidity, their product sounds 1006 times better. It put the negative and non answers to some of my questions in perspective. Sure I want instant gratification to my “immediate needs” but Meridian will do it when the time comes that it can be done the right way. It gave me a sense of confidence in my primary objective and loyalty. It also helped that they understood my desire to have “near perfect” sound from a server into my Meridian system and gave me the answer that it is available right now by running a server through an 808. I also deducted from their non answers that there will be more solutions coming up that are more affordable for my budget. I have no doubt that the thrill will wear off and in the near future, I will want it all and I will want it now, but when that happens I will force myself to reread this paragraph.

Nick, are you starting on HH3? I would like to bring Joanna next time and tour a bit of England while I am at it, but I would need more lead time to organize it.