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Question: What are you doing / did you do on Boxing day?  (Voting closed: December 29, 2014, 21:42:40)
I'm working - 3 (5%)
I'm staying at home - 19 (31.7%)
I'm visiting relatives - 13 (21.7%)
I'm visiting friends - 3 (5%)
I'm going to a sports event - 4 (6.7%)
I'm going out shopping - 0 (0%)
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I'll see how the day turns out - 6 (10%)
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« Reply #15 on: December 26, 2014, 17:20:51 »

I will go to falmouth vs Penryn rugby if it's dry. If it's wet I'll do stuff round the house.

..and Penryn won 26-0

I didn't go to that one, I went to the seconds match as my brothers were both guest appearing for Falmouth whilst home for Christmas, one normally plays for Wyvern, the other some Welsh team.
The seconds result was Penryn 39- Falmouth 17.

Both results are as expected. Penryn being in the higher league for both 1st and 2nd team.
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« Reply #16 on: December 27, 2014, 09:59:18 »

Staying at home. Not because I'm recovering, but because we always have relatives visit for Xmas dinner pt2
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« Reply #17 on: December 27, 2014, 10:17:11 »

This poll remains open for another couple of days.

I intend to run a similar poll for a Saturday, and one for a Sunday sometime in the New Year, once we're settled down and the holiday season is well behind us.   That way we can get comparative data which could (!) be used to inform.   Whether or not there's a train (and bus) service on 26th December is a relatively minor point as far as the TransWilts and the things we need to do is concerned, so I don't think Boxing Day trains should be my / our campaigning issue either way - too much risk of dilution of effort.   But were Santa to get out a 153 next 26th December and run it up and down from Swindon to Westbury and perhaps beyond, if I'm still in an active marketing role with the CRP (Community Rail Partnership) at that point I would be marketing it to the hilt - not only for the actual people travelling that day but also as a tool to get "there's always a train when you want it" message out to people.
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« Reply #18 on: December 29, 2014, 22:28:33 »

Many thanks for the inputs ... biggest vote "staying at home" ... but half of you out for various reasons.   Let's see what we get for a similar poll for a weekend day in the new year.
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