Thanks again to campaignmonitor.com for the donation towards food and drink. We had a great Winchester Web Scene at the Hyde Tavern tonight, with an excellent turnout despite the rain and thunderstorms! We managed to stay dry most of the time, and it turned out to be a really fun atmosphere.

It got really cosy towards the end! :)

A huge shoutout to all the people who came for the first time: Lorraine, Jas, Chris, Dan, Bex, Radu, Ant, Roger and Peter.

It was also great to see so many familiar faces too: Syd, Aimee, Kevin, Martin, Lisa, Nesh, Ian, Andrew, Howard and Mike. If i have forgotten to mention anyone please let me know in a comment. Is it true that the mayor of Winchester turned up at the end?!

Congratulations to Bex on getting in the New York Times! See Keep Calm and Carry On and other Second World War posters.

Roger is looking for help making a simple newsletter-style website to help promote a new business idea. If you're interested, leave a comment and we'll get you in touch with Roger.

Some twitter & blog reactions to tonight's event:

Fantastic evening and BBQ at #winchesterweb. Great to meet @sermoa @drbex @mpntod @howard_scott et al. Fab tweetup! -- Jas

Just back from #winchesterweb meet up. Good webby conversation and beer -- Peter

great venue, lovely food and company. Well done to Syd for all the cooking :-) #winchesterweb -- Lisa

[...] the Winchester Web Scene, formed in November 2008, growing monthly I do believe - not a networking business-card exchange kind of evening, but a chat with people who have shared interests [...] -- Bex

Hope to see many people there again next month - same time, same place, Monday 3rd August!