Here's my plan for the UK Meeting:
I decided to do some site seeing in England before the meeting in NI. I'm going to take the Hoek van Holland-Harwich ferry on the 18th. Then across England (Yorkshire, Lake District) to Stranrear. There I will take the ferry to Belfast on the 21st. I will leave NI early morning on the 25th and will be on the Newcastle-IJmuiden ferry that afternoon.
As far as I can tell now my better half isn't coming. But who knows, plans can change.