To throw this in now, it might be a good idea on Saturday to try and firm up the next couple of meet-up venues to avoid long, drawn out sagas (like this one was!).
I believe that we'll be equal on the North/South splits after Saturday, as all the other venues have been fairly central.
Some suggestions thrown around at various points were Leeds (North), Bath (South), Shrewsbury (centralish...)
Let's see where the beer takes us...