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Thread: London Meet - 1 September 2013
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Nunc Dimittis
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As in the Nunc's Big Adventure thread, several people indicated they'd be up for a romp in London, some time between the 1st and the 5th (which is when I leave to come home).
So: suggestions for a day/date/time/place? It had better be an obvious location, as I will be a London newbie...
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Sarasa
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I'm quite partial to the food, tea, etc in the crypt of St Martin's in the Fields, right by Trafalgar Square. A date nearer the 1st would be good as I think school will be open by the 5th.
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Smudgie
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I can probably manage a trip into the big city at that point too. St Martin's Crypt is relatively easy to get to for me, and for me has the advantage of not being a pub atmosphere for this good little Methodist. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
Willing to be pretty flexible at the moment.
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Welease Woderwick
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Keeping this thread live as the Meet is yet to be arranged and we really don't want to have to go through the whole business again.
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Tree Bee
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Thanks WW.
It would be a treat to meet.
Depending on w**k commitments and Mr Bee's treatments, I'd like to come.
Are we any nearer deciding on which day?
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Tubbs
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I might be around, depending on where and when.
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Dependant on my shifts I could well be up for this.
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Spike
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Sounds good. Will there be a pub meet as well?
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Off Centre View
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Could be interesting - I've never been to a ship meet before!
Would I have to wear a funny hat?
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Tree Bee
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Originally posted by Off Centre View:
Could be interesting - I've never been to a ship meet before!
Would I have to wear a funny hat?
If you want...
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Welease Woderwick
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quote:
Originally posted by Off Centre View:
Could be interesting - I've never been to a ship meet before!
Would I have to wear a funny hat?
Only if you're a Bishop.
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M.
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I would probably be able to do this, either St Martins in the Fields or pub. Or both.
Depending on the day, Macarius might be able to as well.
M.
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Smudgie
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Food then pub sounds good... and if anyone were up to doing something else in the morning (assuming it's a non-w*rk day) I can imagine there may be one or two would fancy that as well, depending on what was chosen. London's not short of things to do for relatively cheaply. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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daisymay
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I would like also to be there in September, wherever it is in London!
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Nunc Dimittis
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Hello friends.
If we could do the London meet on the evening of the 1st, I'd be grateful.
My parents have decided they're coming to London on the 2nd (they live in Austin TX in the USA), and they'll be staying at the same hotel as myself.
My train from Chester gets in at 3:43. I'm staying in Bayswater, so somewhere uncomplicated for me to get to for dinner would be feasible.
I don't know London at all, and have no idea of distances or travel times.
I'd be quite amenable to attending Evensong somewhere first before dinner, or just going straight to dinner...
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Sarasa
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1st should be OK. I don't know the Bayswater area well any more, so I'm afraid I haven't any brilliant suggestions as to where we could meet.
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Sparrow
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I may be able to do this, now I am retired - I've never been to a shipmeet either.
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Tree Bee
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A Sunday evening not a go-er for me I'm afraid.
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Pigwidgeon
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Originally posted by Sparrow:
I may be able to do this, now I am retired - I've never been to a shipmeet either.
You could "practice" on August 5 (see the "Pigwidgeon in London" thread).
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Nunc Dimittis
Seamstress of Sound
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Folks, is the 1st going to work?
Is it time to get the kindly hosts to change the thread title?
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Spike
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1st Sept is good for me
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Nunc Dimittis
Seamstress of Sound
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Oh yay!
Kind hosts, would one of you please change the date to the 1st September?
Ta muchly.
So where do we meet?
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Deputy Verger
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I'm okay for a Sunday evening... or late afternoon. As this is SUCH a Christian website (!) Sunday daytimes tend to be tricky.
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Sarasa
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1st September is good for me too.
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ecumaniac
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Count me in!!!!
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ElaineC
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I should be able to make the 1st too.
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Nunc Dimittis
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Cool!
Any brilliant ideas about where to meet?
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Yangtze
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What time do you want to meet? ie if an evening meet do you want to try and meet for Evensong somewhere first? That may direct the evening drink/food location.
I did see that St Martin's Crypt was mentioned upthread, but I'm not sure if that's open on a Sunday evening.
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Yangtze
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Oops, should really read the the whole thread first.
Evensong followed by somewhere for drink/food that's not a pub. Crypt out as it closes at 6. *Puts thinking cap on*
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Spike
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Why not a pub?
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Deputy Verger
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What Spike said. We've got a not-a-pub meet two weeks earlier.
Evensong at St Martin in the Fields is at 5.00pm for those who are so inclined. Those who wanted to have tea in the crypt could do so beforehand and then there could be a pubmeet afterwards.
The Sherlock Holmes serves food until 10pm and takes group bookings, and there are plenty of other pubs around Trafalgar Square!
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Curiosity killed ...
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The Sherlock Holmes is usually heaving on to the street. Nice and close to Hungerford Bridge for those leaving to go to Waterloo. Not been past it on a Sunday night though.
I've had good a good pint at The Harp after something at St Martin's-in-the-Fields.
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Deputy Verger
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True words, CK, but I checked the websites and the Harp explicitly doesn't take bookings but the Sherlock does.
However, just to put the cat amongst the pigeons, St Martin's is not the only show in town. I've just re-read the thread and our honoured guest, Nunc Dimittis, is staying in Bayswater.
St Mary Abbots has a Taize service with Eucharist that Sunday evening. It would be easy for Nunc from Bayswater, but what do other people want/think? Bit far from any mainline stations...
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Nunc Dimittis
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That sounds like a good option.
I am a complicating factor with food, as I am gluten and dairy free (also no curry, no chilli, no onion, no mango, no capsicum).
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Curiosity killed ...
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Those diet options will complicate in London, particularly pub food. How are you with Japanese food? (It's what my daughter tends to eat out with similar allergies). Our other option of Spanish Tapas isn't going to work with no onion or capiscum.
There's a Yo Sushi on the South Bank - under the buildings, Wagamama and Wasabi chains around. Our favourite Bento bar is tiny and I don't think we'd get a Shipmeet inside.
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Yangtze
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quote:
Originally posted by Spike:
Why not a pub?
Because up thread Smudgie was excited about joining & it not being in a pub.
Nunc, it's no good for the Meet but if you're in London for a few days the Leon small chain might be quite handy for you to know about. Heaps of GF & DF options and lovely helpful staff. Fast food style in the day and semi-service in the evenings.
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Spike
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I thought the suggestion was to meet somewhere not in a pub and then move on to a pub.
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Curiosity killed ...
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Spike, do you know any pubs that serve gluten and dairy free food? I can't think of any and it's something I look for regularly.
Chips aren't gluten free if the pub serves battered or crumbed fish or anything else that is battered or crumbed as the gluten from the batter coats the chips.
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Smudgie
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Not a pub then a pub suits me fine and you can't make your plans around me (Japanese would rule me out even more than a pub!) - I will work around whatever is arranged as long as I get chance to see people.
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Curiosity killed ...
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There were some gluten free goodies around last time I was in the Crypt - so tea would be do-able. The main meal options usually include something with rice, but I don't think you could manage a whole main meal easily. (Trying to think what my daughter could eat from any menu I've seen down there.)
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Yangtze
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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
Spike, do you know any pubs that serve gluten and dairy free food? I can't think of any and it's something I look for regularly.
Any that do jacket potatoes are ok. As long as you like 'em plain with salad! (Think even baked beans aren't GF, though there may be options around ham/tuna etc if not vegetarian).
Anyway, we digress.
What's the pub near he ENO? That's quite nice. Chandos? Or something like that.
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Tubbs
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Originally posted by Yangtze:
quote:
Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
Spike, do you know any pubs that serve gluten and dairy free food? I can't think of any and it's something I look for regularly.
Any that do jacket potatoes are ok. As long as you like 'em plain with salad! (Think even baked beans aren't GF, though there may be options around ham/tuna etc if not vegetarian).
Anyway, we digress.
What's the pub near he ENO? That's quite nice. Chandos? Or something like that.
It's the Chandos. Nice place.
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The Chandos is a perfectly decent, if somewhat busy, Sam Smith's pub. Therefore very good value for Central London, which Trafalgar Square very definitely is.
But it's a pub. And this meet is evidently trying to meet somewhere othen than in a pub.
Meanwhile, two weeks earlier, we have Acton Bell's meet trying to happen at the India Club, which is not a pub, and the only four people so far committed are all known to me as not averse to a pub.
I'm confused. I am going to stop trying to direct traffic and go where I am told, but I would just like to alert fellow Londoners to the existence of two meets in two weeks, and encourage you to attend the one that suits.
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Curiosity killed ...
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I was going to look at food menus in the pubs around Trafalgar Square tomorrow and see if there's anywhere that serves reasonable options for gluten and dairy free. Past and bitter experience tells me it is very difficult to find dairy & gluten free food in London and we normally bring food with us. Forgetting to do so means she gets more and more hungry and fed up as we wander around trying to find anywhere that serves anything she can eat. It is particularly fresh in my memory as last week was spent catering for her as she recovered after a meal of baked potato and filling proved to contain gluten.
The Chandos only says it serves fish and chips and bar snacks, the Harp only serves sausages.
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Bad moment to check pubs around Trafalgar Square yesterday - The Chandos, Sherlock Holmes and the Square itself were awash with blue and tartan, so I failed to see menus.
I checked the Crypt - they are labelling their menu with symbols showing vegetarian, wheat-free* (?) and dairy-free and there was a smoked chicken salad that was tagged as both wheat and dairy free, plus it looked as if the soups were too.
There's a Spaghetti House that's almost opposite The Chandos that had salmon and chicken meals that looked worth checking properly (grilled with new potatoes and vegetables).
* I was told wheat-free by the lady behind the counter, which I know it does not necessarily mean gluten-free, but I suspect it's worth double-checking.
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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
There's a Spaghetti House that's almost opposite The Chandos that had salmon and chicken meals that looked worth checking properly (grilled with new potatoes and vegetables).
I've had lunch there a few times and their specials can be quite good, though Italian food is very wheat-and-dairy based. The only time I had a disappointing meal there was when I ordered the prawn spaghetti from the main menu and got precisely 3 prawns on the pasta. However, that particular meal was some years ago now, so things may have changed.
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