I only left Fleet Street for Yorkshire for a one year stint in '72

I can see the attraction of Yorkshire. 2 of my landies are stored near Harrogate at the moment...

stored near Harrogate at the moment

I'm also stored near Harrogate at the moment!
On the dates that you and that nice Cris mention, I will, however, be at Aberdovey in Wales, which is, significantly, where the British Army learned how to use their DUKW's in the last conflict - I, and the boxers, like the seaside in winter: Bracing!

Looks like the London Eye opens again Feb 1st

http://www.londoneye.co.uk/

Looks like the London Eye opens again Feb 1st

As I will be in London Jan 31 and Feb 1, this might work out quite well! Excellent!

[edit] Ummh, the opening hours only show it being open starting Feb 2, but they seem to take bookings starting Jan 31 - go figure!

Weird. Their opening times page says "5 January - 4 February 2004: closed for annual maintenance". I'd say try and find something else to do and not bank on it being open

Tate Modern is not bad if you like going around galleries. Most of it is free as well.

Can I come even though I left my empeg in its box back in New Zealand?

I'm all up for a thinly veiled excuse to make new drinking buddies. :-)

All are welcome, as are partners and family - in fact, anyone interested may attend, whether you are an empeg owner or not

It's not my gig, but I would think that this sentence from the announcement of the 2000 Amersfoort meet is as true for this, as it was for that.

Well, even if the Eye is closed, you can still gawk at it, or at photos of it..

Nice ones!

julf,

Do you want to meet up for a drink on the 31st then ??? I think I am placing you right as the guy with the stealth "I've hidden my empeg in some rocks" install at last years Euro meet.

I'm sure I owe a beer anyway

Cheers

Cris.

Do you want to meet up for a drink on the 31st then ???

Sure! But part of the schedule is determined by my girlfriend. I'll let you know as it comes together.

I think I am placing you right as the guy with the stealth "I've hidden my empeg in some rocks" install at last years Euro meet.

Well, the speakers were in the rocks. The Empeg was in a military radio bag, and the subwoofer in the russian wooden crate

As far as I can work out, these are the next four free weekends that I have.

I know that the 31st is a bit close to make it easy to organise, but I will say this: Even if we don't choose to have the meet-up on that date, I've got a weekend pass (my g/f is in New York), so if anyone's around, I'd be happy to meet for a beer or two...

Pick a Date
Saturday Jan 31st
Saturday Feb 7th
Saturday Feb 21st
Saturday Mar 27th
None of the Above

Ah. Ignore the 7th February, I can't make it that day.

count one more in. i live in central london so anytime works for me

OK, it looks like Saturday Feb 21st is shoe-in, with 8 people specifically interested in that date. So my plan at this point is to look at booking a piece of a pub (possibly a function room, but I'm not sure) somewhere in central London, probably Covent Garden area, because it's generally easy to get to. TBH, though, it might not be necessary to book if there's only going to be 8 or 9 of us.

I'm thinking that it'd be a late afternoon into the evening gig, probably starting around 3pm or 4pm and continuing until the pub kicks us out (i.e. 11pm). This way, people who have to head off early still have a fighting chance of meeting others.

I'm not planning to organise food, but I'll try to find a pub that does food, and then people can sort themselves out as necessary. Otherwise, if there's enough momentum, we can move to a curry house or chinese or something similar during the evening.

Any objections?

If you're planning to come (even if you voted already), could you PM me, please? Then I can start collecting email addresses and handing out my phone number and stuff.

I sadly won't be able to make it as it's my wedding anniversary.

There is a huge bar on Tavistock Street though that allows you to reserve big tables that seat about 10 - 15 people. Can't for the life of me remember what it's called though.

And the Mongolian BBQ is just down the road.

If you're planning to come (even if you voted already), could you PM me, please?

*bump*

OK, it looks like Saturday Feb 21st is shoe-in

Surely it's a shoo-in? I always thought the reference was to livestock handling, where a flock or herd that could be corralled just by waving at it and calling "Shoo!" made for an unexpectedly easy job...

Peter

shoe-in vs shoo-in

It's a fair cop, guv. There's a good number of websites (including professional news and sports ones) getting it wrong, though.

*bump*

Still looking for numbers: I'll have to go and scope out some venues and look at booking soon. However, if it's just going to be the 5 people who already PM'ed me, then we can probably get away without booking.

So, even if you've already told me you're coming, or just figure you'll roll up anyway, please send me PM to give me some idea of the numbers.

This includes anyone from Cambridge who feels like coming down for a few jars and figures that they'll just phone me on the day.

Thanks.

I'll have to go and scope out some venues and look at booking soon.

I'm heading out this evening to the vague area, so I'll be looking at venues. There's only 5-6 people who've responded, so I'll not bother booking anything.

My current thinking is that we'll meet in the Porterhouse at around 3pm and see where we go from there. If I find a better venue this evening, then I'll make another reply to this thread.

Those of you who have PM'ed me to say you're coming/possibly coming will shortly be receiving my mobile number as a PM.

OK. I'll be in the Porterhouse from 3pm on Saturday 21st February. I've PM'ed people with my mobile number in case they can't find it or me.

The Porterhouse is at 21-22 Maiden Lane, just off Covent Garden.

More information can be found about the Porterhouse here, including a map.

A simple "Roger recognition guide" is attached, since I've had a bit of a haircut since my avatar was taken.

Glad you sent that new photo, not sure I would have recognised you from the avatar...

I look something like this:

I may see you guys there too!

- Jon

A simple "Roger recognition guide" is attached, since I've had a bit of a haircut since my avatar was taken.

And I don't think I've ever seen a picture of you that looked less like you...

Here's some pix. Sorry so late. Just got a chance to post these.



- Jon

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- Jon

Cool! The scary thing is I recognise every one of you. Apart from Jon who must be taking the picture.

2 more pictures that I took in London that some of you US dudes might like...

I know it has a small engine, but don't it look cool?



- Jon

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It's a Smart Roadster...



- Jon