london 17/06/07...pre-show party!

redrock

sisyphe wrote:

Why don't we extend this meeting a little. It's friggin June when we're gathering - let's hit the great outdoors of London before going to a dark and dingy pub for the night! One of the nice parks (Hyde, St. James'...)will surely accommodate us for a nice picnic of rhum, beer and sun, eh?

I'm sure the parks can accommodate us, but you won't get much chance of weather nice enough for a picnic much before June anyway!!!!!!!

danleri

is anyboby staying at the Ibis near the Arena by any chance?

Heineken Helen

danleri wrote:

is anyboby staying at the Ibis near the Arena by any chance?

There seems to be a few... have you booked it? There's a lot of us staying in the travellodge in Farringdon

danleri

Heineken Helen wrote:

There seems to be a few... have you booked it? There's a lot of us staying in the travellodge in Farringdon

I've booked in Ibis, yes! is the Travelodge close to it?

jrd

Heineken Helen wrote:

I like the sound of that can that be done in London? I'm pretty sure they close the Dublin parks at night.

they close the parks in London too. but in summer at least it's not until the sun goes down - and Regents park is certainly open until 8:00-8:30pm as there're loads of softball and football leagues play there after work.

(UK)_foxymop

I'm fairly certain Hyde Park is open from very early morning until midnight .. remember someone saying that at the meetup we had there ages ago but it should still be the same.

Heineken Helen

danleri wrote:

I've booked in Ibis, yes! is the Travelodge close to it?

No, the travelodge is at kings cross... they just seem to be the main places people are staying.

Ah jrd, I'd misunderstood the whole park thing, now I see he/she was suggesting we go there BEFORE the pub, I thought the suggestion was for AFTER the pub

chime

Think it depends on the park but think most of the Royal Parks are open 'til either dusk (so in June pretty late) or midnight and think Green Park doesn't close at all.

viviflu

That picnic sounds like a good idea... and if the rain hit us, we can always run to a pub somewhere

swede

wheres the cheap scotch at

jrd

swede wrote:

wheres the cheap scotch at

He's on the train down to London for tomorrow's meet-up

*budum tish*

swede

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOO

thats bloody classic

so is this a pub or picnic deal? picnic = cheaper drinks, cheaper food.

but meh i dont care as long as a shite load turn up. i cant be stuffed reading the entire thread though eh

Buru

I'll just be there, wherever "there" is

And I'll be staying in Notting Hill, cause that's where my english aunt lives
although I'll probably miss the last tube there, and won't be bothered to take a bus, so I might end up sleeping in a bench in a park

Duff_Man

im gonna try an get down there myself, im staying at the Holiday Inn in wembley, so i dont know if its gonna be a trek or not to get into london,

a picnic or open space would be awesome, like a beer garden if its a nice day, but im up for whatever if theres drink involved i was planning on bringing drink down to london anyway

viviflu

Hmmm.. who ever is coming by plane: DUTY FREE FOR DRINKS!

Jennytree

I don't think I'll actually get to this meetup - I'll be flying in from Austria on Sunday, I think... I'm not really too sure! WOO!

decides2dream

that would be a great idea...and/or a major european charity.




btw - are you in the same ten that is playing the manhattan boat cruise gig april 28th? if so, definitely see you then! either way, see you out and about in london.


as i said earlier, i think perhaps a show the day after? b/c many of us will still be around. night before simply an epic piss-up...and just gearing up for live pearl jam.....night of the concert, after seeing pearl jam...therte is nothing else for me. hahaha.


hopefully some locals can give you some info/feedback!

decides2dream

Jennytree wrote:

I don't think I'll actually get to this meetup - I'll be flying in from Austria on Sunday, I think... I'm not really too sure! WOO!

i just saw this?
so?
the meet won't be until the evening..i think. i mean sure, if people want to gather together earlier, i'm in! as i'll be there since friday...but the big piss-up...at the place in the first post, that evening..so you can make it!

Jennytree

decides2dream wrote:

i just saw this?
so?
the meet won't be until the evening..i think. i mean sure, if people want to gather together earlier, i'm in! as i'll be there since friday...but the big piss-up...at the place in the first post, that evening..so you can make it!

sounds like I don't have a choice

mole1985

Jennytree wrote:

sounds like I don't have a choice

You don't

decides2dream

Jennytree wrote:

sounds like I don't have a choice

of course ya do...but why would you ever want to miss an evening out with a bunch of your fave jammers....new and old friends alike? seems a no-brainer 'choice' to me.



anyhoo....if anyone would like to plan up something for earlier in the day as well, i'm game.

civ_eng_girl

decides2dream wrote:

anyhoo....if anyone would like to plan up something for earlier in the day as well, i'm game.

Helen and I will be meeting somewhere as soon as we're both off planes and into the city... we'll keep you in the loop....

Heineken Helen

civ_eng_girl wrote:

Helen and I will be meeting somewhere as soon as we're both off planes and into the city... we'll keep you in the loop....

Yip, I think we're meeting somewhere around 11 or 11.30... would you like to meet us somewhere too D2D?

danleri

I'll be in London the 16th evening... give us a shout!

IlovveePJ

!!

jrd

danleri wrote:

I'll be in London the 16th evening... give us a shout!

i'll be in London tomorrow, going to work... :(

just bumping...

pools of maroon

I'm flying in from Belfast on the sunday, i'd love to meet with as many jammers as possible but i know i'll be so fuckin' skint i'll not be goin too far from my hotel (the Euro Wembly). I've got my brothers stagg weekend straight after this trip (he's going to the gig aswell!), then i'm takin my wife and babies to the sun for a fortnight the week after that! I've been warned by the good lady to keep spends to a minimum! so i guess wer'e goin make our own craiq at the euro! feel free to join us!

pools of maroon

When i booked the Euro Wembley i read a review from a guy who stayed there for a George Michael show (yeah i know, each to their own!) and he said that after the gig in the hotel bar the staff brought out a little stereo and they all had a bit of a sing along, i thought it sounded like my type of place that and the fact it was 45 quid for two nights!! ........anyone have any idea what time people will start queing on the monday?

decides2dream

Heineken Helen wrote:

Yip, I think we're meeting somewhere around 11 or 11.30... would you like to meet us somewhere too D2D?

yeesh...just saw this! hahaha. yes, of course....although i will say, i don't want to spend the day in the pub. hahaha. i actually want to *do* something sunday, go see something, a museum, whatever. we will have plenty of drinking in the vening, so yea...it's been far too long since i've last visited london...want to go out and about a bit. so hopefully we can get something fun going.

Hinny

viviflu wrote:

Hmmm.. who ever is coming by plane: DUTY FREE FOR DRINKS!

Question about duty free grog- when I cross European borders within the EU, can I still get duty free grog as I go from one place to the next, whether it's by land or air?