Coming to London. Drinks, dinner?
 

I will be in London with my husband October 29 - November 5 and would love to meet up with London Fodorites for a drink or dinner or both one evening. Right now it looks like possible dates would be Thursday, October 29, Friday, October 30, Tuesday, November 3, or Wednesday, October 4. I am also scheduling some theatre and evenings with relatives, but I would like to get a sense of whether anyone is interested and which dates you would be available.

I hope this works out, as I have canceled three potential trips to London and a couple of these get-togethers over the past five years.

Hope you get some takers -- GTGs are lots of fun :)

Hi Nikki...

Wednesday November 4th could be a possibility for me (I didn't think you meant October!)

Keep on with your planning, and if it works out, then it would be lovely to meet you.

Oops, yes, I did mean Wednesday, November 4. I would love to meet you, Julia, but I will have to see if that date presents any conflicts. I will let you know as soon as I have it all sorted out.

I've no plans to be out of London around then, so should be free.

Good! I will try not to spill anything on you, Patrick!

I still need to get away by about 9pm: though Worst Great Western is introducing later in the year one train a week that allows a full evening in town, it's unlikely before December.

Nov 4 would be fine: but are you all envisaging an early enough start time for sensible conversation?

Nov 4 would be fine: but are you all envisaging an early enough start time for sensible conversation?>>

lol, what time would that be, Flanner?

Some time before gin o'clock, I imagine.....

"what time would that be, Flanner?"

Well, obviously with me around "sensible conversation" is a bit optimistic. What I meant was "do the participants think we might start around sixish?"

Much later, and I'd have to leave almost before I'd finished my first sentence - with no time for anyone else to get a word in.

Patrick's point, of course, also stands...

Much later than a sixish start, and I'd be the Dormouse all too quickly.

Much later than a sixish start, and I'd be the Dormouse all too quickly.>>

you're thinking of drinking tea?

Will there be buns?

Is this an example of the sensible conversation I am to expect? If so, I am already there.

I can start conversation, sensible or otherwise, at just about any hour. Happy to meet as early as anyone would like. I'm not working.

Ann, are you a possibility?

Nikki - i have been looking at my diary to see if it is at all possible as I should love to come.

After all, I have only 300 miles or less to come to get there, whereas you will have travelled approx 10x that, give or take the odd 1000 miles.

I am taking it under advisement. [whatever that means].

"I am taking it under advisement. [whatever that means]."

In my experience it means "you're screwed".

It might be different over there.

Any time during the week I will be there, if you can figure out a way.

Back to planning.

Does Wednesday, November 4 work for everybody?

Still interested here, are you out there?

I'm up for it

A computer complication's seems to gave nuked your email address, but I think I now remember where it is and I'll disinter it from my archive of elderly computers.

sorry, Nikki - I'm working in Truro all day so even if I could get away to come up to see you, by the time I'd got there you'd be ready for your beds.

Shame. one of the disadvantages of living down here is that you are so bl..dy far from everywhere else.

Ann, Truro sounds lovely, at least the Truro on Cape Cod is. That's pretty far away from everything too. If we had more time I'd love to get out there.

I'll be there.

Maybe we should figure out where there is. See if there's any there there.

Have fun Nikki. Great that you will get to meet some wonderful Fodorites.
You were supposed to come to our GTG in 2012 but had to postpone your trip as I recall, and I know how much I enjoyed meeting the London Fodorites that I did. So much fun ! Fond regards to all.

I don't remember Truro on Cape Cod, to be honest, Nikki. We didn't live in Cornwall at the time we visited NE so it didn't have the same significance for us then, though I do remember going to Barnstable because we used to visit Barnstaple in North Devon a lot at the time.

Truro, Cornwall is in an attractive spot but it's quite pleasant, not much more. There are a few old streets [old meaning Georgian, nothing older than that] including the lovely curved terrace where our offices are, and the cathedral, which dates back about 130 years. but it's in a great position for visiting the rest of Cornwall, and has a lot of good restaurants, a theatre, cinema etc.

perhaps we should have the GTG here!

Sounds lovely, Ann, but no time on this trip. If you could get away a different day that week, I am available.

Nikki - i'll see what I can do!

Well this all went very quiet!

However I am unable to come to London today, so if you are meeting up somewhere then I hope you have a lovely evening.

And Nikki, I hope you are enjoying your time in London and having fun.

Sorry you won't be there, Julia, and sorry I didn't make more noise.

It is our last day in London and yes we have been having lots of fun, a week isn't enough!

Hi Nikki,

sorry to have missed you. I'm stuck in a very wet Plymouth at the moment so I wouldn't have been able to get to London anyway.

Glad you've been enjoying yourselves and sorry your trip was so short.