jane1144

unclegus..thanks for the bus info. I have printed it off. I checked the original schedule and it looks as though a bus comes along every 15 minutes or so. One way or another DH and I will be there!

gailscout

welltravbrit - sounds good about a gtg next week except Tuesday - giants game. I'm the same @ comcast. Lamorinda or OAK, Berkeley area.

janisj

just topping to see if anyone else is around on the dates . . .

Tues. Aug 25 -- 6PM @ the Last Drop in Grassmarket

Tues. Sept 1 -- 6PM-ish @ the Coal Hole in the Strand (the table is actually available at 5:30)

PalenQ

topping for janis! I sincerely wish you all a good time! Yes!

janisj

Well-- all packed and killing time til I fly out tomorrow. Sitting here having a Pimm's (since there is no guarantee I'll have Pimm's weather anywhere along my route )

Probably more like Single Malt or Gaelic Coffee weather when I hit Edinburgh late Tuesday afternoon.

Anyway -- jane1144 and unclegus, I'll be there @ 6:00 unless there are flight complications/I miss my connection at LHR. If things go pear shaped -- have a drink in my honor/honour. Will try really really hard to get some sleep on the flight so I'm not comatose

See you there . . .

thursdaysd

Bon voyage! I fly Oslo to LHR today. Weather in Oslo has been hot and sunny! Forecast for SE England is torrential rain. Sigh.

jane1144

Looking forward to meeting you Janis and unclegus

janisj

Back in my room -hoping I'm not too jet lagged to sleep . . .

Had a really lovely GTG w/ jane1144, Mr. jane1144 and unclegus. I got there a little late and they were drinks ahead of me, but I caught up. Great company, really good beer, and haggis, neeps and tatties (autocorrect played havoc w/ that ) then unclegus and I went down the street for a wee dram in a neat pub w/ what seemed like hundreds of single malts.

I walked back down to New Town, and rode the Ferris wheel set up in Princes street before walking back to the hotel, to unpack and hopefully crash . . .

jane1144

Great to meet you both. Janis, you did really well for a jet-lagged traveller...hope you are well rested now. Unclegus, thanks for all your great information. Hope to see you in Canada next year!

unclegus

yes a lovely evening with lovely people who were a real joy to spend time with.Thanks.

gailscout

On my way - see you all Tuesday!

janisj

I am sitting out on my little flower filled terrace in the middle of York having a single malt from the pub next door, on my way down to London late tomorrow night.

See everyone Tuesday. May start my TR tonight after coming home from a boat trip through the city. . . . Or, maybe not w/ the pub just next door

elberko

Son got his passport YESTERDAY, flight tomorrow. Can't wait!

julia_t

Cheers janis!

elberko, safe travels.

PS - my 22yo son might possibly drop by The Coal Hole on his way home from work in the city, to get a hug from his mummy (and probably scrounge a beer!). He's in Amsterdam this weekend so he will hopefully have some travel-related conversation.

janisj

Bring him along!

Obviously I didn't start my TR yet. Now I'm sitting on the York to Kings Cross train . . .

thursdaysd

Welcome to London. I got in early this afternoon. Had to get off the Paddington train at Ealing Broadway because of the Notting Hill Carnival, but it was a better tube routing to Drury Lane, so no problem. Train was absolutely packed, though.

PalenQ

Obviously I didn't start my TR yet. Now I'm sitting on the York to Kings Cross train>

don't you wish you were in first class? Or are you?

Cheers and sincerely wish all a nice get together.

janisj

Of course I was in 1st (if you knew anything about London, you'd know anyone staying at the Royal Horsegurads simply wouldn't be caught dead in 2nd class!)

PalenQ

No janis I knew that you stay in high end hotels at times like the one at St Pancras before the Eurostar. I admit I know litle about expensive hotels in London - don't mean I don't know anything about London - do you know the Crystal Palace Caravan Harbour camp site - if you don't I could also say you know nudding about London!

Cheers! Don't get too pissed!

flygirl

How is/was the meetup?