SEPTEMBER LONDON

[Hullygully]

someone organise it

Go on

Frank and Belle, have you two met before?

Frank and I have wondered if our teenagers have .

Bella - yep we've met and drank and eaten chocolate together once or twice!

Belle - you know you can stay whenever you want to, I saw your name and assumed it was a done deal.

Indeed marrie.

Or even married

Thanks Frank.

Have you all decamped to another fred and left me?

You have haven't you

Yes!

Yay!

So - we should start looking for a venue, shouldn't we?

Any suggestions/ideas, anyone?

I've got a few ideas, but wanted to ask you first what sort of location I should be looking at before I put them forward. Central/City/South Bank?

I suppose wherever we go, it needs to be near good transport links, so that people coming from any direction out of London can easily get there - which probably rules out City?

Given Bella's suggestion of an earlier meet at the Champagne bar in St Pancras, I was thinking of something around there - there is an interesting-looking pub/venue in St Pancras itself, but it looked a bit expensive to hire. Hang on, will look it up again ...

Here - I also thought the Playmobil was a message that it would be particularly good for MN!

The Pantry would seem to be the most appropriate size - although obviously that depends on how many people end up signing up to come.

What about that tucked away place opposite Kings Cross next to Starbucks, down an alley. El Caminos is there but there is another bar which has a hidden restaurant in it and its bloody massive, I cant remember the name of it. Very central and good outdoor space.

The Champagne bar is hugely expensive, unless you catch happy hour.

That's the thing BIWI, until we have a pretty good idea for numbers there's not a huge point in actually looking too hard IYSWIM. Perhaps a sort of cut off date of 20th August or something, then if we have perhaps 5-6 possible venues we can then whittle it down based on cost for canapés/couple of drinks or something?

Also, will need a rough per head figure. I think last time it was £20, and we had MOUNTAINS of food and out drinks tokens too for that, followed by pay bar. So will we be looking at that sort of amount again?

I'm going to have moved from London by then.

Bastarts.

I have arrived to the fred very late, as usual, but I do like a good meetup. Someone give me a precise as I am too lazy to read all 272 posts to find out whats going on

Pistey and I have offered in our usual selfless manner to test out several bars on behalf of everyone before we fall into a drunken stupor somewhere while making our final shortlist.

We are doing this because we a very kind people.

Delighted, though not at all surprised, to see that you will be joining us

*are

.... and I will be bringing up the rear