Slashers London Meet

[missflibble.livejournal.com]

Howdy y'all!

After meeting up for the first time last month, fearcat and I were wondering who else would be up for a Red Dwarf slashers meet in London at some point in the next few months? Would be lovely to meet up with a few more slashy peeps, especially before Dimension Jump in April 2011.

Drop a comment here if you'd be interested. Thanks muchly. ^__^

Comments

[kahvi.livejournal.com]

I'll definitely be in London around November 13th - not sure how long I'm staying, or for how many days before or after. Would be brilliant if we could schedule it around that time!

Brick Lane curries, y/y?? :D

[missflibble.livejournal.com]

Coolio! Let me know exactly which dates you're about as I won't be able to make Friday 12th but would definitely be wonderful to have you make the meet ^__^

[kahvi.livejournal.com]

I've been contemplating taking a full week off, depending on whether or not cobos and I will be going to Belgium or not, which he'll know in the next week or so, hopefully. Work schedules and so forth. In which case, I could do the weekend before or after. :)

[missflibble.livejournal.com]

If you're able to do the weekends either side that would be easier but I can wiggle about plans to make say the Sunday 14th? Well you let me know what happens.... *excited*

[kahvi.livejournal.com]

Sunday the 14 would absolutely be the easiest for me, as I've just realized I have plans the weekend before (but only on one day, not that this helps much). :/

[missflibble.livejournal.com]

Sunday would be easiest for me too if we're doing that weekend. I'll be in Suffolk the rest of the weekend but my bus gets into Stratford at around 2pm so I could meet you guys in that pub me and fearcat went to last time called The Southwark Tavern http://www.thesouthwarktavern.co.uk/ from about half two? Then we could do an afternoon/pub lunch meet?

Let me know if that suits. Or if not, please fire away with altneratives.

[kahvi.livejournal.com]

I should be able to manage that - half two is good, as anything earlier would be difficult. I'm expecting the Saturday to be somewhat epic. o_O

Just looking at the site - there's no mention of which Tube station, but I'm assuming it's Southwark?

[missflibble.livejournal.com]

I can do later if you want m'dear. Up to you.

Nope, the nearest station is London Bridge. In fact, if you take the Borough High Street exit it's right there in front of you - right next to the entrance to Borough Market.

Looking forward to it!

[kahvi.livejournal.com]

That's what it said, but it didn't look like that on the map... Righty, looks like it'll be fairly straightforward for me (as much as any travel on the district line can be) to get there! :)

If we could make it three, that'd be brilliant. I've just worked out that it'll take me three quarters of an hour to get there (I'm staying in Putney).

[missflibble.livejournal.com]

This is gonna sound awkward then :-S Can we make it half three/four? Cos then I can get home from Stratford, dump my stuff, get ready and then head into the city? Sorry to be a pain in the arse.

London Bridge isn't on the District line though? Northern and Jubilee for that one :-) Double check your line closures for that weekend cos District and Jubilee have a habit of closing....

[kahvi.livejournal.com]

Oh sure, the later the better, for me! :)

Nah, I'll have to change at Westminister, but at least there's only one change. But yeah, not the two best lines, really. That's life when you're staying in scenic downtown Putney! I'll sort it out. :)

Rambly aside: People (notably: never people who actually live in London) tell you that the Tube system is so horribly complicated, but I've always found it rather color coded and cheerfully simple. Except that one time in 2008 when I was going to see Boosh with a friend. I was staying at a hotel at Earl's Court at the time, so I was going to take the the Tube to Wembley from there. Being overconfident, I didn't think to check the schedules or the map, as I'd been navigating the district line for a week at that point, and I've been to London more times that I could count. I felt like a native.

I'm sure you can see what's coming.

I ended up going in the complete opposite direction, and by the time I realized, there was no chance of me getting to the venue in time. In my defense, I was an idiot rather ill at the time, but I was still gutted.

[missflibble.livejournal.com]

Fantastic - let's say 4pm then if that's easiest for you. Woot!

Haha - don't worry, even natives make mistakes. I was horribly drunk with friends one night and trying to get home. Some smart arse had changed the signs around that indicate what other lines that station connects to. So here's me thinking 'that's weird, I didn't think the Jubilee line went to Charing Cross but oh well - ONWARD!' and got on the wrong train. OH WELL.

[kahvi.livejournal.com]

Hurrah! :D

Yeah, you'd think I'd have noticed I was going to Wimbledon, right? I guess I went Oh well, one W is much the same as another, Y/Y?!?!

[missflibble.livejournal.com]

OOPPPPPPPPPS hehehehe.

You on facebook? I can then contact you and provide you with mobile no etc...

[kahvi.livejournal.com]

Yep. Katrine Myra. :)

[missflibble.livejournal.com]

Cute pic!! Added you ^__^

[fearcat.livejournal.com]

That's ok with me coz I can go home on the Monday.

[missflibble.livejournal.com]

Awesome stuff. Looking forward to it!

[fearcat.livejournal.com]

oh it'll be nice meeting some fellow Dwarfers :), I'll comment better when I'm back home.

[fearcat.livejournal.com]

ok I'm home now, feel really drained from the weekend.

oh I love this idea not sure about what we could do around London but I think it would just be nice meeting other Dwarfer's :) and yeah I can do the same weekend as kahvi

[missflibble.livejournal.com]

I think just keeping it simple like a pub meet so we can chat and stuff would be nice

[diminua.livejournal.com]

I'd definitely be up for that - any date should be good for me 'cos I'm in the area anyway.

[missflibble.livejournal.com]

Woot! Fabulous news!

[fearcat.livejournal.com]

What's the plan guys? should I book the 13th and 14th?

[missflibble.livejournal.com]

We should be meeting up on Sunday 14th afternoon so whatever is easiest for you

[missflibble.livejournal.com]

Could you do the afternoon of Sunday 14th November m'dear?

[diminua.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's fine for me.

[fearcat.livejournal.com]

just looked to stay in a travelodge for 1 night that weekend I'd be looking at about £100 O.o'

[missflibble.livejournal.com]

Do a hunt around for various other Travelodges and Premier Inns in London - there's loads of them out there. You might be looking at one nearby to a wedding or something which usually sends the prices skyrocketing...

[fearcat.livejournal.com]

found 2 places for that weekend.
At the moment their the one is over in Barking is £66 and the other is in Battersea and that's £76.
I've looking at others place but their high prices.

[missflibble.livejournal.com]

The Premier Inn in Beckton is £65....but we may not end up doing those dates if kahvi can do say the weekend before....

[leyosura.livejournal.com]

Have you looked at youth hostels? http://www.yha.org.uk/

[kahvi.livejournal.com]

http://www.easyhotel.com/

It's the only place I stay in London, when I'm not staying with friends. I can really recommend them! There's lots of other places to stay for cheap too, if you know where to look. But I'd go for an Easy Hotel, if you could. :)

[fearcat.livejournal.com]

oh cool not bad prices :)
well I can do the 13th and 14th or any weekend really so just tell me when so I can book.

[fearcat.livejournal.com]

What's the plan guys? should I book the 13th and 14th?

[fearcat.livejournal.com]

OMG only just found of that I can go to Dimension Jump XVI (April 8th, 9th and 10th 2011)

*dies*

I think if we can get to meeting up then that'll be amazing.