Pints!

[hellison]

Hotels in and around Heathrow seem quite booked up for next wed night (obviously they heard I was coming ;p). In fact the only hotel that some sites are offering is St. Giles...

However, there is always the option of staying near Paddington (zippy heathrow express) or pretty much anywhere on the Picadilly line, so all is still well. I'm not hugely bothered either way, so where suits people - is somewhere more central handier? I'll probably go Somewhere to potter about in the afternoon til you all get out of work anyway ;)

And who is coming? So far I think we have Reuss (& mr reuss?), Dasquian, Malvino, Nou, Kelemvor and Adelpha. And maybe Caramel_betty? (sorry, can't be arsed doing the lj user thing for everyone ;p)

Answers on a postcard comment please, I'll need to book somewhere pretty soon!

ETA What do people think of meeting up in the pub in Paddington Station suggested by nou? Looks pretty good, does a range of foods and beers. And strongbow ;p
http://london.openguides.org/index.cgi?Mad_Bishop_And_Bear,_W2

It'd certainly be handy for getting trains home in various directions ;)

Comments

[being-here.livejournal.com]

www.vancouverstudios.co.uk is v nice and also near Paddington. Bit expensive - but then where in London isn't?

Wish I could be there!

[hellison.livejournal.com]

It would have been lovely to meet you! Maybe next time ;)
Thanks for the link, I'll check it out now.

[dasquian.livejournal.com]

Anywhere not too far from Zone 1 works fine for me :)

[reuss.livejournal.com]

Anywhere in zone 1 is good for me too, or failing that north London - trains I get will go into Kings Cross, but everywhere is reasonably accessible from there. Also, no idea whether Greg is coming or not: it's too far in the future for my brain yet.

[reuss.livejournal.com]

Oh also, is there not some monkeying with the Piccadilly line out towards Heathrow?

[hellison.livejournal.com]

There is? I have no idea about these things, being Forn (well Forn to London) which is why I'm asking ;p

So basically anywhere in zone one is good?

ps poor brain *hugs*

[reuss.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure, I think I thought that it wasn't possible to get to one of the terminal stops but I am not regular enough in London to know for sure atm.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Checked the tube website and there's no mention so maybe it's all been fixed ;)

[kake]

It's terminal 4, closed until next September; there's a bus between there and Hatton Cross instead. I think you'll be terminal 1 on the way in and terminal 3 on the way out though, so you shouldn't have a problem.

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube/tourists/airports.asp?lang=en
http://www.heathrow-airport-guide.co.uk/terminals.html

As for location, I'll be coming in via Victoria so zone 1 suits me too. A few suggestions follow - all of these serve food in the evenings and have been in the Good Beer Guide and serve at least one (not necessarily real) cider.

• Buckingham Arms in Westminster - will be very full until around 8pm and then empty, but not with braying city types, more the slightly older crowd.
• Calthorpe Arms near King's Cross - possibly a bit out of the way, but it's guaranteed to be empty of all but two or three locals - may even be a bit too quiet. Food can be a bit variable but it's edible.
• The Lamb in Holborn - better quality but pricier food, also will be crowded at least early on and possibly later too.
• Mad Bishop and Bear - this pub is actually in Paddington Station, which might be convenient. It's pretty good.
• Star of Belgravia - a good pub but tricky to find for the first time if you have no A-Z (could get people to print out the streetmap page and the directions here though).

There's also Chimes the cider place near Victoria, but it's a little pricy and doesn't really have much for non-cider-drinkers. And I always get lost on the way back to the station.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Ooh thanks! I think dragging everyone to a cider pub would be a tad self-indulgent (maybe next time...).

The pub in Paddington might work as a good meeting up place and the food part would be handy for people coming from work. We could always move on. Or not, since again, handy for people heading home in various directions.

[taffyd.livejournal.com]

<3 heathrow express

[hellison.livejournal.com]

It does look like a V. Good Thing ;)

[leeda.livejournal.com]

ya Heathrow express it.. it stops at all the terminals, and its only 15 minutes and you can sit comfortably instead of being squashed into someone's armpits on the tubes for an hour and a half into the city. :P

[adelpha.livejournal.com]

You're still welcome to stay over here if you need to. We had people over at the weekend, so the spare room's not looking its usual 'dumping ground for Stuff'. The Dumping of Bagges could be done at the left luggage place at Waterloo so you can happily frolic in London until Alcohol happens, then pick them up on the way through.

Hrm, might need to check their opening times...

What time's your flight out?

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Where abouts do you live? My london knowledge is fairly scanty, but I can pretty much work the tubes now (go me!). There is a left luggage thingy at Heathrow too, so I might just dump the case there and frolic freely from thence thro the streets of London ;)

Flight has ended up not being til 1, which is good, but if you guys are working in the morning I don't want to inflict Cider Helen on you!

[adelpha.livejournal.com]

Walton-on-Thames - <http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=515000&y=165000&z=5&sv=515000,165000&st=4&ar=n&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf&ax=509840&ay=166478>

I can't speak for kelemvor, but I don't have to be into work until 10 and might be able to work from home if I don't have any pointless wastes of times meetings to go to :P

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Aha ;) If we go to the pub in paddington I'll look for a hotel about there, since its so easy for the heathrow express, otherwise I shall gladly take you up on teh offer, thanks v. much ;)

[leeda.livejournal.com]

I will come visit!

ps, stay in Paddington - I work there ;p

[hellison.livejournal.com]

ooh yay :) Just found a nice cheap hotel round teh corner from the station so probably will stay there.

Yay!

[leeda.livejournal.com]

Whats it called??

This is next wednesday roight?? yayayay! What time will you get there??

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Niki hotel, or something like that! Getting there wed afternoon, about 3/3.30ish i'd say ;) Will probably potter off to look at Something Interesting in the vicinity til everyone gets out of work

(wanna sneak out early?)

[leeda.livejournal.com]

oh cool.. i know where that is! :D
i will certainly try and sneak out early for j000.!