London Ahoy!

[hellison]

You know, deciding to round off the bank holiday weekend by drinking a bottle of wine and not going to bed til 2 may not have been the best idea ever, even if it did seem like a really good idea at the time.
Also have odd aches from the gardening yesterday - the horse has only been away a few weeks and already everything is seizing up, woe.

But less of the whinging, have finally got round to booking hotel and flights for London in June, hurrah!

Staying here, nearest tube stop is Kensington High st., for anyone wanting to come out for a pint or some on Saturday 17th June. There are a few pubs around there, best bet maybe to meet up in the hotel bar then decamp elsewhere (since it looks like it might well be horribly overpriced). Any recommendations/suggests welcome ;)

Other plans include window shopping, sleeping and possibly traipsing round a museum/gallery for a while.
The V&A is a strong contender, since I've never been there, it's not too far from the hotel and has a few exhibitions on, including one of various things the Che Guevara image has ended up on. Tho if anything like That Shirt is in there, might not be a good one to do with a hangover :p


ps leeda can you make pints after work on the Friday (16th) then? I can come find you I'm sure ;)

Comments

[malvino.livejournal.com]

I should be around for that :)

Getting there shuldn't be a problem, getting back before the last train might be :P

[malvino.livejournal.com]

And if I do make it I'll be sure to wear somethign appropriate to the occasion :)

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Hurrah! And you could always do what you did last time, bring Dan along and crash at his ;p

Or we could just find one of those new all night opening bars, who needs to go home?

[hellison.livejournal.com]

*grins* as long as I don't have to look at it with a hangover again, go for it ;p

[taffyd.livejournal.com]

The future is now!

[hellison.livejournal.com]

In that case, teleport over and come along! I'll buy the Smints ;p

[mirrorshard.livejournal.com]

I wholeheartedly recommend the V&A, it has shiny things. Many, many shiny things, and in fact more shiny things than dozens of mudders could shake very large sticks at.

[malvino.livejournal.com]

Hmm, Dan might be a plan, I bet it's easier to get there from the Paddington line :)

[kelemvor.livejournal.com]

I'm sure that adelpha and I will manage to be there for some of it. HSK is on the Green and Yellow lines, and they're easy to reach from Waterloo (yay for Travelcards)...

[malvino.livejournal.com]

Did you guys see the blue che shirt yet?

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Nope, haven't seen a blue one ;) Blue sounds good. Easy on teh eye and all that ;p

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Yeah, tube-handiness was one of the reasons for picking that hotel. That and it looks v. fancy and has masseurs ;)

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Aye, it's just a couple of stops down from Paddington, I was originally going to fly to Heathrow so checked that out. Then Stansted turned out to be MUCH cheaper and still fairly simple to get to so... this is fascinating I'm sure ;p

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Yay, I shall have to pack a shaking stick now and test this out ;p

[malvino.livejournal.com]

It is, much less violent :)

[adelpha.livejournal.com]

Mmm, masseurs...

Have you checked to see if they accept salad?

Or baps?

[hellison.livejournal.com]

I give salad, you rub yes?

Heh a picnic in kensington gardens would be quite nice actually ;)

[kake]

The Elephant and Castle looks promising. It's a bit small, but pretty nice. I've only been there once, in the late afternoon/early evening, but I liked it.

[leeda.livejournal.com]

Sorry honey, its my housemate's bday that day... going drinking in cambridge. But i will try and meet you on saturday. I shall have a drink with you before I go meet my folks in London.

[mollow.livejournal.com]

MIKE POSTING:

I'll come out on the Sat too so I can get some quality time with you :)

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Hurrah, we can Do Lunch, or something ;p

[leeda.livejournal.com]

where is your hotel??
pls say not paddington!

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Rofl, nope, not paddington, kensington, there's a link in the post ;)

[adelpha.livejournal.com]

Are you arranging a massage or a hustler?

Or do they only take payment in root veg?

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

sulkign.

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

oh a pointing and shaking stick with which you could *point* at bad people *eyes malvino* and *shake* at people who eat their own icons for lunch *eyes dasquian*. Make sure you drink lots of drinks with BUBBLES in.

Smile.

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

adelpha ISN'T ALLOWED TO GO BECAUSE HE THREW CILLIAN SOUP AT hellison

SO THERE

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

fuck me that's a fucking posh hotel!

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Isn't it just ;) I am treating myself to luxury, since the only other holiday I'll get this year is going to involve lots of babysitting and very early wake up calls from toddlers and so on.
So this one is just for me!

[hellison.livejournal.com]

That's a very good point! I shall demand reparation ;p

[hellison.livejournal.com]

The hotel has a champange and cocktail bar which I'm sure I'll be visiting at some point ;) Anyone else you'd like me to shake a stick at? What did Malvino do to you now anyway?

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

wHAT IS IN THE BATHROOM PLS?

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

GIVE HIM A SPANKING FROM ME

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

re: malvino nothing specifically, was just operating on general principles. Shake a stick at everyone. Not a pole. Just a stick.

Don't forget the BUBBLY BUBBLY drinx.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

um.. I don't know yet? The usual stuff I'd imagine ;)

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

IS THERE AWHIRLPOOL BARF?

IMAGINE YOU GOT STUCK IN ONE OF THEM AND YOU WENT ROUND AND ROUND AND OH GOD SOMEONE GET ME OFF LJ

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Spanking, stick shaking, what else?? This is supposed to be a relaxing weekend!

[hellison.livejournal.com]

I dunno, doesn't mention it anywhere on teh website. But now if there is one I'll be too scared to get in it THANKS.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Ah well if it's on principle that's fair enough. It's about time I had a principle again ;p

And you know I never forget the BUBBLY ;)

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

YUR WELCOME!
IMAGINE IF YOUR TOES GOT STUCK IN THE HOLES AND YOU COULDN'T TURN THE WATER OFF

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

good healthy exercise did no-one any harm!

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

hmm BUBBLES!

I LIKE THE BBUBBLES.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

But how would you get all your toes stuck in different holes? You'd have to have really freaky... hmm. Ok, so don't let Malvino near it if there is one.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

It does look good ;) A quick search also found the Greyhound (http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/87/875/Greyhound/Kensington), which has pool tables or the Settle Down (http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/clubs_bars/venue-2276.php) which does veggie food.
Might do a scout about during the day on Sat. and see where seems decent ;)

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

YES! DON'T PUT HIM IN THE BUBBLY WHIRLPOOL BATH SO HIS TOES GET STUCK IN THE HOLES AND THE WATER WON'T STOP POURING!