Anyone up for a London Poly meet, somewhere between the 3rd and the 9th of August? - Page 3

Az · May 29, 2003, 17:18

So we'll do it at night? Great.

Drogue · May 29, 2003, 17:21

Azazel: For the daytime, what sort of thing you into? Like art, or theatre or anything at all like that. Just an idea. Anyone here live in London and know it really well?

FrustratedPoet · May 29, 2003, 17:24

See what Boris recommends when he comes back. Should be interesting to see what a non-resident thinks is worth doing in London.

Az · May 29, 2003, 17:31

Drogue: I am on a package trip, I have only one free day, and I thought maybe I'll spend it with you guys, too. They want to drag me to this musical thingee. Why oh Why did I let mum accompany me on this trip?

oh, right. Finance.

alva · May 29, 2003, 19:32

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Anyways, we could go out in London, and decide depending on whos there whether to go club/pub or even cinema (big leister square cinemas) if people want.

So, your setting up an (inter)national meeting and then go watch a movie together ???

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I can't remember the name of the club, but it wasn't far from Soho.

Just saw something on the beeb on SOHO :scarred:, not my scene either

Drogue · May 29, 2003, 19:37

Alva: It was just an idea

I'll go with (almost) whatever people want to do. And there are lots of sides to Soho, it's not all sex shops

alva · May 29, 2003, 19:42

Wasn't the sex shops that bother me

, but the violence

Although we probably have got some very similar neighborhoods too.

Drogue · May 29, 2003, 19:55

It's a big city, there is violence

I didn't think it was much worse in Soho than most districts of London or many other big cities. People+Alcohol=Violence, or so it seems

The more people, the more alcohol, the more violence.

Makeo · May 30, 2003, 04:58

Yeah I can only make it if its the Friday the 8th.

MikeH · May 30, 2003, 07:55

Weekends are much better. 8th would be more likely.

Az · May 30, 2003, 07:56

Friday the 8th it is, then?

Victor Galis · May 30, 2003, 12:42

Let's see if I can make it to London for a 3rd year in a row, but it's not looking very likely this year.

Drogue · May 30, 2003, 20:00

Firday the 8th sounds good

Sirotnikov · May 30, 2003, 20:27

Azazel, if you go to any sex shops at soho, bring me a souvenier, will ya?

Barley · May 31, 2003, 05:51

Any date between 4th & 8th should be ok with me. I wont know definate (work commitments) until maybe a week before though.

Soho........... Its no better or worse than most of central London, yes there are the sex clubs but thats only a small part of it. Soho is not bad compared to Brixton / Bronx etc. Most of the center of London (like all big cities) has the problems of crime (pick pockets), druggies, beggers etc. Leicester Square and most of the West end is the same.

We could always try Pinner!!!!! (joke).

Az · May 31, 2003, 05:57

Siro: You can have the same toys here. The dildo won't have "London" written on it, anyway.

In any case, I am not afraid of muggers, etc. That's why I have my fists, my heights, and of course, you guys.

Locutus · May 31, 2003, 06:55

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Originally posted by Azazel
In any case, I am not afraid of muggers, etc. That's why I have my fists, my heights, and of course, you guys.

Unless of course, we are the ones mugging you

Az · May 31, 2003, 06:59

I'll tell Ming to ban you, then, as well as strip you of your moderatorship.

Besides, all of you clowns don't stand a chance against me.

MOBIUS · June 8, 2003, 20:58

Don't trust EiF, he says he'll come and then he'll blow you out at the last minute...

Tamerlin · June 14, 2003, 22:20

It would have been great to meet a bunch of cool Apolytoners in London and drink some booze with Metal in the background but I doubt I will have the money to do the trip this year.

Provost Harrison · June 15, 2003, 17:04

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Originally posted by Zopperoni
I'm very much interested; if a date for the meeting itself can be arranged any time soon, I can start looking for the right travel and accomodation arrangements, since I don't plan on going to London the entire week (unless I find a good deal somewhere o_O).

Zop, if you can get to Hull I can provide you with accomodation and a lift down to London and back, and we could pop across to Manchester as well at some point and see the local apolytoners there...

Provost Harrison · June 15, 2003, 17:06

I may be able to do the 8th...I need notice though, that is all...

Az · June 15, 2003, 17:06

So, Richard, I almost forgot, are you coming?

Provost Harrison · June 15, 2003, 17:07

You know me, I try not to miss poly meets! I will be there!

Az · June 15, 2003, 17:12

Great.

Zopperoni · June 15, 2003, 20:51

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Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Zop, if you can get to Hull I can provide you with accomodation and a lift down to London and back, and we could pop across to Manchester as well at some point and see the local apolytoners there...

That'd be cool, but how does the offer stand for Locutus (since it's likely we'll be traveling together)?

I just checked the ferry service from Rotterdam to Hull, and the times are quite bad (only 2100 in the evening), and the price is even worse (~150 euro per person) o_O

MikeH · June 16, 2003, 05:25

Cheaper to fly to London from Schipol.

Zaphod Beeblebrox · June 16, 2003, 05:29

i'd be interested as well, might even have time (always difficult to say that in advance for more than a week) but as i presumably wont have enough money for a trip to london that doesnt matter at all

Paul Hanson · June 16, 2003, 05:31

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Originally posted by Zopperoni

That'd be cool, but how does the offer stand for Locutus (since it's likely we'll be traveling together)?

I just checked the ferry service from Rotterdam to Hull, and the times are quite bad (only 2100 in the evening), and the price is even worse (~150 euro per person) o_O

They only do night ferries from Rotterdam-Hull, and because of this they're horrendously expensive. If you want to go by ferry, your best bet is to go on the high-speed ferry from Hoek van Holland-Harwich then catch a train to London from there.

Locutus · June 16, 2003, 06:54

Hoek van Holland - Harwich is still €80 for the ferry alone (so excluding train tickets to and from London).

The cheapest we've found so far is to fly from Schiphol to Luton and back from Stanstead to Eindhoven: only costs about €60. Because Zop and I both have student passes, travel within the Netherlands is free for Zop (in the weekends) and very cheap for me (all week), so the only additional costs would be travel within London, which we wouldn't be much different if we'd travel by ferry.

Considering a hotel in the heart of London doesn't have to cost more than about €20 either (of course, we're talking about a dormitory in a backpackers hotel here, not about a penthouse in the Hilton

), taking up Rich's offer and spending the night in Hull would still be a lot more expensive than flying. Plus, flying is by far the fastest and most flexible option as well (60-90 mins flight time, about 10-20 flights a day), which gives Zop and me the opportunity to spend almost 2 full days in London

Of course, Zop and I are still all ears for anyone with a more attractive offer