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It looks like a London mini-meet is on the cards.

The date is 27th September.

The evening venue will be the favourite haunt of hootoo in London, The Shakespeare's Head, Holborn, as it is large, disability-friendly, has cheap food and drink (for London) and good transport links.

A daytime event will be forthcoming, but ideas or preferred suggestions are welcomed.

For those about on the Friday, the Natural Hiastory Museum has a special open-day which, last year, incorporated 750 students, professors, curators etc. showing what the museum does, it's 'type' specimens and many hands-on events. This is a pan-European event.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/after-hours/science-uncovered/

So far, Florida Sailor, 2legs and I are hoping to attend.
Please spread the word.



MMF

All being well, I shall be in too.

And I can't imagine what might not be well.

PP.

That'll be great, PP.

MMF

I plan to be there as well

A page has been set up.

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Will put into proper text later.



MMF

If you have a column for 'People who always say they'd like to come but never actually manage to turn up', you can add my name to it

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I plan to persuade William to attend too... officially he is a h2g2 user/member now... though he seems to have forgotten his log in details so hasn't relaly posted much Thought it was about time, he met some more of my weird friends... Guess we may look at an hotel, or see if we can get a late train back... depending

I think I ran into him on Twitter. Are you sure you could trust yourself to stay within the Hoise Rules if he was active here?

Oh. yes. strangely. probably more than would have been the case, years ago, witout his presence.... afterall.... I have to behave seriously.... I'm a good girl/boy me

Can we have a pre-meet in the Penderel's Oak?

Hoh yus! surely the Penderel's Oak?
have forgotten/firgiven us by now... or changed hands? Gosh... that* err.... all seems such a long long while ago now... I'm so* grown up and adult nowdays... really... no.. .really I am... well... mostly

|I'm sure you will be welcomed at the Penderels oak...
Just let me know so I can avoid being there

Oh... lordy.... my mis-spent youth.... err. late youth.... err... early middle life ... whatever/whenever it was... will never be expunged from history I'm like some kind of reformed character thesedays mind really mostly....

I'd better tell them to put the scaffolding back up at the Shakespears as well while I'm at it...

Yea! climbing frames for me to climb up! what on could possibly go wrong

It's the Great River Race on the 27th for anyone who wants to watch something rather than walk about in the afternoon. http://www.greatriverrace.co.uk/index.php It starts at Docklands and ends at Ham. Riverside pubs get very busy of course, but there are plenty of vantage points along the route. http://www.greatriverrace.co.uk/about_course_reverse.php

They still have a 6 person boat available for hire, only 830GBP 4 oars, passenger and coxswain.



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And that's the cheapest! With a strong possibility of ending up in the Thames I should think too.

I watched the race about 10 years ago, not far from the Globe. It was an excellent atmosphere both on the water and beside it.

Saw it last year from Kew Bridge. Lasted around two hours.

So is the consensus for IWM? If so I'll get the Meet page updated. And what time shall we meet, as I need to plan my route, being restricted to the .

Also any preference on arrival time at the Shakespeare's Head?

I'll be at the NHM on Friday, so unlikely to make The Penderel's Oak, although I'd like to, just for old times' sake but don't think it is disability friendly.

At least the SH has a disability entrance and toilet. You won't recognise the place.

Just don't look for green swaddling and scaffolding. You'll be disappointed!



MMF