London - Tuesday 26 February

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 12:20 Sat 19 Jan 2013

Date: Tuesday, 26 February 2013
Location: The Bung Hole, London
Theme: Bring a bottle of Vintage Port wrapped in foil to share with RonnieRoots

Attendees:

RonnieRoots;
AHB;
DRT;
JDAW;
RAYC.

Anyone else want to join us?

Original post:
I will be in London from 24 Feb until 2 March, any chance of an offline in that period? Looking forward to seeing you all again!

Post by **DRT** » 02:18 Sun 20 Jan 2013

RonnieRoots wrote:I will be in London from 24 Feb until 2 March, any chance of an offline in that period? Looking forward to seeing you all again!

It is highly likely we can accommodate that request. Watch this space.

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 09:37 Mon 21 Jan 2013

Watching.

Post by **DRT** » 00:15 Tue 22 Jan 2013

Suggested theme is "Bring a Vintage Port to share with Ronald".

Venue = The Bunghole

Usual suspects please pick a date...

I can do any day from Monday to Thursday.

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 01:10 Tue 22 Jan 2013

DRT wrote:Suggested theme is "Bring a Vintage Port to share with Ronald".

How about a 35 horizontal to commemorate Winner?!

Post by **DRT** » 01:22 Tue 22 Jan 2013

RAYC wrote:
DRT wrote:Suggested theme is "Bring a Vintage Port to share with Ronald".

How about a 35 horizontal to commemorate Winner?!

Only if we can have an oyster starter and steak tartare for main course.

RAYC · Post by **RAYC** » 01:43 Tue 22 Jan 2013

DRT wrote:
RAYC wrote:
DRT wrote:Suggested theme is "Bring a Vintage Port to share with Ronald".

How about a 35 horizontal to commemorate Winner?!
Only if we can have an oyster starter and steak tartare for main course.

Very good!

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 13:59 Tue 22 Jan 2013

I can do Monday to Thursday.

I choose Tuesday unless anyone else objects.

We'll let Ronnie choose between themes - I vote for the "bring a vintage port to share with Ronnie" theme since I am short of '35s at the moment.

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 07:05 Sun 27 Jan 2013

Tuesday works well for me.
My stash of 35s is also pretty much depleted, so I'm happy to go for "bring a bottle to share..."

Post by **DRT** » 08:43 Sun 27 Jan 2013

First post edited.

Anyone want to join us?

Post by **jdaw1** » 15:30 Sun 27 Jan 2013

I’m in, probably. Placemats to follow.

Post by **jdaw1** » 19:37 Tue 29 Jan 2013

Permission granted.

Post by **DRT** » 20:26 Tue 29 Jan 2013

First post edited.

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 05:34 Wed 30 Jan 2013

jdaw1 wrote:Permission granted.

Wonderful!

I even have a bottle in mind to bring with me. Looking forward to it.

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:08 Sat 09 Feb 2013

First draft of placemats.

Please confirm that Ronnie = RMW.
And please confirm that he is left-handed.

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 10:04 Sun 10 Feb 2013

jdaw1 wrote:First draft of placemats.
Please confirm that Ronnie = RMW.
And please confirm that he is left-handed.

Both confirmed.

Post by **jdaw1** » 11:12 Sun 10 Feb 2013

Location has been given as The Bung Hole (57 High Holborn, London WC1V 6DT, tel 020 7831 8365). Has anybody booked?

Post by **DRT** » 11:41 Sun 10 Feb 2013

jdaw1 wrote:Location has been given as The Bung Hole (57 High Holborn, London WC1V 6DT, tel 020 7831 8365). Has anybody booked?

Not me.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 19:29 Mon 11 Feb 2013

I will book the venue.

However, I request that we relocate our meeting on Feb 26. After Helen had advised us that TBH could not accommodate us on Feb 15, I booked a table at Davy's at Canary Wharf, which is managed by Ian Wright - the former manager of The Crusting Pipe back in the days when it welcomed regulars and was run by a man who loved his port.

Helen then called me late this afternoon to say that she had been able to juggle things around, call in a favour and freed up the private room for our use on Feb 15th.

A little embarrased by the lengths that Helen must have gone to to help us out, I would like to accept her offer of the room on the 15th but also want to be fair to Ian.

So, I would like to suggest that on Feb 15th we meet at the Bung Hole and on Feb 26 we meet at Davy's at Canary Wharf.

Any objections?

Post by **DRT** » 19:33 Mon 11 Feb 2013

None from me.

15th Feb is also Jack's last night at TBH, which might explain their keenness to host us that night.

Post by **jdaw1** » 20:51 Mon 11 Feb 2013

No objection from me.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 23:21 Mon 11 Feb 2013

DRT wrote:None from me.

15th Feb is also Jack's last night at TBH, which might explain their keenness to host us that night.

That I did not realise!

Do we know where he's going?

Post by **DRT** » 23:34 Mon 11 Feb 2013

I emailed him earlier today to ask but he hasn't responded yet. Will let you know. I think it is an intra-Davy's move, so might be in our favour.

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 06:46 Tue 12 Feb 2013

Fine with me as well. Looks like it is even closer to my hotel, so only for the better.

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 06:47 Tue 12 Feb 2013

Oh, and Alex, thanks for making the booking!

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 12:54 Tue 12 Feb 2013

AHB wrote:I request that we relocate our meeting on Feb 26. After Helen had advised us that TBH could not accommodate us on Feb 15, I booked a table at Davy's at Canary Wharf, which is managed by Ian Wright - the former manager of The Crusting Pipe back in the days when it welcomed regulars and was run by a man who loved his port.

We are now booked for Davy's at Canary Wharf, a table for 5-7 from 6:30 (but Ian is happy if some of us arrive a little early).

The address is 31-35 Canary Wharf, Fisherman’s Walk E14 4DH.

And Ian is really excited about seeing us again. He's rearranging his shifts so that he can be there when we visit. Can you believe that it's 5 years since he went to Brazil...

Post by **DRT** » 15:55 Sun 24 Feb 2013

Perhaps this is a good opportunity for a toast.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 14:07 Mon 25 Feb 2013

DRT wrote:Perhaps this is a good opportunity for a toast.

An excellent suggestion.

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 17:42 Mon 25 Feb 2013

Is anyone going to be there early? I could probably be there somewhere between 5.30 and 6PM and wouldn't mind a pre-port beer.

Post by **jdaw1** » 17:45 Mon 25 Feb 2013

jdaw1 wrote:First draft of placemats.

Please could somebody check OK.
Who is to print?

Post by **jdaw1** » 17:51 Mon 25 Feb 2013

Updated draft of placemats.

First post says The Bung Hole, but that’s being ignored and replaced with Davy's at Canary Wharf.

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 18:45 Mon 25 Feb 2013

No fancy fonts? Looks fine to me, unfortunately I can't print anything.

Post by **jdaw1** » 20:22 Mon 25 Feb 2013

Updated draft of placemats.

RonnieRoots wrote:No fancy fonts? Looks fine to me, unfortunately I can't print anything.
Added ‟fancy fonts”.

Post by **DRT** » 23:13 Mon 25 Feb 2013

RonnieRoots wrote:Is anyone going to be there early? I could probably be there somewhere between 5.30 and 6PM and wouldn't mind a pre-port beer.

I can be at your disposal from 5:00. Where?

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:32 Mon 25 Feb 2013

Updated draft of placemats.

JDAW×2;
+Extra clutter, for Ronnie.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 10:31 Tue 26 Feb 2013

I'll print, but won't be arriving until shortly before 6:30pm since I will be catching the 5pm train from Bracknell.

Post by **jdaw1** » 11:51 Tue 26 Feb 2013

AHB wrote:I'll print, but won't be arriving until shortly before 6:30pm since I will be catching the 5pm train from Bracknell.

In which case I’ll print.

Separately I have started a review thread.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 13:38 Tue 26 Feb 2013

jdaw1 wrote:In which case I’ll print.

I wish you'd said so earlier. These took ages to parse and tied up my shared printer for half an hour or so.

By the by, I am full of cold and sneezing uncontrollably - you might want to sit me out of the way and away from others.

Post by **jdaw1** » 13:47 Tue 26 Feb 2013

AHB wrote:These took ages to parse and tied up my shared printer for half an hour or so.

If you have printed then I won’t.

RonnieRoots · Post by **RonnieRoots** » 14:18 Tue 26 Feb 2013

DRT wrote:
RonnieRoots wrote:Is anyone going to be there early? I could probably be there somewhere between 5.30 and 6PM and wouldn't mind a pre-port beer.
I can be at your disposal from 5:00. Where?

dont know the area there, so maybe just at Davy's? I'll try to be there 5.30.

Post by **jdaw1** » 11:53 Wed 27 Feb 2013

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