# Dopefest in the U.K., 13 September to 26 September? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 21, 2003, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-in-the-u-k-13-september-to-26-september/196636 "2003-08-21T11:49:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-in-the-u-k-13-september-to-26-september/196636/1 "2003-08-21T11:49:16Z")
I’m going to be in the U.K. in September. Are there going to be any Dopefests during that time? I’ll be available any time from the evening of September 13th to the evening of September 26th, except that I’m committed to being in Oxford from the afternoon of September 18th to the afternoon of September 21st. I will probably be in Birmingham the morning of the 13th and have to be at Heathrow on the 27th for my flight home. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-in-the-u-k-13-september-to-26-september/196636/2 "2003-08-21T11:53:25Z")
Well “Londope” is this weekend but i’m certainly not averse to a gathering in September (I’m guessing it would probably end up being a small affair). ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-in-the-u-k-13-september-to-26-september/196636/3 "2003-08-21T11:58:35Z")
I’m sure we can put something together for you. I assume that you’ll be in London except for the commitments you mentioned? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-in-the-u-k-13-september-to-26-september/196636/4 "2003-08-21T12:15:57Z")
I can be wherever it’s necessary to be as long as I can get there in a few hours on the train. I won’t have a car while I’m in the U.K. I know the geography already since I lived in the U.K. from 1987 to 1990. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-in-the-u-k-13-september-to-26-september/196636/5 "2003-08-21T12:38:28Z")
There’s always a few UK types around. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-in-the-u-k-13-september-to-26-september/196636/6 "2003-08-21T12:44:16Z")
Quite. I’m sure something can be arranged… ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-in-the-u-k-13-september-to-26-september/196636/7 "2003-08-21T12:46:40Z")
I should have guessed **Angua** would start sniffing around the moment you mentioned Birmingham! ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-in-the-u-k-13-september-to-26-september/196636/8 "2003-08-21T13:03:19Z")
[subtle hint] There is a 15th century pub, the Bell Inn, which is located in the centre of Nottingham. It would be a mighty fine place to drink a few beers sometime in September. I know **TwistofFate** regards the Guinness served there quite highly. [/subtle hint] ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-in-the-u-k-13-september-to-26-september/196636/9 "2003-08-21T20:38:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by garius \* > \*\*I should have guessed **Angua** would start sniffing around the moment you mentioned Birmingham! \*\* Oi! That’s not very nice. But I could come down to London if needs be… I know your ploy **Garius** , and I thwarted it by not being able to make the BeerFest 😉 ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-in-the-u-k-13-september-to-26-september/196636/10 "2003-08-22T09:42:19Z")
please - like i’d sink so low as to have a “ploy.” I’m much more of a plotter, possibly even a schemer ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-in-the-u-k-13-september-to-26-september/196636/11 "2003-08-22T09:44:06Z")
Ooh. Well, in that case, I know of your evil schemes and plots. Your plans for world domination involving arsonist boy scouts, and all your other evil plans. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-in-the-u-k-13-september-to-26-september/196636/12 "2003-08-22T09:53:47Z")
There’s always a few UK typos around. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-in-the-u-k-13-september-to-26-september/196636/13 "2003-08-22T10:21:31Z")
Perhaps the Bell Inn on the evening of the 13th? Or would it be more convenient to do something in London? Hey, I wouldn’t mind doing two Dopefests. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-in-the-u-k-13-september-to-26-september/196636/14 "2003-08-22T10:23:05Z")
Well, all bets are off with me doing _anything_ before the 16th - midterm review deadlines and stuff like that… ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-in-the-u-k-13-september-to-26-september/196636/15 "2003-08-22T10:54:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Angua \* > \*\*Ooh. Well, in that case, I know of your evil schemes and plots. Your plans for world domination involving arsonist boy scouts, and all your other evil plans. 😉 \*\* [sub]Note to self: Have **Angua** killed[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-in-the-u-k-13-september-to-26-september/196636/16 "2003-08-22T10:57:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by garius \* > \*\*[sub]Note to self: Have **Angua** killed[/sub] \*\* But you’d miss me if you did that. I don’t mind keeping mum. For a price, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-in-the-u-k-13-september-to-26-september/196636/17 "2003-08-22T11:50:58Z")
**Wendell** : You would have more luck meeting Britdopers in London, but if you fancy popping up to Nottingham sometime during your time here then drop me an email. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2003, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-in-the-u-k-13-september-to-26-september/196636/18 "2003-08-22T13:52:15Z")
I was hoping that there would be enough Straight Dopers for a Dopefest on the evening of the 13th in Nottingham, since it would be more convenient to go there first before going on to Oxford and London. But that doesn’t seem to look likely. Is anyone else interested in a Dopefest in September, probably somewhere between Oxford and London? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-in-the-u-k-13-september-to-26-september/196636/19 "2003-08-25T11:03:06Z")
O.K., let me do the one bump that I’m allowed. Does anybody want to do a Dopefest in the U.K. sometime between the evening of the 13th of September and the evening of the 26th of September? ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-in-the-u-k-13-september-to-26-september/196636/20 "2003-08-26T07:52:51Z")
Yes. As long as its not the 13th, 14th, 15th or 16th September. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopefest-in-the-u-k-13-september-to-26-september/196636.md?page=2)