Book? What’s that? 
Who’s a member of the breakaway early morning visit to Cadbury World faction then?
I don’t think I’m going to get there early enough for a visit to Cadbury. The train journey takes a couple of hours at least, and then there’s the checking into the hotel etc, which can’t be done before lunchtime. I think I’m going to be meeting you all at the pub. Which pub did we say to meet in again?
there’s no such thing as a “morning” on a saturday - or if there is i’ve never seen one. 
won’t get up there until 2ish so i won’t be gorging myself silly on chocolate with you i’m afraid.
The Iron Man, in Victoria Square.
Cor, good summary Tansu.
Gary, are you going to come? It would be nice to meet you.
You too - and the rest of ya, it would be a pleasure to get a jar or two in. It’s going to take a bit of re-organizing though, so I can’t say just yet.
Right, all booked up now. Fran, I assume you’re going via Reading, which train are you getting? I booked one that arrives around 12:45.
Hi all… can any of you recommend a good websute where I can buy an ‘open-jaw’ flight, out-bound London > Vegas but coming back San Francisco > London? All the online book-a-flight places I’ve looked assume you want to go to and come back from the same place.
Sorry for the slight hijack, but it seemed the quickest way of accessing the hive mind of the brilliant UK Dopers. I’ll wear sackcloth and ashes all day to apologise.
Ianzin
used let you do this. You’ll need to go via advanced search options, and look out for a link for multiple destinations.
I haven’t used this for a few years though - the prices got silly.
You can do it from opodo , again go for the advanced search and there’s a radio button or tick box for multiple destinations. It’s a two part search - you select for your initial desiniation first, then continue and select the return.
We have a hive mind??
coooooooool.
shotgun not being a “worker”!
and i vote Francesca for queen.
kferr - I haven’t actually booked my train ticket yet, just the hotel. I’ll probably be wanting to get in at around 12.45 as well though.
Ianzin - Expedia.co.uk lets you do multiple destination flights.
Garius - I played the queen in last year’s Jubilee parade down our street. I got a cardboard crown and everything. Small children were awed.
See - i knew you were the one for the job.
Looks like I’m not gonna get paid till the end of the month, and then it’s gonna be a cheque. Not gonna be leaving myself enough time to book travel/hotel.
Boo! 
Oh well, you kids have a nice time! Don’t forget to take piccies!
Can’t we have a whip round or something for our dear friend Tir Tinuviel? It’s not going to be the same if she can’t be with us! It would seem absurd, like trying to have a UK Dopefest without Queen Francesca or something equally silly. And is Twisty scheduled to join us? How can he miss this chance to have a rant about the war ?
I’d chip in to a whip-round.
So who’s coming? Off the top of my head, in no particular order:
Queen Me and Alex B
Ianzin
Kferr
Garius
Angua
Tansu
Casdave
Sir Doris
Steve Wright
Brainfizz
Gary Kumquat?
Who have I missed?
london_calling? he coming?
and whats the plan with regards to meeting? i’m not going to be there until three thirty-ish and i’m guessing everyone will be entering in dribs and drabs anyway.
so how do us poor saps who haven’t seen you guys and girls before know what we are looking for when we enter the pub?
Will Ianzin be wearing a tin-foil pyramid hat? Will Steve Wright have an old MOMI Dr Who exhibition T-Shirt on? Will Francesca be wearing a crown or Angua a dog collar???
Cheers for the thought Ianzin
I’ll buy ya a pint at the next one though!
Twisty is over this weekend, so if any of you kids are around in London on Saturday 19th we could hook up?
(Did he already ask this? I forget…)
London Calling. Of course.
I think the plan is to meet in The Iron Man pub from 1400 onwards. I expect once we’re all there we’ll move on to the other pub. I’m quite easy to spot because I’ll be the shortest person in the pub. And Kferr will be the tallest person in the pub. Or you can study the last Londope pictures as a spotters guide.