UK Meet (South etc)

[gravastar]

I'd like to met you all again if you'll put up with me . No camera though this time, it's away in the Vaterland having it's back focus fixed .

Bob.

[dhsimmonds]

Apologies from me regrettably this time. Photographic duties with my local club!

I must organise a meet really in the South, like in darkest Hampshire one day!

Have fun everyone.

[bill]

I may be a tad late - I have to go to the Vietnamese Embassy on the way... I'll explain when I get there!

Regards,

Bill

[earleygallery]

Sorry guys, I'm not going to be able to make it at all now, stuff has come up. Was really looking forward to it as well

Have fun & post some pics of the gathering - enjoy the pub.

[woodda]

Is the meeting on. People seem to be dropping lke flies

[spylaw4]

Yep - still on - 8 still confirmed + bill coming a bit late! See you all there from 12 noon!

[ejd]

See you around noon!

John

[bill]

Well, it was grand to see everyone today. I did comment on the "North-South Divide"... Our fellow Forum members from north of St Albans may plan to climb up mountains and ford mighty lakes, but we got plenty of exercise negotiating the closures on the tube network and going to and from the bar...

Regards,

Bill

[michael_boylan]

Robert and I dutifully marched up to RG Lewis - to at least inject some Leica purpose in the day - only to arrive there at 16.01 and discover they shut at 16.00.

[bill]

If it's any comfort to you, I continued my subterranean odysseys for the day and went to Jermyn Street and it's environs. Not a single suitable gentleman's photographic briefcase...

Regards,

Bill

[woodda]

Good to meet you all. Maybe Berlin next

Regards

[spylaw4]

Nice to meet up with you all yesterday - thanks for making the effort to attend.
If I've got it right we had woodda, gabriel, robert_parker, spylaw4, michael_boylan, bill, ian748, and ejd. An interesting collection of cameras appeared from containers of various sorts.
Berlin next!

I had hoped to make this but didn't commit as we were getting back from two weeks on the Isle of Wight Friday evening and then heading off to Chartres for four weeks tonight. I had it all worked out but unfortunately on our arrival home Fri evening found we had had burglars.

So the plan for yesterday went right out the window! Next time.......

[spylaw4]

Sorry to hear about the burglars - hope you didn't lose too much of importance. As you say - next time.

[robert_parker]

Andy - unlucky about the burglars - hope you haven't lost too much of value

Bill - outward journey from Paddington to Blackfriars, 90 minutes, Leicester Square to Paddington return - 15 minutes....

Nice to see everyone on the day !!

Here's a pic of a few of the attendees...

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[johnbanting]

Well, it was nice to meet you all on Saturday.

Michael asked me to post something, so here goes...

[michael_boylan]

My twopence worth.

John and Brian in deep political discussion. Or maybe it was something to do with cameras.

M6/35/Fujichrome

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[spylaw4]

Gee thanks Michael - definitely not the most flattering of images!

So I'll return the 'compliment' below:

Gabriel: What on earth is Michael up to?

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Michael: I"m fiddling with this lens!

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Meanwhile Bill and John are waiting to see who'll grab the pint first!

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[ejd]

It was great to see everyone. Excellent reminders of the gathering with all the splendid photos. From my side of the table it looked like this:
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Taken with a IIIc with a 28mm F2.0 Nikkor AI lens attached, Kodak P3200 exposed at EI 1000, Ilford DDX developer.
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The Blackfriar has a stunning interior:
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