farnz Posted April 8, 2013 Share #61 Posted April 8, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) I'm a definite, Nick. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nick De Marco Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share #62 Posted April 9, 2013 Reminder Anyone who wants to go up the Shard on Saturday 27 during our meet up, please tell me ny 4pm on Wednesday 10 April so I can book your tickets £25.95 each) and bring the mony on Saturday. We plan to meet between 11am and 12 noon, have a stroll take photos then lunch in a local pub and go up the shard at 2.30pm. I can't pm everyone as it's not clear who is certainly coming - so either pm me or answer here if you want Shard tickets (and of course your welcome to come along for the day without the tip up the Shard). So far I have me, Pete and Brian for tickets, but I'm sure there are a few more who want to take some photos from the top of Europe's tallest building. Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeingeye Posted April 9, 2013 Share #63 Posted April 9, 2013 Nick have PM'd you. EDF Energy are re-opening the visitor centres and also conducting tours of some of their nuclear plants. They were shutdown after 9/11 for security reasons. I have done the public tour of Dungeness B (Dungeness A is being de-commissioned now) and it is an interesting tour, lasts around two hours and you finish the tour in the reactor building looking down on to the reactor pile cap. Maybe a future Leica meet venue! According to the FAQs, there are restrictions on taking cameras on site. Nevertheless, it sounds like an interesting tour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted April 9, 2013 Share #64 Posted April 9, 2013 ... if so would anyone like me to book the 2.30pm slot for them and bring the cash on the day (5p short of £25) ... Anyone who wants to go up the Shard on Saturday 27 during our meet up, please tell me ny 4pm on Wednesday 10 April so I can book your tickets £25.95 each) ... Just so I bring the right money, Nick, is it £24.95 or £25.95? Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick De Marco Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share #65 Posted April 9, 2013 Reminder and update List is now: Pete, Brian, me, Terry, Elaine & Ivor. Anyone else by 4pm tomorrow please so I can book. Restrictions on cameras! I hate that sort of nonsense. A good challenge should be who can take the best photo in restricted circumstances. I shall bring a small Leica I think! edited - now realise that refers to the inside of a nuclear power station and not the top of the Shard Sorry Pete it is 24.95, not 25.95 - my mistake Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick De Marco Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share #66 Posted April 9, 2013 update I just checked the info - nothing about photo restrictions - and I see elsewhere many people photographing there so I would not worry about that. I did see this though: "Certain items cannot be brought in to The View including large bags and rucksacks, generally over the size of 22 x 15 x 8 inches (55 x 38 x 20 cm) or other large equipment. Although we have no cloakroom facility for bags, folded pushchairs can be left in the designated area in the booking hall for free but bags and coats cannot be left with them." So don't bring your large format view cameras and tripods ok Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim B Posted April 10, 2013 Share #67 Posted April 10, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) I'm definitely coming to the meeting, but will NOT be ascending the Shard. Have we set a meeting place before and after the ascent? At the base of the Shard? I believe that the entrance fee allows for only 30 minutes at the top? Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick De Marco Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share #68 Posted April 10, 2013 I have just booked 7 tickets for the Shard, 27 April, for the view at 2.30pm for: Pete, Brian, me, Terry, Elaine & Ivor and Robert. Please all bring money on day! (24.95 each) The 7 of us shall only be gone from the rest for about 30 mins, so if you are not ascending the Shard please don't let that put you off what should be a good day of photography and catching up - and if you change your mind you can still book tickets yourself. Can I suggest we meet at 11am at Greater London House. It's another interesting bit of modern architecture on the other side of the new development around the Shard. You can usually go inside, get coffee, take photos etc. Let's meet at the entrance to the building at 11am (it's by the Thames, by London Bridge for those who don't know it, the sloping building). We can take some photos and have a coffee, then perhaps walk around the whole area until about 12.30pm or 1pm, Have a pub lunch and then those going up the Shard do so just before 2.30pm, meeting back in the pub or wherever we have decided. Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeingeye Posted April 11, 2013 Share #69 Posted April 11, 2013 Nick Do you have an address for Greater London House? The only building with this name which I can find is in NW1, which does not seem to fit with your description of its location. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick De Marco Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share #70 Posted April 11, 2013 Sorry Mike I meant City Hall http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Hall_(London) And not of course the Art Deco master piece in Camden City Hall at 11am Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeingeye Posted April 11, 2013 Share #71 Posted April 11, 2013 Thanks, Nick. I did wonder if that was where you meant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrycym Posted April 11, 2013 Share #72 Posted April 11, 2013 Sorry MikeI meant City Hall http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Hall_(London) And not of course the Art Deco master piece in Camden City Hall at 11am It looks like a big building. I presume the entrance is obvious and there's only one? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeingeye Posted April 11, 2013 Share #73 Posted April 11, 2013 The entrance is at the bottom of the Scoop, not City Hall itself. It should be obvious as the Scoop occupies a big dip in the ground. London's Kitchen at City Hall | Greater London Authority Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted April 12, 2013 Share #74 Posted April 12, 2013 Nick, Might it be an idea to meet in the cafe at City Hall rather than at the entrance? That way if it's wet we'll be undercover and if anyone's slightly delayed we'll be inside with a cup of steaming tea or coffee and they won't have missed us if we've moved off. Pete.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George James Posted April 12, 2013 Share #75 Posted April 12, 2013 Is London's Kitchen at City Hall open on a Saturday ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted April 12, 2013 Share #76 Posted April 12, 2013 Is London's Kitchen at City Hall open on a Saturday ? Well spotted, George, surprisingly it's not. There's Gaucho directly to the right of City Hall although that's more of a restaurant, there's a Pret a Manger in a building behind it, or there are coffee shops in Hay's Galleria. But perhaps it's complicating the issue and Nick's original plan to meet at the entrance to City Hall is fine. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Bachmann Posted April 14, 2013 Share #77 Posted April 14, 2013 Just booked Saturday 27 April 2013 14:30: Entrance - The View from The Shard. Meet you at 11am at the entrance of the new City Hall (building shown below from Tower Bridge to help guide others). Note there are only 6 more places left for 14:30 so if anyone else needs to book tickets, I'd suggest getting them today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick De Marco Posted April 16, 2013 Author Share #78 Posted April 16, 2013 Thanks Dan Lovely Picture! Yes let's meet at the entrance to City Hall at 11am Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejd Posted April 16, 2013 Share #79 Posted April 16, 2013 See you all there on the 27th. I have got a ticket for the view from the top. All the best, John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravastar Posted April 19, 2013 Share #80 Posted April 19, 2013 Look forward to seeing you all again on the 27th. I've booked and printed a ticket for the 2:30pm - 3pm Shard slot. Decided to be the "tourist" for once . Regards to all. Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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