stunsworth Posted December 7, 2007 Share #21 Posted December 7, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I once stayed at the Park Lane hotel for £29 a night. Then again it was 1978 or thereabouts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted December 7, 2007 Posted December 7, 2007 Hi stunsworth, Take a look here London Xmas drinkies?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Rolo Posted December 7, 2007 Share #22 Posted December 7, 2007 Royal Horseguards on Whitehall for me. Room overlooking the Thames and next to the seat of power. Breakfast with Gordon, if he doesn't cry off again. What's a ten minute walk like Andy? So long ........ Rolo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartok Posted December 8, 2007 Share #23 Posted December 8, 2007 Brian, I'm going to try and make it, but probably won't be there until 1 pm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spylaw4 Posted December 8, 2007 Author Share #24 Posted December 8, 2007 My thanks to all those who managed to come along to today's meeting. For those whose attendance was dodgy, we stayed at St P until 1:15pm then repaired to a fairly local pub/restaurant/tapas bar. Attendees : Gabriel, Steve, Michael, Robert, James, Rolo, John, Louis, Adrian, and me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglouis Posted December 8, 2007 Share #25 Posted December 8, 2007 Firstly, many thanks to Brian for organising a great get together. It was really great meeting Rolo and Steve who came all the way down from Manchester for the event. The living proof taken by Rolo with my new camera. 1/4 at iso320, not bad, huh? l/r James, Brian and Steve [ATTACH]64688[/ATTACH] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert_parker Posted December 8, 2007 Share #26 Posted December 8, 2007 It was great to meet everyone again - thanks to Brian for the very efficient organisation and to TFL for just about getting me there on time !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted December 9, 2007 Share #27 Posted December 9, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks to Brian for organising a very enjoyable afternoon - with the weather as it was I'd have just stopped in and watched TV if I didn't have a reason to go out today! That pub - or should I say Tapas bar - was excellent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted December 9, 2007 Share #28 Posted December 9, 2007 Well, the tapas bar was totally unplanned, but turned out to be a wonderful place to basically do nothing other than eat and chat for a few hours and put the (Leica) world to rights. I really, really enjoyed meeting up with some familiar, and not so familiar, faces. Roll on the next one! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejd Posted December 9, 2007 Share #29 Posted December 9, 2007 It was great to see everyone again this afternoon. All the best for the festive season, John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Posted December 10, 2007 Share #30 Posted December 10, 2007 Saw the biggest Leica Glow ever on Saturday on the face of BigLouis with his 24 hour old M8. A pleasure to see someone enjoying their new kit so much. Thanks to all of you for your hospitality and friendship. It was good to meet and chat in spite of several greeting me with: "Hello Rolo, I'm looking forward to meeting Pete Taylor one day" ....... WHY, he's Panasonic Man ?. Disappointing to find that all the traditional London pubs have been turned into Tapas bars. I was looking forward to jellied eels and hearing a pearly queen singing "my old man's a dustman". Sadly not to be, maybe next year. Those of us with no homes to go to: Stunsworth, myself and Robert Parker, continued shooting until well after dark. Looking forward to seeing the results after all the developing and scanning. Kind regards, Rolo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spylaw4 Posted December 10, 2007 Author Share #31 Posted December 10, 2007 Hmm.... venue comment noted Rolo! Maybe (with Louis' help) we'll arrange the next one more in the deepest East End! Brick Lane anyone? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ade909 Posted December 10, 2007 Share #32 Posted December 10, 2007 I'll add my thanks too, Brian - it was great to meet everyone, and put faces to some (user)names. Let's do it again soon. Louis - don't forget to order your filters! all the best Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglouis Posted December 10, 2007 Share #33 Posted December 10, 2007 Hmm.... venue comment noted Rolo! Maybe (with Louis' help) we'll arrange the next one more in the deepest East End!Brick Lane anyone? Brian Next time we could start at the Blind Beggar in Whitechapel (avoiding the Champagne and going for the Guiness instead) and then retrace out steps towards civilization (e.g. that big building rammed into the ground in St Mary Axe) by way of Brick Lane. We'll collude on the next meet-up! Rolo, thanks for your kind words. It is a great piece of kit and I am lucky to be able to have one. LouisB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted December 15, 2007 Share #34 Posted December 15, 2007 Couple of shots from the meeting, these were with the R3 and 35mm Summicron at f2, about 1/8 sec. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/38301-london-xmas-drinkies/?do=findComment&comment=427902'>More sharing options...
farnz Posted January 5, 2008 Share #35 Posted January 5, 2008 Just came across this thread by accident. I would certainly've joined you all had I seen it in time! Oh fiddlesticks. Book me in for Chrimbo 2008! Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted January 5, 2008 Share #36 Posted January 5, 2008 Shame you missed it Pete, we had champagne and everything I hope there'll be another London meet before next xmas! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spylaw4 Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share #37 Posted January 6, 2008 Shame you missed it Pete, we had champagne and everything I hope there'll be another London meet before next xmas! Definitely shame that you weren't there Pete! Keep your eyes open next time! I suspect that Louis and I will be organising something for mid-year when hopefully we'll have decent weather for a wander around the E.End. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted January 6, 2008 Share #38 Posted January 6, 2008 I couldn't help but notice that no one was rushing to buy a round in the St Pancras champagne bar <grin>. Mind you at their prices no wonder. At the Manchester meeting we had a couple of hours of shooting as well as the meal and that worked very well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted January 6, 2008 Share #39 Posted January 6, 2008 Definitely shame that you weren't there Pete! Keep your eyes open next time! I suspect that Louis and I will be organising something for mid-year when hopefully we'll have decent weather for a wander around the E.End. Sounds like a great idea! Would that be a stroll round Albert Square in Walford and then over to the Jasmin-Allen Estate in Sunhill? Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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