London Xmas meet - 24/11/07 - Printworks, Clerkenwell - 18.30

[caro]

Actually the point about Christmas lights etc is good. Oxford/Regent Street is likely to be packed.

[MilkTrayMan]

Originally Posted by Bookworm

...What say the others?

What are the Smoking facilities like at your suggested venue??

[caro]

Originally Posted by Bookworm

Ok, after reviewing the thread, I think that in the failure to have a positive consensus, no-one seemed to have major objections to the Farringdon area, so I propose:

Printworks, Clerkenwell, London, EC1R 3HJ - pub details # beerintheevening.com

I have been there a few times when Crusher comes up from Cornwall: It is big, it is clean, it is cheapish, doesn't have music blaring, and within easy reach of quite a few people who are travelling from outside London.

With only a couple of weeks to go, I feel we need to decide once and for all, otherwise, the day before, we'll still be arguing with no decision made.

What say the others?

LOL Bookie, I was just thinking of asking about that one, which I think is the one that Lula meant. I'm thinking a bit more clearly today, and that's pretty close to the Swinton Hotel, according to google maps so perfect IMO. I can still go for a wander in Liberty's or whatever else I decide to do.

[MilkTrayMan]

Originally Posted by Bookworm

Printworks, Clerkenwell, London, EC1R 3HJ - pub details # beerintheevening.com

What say the others?

Is it a place where tiglet could get us a 'Deal'??

[caro]

As with the rest of the country it is non-smoking, and I understand that the facilities for smokers outside are the usual Wetherspoons ones. The prices in these places you don't need a deal. You know what to expect in any of their chain.

[Bookworm]

With Tiglet having root canal and the previous health problems she has had over the last few weeks, I feel it would be unfair to ask her for assistance, even if she were able to provide them. As Caro says, Weatherspoons' prices are reasonable enough that we should be ok.

Smoking is at the top of the stairs, turn right or turn left, it's the street either way.

[MilkTrayMan]

Originally Posted by caro

...The prices in these places you don't need a deal.

Supply + Demand Caro...If U don't ask, U don't get!
Savings are to be had if there is an intention to Bulk Buy!...

Pubs often have budgets to spend on promos etc...EVEN Wetherspoons ones!...lol...

[sillygirl1]

My only thing about this place is there isn't really anything else going on in the area on a Saturday, remember it is the City and they might also close earlier...

That's why I thought of the place behind Liberty's, very easy to find, right next to the tube, and has plenty of choice for alternatives should people want something different (Chinatown isn't far from their either).

[MilkTrayMan]

Originally Posted by Bookworm

..Smoking is at the top of the stairs, turn right or turn left, it's the street either way.

So NO Beer Garden or easy same level access to the Smoking Area then??

It could make all the difference to a Member who has mobility impairments!
How could they possibly enjoy the event the same as the more able bodied peeps??...

[caro]

According to the website it has excellent wheelchair access. Can't comment on what else is around being a country bumpkin myself. Not even Home Counties don't ya know.

[Bookworm]

If you bothered reading the comments in the link provided instead of just raising objections, you would have seen that:

Despite being in a basement, this pub is fully accessible for wheelchair users via a lift just inside the doorway. There is a disabled toilet.

PS: *I* have mobility impairments. I wouldn't choose a place that wouldn't be disabled-friendly.

[sillygirl1]

This is the place I know, the Green Man is more towards Berwick St (is the market on there open Saturdays or am I showing my age....)

Red Lion, Soho, London, W1B 5PP - pub details # beerintheevening.com

The Clerkenwell place is okay but as I say it is very limited for eateries around the area. I can check it out at lunchtime during the week as it's just up the road from work and find out what their menu is like - I'd definately want some sort of meal if it is a late afternoon/early evening do.

[Bookworm]

The Printworks does food too, SG. (and quite cheap too!)

[MilkTrayMan]

Originally Posted by Bookworm

If you bothered reading the comments in the link provided instead of just raising objections...

My mistake, I most profusely apologise...

Corporate Websites are notoriously out of date.
With U having visited this establishment previously, I suppose that I was wrong to ask for the definitive 'Lonely Planet' version, straight from the Worm's Gob...so to speak??!...

[caro]

Originally Posted by sillygirl1

This is the place I know, the Green Man is more towards Berwick St (is the market on there open Saturdays or am I showing my age....)

Red Lion, Soho, London, W1B 5PP - pub details # beerintheevening.com

The Clerkenwell place is okay but as I say it is very limited for eateries around the area. I can check it out at lunchtime during the week as it's just up the road from work and find out what their menu is like - I'd definately want some sort of meal if it is a late afternoon/early evening do.

As Gizmo said earlier in the thread, those of us with a way to travel need to book hotel rooms and hoped to reach a decision pdq to book. Getting close to Christmas anywhere reasonably priced will be getting booked up..... I know she hoped to book on Friday, but couldn't because we hadn't settled where. Wherever it is will be new to me, but I must be able to get back to my hotel, wherever it is relatively easily. Last time I went walkabout in London it took hours of walking and being fleeced by a supposed cab driver who took us to the wrong hotel.

I am with MTM about not liking the tube at night.