I'm up
And, for those of you who were good enough to offer assistance yesterday, I've plumped for a Battlestar Galactica backdrop.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 8:22, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

Hi Darth!
How was the Derby match the Newcastle match er, London? I'm there for 24hrs in Novemeber and I'm planning how much I can fit in that I haven't done already.
( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 8:50, Reply)

*shakes fist (if indeed it is a fist)*
London was fantastic thank you Bill. I would recommend Kew Gardens, possibly not if you only have 24hrs and don't want to lose time travelling though. Go and see Wicked, it's amazing, as are Legally Blonde and War Horse. Don't go looking for a card shop on Oxford Street though, there isn't one. And that whole bike hire/drop-off thing is a massive con.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 8:56, Reply)

My eldest son and I are going to a gig in the evening..
..and planning a Monopoly Shot Crawl (cheaper than a pub crawl, plus it's a Sunday), so depending on how long that takes us it'll probably just be generic sightseeing stuff. The only time I need to fill is the post-gig time until the train home at 10am Monday morning. Fabric might do a club night that finishes at 6am which would do nicely but they don't have the listings up for November yet.
( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 9:03, Reply)

Who are you going to see?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 9:04, Reply)

Sisters of Mercy at the Roundhouse in Camden
EDIT: How is the fantasy football going? I think I was on minus points last weekend until the two Manchester matches where I had Rooney, Nani and Aguero. I'm at a respectable 24th in the league now.
( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 9:12, Reply)

Nice!
Last week wasn't too good, I'm now in 48th, but only 22 points behind you.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 9:20, Reply)

I would suggest the Ice Bar, somewhere we failed to find time for
but I think they're only open late on a Saturday. Sadly we were almost always in bed by midnight. Sorry.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 9:06, Reply)

That sounds pretty cool but it's £16pp for 40 minutes in there
We were going more for 'London on a pittance'
( Bill Clay a.k.a. Claudio, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 9:14, Reply)

Ah
Probably best not to go see Wicked then. Or to go to the opera - our tickets were £37 a head and they were bloody miles away from the stage
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 9:19, Reply)

My Opera tickets were more like £100, and it was hot and boring

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 9:26, Reply)

I'd never been to an Opera before
It was like a fucking endurance trial
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 9:28, Reply)

If you want to drink cheaply in London
Find the nearest Samuel Smiths pub. Their prices remain the same across all their pubs, whether they are in York or London - £1.56 for a pint of best last time I was in one.
Their "thing" is not stocking any major brands though, only their own (pretty decent) beer. So don't go if you are planning on drinking Fosters or Guinness. You will probably find their lager and stout nicer than either of those anyway.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 9:27, Reply)

If you go to a pub in London with the intention of drinking Fosters then you are an idiot anyway
Unless you plan to purchase two pints of Fosters, position them opposite each other on a table and surround them with 11 pints of Carling and make sledging noises.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 9:30, Reply)

go to a pub in London with the intention of ing
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 9:35, Reply)

Good point, well made

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 9:37, Reply)

That was sort of my point
Now give me some credit for my elaborate mockery of the baggy green
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 9:41, Reply)