2014 pre-Harvest Tour tasting, London, 9/23

[djewesbury]

If the date is Tuesday, 9/23, who can actually make it?

Not me, I'll be with Andy.

Are you on one of Roy's Douro tours? I'm jealous!

No, that tour doesn't start until 9/28 and is the reason that I'll be in London for this tasting.

Should I take this as confirmation that you can make it on 9/23?

My calendar says "Faculty Induction - all day"
Let's say I'm a 'hopeful'!

[AW77]

I could make it on the 23rd of September.

[DRT]

I think there might be lots of people who can't make this.

Could it be changed to a Post-Harvest Tour Tasting?

[Alex Bridgeman]

I can't make the 23rd.

When do you travel over to Portugal?

[Glenn E.]

I think there might be lots of people who can't make this.

Could it be changed to a Post-Harvest Tour Tasting?

No, as explained in the first post. Or rather, if such a change is needed then I will not be involved.

When do you travel over to Portugal?

Thursday, 9/25. We're limited by BA's flight schedule. They only fly to and from Porto on Sundays and Thursdays.

We return through London - albeit very briefly - on the Sunday that the Harvest Tour ends.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Thursday, 9/25. We're limited by BA's flight schedule. They only fly to and from Porto on Sundays and Thursdays.

I didn't realise that BA flew to Oporto at all! I don't know when their flights restarted, but Heathrow Terminal 5 is so much easier for me than Gatwick with TAP. Wish I'd known earlier.

[Glenn E.]

If PhilW and jdaw1 could either confirm or withdraw, I would appreciate it.

I'll be at TBH on Tuesday night regardless, as our plans are pretty well fixed at this point in time. We already have a quorum with myself, idj123, flash_uk, AW77, and djewesbury hopeful, so anyone else at this point would simply be a bonus.

Could someone more local to TBH than Seattle make appropriate arrangements with TBH for a room, etc? Those attending should probably start thinking about a theme if we want one other than "bring a bottle to share with some guy from Seattle."

[jdaw1]

If the date is Tuesday, 9/23, who can actually make it?

Not me, I'll be with Andy.

Not me, I’ll be with Derek.

[PhilW]

If PhilW and jdaw1 could either confirm or withdraw, I would appreciate it.

Yes, I would still be ok for the 23rd Sept.[/quote]

[jdaw1]

Tomorrow I will phone the Bung Hole to book. But as I will be out of the country on Tuesday 23^rd September 2014, I should give somebody else’s contact details. Whose? Please volunteer. Or, even better volunteer to book it yourself, and then do so by calling +44 20 7831 8365 and saying that it is for a Port tasting. Ask for the ‘Function Room’. They know us.

For first timers: The Bung Hole, 57 High Holborn, London WC1V 6DT, +44 20 7831 8365 (streetmap.co.uk, maps.google.co.uk, bing.com).

[AW77]

Flights booked. Who want's to have lunch with me on the 24th?

[djewesbury]

Flights booked. Who want's to have lunch with me on the 24th?

This is Week 1 of the Autumn Semester. I'm teaching a new module next semester and don't have an idea of the timetable yet.. Hence my inclusion being dependent on that. Nothing would please me more, however, than lunch with you on the 24th somewhere appropriately congenial!

[AW77]

Flights booked. Who want's to have lunch with me on the 24th?

This is Week 1 of the Autumn Semester. I'm teaching a new module next semester and don't have an idea of the timetable yet.. Hence my inclusion being dependent on that. Nothing would please me more, however, than lunch with you on the 24th somewhere appropriately congenial!

Thank's. I know you're a good sport.
How about Rules Restaurant? Last time I went there (in 2012) they served Taylor's Vargellas by the glass.

[djewesbury]

Flights booked. Who want's to have lunch with me on the 24th?

This is Week 1 of the Autumn Semester. I'm teaching a new module next semester and don't have an idea of the timetable yet.. Hence my inclusion being dependent on that. Nothing would please me more, however, than lunch with you on the 24th somewhere appropriately congenial!

Thank's. I know you're a good sport.
How about Rules Restaurant? Last time I went there (in 2012) they served Taylor's Vargellas by the glass.

THIS IS AMAZING! I was going to include a link to Rules in my last message and thought I wouldn't bother as I wasn't sure about being able to go..
Yes, Rules on the 24th.
You are a mindreader.

[AW77]

THIS IS AMAZING! I was going to include a link to Rules in my last message and thought I wouldn't bother as I wasn't sure about being able to go..
Yes, Rules on the 24th.
You are a mindreader.

I'm not a mind-reader, I simply know what's good.

[djewesbury]

THIS IS AMAZING! I was going to include a link to Rules in my last message and thought I wouldn't bother as I wasn't sure about being able to go..
Yes, Rules on the 24th.
You are a mindreader.

I'm not a mind-reader, I simply know what's good.

[djewesbury]

Owen would be able to tell us the Peter Wimsey novel that mentions Rules - Whose Body? Strong Poison? I can't actually remember. But I think he takes Harriet Vane there so I think it must be Strong Poison.

EDIT: Yes, Strong Poison, but not Harriet Vane, but Miss Murchison, his accomplice from the Typing School and secret lady-detective agency run by his friend Miss Climpson.

[Glenn E.]

Tomorrow I will phone the Bung Hole to book. But as I will be out of the country on Tuesday 23^rd September 2014, I should give somebody else’s contact details. Whose? Please volunteer. Or, even better volunteer to book it yourself, and then do so by calling +44 20 7831 8365 and saying that it is for a Port tasting. Ask for the ‘Function Room’. They know us.

For first timers: The Bung Hole, 57 High Holborn, London WC1V 6DT, +44 20 7831 8365 (streetmap.co.uk, maps.google.co.uk, bing.com).

My contact details in London are not yet known, though the room may be reserved in my name if so desired.

[Glenn E.]

Flights booked. Who want's to have lunch with me on the 24th?

Lunch at Rules on the 24th is now part of the official plan. SCP-DFS will be joining us also.

Just so we are certain, we are talking about this Rules, correct?

[djewesbury]

Just so we are certain, we are talking about this Rules, correct?

But of course..

[AW77]

Could we make it 12 o'clock at Rules? My flight leaves Stansted at 4.30 p.m., so 12 o'clock would hopefully leave us enough time.

[PhilW]

Tomorrow I will phone the Bung Hole to book. But as I will be out of the country on Tuesday 23^rd September 2014, I should give somebody else’s contact details. Whose? Please volunteer. Or, even better volunteer to book it yourself, and then do so by calling +44 20 7831 8365 and saying that it is for a Port tasting. Ask for the ‘Function Room’. They know us.

I'll take care of it, and will book this afternoon.

[djewesbury]

Could we make it 12 o'clock at Rules? My flight leaves Stansted at 4.30 p.m., so 12 o'clock would hopefully leave us enough time.

12 o'clock lunch, if hoping for arrival at Stansted in time for a 4.30 flight would suggest to me that you should check the train times and work backwards to see how much time you actually have..

[jdaw1]

12 o'clock lunch, if hoping for arrival at Stansted in time for a 4.30 flight would suggest to me that you should check the train times and work backwards to see how much time you actually have..

Not from your phone.

[djewesbury]

12 o'clock lunch, if hoping for arrival at Stansted in time for a 4.30 flight would suggest to me that you should check the train times and work backwards to see how much time you actually have..

Not from your phone.

Thank you JDAW