Doc does London 2025 ( or wants to 🤔 ) - Thursday 13th March - A date for your diary

Steptoe said:
Fridays aren’t so great, shite bands in most places, Rachel who did a good Friday gig at a local bar has thrown a diva wobbly and not playing there at the moment, plus the night goes on until 3am :D
I’m usually laying low after Thursday night and preparing for Saturday :D
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So we not going out ?
 
Doc said:
What’s this tap in out thing
With a debit card to pay ?
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Touching in and out

Always touch in and touch out on yellow card readers to pay the right fare
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Just make sure you use the same single credit or debit card all day.

It’s easy. Up to 8,000,000 residents and Lord knows how many tourists (who can’t all be geniuses) do it every day.
 
Wapping said:

Touching in and out

Always touch in and touch out on yellow card readers to pay the right fare
tfl.gov.uk tfl.gov.uk

Just make sure you use the same single credit or debit card all day.

It’s easy. Up to 8,000,000 residents and Lord knows how many tourists (who can’t all be geniuses) do it every day.
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Yes, but do those figures include Northerners?
 
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wessie said:
aren't you booked in for training on the use of the tube on the Thursday evening on the way to Brick Lane?
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No idea how we are getting there. But if on the tube I suppose so.
 
Wapping said:
Friday….. London east, plus pie, mash and liquor. No doubt a beer or two en route, too.

Meet at Tower Gateway DLR station, reasonably early.
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Those that are having a curry on Thursday, know the form. I don’t know yet if I can make it.

Friday, I am happy to do the East London / DLR and boat trip / Pie Mash & Liquor and City thing. Meet at Tower Gateway at 09:30. If anyone wishes to join, please let the thread know.

I had hoped to offer the West End jaunt on Saturday, too. However, I have now (as of yesterday) been pressed into duty at my aunt’s 87th birthday party in Northamptonshire on Saturday, which is a three-line whip. This will involve me going to my 90 year-old mother’s in Warwickshire on Friday evening, after the East London jaunt, for taxi duties. I don’t mind, as it’s not every day someone has an 87th birthday party. That said, if Doc wants to do Harrods etc on Saturday, that’s easy from his Kings Cross hotel.

For the Saturday, especially if the weather is kind, I’d suggest Doc does the ‘Big Bus Tours’ Red Route jaunt, not least as you can hop on and off at will.

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Got a link, mate?

Natch, mate:

London Bus Tours | London Sightseeing & Open-Top Bus Tours

Discover all of the iconic and famous sights & landmarks of the city with our London bus tours. Save when you book online today!
www.bigbustours.com www.bigbustours.com
 
Wapping said:
Those that are having a curry on Thursday, know the form. I don’t know yet if I can make it.

Friday, I am happy to do the East London / DLR and boat trip / Pie Mash & Liquor and City thing. Meet at Tower Gateway at 09:30. If anyone wishes to join, please let the thread know.

I had hoped to offer the West End jaunt on Saturday, too. However, I have now (as of yesterday) been pressed into duty at my aunt’s 87th birthday party in Northamptonshire on Saturday, which is a three-line whip. This will involve me going to my 90 year-old mother’s in Warwickshire on Friday evening, after the East London jaunt, for taxi duties. I don’t mind, as it’s not every day someone has an 87th birthday party. That said, if Doc wants to do Harrods etc on Saturday, that’s easy from his Kings Cross hotel.

For the Saturday, especially if the weather is kind, I’d suggest Doc does the ‘Big Bus Tours’ Red Route jaunt, not least as you can hop on and off at will.

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Got a link, mate?

Natch, mate:

London Bus Tours | London Sightseeing & Open-Top Bus Tours

Discover all of the iconic and famous sights & landmarks of the city with our London bus tours. Save when you book online today!
www.bigbustours.com www.bigbustours.com
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All sounds good to me Richard thanks. Unless I get lost in transit. :LOL:
Would be nice to have some company Saturday though.
 
As regards post curry beers on Thursday, Brick Lane is not over blessed with pubs, whilst Shoreditch has fallen to the uber trendy generation.

I’d suggest, only as it’s very close, The Well & Bucket on Bethnal Green Road, which is just a short walk away from Brick Lane.

Failing that, go inwards:

Hoop and Grapes, Aldgate

The Old Tea House, Creechurch Lane

The Princess of Prussia, Prescot Street

The Brown Bear, Leman Street

Modern pub, large, would be the Moretown Belle, opposite Waitrose, close by St Katherine Dock

The Dickens Inn, on St Katherine Dock

The Prospect of Whitby / Captain Kidd / Town of Ramsgate in Wapping. The Town of Ramsgate may well be very busy (it’s not a large pub) on Thursday, so the Prospect of Whitby might well be a better bet, as it’s larger. Likewise, the Captain Kidd.
 
I will be in the Standard tomorrow and will ensure the new owners know about of our reservation. We will get our 20% discount.
Food is just as good under the new owners although prices have risen but so have the portion sizes.

Reference pubs before or after, I wont join but post #207 seems to have been your previous suggestion Wappers.

I still have the following list of 7 for curry at 1800

Doc
Evskij
NielDD
Grantmac
Oldrat
Monsieur
TIJ650
 
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grantmac said:
Reference pubs before or after, I wont join but post #207 seems to have been your previous suggestion Wappers.
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Yup, I simply updated it to give a bit more choice.

For example, the Standard to the Hoop and Grapes at Aldgate is about 12 minutes walk. Aldgate tube is also very convenient for Kings Cross, arguably better than the Bethnal Green Road.

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The Standard to the Princess of Prussia is a little further, but not far:

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Hey 👋
Just wanted to confirm the plan for next Thursday. So, it’s the Standard Balti in Brick Lane next Thursday at 6?. Looks like it’s close to Liverpool Street station??
I’m staying near Euston Station - so assume easy enough on tube?
 
TIJ650 said:
Hey 👋
Just wanted to confirm the plan for next Thursday. So, it’s the Standard Balti in Brick Lane next Thursday at 6?. Looks like it’s close to Liverpool Street station??
I’m staying near Euston Station - so assume easy enough on tube?
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Euston railway station is within spitting distance of Kings Cross station, where I believe Doc is staying.

From either Euston or Kings Cross underground stations, it’s straightforward to get to the Standard curry house in Brick Lane.

The TfL website or Google is your very reliable friend. 32 minutes, door-to-door, assuming no tube problems on the evening:

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Or Uber, as you say.

Liaise with Doc, I’d suggest.
 
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