B4L Meetup 17th February - 3 comments

I've decided to go with the first suggestion, the The Lord Moon Of The Mall in Whitehall for our London get-together.

As there could be quite a few of us, I thought we'd need something spacious, rather than some place where we'd have to start hunting for stools after the first four of us had arrived. Also, food provision is more predictable at these places (the word I've been careful not to say thus far is Wetherspoons, but what you lose in discernible 'atmosphere', music, and feeling part of the local community, you gain with Who Wants To Be A Millionaire machines, jelly bean dispensers, and a decent choice of drinks). Another reason is that in the SW1 district of London you don't have to watch traders spending five-figure bonuses on champagne for themselves and any female colleagues who've opted to forego intelligent company for the duration. London Bridge and City are a nightmare at the moment.

Anyway, here's a map to guide your way, with an arrow pointing to the location.

For those of you planning to literally drop in, here are two Google Earth images: the first showing the route down and across from Charing Cross (venue is in bottom-left), the second showing the trip up from Westminster Underground. I'm not quite sure which end of Whitehall numbering starts, so it's possible that the venue is the other side of the Whitehall Theatre (now known as Trafalgar Studios). Click for full-size versions.



Some people are coming a long way and will have to leave early, so we'd better get started early. Let's say 7.00 pm, though I might get there earlier than that.

Let me know if you have any travel queries. Westminster's only a couple of tube stops from Victoria, while Charing Cross (which is much closer) is about 7 minutes to London Bridge on surface rail, but it's horses for courses.

Update: Paul has a photo of the pub. Looks like a bunch of backpack-wearing students are in the process of being ejected...