London ILB - FAP?

apologies to the pinefox for assuming he mightn't have the nose to truffle out a book FAP. Folly on my part. I'll be there with a copy of Walter de la Mare's Collected Perms. Probably from about quarter to seven, not later, possibly dependent on what time a colleague from work whose company I'm rather keen on gets her train. We talk books. It's preparation!

so this is tonight ???

Yes!

I'd have been there regardless tbh. Since xyzzz__ mentioned it last week had game pie on my mind.

Will prob be there about 6.30-7. V conveniently timed this fap, need to do some Dickens street-tramping research round that end of se1 anyway.

feel like i should show my face, i hope they're doing their famous suet pudding.

Be great to see you ledge.

Fizzles: this is the sound of Stevie (vocals) and me (lead guitar) playing a gig years ago.

http://soundcloud.com/pinefox/midday-moon-live

Thanks pinefox, I'll have a listen later. I had a good time last night, although I'm feeling slightly tired today, despite sticking to mild.

The book that became becalmed trying to remember wrt malign pastoral was The Village that Died for England by Patrick Wright, a previous FAP mention by Stevie in fact. (Cowper Powys clan crop up in it).

Will put together a hit list of Kipling stories later, ledge, when I'm not... I just had to do a staff presentation and I felt very distant indeed.

Cheers - just had a look for Walter de la Mare short stories to freeload, no joy online but there's one collection in an SE library that I can reserve.

That mild is pretty heavy btw.

Would love to attend your FAP, but I neither live in London nor do I have much time to read right now and on top of that I think I have developed an allergy to beer! Plus I am secretly worried that your real life personalities will not live up to your sparkling internet personae so I think I will just sit in New York listening to the pinefox's SoundCloud channel instead.

Wine drinkers are also welcome James.

Good to see all the usual suspects again. Plus Tom D. making an appearance and telling me about Peer Raben's music.

I don't want to approve of anyone's beer allergy but it is a rare delight, for me though no one else, to think of an erudite well-read New Yorker listening to my SoundCloud channel.

Outstanding business from previous FAP. Ledge, I found my colleague's email reporting the original bit of output:

harry: my first line of my first bit of output yesterday was 'fizzles the chimp accused of murder'

sadly no record of what it was supposed to be. will continue investigations.

Fizzles is innocent!

I didn't do it, I swear.

in phone, can't find places to eat in London. Good places to go in London Bridge at this time anyone?

as in cant find the London restaurants thread. not cant find anywhere to eat in London.

london restaurants

^thread

thx xyzzz - ended up in the Royal Oak!

game pie

lol yeah Fizzles there wasn't much about London Bridge that I could see from my search.

pork scratchings as it happens. not quite the ticket, as my nan wd say.

you know this weather gets me thinking

good

beer, shirt sleeves, books.

that's it. beer, mellow evenings, shirt sleeves, london, books, talk.

good

great, ws gonna revive at the w/end!

When?

Next week would be good for me (my last week working in London before becoming a full-time home-counties daycare dad)?

That's ideal. Not Thursday though.

Or Wednesday.

Monday/Tuesday would be good for me I think: things altogether hairier towards the weekend.

Like that previous tenant of my building Virginia Woolf, I can do Monday or Tuesday.

Tuesday?

good for me.

OK!

btw Royal Oak is hardly an outdoors pub (assuming it's not thunderstorming by Tue pm anyway). does ILB FAP need a special alternative spring / summer venue?

A new era for ILB FAPs may be upon us!

If we want to stay in the area, The George?

Curious, that doesn't show up on FancyAPint's list of pubs with garden. I don't love the george tbh - how about this (which I've never tried): http://fancyapint.com/Pub/2175 ?

yeah, got my reservations about the george too, but it seemed easy. But we can do better than easy! Ship looks good.

*sniffs suspiciously* I guess that might be ok. Also not a fan of The George.

working round here this week, something about the combo of the area, its pubs and the weather really makes me want to sit and drink and read for a while after I get off. And at lunch.

if the ship is bad we can stroll up to the george. via the lord clyde and the blue eyed maid - ilb crawl!

BELUSHI'S

Happy to go w/ship.

It'll probably rain anyway :-)

Ship is fine, obv. Yes, it'll be freezing.

Agreed, woof - god this weather gives you a thirst. The thought of sunlit daytime pubs brings tears of WANT to my eyes.

Reckon I'll make this at about 8 tomorrow, what with a meeting inconveniently scheduled for 6:30.

will be there uncharacteristically early I suspect, as I'm dodging the toad work in the afternoon.