FAP London

Came here to bump but see that's already been done. YAY!

george is always always rammed IME but maybe everywhere will be. maunday thursday!

You're all just showing off because my attempt to organise an Oxford FAP has died (again).

didn't realise you were trying to organise an Oxford FAP, djh. Revive the thread, I'd be well up for it.

The only other pub I like around Borough is ILB fap fave Royal Oak but yes that will be rammed too.

Are there any that maybe you like a little less but will also be less likely to be rammed? If not let's just pick one of those and hope for the best.

Kings Arms is pleasant but tiny
Royal Oak not much larger – we are best used to it, despite change of management.
The George is v characterful but has not much bar for the number of customers it seats (bcz it has such an extensive outside area).
Lord Clyde: fond memories but haven't been there for years
Globe Tavern (in the market): enraging overcrowded visit last time I was there (to meet up w/Geeta) but it was amateur month so
Blue Eyed Maid: horrible sports and karaoke barn

There's another one near the Lord Clyde I think, with various dusty stuffed animals above the bar?

Also in the area: The Southwark Tavern, The Mudlark (under London Bridge), the Anchor (by the river near the Clink)

I had forgotten Amateur Month: http://freakytrigger.co.uk/pumpkin/2005/12/warning-pub-amateur-month-has-begun/

Though if I ever knew what a flyer was, I have forgotten that too.

I was in the Bunch of Grapes the other day and there were seats, but it was later on like 8:30-9ish and on a Tuesday

I've been to the George a couple of times and yeah it was busy

a flyer is a swift solo pint i think? i may be wrong but the clue is in the context really

Might be able to come out for once. Make up for missing too many ilb faps.

Lord Clyde is an old favourite, but like mark s haven't been in a few years.
I cannot remember going to the The Glad(stone) even though it had a good rep. Is that the stuffed animals one?
The Roebuck, down Great Dover St, used to be alright.
All the in-market pubs tend to the enragingly overcrowded imo, but The Market Porter is surprisingly spacious and I quite like it as big, busy pubs go
Bunch of Grapes might be the pub I've most frequently passed without ever buying a drink in. It's become a sort of principle, not drinking there.
King's Arms off the High Street used to be reliably quiet, not so sure now - http://freakytrigger.co.uk/pumpkin/2009/11/the-ft-top-25-pubs-of-the-00s-25-the-kings-arms-borough/
Weird fondness for The Old King's Head but only remember being there when drinking to get properly drunk.
(quick shout for The Rose on Snowsfields, which used to be my local and favourite pub in the world, but is now just a nice, awkwardly shaped gastropub)

I can't make it on Thursday but Borough in general is not a great place to do this at the start of a Bank Holiday weekend and the closer to the market you are the worse it will be.

It was someone's request that we do it around there, right? I've never been to any of these so am leaving it up to you all to decide.

I'm happy so many people seem to be able to come!

MattDC - next time!

Yeah the SE1 thing was probably my fault and if anyone has brilliant ideas for better spots that won't be full and are convenient for people to drop in they should suggest them.

(The Lord Clyde is as good as ever but probably a bit small for these purposes; they do allow you to reserve tables in the back room I think but I am against such behaviours.)

(Yes a flyer is when you're on a round but the people you're drinking with are drinking at a sensible speed and you're in need of another when they're nowhere near so you get yourself a quick off-round drink while still remaining in the round.)

I've heard SE7 is nice

In all seriousness though, Bermondsey is 1 stop from London Bridge and possesses numerous fine pubs and a clutch of nearby craft brewers to match

bermondsey is a minor mare for me (req. bus and overground then underground plus walk if there's a walk) -- BUT happy to go with a majority tbh, esp if the mare also means we can all sit down and stretch out

There is a fine clutch of craft brewers - we should not go there.

Yeah lol please.

Getting a lot of positives on Lord Clyde. Is it smaller than royal Oak?

slightly bigger if memory serves (caveat: years since i was there)

I thought I’d been there v recently so I searched my email and the occasion I was thinking of was pals visiting from DC in...April 2006(!).

But surely there was one other visit in the last 13 years.

I don’t get out much.

Clyde marginally smaller than the Royal Oak I'd guess, but there's surely not much in it either way.

The Lord Clyde is often heaving in the early evenings but tends to empty out, my memory is it's marginally better for a largeish group than the Royal Oak or the King's Arms, both of which are fine pubs but awkward for groups bigger than four or five.

The Horseshoe Inn on the other side of the tracks towards Bermondsey St has a pretty big, open back room and lots of space for outdoor drinking, which is where most people will be if it's a nice day, which it looks like being.

Aye, work go out to there a far bit - and also to the Miller further along that street, which again might be alright if there's a lot of people outside.

beats of the field klaxon

i mean beets

Happy with either the Lord Clyde or Horseshoe. I’m not convinced it’ll be all that busy. It’s been fairly quiet cos school holidays and people want to get away for the weekend.

Cue pic of Fizzles’ comically squeezed face in heaving crowd at the bar.

Yeah I feel like everyone at work is going away or already away tbh.

horseshoe sounds good (even if the one i have in my head is actually in uckington):

https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/0c/93/90/74/the-horseshoe-uckington.jpg

I obviously mean it'll be alright to drink inside while everyone's outside.

horseshoe sounds good (even if the one i have in my head is actually in uckington):

Holl' you, Glesga, ye mean.

https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/02/72/6e/a7/filename-glasgow-55-jpg.jpg

Happy with either the Lord Clyde or Horseshoe. I’m not convinced it’ll be all that busy.

Famous last orders words.

theres none of this when any of ye come to dublin just sayin

seeing this thread regularly bob to the surface like a recalcitrant jobby for days in a row has left me with the impression that drinking in london is a challenge akin to the moon landing

kubrick faked our FAP

OK, I'm calling it. Unless someone comes up with a compelling argument as to why the Lord Clyde is, in fact, the better option then in honor of the former poster extraordinaire of the same name we're going to The Horseshoe.

Both are equally shit for me to get to from work so I don't care but outdoor spaces are nice.

kubrick faked our FAP

i'd long suspected thus from the cryptic hints you've been peppering through your posts for years now tbh

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fully mental anorak

(Disclaimer - not actually been to the Horseshoe at peak post-work pub hours)

They actually took place in a studio backlot in LA.

The fact that it's in the elbow of a backstreet does help.

I'll be in town on May 9th.

So def the Horseshoe then? Anyone come up with anything better? It'll take me about an hour to get there so I should be there around 6:15-6:30. Looking forward to it!

Horeshoe is cool with me.

My aspiration is to start drinking earlier than that but I probably won't make it earlier than 6. See you all later.

I'm supposed to be working til 6:30 so I'll probably be there about 7, if management leave earlier then so will I