Apr 3, 2016, 7:39 am
Last edit by: BotB
Venue
Shepherd Hall
St Thomas’ Hospital
Westminster Bridge Road
London
SE1 7EH
Venue thanks to gav0106 and his team at St Thomas’ Hospital. For those of you who are new they are employed directly by the hospital and 100% of any profits we make from events and bar spend goes straight back to the Trust for projects involving patients and staff, so by supporting this event you will be giving back as well.
Google maps
PDF map
Virtual tour of Shepherd Hall
Nearby hotels include: Premier Inn County Hall and York Road, Park Plaza County Hall, Westminster, Riverbank, Hilton Bankside, Doubletree Westminster, Hampton Waterloo, and Marriott County Hall.
Food & Drink
There will be a sofa area and BBQ on the Terrace (as well as seating in the main room).
The BBQ itself will be £5 per person, pay at bar and then collect food, with a choice of:
Aberdeen Angus Beef Burger
Cumberland Sausage
Mixed Vegetable Burger
Selection of toppings and dressing, served with
Tomato and Red Onion Salad
Mixed Green Salad
New Potato Salad
Bar Prices
Bottle Beer - £3
Cider - £4
Belvoir Soft Drinks - £2
Large range of wines and champagnes including:
Bollinger £45
Joseph Perrier £30
Prosecco £15
Musar Jeune Red - £15
Sharpham Valley White - £15
The hospital does take credit cards but not Amex due to the charges they impose.
All profits are re-invested into the Trust and the venue is being provided to us completely free of charge.
Hotels
Current sales
Please highlight any sales which cover Friday night.
Where are you staying?
Park Plaza Riverbank - hcuk94
Attendees updated to post #255
Confirmed - 71
Accidental Scientist, aks120, BA or bust, bafan, BAGoldBoy, BAGoldBoy+1, BlackberryAddict, BLHD, BLHD+1, boost, CasaDeTony, CasaDeTony+1, Chris_G, chris1979, Cris L, danielbk, danielbk+1, DGM1985, elsanchez, ESC, frasier, frasier+1, GadgetGal, Godot, Gshumway, hcuk94, howarsan, howarsan+1, Iamnotlost, Iamnotlost+1, Iamnotlost+2, jcm9000, Jermyn, Jimmie76, JohnSydney2000, JohnSydney2000+1, KARFA, KeaneJohn, LE2, LondonAndy, LondonAndy+1, mariagri, matthandy, megaloman, missdimeaner, NoTiersForMe, nwmgc, onaswan, onemoretrip, Pandra, Pandra+1, Physci, Pilot37, pjh981, Richmond_Surrey, robertf999, Sealink, seaskybound, Sixth Freedom, skye1, small_clanger, snuffi, SleepySynapse, Sparkster, Stimpy, TheFlyingDoctor, Tiffywren, tomparskate, wizla, World Traveller Fuss, 81romeo
Possible - 25
agehall, AJLondon, AlisonB84, AlisonB84+1, angeloedades, darthlemsip, DocWatson, Eskimoboy, exilencfc, Gagravarr+1, GodAtum, Gshumway, JamieABZ, johnny5a, mattking2000, michalis, missdimeaner, papyPiHi, pianoamit, Raffles, RichardInSF, RichardInSF+1, Soupey202, visualAd, yetihouse
Pre-Do Lunch
For anyone interested in meeting up before the Do (or that cannot attend), we're thinking of having a lunch on Friday.
Interested in lunch
Location: Skylon (at the Royal Festival Hall), due to the small group I (Dylan) made a reservation.
dylanks, jcm9000, Elsanchez, Alextheengineer
The London DO 2016 - Friday 1st July
Apr 3, 2016, 11:31 am
#16
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: London
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maybe we should have a price for 'best' route.... though we've had attendees from OZ at BAEC DOs in the recent past.
Apr 3, 2016, 11:45 am
#18
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: London
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PS, actually, on the off-chance that England defies its track records in various recent tournaments and makes it past the group stage, Gavin did have TVs for us last time to watch something else (it was either Rugby or Cricket) so anyone worried about the semi-finals, there's a good chance you'll be able to watch it from our venue.
Apr 3, 2016, 1:57 pm
#22
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Join Date: Feb 2010
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Apr 3, 2016, 2:25 pm
#24
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: London
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great! we can discuss outcome of EU referendum and how to put the world right then - I am off on holidays the next day for 2 weeks so I'll be in good spirits. :-:
great you can make it to your first DO!
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will be great to have you there sir!
great you can make it to your first DO!
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will be great to have you there sir!
Apr 3, 2016, 3:01 pm
#26
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: London/Glasgow
Programs: BAEC Silver (lapsed HNL Gold), Avis Preferred, IHG Diamond Amb, Hilton Plat, Marriot Plat
Posts: 351
I would love to come and will confirm when able, I trust a mid-20s not currently frequently flying chap is just as welcome as anyone else? 
Anyone got some creative routings from either Holborn (WC1) or Bermondsey (SE1) to the venue? Perhaps a route via TXL from STN for the former, or LCY-JFK-LHR followed by bus/train via Feltham to Waterloo for the latter?
Anyone got some creative routings from either Holborn (WC1) or Bermondsey (SE1) to the venue? Perhaps a route via TXL from STN for the former, or LCY-JFK-LHR followed by bus/train via Feltham to Waterloo for the latter?
Apr 3, 2016, 3:03 pm
#27
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Bristol, UK
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Posts: 5,357
Apr 4, 2016, 12:14 am
#30
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Join Date: Mar 2013
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Ahh I've yet to make it to an FT Do - I was holding out hope for the London DO since I'll be over there this summer but sadly I'll be up in EDI this particular weekend.
If there's a post-DO that bleeds into the next week / weekend though I'm there...
If there's a post-DO that bleeds into the next week / weekend though I'm there...