May 14, 2018, 9:45 am
Last edit by: NoTiersForMe
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). details of food and drink to follow.
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.
A trip review of the 2013 DO at the same venue: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-reports/1474200-ba-london-do-2013-a.html (though can't promise it'll be quite as extravagant)
Hotels
Current sales
Please highlight any sales which cover Friday night.
Attendees updated to include post 218
Confirmed - 63
aks120, amanx, Barnaby100+1, bigmarley4, Brainless69, Calchas, chris1979, Chris9642, cgtechuk, Cris L, Cymro, DeathSlam, doctoravios, dylanks, Fontana, Fitch, GadgetGal, hsmall, Johnny5a, KARFA, Keep it Riel, LavaJava+1, LYC8737, LondonAndy, Lord Jon, lost_in_translation, MarkedMan, megaloman, Mirp, MrMutton, nick.t.davies, nh1980, NoTiersForMe+1, NWIFlyer+1, onobond, Pandra+1, Physci+1, pjh981+1, PWOZUK, Raffles+1, robertf999, Scallywag72+1, squawk, statsman, S_W_S, s1362083, teledude, TomMM, TPRun+1, wanderingjock, WickedStepMother, Woodbinerich, YacozA
Possible - 13
AStarr, atcer28, Godot, Forever in Seattle, KeaneJohn, MikeP, ringingup+1, Skye1, slickvik, snuffi, visualAd+1
The 2018 London Summer DO - Friday 13 July 2018
Jul 13, 2018, 5:37 pm
#256
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: The North
Posts: 1,844
Really enjoyed my first London DO. Fantastic venue, good food, and very keenly priced beverages. Thank you to @chris1979 and Gavin for organising!
It was great to reconnect with a few FTers I’ve met before, as well as getting to know those I had not.
It was great to reconnect with a few FTers I’ve met before, as well as getting to know those I had not.
Jul 13, 2018, 5:52 pm
#260
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: London Stratford, E7
Programs: BAEC Gold! Thanks to FT
Posts: 3,369
So I’ve been to a couple before but not stayed long. Despite intending to be home early, I was the last person to leave. It was good thst people mingled and talked and the bar prices were extremely reasonable and the staff amazing.
I seem to have been given given custody of an Oyster Card in a black wallet thst was left I believe on the table where the name badges were. pM me if you think it’s yours and I’ll post on. It seems to be from a non London based person as there was one journey today from somewhere to somewhere close to the venue and the previous trips are between central London and Heathrow, I’ll check tomorrow if the card is registered and hand it into TFLon Monday if nobody messages me over the weekend. If it’s not registered and nobody claims it I’ll put it in the charity box at Heathrow when I fly through next Friday.
Thanks again to the orgsnisers.. few hours sleep now before heading off to the tennis �� in the morning.
I seem to have been given given custody of an Oyster Card in a black wallet thst was left I believe on the table where the name badges were. pM me if you think it’s yours and I’ll post on. It seems to be from a non London based person as there was one journey today from somewhere to somewhere close to the venue and the previous trips are between central London and Heathrow, I’ll check tomorrow if the card is registered and hand it into TFLon Monday if nobody messages me over the weekend. If it’s not registered and nobody claims it I’ll put it in the charity box at Heathrow when I fly through next Friday.
Thanks again to the orgsnisers.. few hours sleep now before heading off to the tennis �� in the morning.
Jul 13, 2018, 6:02 pm
#261
Join Date: May 2012
Programs: BA Gold, HHonors Diamond, IHG Platinum, Senior Railcard & Bus Pass
Posts: 983
Jul 13, 2018, 6:10 pm
#262
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Glasgow / London
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 3,457
A wonderful evening, very well organised. Thank you to Gavin for laying on such a wonderful buffet and for providing such well priced drinks (many of which will be the cause of my sore head tomorrow!) and thank you to Chris1969 for such great hosting and for running the raffle. Unfortunately I didn't have a lot of cash with me tonight, so I didn't leave a contribution. However, I will be making a donation to the hospital as a thank you for tonight's event. You can do the same by contacting the Fundraising Team in one of the following ways -
Call: 020 7848 4701
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.supportgstt.org.uk
Call: 020 7848 4701
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.supportgstt.org.uk
Jul 13, 2018, 6:47 pm
#263
Join Date: May 2012
Programs: BA Gold, HHonors Diamond, IHG Platinum, Senior Railcard & Bus Pass
Posts: 983
Jul 13, 2018, 9:44 pm
#265
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Cumbria
Programs: BAEC GGL/CCR, Hilton Diamond, Starbucks Gold
Posts: 4,510
Jul 14, 2018, 1:20 am
#267
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,888
Thank you for a great Do. Thanks especially to gav0106 and his staff. Good luck with your move and we look forward to a Thailand Do next year 
Great to see so many people there, some old faces as well as some new ones. I hope everyone enjoyed it. See you at the next Do.
Great to see so many people there, some old faces as well as some new ones. I hope everyone enjoyed it. See you at the next Do.
Jul 14, 2018, 1:22 am
#268
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Silver, Vietnam Airlines Lotusmiles Platinum
Posts: 2,374
Jul 14, 2018, 1:47 am
#269
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: London
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold & GGL & CCR, HH Diam, Bonvoy Titanium, IHG Spire, Tastecard
Posts: 7,549
Jul 14, 2018, 1:59 am
#270
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: London
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold & GGL & CCR, HH Diam, Bonvoy Titanium, IHG Spire, Tastecard
Posts: 7,549
A wonderful evening, very well organised. Thank you to Gavin for laying on such a wonderful buffet and for providing such well priced drinks (many of which will be the cause of my sore head tomorrow!) and thank you to Chris1969 for such great hosting and for running the raffle. Unfortunately I didn't have a lot of cash with me tonight, so I didn't leave a contribution. However, I will be making a donation to the hospital as a thank you for tonight's event. You can do the same by contacting the Fundraising Team in one of the following ways -
Call: 020 7848 4701
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.supportgstt.org.uk
Call: 020 7848 4701
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.supportgstt.org.uk
Thanks you to all those who kindly donated to the Raffle - we've raised funds for a most worthy cause, the Evelina Children's Hospital within the hospital.
A massive thank you also to Gavin and his team for yet again hosting us, in an even more fabulous venue and for putting on a great (free!) buffet for us.
As Filthy says above, those who were short on cash or wish to support the hospital, details posted above.
Thanks to @KARFA for locking up and throwing everyone out after my bed-time.