I don't want to jinx it, but someone in my office will be sent to work in London for six weeks this summer and it could be me.

Would KillerB, Birdungy and/or Aussie be in town and up for an offline in July or early August? I might even be able to resurrect Jan Luthman.

Any chance the Dutch masters and others from the continent (hello tsunami!) would be interested in crossing the channel to offline?

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I will also be in London at times from June 22 until August 7--I would very much like to suceed in putting together an OL

I'd be very surprised if an offline could not be arranged during one of your visits, whether I end up in London or not.

Where do you stay when in "the metrop", Thomas? And for how long might you be there?

Keep me posted, bman: I'd be very tempted to hop over for an ofline with you!

Great!

If it happens it would be July 3 to August 12. I should know this week.

Sounds great, bman. Do b-woman and the b-kids get to join you?

Keep us posted as I will be in London this summer to see a few shows (july -august).

I will probably be staying at The Covent Garden Hotel

bman - of course.

Thomas - it would be good to see you as well, after we missed each other in Feb.

Very tempting indeed!
I'll discuss it with LadyR and perhaps we can work something out...

gusbo with family, my girlfriend and i,
are planing to come to london from august 8 to
august 11th.

i would be happy to see jan and bman again!
and meet killerb.

This could be a spectacular off-line!!

I'll be around for most of those dates bman, so should be easy to organise an offline. Look forward to meeting you and all the above!!!

If everyone who posted above get together for an offline I think the worlds port supply will be in trouble.

You guys might need two separate days for this offline. One for port and one for the "rest"

Jason

VinoMiko: "rest"

good point vinomiko. Remind me to make an appointment with my dentist directly after this offline.

It's official!!

I'll be in London during the dates mentioned above. As I'll be working, I'd rather offline on the weekend if possible, though a Thursday night would also be possible because it's only a half day on Friday and the work is less complex that day. I'll be in a hotel so cannot host, but there are several possible BYO venues I think.

I wonder how much it would cost to hire Berry Brothers' cellar room for an afternoon or evening.....

So, who's up for a London offline this summer?

Woohoo! This should be great fun - count me in!

Me, me, me, me, me, me

I have a few busy weekends during the six weeks bman, but hopefully we can organise a weekend when everyone is available. Count me in!!!

I'll be there even if I have to swim the channel.
WOndering how that would harm the port???

Could turn into Madeira during the trip.

Better to just call Berry Brothers, buy a bottle giving them your credit card number, and ask them to decant the port while you are en route, so it is perfect in time for the offline!

Lady roots,

I bet you could, as fit as you are!

Berry Bros, he.

I may well be spending a couple of weeks in Dorset, next July.
But don't let that worry you.

Rik: sounds good...

I might be jumping the gun a bit, but wouldn't it be a good idea when those interested in coming to this offline post the dates they could make it? The sooner we settle on a date, the lesser the chance ones agenda is already full. Airfare to London is also cheaper the sooner one books in advance (at least that's how it works over here). I'll start:

I can make it any weekend in the period bman posted, but have a *slight* preference for a date between July 23rd and August 7th.

Now, if only we could get Gastro, Phylloxera, Markus Randel, Kicker, Marc and NDD to join us as well...it would make for a historic offline!