Birthdays!
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androctonus and the day after that, Saturday, it's vin_petrol, moomintroll and indeed me!
I have been warned that 41 can be traumatic. A friend told me "it was much worse than 40. I mean, at 40, you're not in your forties, you're just... 40. But 41, that's it, you're fortysomething. It was horrible."
Hm. Doesn't look that daunting to me, thus far.
Anyway, I intend to start it with a bit of a bang.
So, Blackheath fireworks notwithstanding, 'cos Blackheath is a pain to get to and back from and though it is decorative I don't know any actual good ale pubs there, I am picking, by way of a change, The Dove in Broadway Market, Bethnal Green. Saturday evening, about 8pm onwards.
Nearest Tube: Bethnal Green. You'll emerge from the Tube at a crossroads where Roman Road and Bethnal Green Road cross Cambridge Heath Road. Go along CHR keeping the other 2 at your back, heading basically North. Keep going past Cambridge Heath overland station. After a small hump in the road for a canal bridge, take a left at Andrews Street and walk along the canal towpath until the next bridge. Go up the steps and walk along Broadway Market for 2min - the pub is on the right hand side.
There are also directions on the Broadway Market site, linked above.
The pub's own site is here.
You could also take a surface train from Liverpool Street to Cambridge Heath (5 min journey, <10min walk, much the same directions only you start ½ way there) -- or to London Fields (a 7 min journey but a 5 min walk). Allegedly - I've never tried either.
Open invitation - please feel free to pass this on to anyone who might want to come. I've not reserved a table or anything, as I have no idea what numbers to expect! The pub also does food, of which I expect to partake at some point.
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androctonus and the day after that, Saturday, it's vin_petrol, moomintroll and indeed me!I have been warned that 41 can be traumatic. A friend told me "it was much worse than 40. I mean, at 40, you're not in your forties, you're just... 40. But 41, that's it, you're fortysomething. It was horrible."
Hm. Doesn't look that daunting to me, thus far.
Anyway, I intend to start it with a bit of a bang.
So, Blackheath fireworks notwithstanding, 'cos Blackheath is a pain to get to and back from and though it is decorative I don't know any actual good ale pubs there, I am picking, by way of a change, The Dove in Broadway Market, Bethnal Green. Saturday evening, about 8pm onwards.
Nearest Tube: Bethnal Green. You'll emerge from the Tube at a crossroads where Roman Road and Bethnal Green Road cross Cambridge Heath Road. Go along CHR keeping the other 2 at your back, heading basically North. Keep going past Cambridge Heath overland station. After a small hump in the road for a canal bridge, take a left at Andrews Street and walk along the canal towpath until the next bridge. Go up the steps and walk along Broadway Market for 2min - the pub is on the right hand side.
There are also directions on the Broadway Market site, linked above.
The pub's own site is here.
You could also take a surface train from Liverpool Street to Cambridge Heath (5 min journey, <10min walk, much the same directions only you start ½ way there) -- or to London Fields (a 7 min journey but a 5 min walk). Allegedly - I've never tried either.
Open invitation - please feel free to pass this on to anyone who might want to come. I've not reserved a table or anything, as I have no idea what numbers to expect! The pub also does food, of which I expect to partake at some point.
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