2023 CUK Christmas Do

[NickFitz]

Sounds like I ought to find somewhere in That London for the 7th.

Maybe The Editor's Tap on Fetter Lane (just off Fleet Street)?

Looks good

Nearest Premier Inn is London Blackfriars, a few minutes' walk away the other side of Fleet Street

[mudskipper]

Looks good

Nearest Premier Inn is London Blackfriars, a few minutes' walk away the other side of Fleet Street

Fully booked and crazy expensive (I am no longer a contractor)! If we're definitely on, I'll train in and back and forego the traditional walking round the streets after closing looking for somewhere that's open!

[NickFitz]

Fully booked and crazy expensive (I am no longer a contractor)! If we're definitely on, I'll train in and back and forego the traditional walking round the streets after closing looking for somewhere that's open!

But that's the best bit!

Last time, ladymuck Ubered the diehards to some place near the Gherkin

Next nearest is the Farringdon one, where we were all staying that time. And there's a new Hub at Clerkenwell. But everywhere within walking distance is over £200, mostly towards or above £250

[NickFitz]

Don't know how reliable or up-to-date this is: Late Pubs of London - Google My Maps

[ladymuck]

I haven't actually booked anything yet so the venue can change to a hostelry that's closer to cheaper accommodation.

[NickFitz]

I haven't actually booked anything yet so the venue can change to a hostelry that's closer to cheaper accommodation.

Assuming we don't want to go as far as Gravesend, it looks like Heathrow T4 is one of the cheapest

Looking at the map view, every Premier Inn that still has rooms available that's anything like central is over £200 with the exception of the new Hub in Camden Town and the last few rooms at King's Cross. So it probably doesn't make much difference if the venue changes.

There are, of course, other hotels available

[ladymuck]

A night out in Hounslow it is!

[cojak]

Provided the trains are running... (I lost my last works do last year because of the bloody trains.)

Bugger…

Train drivers announce new strikes in December https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67436365

[NickFitz]

Bugger…

Train drivers announce new strikes in December https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67436365

East Midlands line should be OK for us on that date, but Great Western and Cross Country is going to have an adverse effect on mudskipper and anybody else from that direction

[ladymuck]

Dammit