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Post by on Apr 10, 2024 22:43:12 GMT
Whenever I came upto London and was meeting friends, the pub in St Pancras station was where I'd choose to meet them. Nothing special about the pub (apart from being Mutt friendly in central London), but a serene setting away from the hustle. Do you mean the bar in the station hotel? Its certainly an interesting place I met naughtyfox and his woman there and they bought me some beer. It reminded me a bit of Train Bleu in the Gare de Lyon in Paris. A bit of class about it. Sadly Train Bleu has since been refurbished and the character has been entirely killed. I did like it but hells teeth 8 euros for a small bottle of beer !!
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Post by fi on Apr 10, 2024 22:52:34 GMT
Whenever I came upto London and was meeting friends, the pub in St Pancras station was where I'd choose to meet them. Nothing special about the pub (apart from being Mutt friendly in central London), but a serene setting away from the hustle. Do you mean the bar in the station hotel? Its certainly an interesting place I met naughtyfox and his woman there and they bought me some beer. It reminded me a bit of Train Bleu in the Gare de Lyon in Paris. A bit of class about it. Sadly Train Bleu has since been refurbished and the character has been entirely killed. I did like it but hells teeth 8 euros for a small bottle of beer !! No on the upper station concourse. The Betjeman Arms.
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Post by on Apr 10, 2024 22:56:41 GMT
Oh yes I know where you mean. Not been there.
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Post by fi on Apr 10, 2024 23:01:45 GMT
Lucy always got a free sausage roll...
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Post by Jim on Apr 11, 2024 8:12:26 GMT
Also St Pancreas is almost a thing in itself. There's a piano donated by the pop star who cannot be named on this forum. And lots of people turn up to play it. But some of them (more than a few actually) are precocious brats showing off. OK they're often quite talented. Also carousing in Covent Garden can be pleasant. There's often some stunt going on. I watched a bunch doing a recreation of MJ's 'Thiller' once. It was more of a laugh than perhaps might be imagined. All ad-hoc and nobody was a professional dancer. But more usually there are opera singers doing street performance in costume (sometimes) to drum up trade for the nearby opera house. EIton? You aren't one of the inner circle then?
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Post by Mr Stabby on Apr 11, 2024 8:30:02 GMT
Also St Pancreas is almost a thing in itself. I can't stomach St Pancreas.
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Post by Jim on Apr 11, 2024 8:31:45 GMT
Also St Pancreas is almost a thing in itself. I can't stomach St Pancreas. Must be galling for you.
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Post by thebfg on Apr 11, 2024 13:07:58 GMT
Yes we enjoy Covent Garden as passive observers of the mayhem, and will no doubt pass an hour or so there and in Trafalgar Square, a superb people watching vantage point. I love the galleries anyway (National and Portrait) so the square's always a draw. Really looking forward to our visit. Rog We do the same at Camden lock. Great food stalls there aswell
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Post by on Apr 11, 2024 19:35:14 GMT
Camden lock area has gone mad the last few yars. Yet another part of London canals which has been subjected to blatantly inappropriate over development.
Wind tunnel.
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Post by dogless on Apr 11, 2024 20:43:14 GMT
Yes we enjoy Covent Garden as passive observers of the mayhem, and will no doubt pass an hour or so there and in Trafalgar Square, a superb people watching vantage point. I love the galleries anyway (National and Portrait) so the square's always a draw. Really looking forward to our visit. Rog We do the same at Camden lock. Great food stalls there aswell Jane loves Camden markets , or did seven years ago ... also enjoyed Borough markets too. Rog
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Post by Clinton Cool on Apr 11, 2024 21:36:21 GMT
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Post by dogless on Apr 12, 2024 8:30:31 GMT
It's a sad fact of life that the coffee on sale at railway stations is universally weak and expensive.
Tried Burger King (as we've tried everywhere else) and it is the least worst on offer.
However the bacon sandwich is terrible.
Rog
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Post by fi on Apr 12, 2024 8:40:27 GMT
If you stop at Ricky on route to London. Try the bacon and sausage buns at the station cafe, lovely fresh crispy roll, butter if you want it, plenty of bacon, proper old style cafe.
Drooling just thinking about it....
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Post by dogless on Apr 12, 2024 8:46:41 GMT
I'll remember thanks ... we used to use the lock side cafe at Rickmansworth, but it may have packed up.
Rog
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Post by Tony Dunkley on Apr 12, 2024 21:01:12 GMT
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