OK so this was a very busy and important month. The first thing being the wedding of my niece L to her fiance S ( Read more... )

First Monday of the month at Brighton SF Reading group discussed The Disappeared, I had actually completed this one ( Read more... )

Very busy month, with Worldcon (see earlier posts).
Also got hair cut to shortest it has been in over forty years. Took part in MORI poll relating to radio listening (even though I don't actually listen to radio live much)
I've also been playing on pottermore.com in preparation for going to the Harry Potter Experience on 11th Sep
Updated the SD cards ( Read more... )

Thoughts and feelings on the whole Worldcon experience, at Loncon3 ( Read more... )

Booked ticket for "Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK" from bl.uk for tomorrow morning. Then went to Café for No 1 breakfast and a beef sandwich for lunch.

Downloaded Hugo winning Ancillary Justice from Amazon for $3.34. Then on my train journey to ExCel arrived 9:10.

The first program item I wanted to go to was Robin Hobb reading. I was ( Read more... )

Woken by my alarm at 7:00 only time I didn't wake myself. Then made myself breakfast (porridge & tea) - Café I have been getting breakfast at didn't open until 9am on Sun - got train and stopped off for a 6" breakfast sub with coffee for only £2.80 so also got one for lunch & can of ginger beer for £3.50

Got DLR to ExCel for 9:15
Saw live Quiddich ( Read more... )

Up early and at Café just after 7:00 for breakfast. Ordered mushroom omelette with sausage, toast & tea + ham sandwich for only £5.10

Nice day so decided to the O2 / Emerates Air car over the river
Took 25 min to walk and 15 min to cross the Thames . Great views and much better value than the London Eye! Took a ton of photos. Tesco was across the ( Read more... )

I realised today (with an email reminder from Jerrie A) that apart from being 45 years since the last Loncon, it's also 35 years since my first ever convention, and 20 years since starting the Lois McMaster Bujold mailing list!

So up 6:45 and out for No 1 breakfast + a corn beef sandwich for my lunch (£6.70) discovered I was trying to open hotel ( Read more... )

Woke up early and got up at my normal time (as if for work) caught up on LJ and went out for a full English breakfast before catching the train, from Charlton Station, changing for the DLR and changing again for the ExCel stop
Got to ExCel at 9:20, spent 20 min queuing to get badge, pocket program guide & convention book.
A few hours later the ( Read more... )

I have just got to London a few hours ago and am about to goto bed in The Antigallican Hotel (above a pub) which was the cheapest hotel within walking distance of the Excel. Only it's on the wrong side of the Thames (which I discovered after I'd booked)
It does however have free wifi!

Anyway even with travel costs it's still half the price of the con ( Read more... )