Tues 4th Feb 12:30pm lunch The Royal Standard of England, Forty Green, Beaconsfiled for North Thames, Oxford and Milton Keynes & Chilterns group members


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Hi

Following the success of the lunch get together at The Cricketers in Sarrat in November Art Tidesco and I decided it would be nice to meetup again. We decided to try The Royal Standard of England in Forty Green, near Beaconsfield this time. Tues 4th Feb at 12:30pm.

The pub claims itself the ‘oldest pub in Britain’. It has a large car park too. Probably most attractive for North Thames, Oxford, and Milton Keynes & Chilterns group members.

Hope to see you there. If so please register your interest below by midnight Fri 31st Jan.

Provisionally I have booked 10 places - if we get more interest than that it should be possible to accomodate you.

Could we keep all correspondence regarding this event on this page please.

John S & Art Tidesco

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Last time I was there for a Sunday lunch it was excellent. But that was about forty-five years ago (ish) and I forget most of the details apart from a fuzzy sense of replete satisfaction, and someone else paying for us!

We were five-up celebrating a friend’s brand new company Merc. He didn’t know quite how perilous Holtspur Lane was, and considered himself lucky the car wasn’t scratched. That’s the only other detail I still remember, that one vividly - the sense of relief it wasn’t my old banger.

We went back to Bourne End to pick up my car at his house by the longer route though the back streets of Beaconsfield instead! And that will be my track too but then A40 and London.

One of us might have a hospital session on the 3rd, 4th, or 5th, therefore I don’t know if I’ll need to be on standby for them, so please mark me as a single provisional.

:crossed_fingers:

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Ok thanks. I was there last weekend and road there (approaching from Beaconsfield side) was fine. I’ve never approached from the other way, so can’t comment.

Do let us know nearer the time if you can make it… Hope so!:+1::grinning:

Thanks for sorting this out John :sunglasses: :+1:

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Hopefully me plus one should join youfor lunch. Sounds good.
Steve

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We also have a 3 more attendees from Oxford group. Ellen, Derek, and Sue :+1:

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@RichardFX Just looked at a map, and way I go is via Forty Green Rd (turn off at Knotty Green) and thus avoid the nasty bits of Holtspur Lane :slightly_smiling_face:

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Some folk have been calling the pub directly and adding themselves to the booking. We’re now at 18 attendees, apparently!

SO CAN ANYONE WHO HAS NOT ALREADY CALLED, NOW PLEASE CALL THE PUB ON 01494 673382 TO ADD THEIR NUMBERS TO THE BOOKING PLEASE? UNFORTUNALY THE PUB DIDN’T TAKE NAMES OF THOSE WHO ALREADY DID, SO I CAN’T BE SURE WHO TO ADD MYSELF NOW!? THE BOOKING IS IN MY NAME - JOHN SEYMOUR. WE WILL BE SPLIT OVER 2 OR 3 TABLES (DEPENDING ON TOTAL NUMBERS) WHICH SHOULD BE CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER.

Fortunately the pub are not, on this occasion, going to insist on pre-orders or a deposit as they are splitting the booking into 2 (or 3) smaller bookings. Phew!

@JohnS thanks for this note!
I can confirm I’m a definite attender.
I’ve not contacted the pub, because I understood you were handling our numbers.

I was indeed, until I discovered quite some folk had unilaterally called the pub and added themselves and the pub said they were not taking names(!). And those I know of who did book themselves, don’t add up to the 18 the pub said we have attending.

So I’m not 100% clear who to add so as not to duplicate the numbers. Hence my ask now that everyone just books themselves (once!). Apologies for any confusion.

… and great you can make it :slight_smile:

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To recap, going so far :-1:
John S
Art T
Richard FX
essgee Steve plus 1
Ellen
Derek
Sue

Which makes 8 if anyone called the pub direct could you please add your name below and confirm if you called the pub or not as the pub seems to think there will be 18 of us !

Plus if you would like to join us please do not call the pub direct, just put your name below and confirm you have not called the pub direct.

Thanks for your patience and understanding.


Thanks to all who could make it!

Many thanks to JohnS and Art-Tidesco for organising it.

As the last MX-5 to arrive I felt duty bound to take a snap of the gleaming nine.

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Spot the odd one out/honorary member :interrobang:

The yellow one…
I instantly forgot what it was, old age creeping up…

Honda S2000 I think