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Yes it was good to meet everyone. I've escaped relatively unscathed for some reason . . . Though I did find myself ordering a meatball sandwich in cafe Nero at 9am this morning!


Ps ???? and mr Ben am assuming you were the two gentlemen on the stools next to our table??

A belated greeting to everyone. It was great to meet so many fabulous EDF Mums last week and I do think I volunteered to help organise the next one (er, could have been half of the bottle of red wine I shared with Yak, how did we go through a whole bottle????).


Is anyone up for a November meet? Think someone might have also suggested December. I'm not in town this December, so happy to find a suitable venue and book November or will pick up the first FR drinks of 2012 as an alternative (positive forward thinking that we will continue to meet in the New Year).


Happy Halloween!

OK, so sounds like we've narrowed it down to either Wednesday, November 16th or 23rd then (before the 25th, not Monday or Tuesday, and a different night than Thursday). I personally can't do the 23rd, but appreciate the 16th is very short notice. Happy to book space somewhere however for either night and if the 23rd, I'll catch up with you in January!


How does the East Dulwich Tavern suit everyone? Or is there an alternative local in mind?

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