Royal Institution Baird Event

[ppppenguin]

What are the times for this event? The IEEE page says 1130 to 1630 but the Eventbrite ticket says 1015 to 1630.

http://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/event/t...gital-age/

This page says registration starts at 1030: http://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/wp-cont...n-27th.pdf

I'll probably aim for 1045, subject to the Northern Line working properly. Any spare time can easily be spent in the RI's museum which is well worth a visit.

Google maps will give you various routes to the RI. Green Park station (Jubilee, Piccadilly, Victoria) is very close. Piccadilly Circus, Oxford Circus and Leicester Square are also within sensible walking distance - it wouldn't be worth changing lines at any of these to get to Green Park.

The event ends a bit early for this but if people fancy staying in town for dinner I was thinking of one of the Sagar Indian veggie restaurants: http://www.sagarveg.co.uk/
I'm fairly carniverous but they serve great dosas etc.

[brased]

I am assuming that we should be seated by 11.00 following registration and optional coffee.

My local rail provider is Southern/Thameslink so a prediction of my arrival time may be unwise. I did consider a Plan B, that is to take the tram into another rail provider's territory to reach central London, but then this week hasn't been good for Southeastern trains either.

I look forward to seeing you tomorrow - sometime.

Edward

[ppppenguin]

Edward, can you get to West Croydon for London Overground? Then Jubilee from Canada Water to Green Park. Or to Brixton for Victoria Line or even Mordern for Nothern Line. AFAIK all of these will be OK on Friday.

[brased]

Hi Jeffrey

My comments above are somewhat tongue in cheek.

My preferred route is to take the bus to East Croydon and catch the first train to London, either London Bridge or Victoria, and then by Underground (or even walk from Victoria if I'm early). The service from East Croydon is intensive so the timetable and a few cancellations are not important. Both routes are fast once they've got the doors closed (!). If ASLEF had been striking I would have taken the tram to Beckenham Junction and train to Victoria, or tram to Elmers End and train to London Bridge or Charing Cross.

All we need now is ice on the conductor rail.

Edward

[ppppenguin]

There's a yellow warning for ice tomorrow morning......

I just take the tube from West Finchley to Leicester Square and walk. Or change at Warren Street for Green Park. While the Central Line and The Drain are suffering strikes at the moment it doesn't affect me.

[pamphonica]

Brian & I should be arriving about 1030. We'll be traveling into Waterloo and then the Jubilee Line.
My IEEE friend says that arriving in good time would be wise.
See you all tomorrow.

[Raditechman]

Thanks for the notice of the earlier time, I had thought it was 11.30am. so will alter my plans.
I can get either a Piccadilly line direct or a South West train to Vauxhall or Waterloo.
Instead of travelling to Waterloo if your train stops at Vauxhall you may find the interchange to the tube (Victoria line) at Vauxhall a shorter walk than Waterloo and you are more  likely to get a seat as the tube will only have travelled from Brixton and Stockwell.

I will probably return on the Picadilly line from Green Park, which although many stops on the way, I am more likley to get a seat at that time in the afternoon than on a SW train from Waterloo.

I no longer enjoy public transport in Central London as it always seems overcrowded these days, and buses are often stuck in traffic.

John

[ppppenguin]

Enjoyable day, meeting up with old friends. Don McLean and Iain Baird gave good talks in the morning session. The guy who talked about the history of LCD displays was great. I later found out he was 91. The rest was realtively dull.

John (Raditechman), I don't think we met. Not sure I know you to recognise you. Were you there?

I had a chat with Alistair Dabbs, the guy who wrote this piece for The Register.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/30...ze_plaque/