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Do we have any idea where the venue will be?

John Reyes wrote:Do we have any idea where the venue will be?

I suspect London as it was Birmingham in 2016 and they tend to alternate between Birmingham and London. No doubt the venue, when announced, will appear here: http://www.englishchess.org.uk/about/ec ... and-board/

just wanted to know how much time, I have looking around London

LawrenceCooper wrote:

John Reyes wrote:Do we have any idea where the venue will be?

I suspect London as it was Birmingham in 2016 and they tend to alternate between Birmingham and London. No doubt the venue, when announced, will appear here: http://www.englishchess.org.uk/about/ec ... and-board/

"This year’s AGM takes place at the Thistle City Barbican Hotel, 120 Central Street, Clerkenwell, London EC1V 8DS [MAP] on Saturday 14th October starting at 1.30pm"

It actually goes 2 Birmingham and then 2 London, which guarantees that the AGM and the Finance meetings both alternate their venues. Othwerise it would always be the AGM in one and the Finance in the othe

Michael Farthing wrote:It actually goes 2 Birmingham and then 2 London, which guarantees that the AGM and the Finance meetings both alternate their venues. Othwerise it would always be the AGM in one and the Finance in the othe

Yes, the AGM alternates location, as does the finance meeting.

well I have a 40 minute walk to the venue from Euston train station!!

John Reyes wrote:well I have a 40 minute walk to the venue from Euston train station!!

Do you have something against the London Underground? Old Street looks the nearest, Barbican as an alternative.

Roger de Coverly wrote:

John Reyes wrote:well I have a 40 minute walk to the venue from Euston train station!!

Do you have something against the London Underground? Old Street looks the nearest, Barbican as an alternative.

Or there's a door-to-door bus service.

what bus can I get?

I'm not a big fan of the underground as I'm from manchester

Roger de Coverly wrote:

John Reyes wrote:well I have a 40 minute walk to the venue from Euston train station!!

Do you have something against the London Underground? Old Street looks the nearest, Barbican as an alternative.

Walking is a bit healthier

John Reyes wrote:what bus can I get?

I'm not a big fan of the underground as I'm from manchester

TFL route planner

Take a bit more time and pull by Baker Street/Foyles Central London is actually, I find, quite a nice place to walk about and not quite as big as you might imagine.

I do have some odd ideas about the length of walks though.....

I'm delighted to see that arguments about venues for BCF/ECF meetings continue. They started in 1903, when Yorkshire complained that the first meeting of the BCF was scheduled to be in London.

Mick Norris wrote:

Roger de Coverly wrote:

John Reyes wrote:well I have a 40 minute walk to the venue from Euston train station!!

Do you have something against the London Underground? Old Street looks the nearest, Barbican as an alternative.

Walking is a bit healthier

I did think of walking as it will make me healthier lol!!