Tourney: London Open 2011 - NS - July 30th and 31st

Battersea Park is the number one choice for next year at the moment.

Fuck Yes.

Battersea Park is the number one choice for next year at the moment.

Wow. I have always wanted to do an event in that park. It's not bad for Sth London. Next to the river, so at least you can see London.

battersea park looks savage. google maps makes it look like one hell of a venue.

Wow. I have always wanted to do an event in that park. It's not bad for Sth London. Next to the river, so at least you can see London.

Don't take the bait, Joe!!

battersea park looks savage.

Yes, it is fairly untamed, that part of London having only very recently been civilised.

When you cross the river battersea power station is going to eat your bike.

'savage', as in the london vernacular equivalent of 'wicked', or more north-america 'awesome'.

'savage', as in the london vernacular equivalent of 'wicked', or more north-america 'awesome'.

London vernacular? What's that, me old china?

early July makes more sense than September imho. Any temp courts we build wont have floodlights - a midsummer tournament means an extra hour or two of sunlight in the evenings. But that open space in battersea would be great. Four courts! Maybe even more?!

has the lhbpa looked into flood-light hire?

It never works as well as you'd think, causes noise pollution (a little even with a "silent diesel" one), flags the event for further fire/safety checks, etc. But yeah, I'll look into it if needed, it would be good to have power next year, etc.

Also, going on later each day is a nightmare from a packing up/site dress down/causing a nuisance point of view anyway, but this conversation can continue in the LHBPA planning thread, no need for it here.

Thank you all so much for your kind comments.
I have added 5 or 6 that slipped through the net to the end of the set.
I had almost forgotten how much I love polo. Work permitting I hope to see you all a lot more often again.

Just please don't schedule it to coincide with the Olympics?

i would imagine flights would be more expensive during that time too

Ferry? :)

i would imagine flights would be more expensive during that time too

Ferry from the States, or Aus?

nob-head.

get a lift from brian ferry?

Direct comment to Alex hence the quote :)

Ferry from the States, or Aus?

nob-head.

Ferries still travel the Atlantic but I'm guessing are always £££s

The opposite, you can get very cheap travel across the Atlantic by boat, but it takes about 2 months.

#mydaddoesntlikeflying

The opposite, you can get very cheap travel across the Atlantic by boat, but it takes about 2 months.

#mydaddoesntlikeflying

Two months! From where to where?

still buzzing.

Two months! From where to where?

God, I knew I was going to get asked questions aboutthis I couldn't answer.
Quebec to Norway I think, my dad may have exaggerated the time (or I might have... Probably we both did) basically he got a lift on a tanker, they usually have a room or two that they rent as long as you don't mind eating shit food with the crew and having very little to do for a long time.

I can check my facts if you really care?

I just got back to amsterdam and I miss London really bad.

A mate of mine did this a few years ago, and IIRC, he said that transit time depends on sea conditions, ie if the swell (or whatever it is) is against the boat, it can sometimes take a lot longer than normal to get across.

However, I think the record is around 4 days, and anything over a couple of weeks is pretty slow, so if it really did take a couple of months, I would guess Louis must have been on one of those low-tech boats, you know, the flat ones that don't have any sides?

What's the word? Craft?