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cross 29-07-2003 07:22 PM

Kew today - I missed you !
 
British Rail totally screwed up my schedule today (points failure
somewhere...)
so I arrived an hour late after an interesting bus ride from Hammersmith to
Kew!
However, I had a great time wandering round the gardens, hope you did too.

I hoped I might bump into you all somewhere, but it was not to be :-(

Another time maybe we should exchange mobile numbers beforehand. I hope you
didn't wait too long in the Orangery for me before giving me up for lost, I
am really sorry to have missed you, but the circumstances were out of my
control.

Marina
--




Bob Hobden 29-07-2003 07:42 PM

Kew today - I missed you !
 

Marina wrote in message
British Rail totally screwed up my schedule today (points failure
somewhere...)
so I arrived an hour late after an interesting bus ride from Hammersmith

to
Kew!
However, I had a great time wandering round the gardens, hope you did too.

I hoped I might bump into you all somewhere, but it was not to be :-(

Another time maybe we should exchange mobile numbers beforehand. I hope

you
didn't wait too long in the Orangery for me before giving me up for lost,

I
am really sorry to have missed you, but the circumstances were out of my
control.


We waited until 11am then slowly walked over to the Victoria Gate in case
you were there so we must only just have missed you. Shame. There was only 5
of us but we saw all the glasshouses, well, all except Jim W and Barbara who
fell behind in the rockery, took a wrong turning, and missed the Alpine
House which is always worth a visit with it's refrigerated bench. Luckily
our mobile phones reunited the party in the Waterlily House.
We had lunch at the Pavilion Restaurant, were you there?
Good day, shame we missed you.
Yes, we must exchange mobile phone numbers next time.

Oh, and Jim, please e-mail me the names of those plants you gave me, I knew
I should have written them down. :-)
--
Bob

www.pooleygreengrowers.org.uk/ about an Allotment site in
Runnymede fighting for it's existence.





BK 29-07-2003 08:04 PM

Kew today - I missed you !
 
"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
...

Marina wrote in message
British Rail totally screwed up my schedule today (points failure
somewhere...)
so I arrived an hour late after an interesting bus ride from Hammersmith

to
Kew!
However, I had a great time wandering round the gardens, hope you did

too.

I hoped I might bump into you all somewhere, but it was not to be :-(

Another time maybe we should exchange mobile numbers beforehand. I hope

you
didn't wait too long in the Orangery for me before giving me up for

lost,
I
am really sorry to have missed you, but the circumstances were out of

my
control.


We waited until 11am then slowly walked over to the Victoria Gate in case
you were there so we must only just have missed you. Shame. There was only

5
of us but we saw all the glasshouses, well, all except Jim W and Barbara

who
fell behind in the rockery, took a wrong turning, and missed the Alpine
House which is always worth a visit with it's refrigerated bench. Luckily
our mobile phones reunited the party in the Waterlily House.
We had lunch at the Pavilion Restaurant, were you there?
Good day, shame we missed you.
Yes, we must exchange mobile phone numbers next time.

Oh, and Jim, please e-mail me the names of those plants you gave me, I

knew
I should have written them down. :-)
--
Bob

www.pooleygreengrowers.org.uk/ about an Allotment site in
Runnymede fighting for it's existence.



It was great to meet you all! Thanks for a great day.

Oh, I checked up, it turns out that Jim was the one who suggested
I bring the iris pseudacorus with me, though now I re-read his
post, I might have been mistaken. Thanks for lugging them around
all day g.

*******
Barbara
Pick out the stones to email me
*******



Jim W 29-07-2003 09:33 PM

Kew today - I missed you !
 
BK wrote:



It was great to meet you all! Thanks for a great day.

Oh, I checked up, it turns out that Jim was the one who suggested
I bring the iris pseudacorus with me, though now I re-read his
post, I might have been mistaken. Thanks for lugging them around
all day g.


It was wasn't it;-)).. I never said *I* wanted any though. I didn't
actually say 'bring them to Kew' I said that it was probably easier to
give or swap them..

Theres a photo of mine at:
http://tinyurl.com/ifgf

Then I happened to mention the Kew meet!-)


Nice to meet you anyway!-))
Jim

BK 29-07-2003 10:13 PM

Kew today - I missed you !
 
"Jim W" wrote in message
news:1fyvkhn.9z26fo1yhgl4cN%00senetnospamtodayta@m acunlimited.net...
BK wrote:



It was great to meet you all! Thanks for a great day.

Oh, I checked up, it turns out that Jim was the one who suggested
I bring the iris pseudacorus with me, though now I re-read his
post, I might have been mistaken. Thanks for lugging them around
all day g.


It was wasn't it;-)).. I never said *I* wanted any though. I didn't
actually say 'bring them to Kew' I said that it was probably easier to
give or swap them..

Theres a photo of mine at:
http://tinyurl.com/ifgf

Then I happened to mention the Kew meet!-)


Nice to meet you anyway!-))
Jim


Lovely photo Jim. What's the name of the camera you used today?
I can't believe I didn't take a photo of my flowers, but here's a
photo of my tiny garden which shows how tall they became.

http://www.crazycaz.com/pseudacorus.jpg

Nice to meet you too :-)

*******
Barbara
Pick out the stones to email me
*******



Jim W 29-07-2003 10:13 PM

Kew today - I missed you !
 
BK wrote:


Lovely photo Jim. What's the name of the camera you used today?
I can't believe I didn't take a photo of my flowers, but here's a
photo of my tiny garden which shows how tall they became.

http://www.crazycaz.com/pseudacorus.jpg

Nice to meet you too :-)


A Nikon Coolpix 4500 which I love since I got it this year.. Its a
serious upgrade to my first digi stills cam which was a L'espion by
Digital Dream.. These are now selling under 20 quid would you believe!-)

//
Jim

cross 29-07-2003 11:03 PM

Kew today - I missed you !
 

Bob Hobden wrote in message
...

We waited until 11am then slowly walked over to the Victoria Gate in case
you were there so we must only just have missed you. Shame. There was only

5
of us but we saw all the glasshouses, well, all except Jim W and Barbara

who
fell behind in the rockery, took a wrong turning, and missed the Alpine
House which is always worth a visit with it's refrigerated bench. Luckily
our mobile phones reunited the party in the Waterlily House.
We had lunch at the Pavilion Restaurant, were you there?

------
After being packed like sardines into a bus, it was 11.30 before I arrived
at the Victoria Gate and legged it swiftly to the Orangery just in case you
were still in the area. After a reviving cup of coffee I headed for the
Order (veg) beds, as that was the place I thought you might head for
first....... then I had no idea.
I really loved the rock / water gardens too, and "did" all the glasshouses,
and despite the forecast, the weather was good.
I had a picnic lunch in the Duke's Garden, looking out at the Hot Border,
which was stunning. I'm pleased you all had a good day too.

Marina



David Hill 30-07-2003 12:06 AM

Kew today - I missed you !
 
When I have organised similar get togethers in the past, we always had a
back up meeting place at lunchtime or if was an afternoon gathering then a
second meeting place around tea time.
We didn't have mobiles in those days.

--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk




Bob Hobden 30-07-2003 01:04 AM

Kew today - I missed you !
 

"David wrote in message
When I have organised similar get togethers in the past, we always had a
back up meeting place at lunchtime or if was an afternoon gathering then a
second meeting place around tea time.
We didn't have mobiles in those days.


Quite! But with mobiles one gets careless about organising things like that
including knowing each others numbers it seems. :-) Oh well, at least
everyone had a good day and the weather was kind.

--
Regards
Bob

Use a useful Screen Saver...
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
and find intelligent life amongst the stars, there's bugger all down here.



Bob Hobden 30-07-2003 01:13 AM

Kew today - I missed you !
 

I wrote in message
"David wrote in message
When I have organised similar get togethers in the past, we always had a
back up meeting place at lunchtime or if was an afternoon gathering then

a
second meeting place around tea time.
We didn't have mobiles in those days.


Quite! But with mobiles one gets careless about organising things like

that
including knowing each others numbers it seems. :-) Oh well, at least
everyone had a good day and the weather was kind.


Forgot to mention, if anyone else is going to Kew this year they have a very
interesting exhibit near the Brentford Gate called the "Field Hospital". It
looks for all the world like a half finished or half wreaked shack but is
well worth a look.
It's about herbal remedies etc., and they want your ones handed down in your
family, they provide the cards to write on too.

--
Bob

www.pooleygreengrowers.org.uk/ about an Allotment site in
Runnymede fighting for it's existence.



Jim W 30-07-2003 02:03 PM

Kew today - I missed you !
 
Bob Hobden wrote:

I wrote in message
"David wrote in message
When I have organised similar get togethers in the past, we always had a
back up meeting place at lunchtime or if was an afternoon gathering then

a
second meeting place around tea time.
We didn't have mobiles in those days.


Quite! But with mobiles one gets careless about organising things like

that
including knowing each others numbers it seems. :-) Oh well, at least
everyone had a good day and the weather was kind.


Forgot to mention, if anyone else is going to Kew this year they have a very
interesting exhibit near the Brentford Gate called the "Field Hospital". It
looks for all the world like a half finished or half wreaked shack but is
well worth a look.
It's about herbal remedies etc., and they want your ones handed down in your
family, they provide the cards to write on too.


All true commnets! We weren't that organised-)) Still at least it
didn't rain, much!-)

//
Jim


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