Repost - Edinburgh coffee on 16th August at Gallery Cafe

Anya, Me, Oldgoat, Cascat, Jane10, maybe Katek.

My train gets in at 10.20 elegran so I'll have time to amble along to the café and try to reserve a window seat. How many of us are coming now?

We'll keep a seat for you, Anya, don't bust a gasket. Are you familiar with Edinburgh? If not, come out of the station by the sloping road onto Waverley Bridge, cross over and enter the gardens by the gate on the corner of Princes Street. Then you can walk at a nice peaceful rate through grass and trees until your way is blocked by a damn great wall. The cafe is at the foot of that wall. There will be several faces peering out hoping to spot someone red and sweaty and breathless. That is unless we can't get a window seat.

There's a train gets me into Waverky at 10.54 - so I'll be easy to recognise; red in face and sweaty and out of breath.

I'll be there (hope that doesn't put some off!)

I'll need to catch the train from Motherwell and escape my aged aunt in good time. Incidentally that means I won't have internet access from August 14th as she doesn't have WiFi ?

I'm notorious challenged when it comes to finding new places, but leave a space for me please.

Will do my best. Will need 2 seats for me anyway!
(Nice to see you the other night Elegran BTW. Sorry I couldn't chat for longer)

They told me that "11 o'clock is our quiet time, so you don't need to book" I shall try to get there first, but would anyone who is there before me please sit at one of the window tables with coat/bag etc spread over the other seats and keep a lookout for the rest?

Not so far.

As well as, of course elegran !! Is cascats coming to the lunch on the 11th?

We'll fill you with cake to sweeten you, Jane. Would that be as well as or instead of the 11th, Oldgoat? You'd miss lunch at the ROSL!

I might be able to hold down my fuming to manageable levels for long enough to speak oldgoat. It would be nice to see you again. Not sure any advice I might have would help though.

Wondering whether to try and join you on the 16th elegran . I could get to Edinburgh by 11 if I catch an early train. Maybe I could pick Jane 10's brains about publishing, unless she's in a really bad mood, of course!

Town will be heaving though and I generally avoid it if at all possible in tourist season. I warn you I'm a miserable cow and bound to arrive in a bad mood!!

Edinburgh rock would be a bit of a comedown after the smokies.....

If only! Best book the reinforced seats for the meet up.

I've not seen you in the flesh for a while, Jane The downsizing has clearly been more effective than I thought!

What a cheek! You already downsized me to Jane8. I thought it must have been in recognition of my general sveltness.

Jane is in no danger of slipping through the mesh of a hammock either.

Me too!
Makes me easy to spot

Plenty of flesh.

Thank you, have been on GN for a wee while but don't often post (am I a what is called a lurker?).
This would be my first meet meet up though, and looking forward to meeting some GNetters in the flesh, so to speak.

Planning around 11, cascats I've not seen your name before, is this your first meetup? Welcome to Gransnet!

Katek I hope you can come. No Arbroath smokies in the Gallery caff, though, they'd be too plebeian.

Hello, what time would you be thinking of? Would need to come by bus from Fife and walk down.

I may be around. Planning a visit to my brother and family around then. I'll let you know nearer the time.