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Dscn3910.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 617 x 640 Size: 33.1 kB Date: 11/19/2006	So, here is Willard at the start of another Adventure! And what better place to start any adventure than the Club lounge at the Sheraton Skyline - where Willard is now a well known guest! And let us introduce WIllardKeeper the new Flyertalk handle that Pat has chosen to assume.
Dscn3912.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 530 x 640 Size: 38.2 kB Date: 11/19/2006	And every time Willard ends up at the Skyline, he always seems to end up in the Sports Bar, nursing a lager, and waiting for a Burger - so we start the careful acclimatisation of the stomach lining that we now know needs to proceed any Flyertalk DO!
Dscn3915.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 480 x 640 Size: 37.6 kB Date: 11/19/2006	So, after an early night (and we don't expect to see another one of those for a few days!) we travel into Central London and arrive at our Hotel. Since we could not yet check into the Meridien Piccadilly (it was only 11:30!) Willard has changed into more appropriate attire and is taking high tea with Pat (sorry, WillardKeeper) in the lounge, whilst we re-arrange our luggage and get ready to brave the weekend tube traffic to the Embankment.
Dscn3923.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 375 Size: 41.7 kB Date: 11/19/2006	The area around the Embankment was very busy, as, not only was this the 11th November, but it was also the day of the Lord Mayors parade, and the immediate area around the Temple Pier. Whilst we wait to board our river boat, Willard takes the opporunity to inspect the troops in the parade.
Dscn3927.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 567 Size: 35.2 kB Date: 11/19/2006	Willard makes it onto the boat, and finds his favoured place from which to observe the proceedings. He was very impressed by the fact that the organisers have seen fit to provide him with his very own (Willard-sized) badge for the occasion!
Dscn3928.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 480 x 640 Size: 41.5 kB Date: 11/19/2006	We got the chance to say a big hello to More Champagne Sir ? who appears to have already taken his handle very seriously! Strangely, he had decided not to join us for the curry later on that evening!
DSCN3929.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 42.5 kB Date: 11/19/2006	And so we went to visit the BA board's table - and we very quickly worked out where all the Champagne had gone! Keeping up their baccinalian reputation, the denziens of the BA board had simply ordered every bottle of Champers present on the boat in the first 5 minutes! Do these guys know how to party or what!? As you can see, Triumvirs Wingnut and Jenbel are busy discussing the arrangements for the Do - what were they saying - only Sheep knows for sure!
DSCN3931.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 45.5 kB Date: 11/19/2006	And Willard finally gets a chance to catch up with his fellow mascot Sheep, noting that they are the only two with such suave and understated badges, so unlike those displayed by (from the left) Wingnut, Jenbel, Shuttle-Bored, BahrainLad and, (hiding in profile) GoldCircle staying close to the Champagne!
DSCN3933.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 43.3 kB Date: 11/19/2006	Jenbel and WillardKeeper catch up on the trials and tribulations of travelling with fluffy animals, whilst Sheep and Willard discuss the merits of First class seating.
DSCN3935.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 39.0 kB Date: 11/19/2006	And for those who always wondered what a boat full of FlyerTalkers looks like, this is the (downstairs section) of the party in full swing!
DSCN3937.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 39.1 kB Date: 11/19/2006	Peter747 takes the chance of a photo-op with his hero Willard (or was that the other way round - by this time, the notes are starting to get a little hazy!)
P2010057.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 35.5 kB Date: 11/19/2006	Time to take a little air up on the lido deck. Willard (and KenF) is happy to be interviewed by Janet from American Express, for her upcoming travel magazine. Willard is keen to discuss the difficulty in getting your Centurion card issued when you are [A] Not on the Electoral Roll and [B] can't write a signature!
P2010061.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 480 x 640 Size: 48.7 kB Date: 11/19/2006	And, like any true Flyertalker, Willard quickly finds the food! By this time, he has had his picture taken so many times that he's decided he is a celebrity, and has taken to wearing his shades indoors (oh dear....)
Dscn3939.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 480 x 640 Size: 32.2 kB Date: 11/19/2006	f4free represents the (quite numerous) Swiss contingent as he poses with Willard whilst waiting in the desert queue.
P2010063.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 46.0 kB Date: 11/19/2006	LapLap and PokerProfessor back at our table, whilst Willard and I take a seat and enjoy the one bottle of sparkling wine the BA table missed!
Dscn3941.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 480 x 640 Size: 33.0 kB Date: 11/19/2006	BejaminNYC hoping to stay incognito by removing his badge (some chance!)
DSCN3943.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 58.7 kB Date: 11/19/2006	Willard props up the bar on the boat (wasn't there supposed to be two??) and finds it is the best place to meet people at an FT DO.
DSCN3944.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 35.2 kB Date: 11/19/2006	And as we cruise up and down the Thames, familiar landmarks keep popping up and saying hello!
Hpnx0210.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 400 x 640 Size: 22.0 kB Date: 11/19/2006	Willard bear meets Bundy Bear and discusses ursine matters from down-under!
Dscn3946.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 490 x 640 Size: 34.6 kB Date: 11/19/2006	Tritgr takes Willard under his wing as it gets dark and cold outside.
DSCN3947.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 43.0 kB Date: 11/19/2006	WillardKeeper and LapLap try to sober up Willard with coffee....
Dscn3948.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 550 x 640 Size: 44.5 kB Date: 11/19/2006	Willard meets the spotwelder! If Willard ever has to be cut free from the charred remains of a First Class seat, this is definitely the man he wants to do it! And for the rest of us (the non-fluffy ones who don't fare so well after 30,000 feet drops) spotty's tales of things that go bump in the air are one of the highlights of the BA board.
Dscn3949.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 480 x 640 Size: 39.8 kB Date: 11/19/2006	The end of the wine, and nearly the end of the cruise, Willard takes stock (and a little rest)....
P2010110.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 480 x 640 Size: 23.4 kB Date: 11/19/2006	And when 149 FlyerTalkers get together on one boat, you know one thing for sure - there is going to be Fireworks!
DSCN3951.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 51.5 kB Date: 11/19/2006	And, after a little siesta back at the hotel, Wilard is back at the bar, this time in the basement bar at the Glasshouse Stores. And Willard knows his priorities - get to the bar first!
Dscn3952.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 480 x 640 Size: 30.5 kB Date: 11/19/2006	Willard says hello to Daniellam on his way back from the bar.
DSCN3954.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 45.3 kB Date: 11/19/2006	skydiver listens to Willard's upgrade tips!
Dscn3955.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 480 x 640 Size: 48.3 kB Date: 11/19/2006	And some of the US Flyertalk contingent are already beginning to falter when faced with the awesome capacity for, erm, well, anything in a glass displayed by the more seasoned (and less jet-lagged) participants. The Governator will be back, but only after a snooze....
Dscn3957.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 480 x 640 Size: 45.0 kB Date: 11/19/2006	And up by the BA board corner, qasr takes Willard to his heart (and other places, but the less said about that, the better!)
DSCN3958.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 48.6 kB Date: 11/19/2006	And we find ourselves at the Cafe Lazeez, joining us on the table are (from the left) Willard, WillardKeeper (naturally) Karen2, Einar, Bundy Bear, and upup&away.
DSCN3959.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 35.2 kB Date: 11/19/2006	And here is the dinner in full swing! As Flyertalk takes over the entire restaurant, you can see two waiters standing in the corner, dumbfounded as they try in vain to keep up with 120 hungry Flyertalkers.
DSCN3960.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 28.1 kB Date: 11/19/2006	ajamieson made it down from Edinburgh for the meal, and is sitting talking to Danilelam and magic111
DSCN3961.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 36.5 kB Date: 11/19/2006	But for Willard and Sheep, the evening is just a long string of photo ops - this time they pose with Freddie Jr., the Flyertalk mascot - not quite as fluffy, but, judging by the luggage tags, Freddie is certainly giving Sheep a run for his money in terms of status!
DSCN3966.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 33.4 kB Date: 11/19/2006	And as WillardKeeper and Karen2 tuck into the selection of curries on the sampling menu, Willard wonders if there will be anything left for him.
DSCN3968.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 39.8 kB Date: 11/19/2006	Willard decides to mingle, and finds that FLYGVA has decided to make sure he gets looked after, as Shirl looks on.
DSCN3969.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 37.0 kB Date: 11/19/2006	lalala shows off Willard to SkiAdcock, and wishes she'd brought her own fluffy travelling companions to the evening to meet him.
Dscn3970.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 480 x 640 Size: 27.8 kB Date: 11/19/2006	Willard always seems to end up in the clinches at these parties - Skiadcock plants one on the bear.
DSCN3971.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 43.3 kB Date: 11/19/2006	Skydiver and Teresa say hello to Willard again!
DSCN3988.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 38.1 kB Date: 11/19/2006	Back to the table, and WillardKeeper amazes and fascinates the table as she is one of the only ones left at the party who is vaguely sober.
Dscn3989.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 567 x 640 Size: 39.2 kB Date: 11/19/2006	ajamieson keeps a careful eye on Willard but misses WillardKeeper's sneaky reach for his pint!
Dscn3991.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 480 x 640 Size: 31.2 kB Date: 11/19/2006	Just time for a few more photo opportunities - Willard poses with Prospero who is not quite the last man standing, but is certainly the last man standing upright.
DSCN3992.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 41.2 kB Date: 11/19/2006	Jenbel and WillardKeeper take Sheep and Willard round the restaurant for their last goodbyes before the party starts to close down.
DSCN3995.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 36.6 kB Date: 11/19/2006	Willard thanks Wingnut personally for his efforts as one of the DO organisers.
DSCN3977.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 34.5 kB Date: 11/19/2006	And the evening starts to get blurred, it's time to start the long walk back to the hotel.
DSCN3997.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 45.5 kB Date: 11/19/2006	.....But a few hours sleep, and the DO isn't over yet! It's dim sum at Laureate! And the sign of a good time the night before, everyone is drinking water and chinese tea this morning.
DSCN3999.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 50.7 kB Date: 11/19/2006	...Just a few plates of Dim Sum for lunch.....
DSCN4004.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 53.1 kB Date: 11/19/2006	....And a few more..... Willard is slowly getting buried under the ever increasing pile of steamers! whilst AinA who sadly missed the meal last night, is wondering what she has gotten herself into!
DSCN4007.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 45.5 kB Date: 11/19/2006	And the three that made it all happen: SanDiego1K, Jenbel and Wingnut take a well deserved bow together with Sheep and Willard - this is definitely the A-Team!
DSCN4009.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 43.6 kB Date: 11/19/2006	WillardKeeper discusses the number of upgrades we've had from bmi in the last 10 years with Peter747
DSCN4010.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 34.7 kB Date: 11/19/2006	And as we take our leave from Laureate, we can see that some Flyertalkers just don't seem to want the Do to end! Karen2, Einar, Bundy Bear and upup&away keep the conversation going outside the restaurant. This is the thing about Flyertalk DO's - you just don't want them to end sometimes!
DSCN4018.jpg View Now FTLONMegaDo06 - Willard at the biggest Flyertalk DO ever!	Dimensions: 640 x 480 Size: 25.4 kB Date: 11/19/2006	And so, back at the hotel in Heathrow, Willard starts researching his next trip! - The End of the FT London Mega DO! - but - Willard Bear will return in "From Thailand with Love"