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  • shmike
    shmike Posts: 216
    dunkman1974 wrote:
    I'm getting the train from Carlisle... total cost for me is only £54 :eek:

    http://www.trainline.co.uk

    don't put it in as a return ticket... the best thing is called an Advance Saver ticket.. what you do is book two Single Journeys... my one way to london from carlisle cost £18 all in and London-Carlisle is £36 just because its a Friday

    see also http://www.virgintrains.co.uk/buy_tickets/default.aspx and click on the box that says Virgin Value... it usually always cheaper to buy it as 2 single journeys

    see how you go!
    Tried that Dunkman, thanks, but 146 was the best I could find. (That is for 2 adults) Also it involves a bus for part of the journey because of engineering works....so not worth the hassle.

    Anyone know of cheap parking?
    (My hotel is near Paddington station)
    Living the dream in 2006 - Astoria, Reading & Prague
    And 2007 - Wembley

    With alchohol in leaf and tree it must be natures plan, for there to be to some degree...alchohol in man
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Well since it's almost three weeks away, I have NO idea what I'll be wearing :rolleyes: but considering the weekend that's in it I'd say my Ireland rugby jersey will be a good bet :)

    My sister's coming to London with me (IrishAngel) but I'll be going to the gig on me own :)

    Booking flights today and sorting out accommodation at some stage too.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • wolfamongwolves
    wolfamongwolves Posts: 2,414
    Holy shit! I think I'm in!
    93: Slane
    96: Cork, Dublin
    00: Dublin
    06: London, Dublin
    07: London, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    09: Manchester, London
    10: Dublin, Belfast, London & Berlin
    11: San José
    12: Isle of Wight, Copenhagen, Ed in Manchester & London x2
  • blue_rain
    blue_rain London Posts: 163
    shmike wrote:
    I realise it will cost me £8 toll into London (unless I arrive before 0630). Our hotel is down Oxford street somewhere, and I was wondering if anyone has some secret parking tips to keep the costs down a little?

    This may not help much but before I lived down here, I'd park in the North of London in a residential area and then hop on the tube into London. Cheap and less stressful.
    "Is my band ready to kick it?" Stone Gossard

    28/Oct/96, 29/May/00, 04/Jun/00, 28/Jun/00, 30/Jun/00, 02/Jul/03, 03/Jul/03, 05/Jul/03, 08/Jul/03, 09/Jul/03, 20/Apr/06, 27/Aug/06, 09/Sep/06, 13/Sep/06, 12/Jun/07, 13/Jun/07, 18/Jun/07, 26/Jun/07, 28/Jun/07, 02/Apr/08 (Ed), 03/Apr/08 (Ed), 11/Aug09, 13/Aug/09, 17/Aug/09, 18/Aug/09, 25/Jun/10
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    wolfamongwolves wrote:
    Holy shit! I think I'm in!

    :eek: REALLY????? Well flights aren't looking overly cheap :mad:

    Rang around today and to book from a travel agent is 106euro each - from Ryanair to Stanstead (cheapest - how far out is it?) would only be 50 each including all taxes but flying at ridiculous times :D but I don't care. My sister's really gonna have to get working on finding a credit card SOMEWHERE.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    wolfamongwolves wrote:
    Holy shit! I think I'm in!

    i really hope you are )

    please tell the group... you'll feel better for it ;)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • wolfamongwolves
    wolfamongwolves Posts: 2,414
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    :eek: REALLY????? Well flights aren't looking overly cheap :mad:

    Rang around today and to book from a travel agent is 106euro each - from Ryanair to Stanstead (cheapest - how far out is it?) would only be 50 each including all taxes but flying at ridiculous times :D but I don't care. My sister's really gonna have to get working on finding a credit card SOMEWHERE.

    Do you have flights yet? Heathrow is apparently where you need to fly to, otherwise you'll spend a week and a half trying to get across the city.
    93: Slane
    96: Cork, Dublin
    00: Dublin
    06: London, Dublin
    07: London, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    09: Manchester, London
    10: Dublin, Belfast, London & Berlin
    11: San José
    12: Isle of Wight, Copenhagen, Ed in Manchester & London x2
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    http://www.fancyapint.com/main_site/thepubs/pub2975.html

    http://www.fluidfoundation.com/venueDetails.asp?BarRef=1567


    seems like a pretty cool pub to meet at...
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Riot_Rain
    Riot_Rain Posts: 348
    dunkman1974 wrote:
    http://www.fancyapint.com/main_site/thepubs/pub2975.html

    http://www.fluidfoundation.com/venueDetails.asp?BarRef=1567


    seems like a pretty cool pub to meet at...

    I agree.

    I've never been to the Royal George, but I work not very far from there, so I'd happily sacrifice myself to go and test it for all of us on a lunchbreak orso. Or after work. For several weeks.

    ;)
    Like a cloud dropping rain
    I'm discarding all thought
    I'll dry up, leaving puddles on the ground
    I'm like an opening band for the sun
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    wolfamongwolves wrote:
    Do you have flights yet? Heathrow is apparently where you need to fly to, otherwise you'll spend a week and a half trying to get across the city.

    No flights yet - dunno what I'm gonna do. Think I might just book at that travel agent after work. Not too bothered about having to travel loads though - I hate the bloody tube. Wouldn't mind just getting on a bus at an airport, going to sleep and waking up in the middle of the city.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    travelodge Farringdon has no more rooms at £26

    they have put them back up to £66!!
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • einatshaul
    einatshaul Posts: 2,219
    O K, no body waste their time, damn it, I'm making the list!
    I desire peace where I live
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    einatshaul wrote:
    O K, no body waste their time, damn it, I'm making the list!

    i sorta started it but i mighthave missed partners/friends/etc... i'm crap at that kinda stuff! :o
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • blue_rain
    blue_rain London Posts: 163
    dunkman1974 wrote:
    http://www.fancyapint.com/main_site/thepubs/pub2975.html

    http://www.fluidfoundation.com/venueDetails.asp?BarRef=1567


    seems like a pretty cool pub to meet at...

    i've been there quite a few times and suggested it purely because of its location. you can spill out onto the street too if its busy inside. that's its selling point really :) take a few steps out of the door and you can gaze lovingly at the Astoria!
    "Is my band ready to kick it?" Stone Gossard

    28/Oct/96, 29/May/00, 04/Jun/00, 28/Jun/00, 30/Jun/00, 02/Jul/03, 03/Jul/03, 05/Jul/03, 08/Jul/03, 09/Jul/03, 20/Apr/06, 27/Aug/06, 09/Sep/06, 13/Sep/06, 12/Jun/07, 13/Jun/07, 18/Jun/07, 26/Jun/07, 28/Jun/07, 02/Apr/08 (Ed), 03/Apr/08 (Ed), 11/Aug09, 13/Aug/09, 17/Aug/09, 18/Aug/09, 25/Jun/10
  • psycosmic
    psycosmic Posts: 504
    blue_rain wrote:
    Yes, I'll be around with psycosmic from this board. There isn't much to say about me really. If I say that I'm tall with long dark hair and I'll be wearing blue, you will know who I am. I say that before every PJ show and people spot me.. so I hope it works this time!

    haha... yeah, you can add me to the list, Scot :)
    you'll be able to spot blue_rain and i'm the short guy who's going to be with her... and i'm quite positive that i'll be wearing something - you can't miss me ;)

    i can't wait to meet all you people!
    *counting the days*
    ~~~
    Some days you wake up and sit on a park bench next to an eighty year old Russian architect, and some days you don't. I think this is my new life philosophy.

    http://epplehausradio.blogspot.com/

    pearl jam @ the astoria, london, 20/04/06
  • ScotInAmsterdam
    ScotInAmsterdam Posts: 1,004
    dunkman1974 wrote:
    i sorta started it but i mighthave missed partners/friends/etc... i'm crap at that kinda stuff! :o

    I put it on the first page
  • blue_rain
    blue_rain London Posts: 163
    psycosmic wrote:
    haha... yeah, you can add me to the list, Scot :)
    you'll be able to spot blue_rain and i'm the short guy who's going to be with her... and i'm quite positive that i'll be wearing something - you can't miss me ;)

    i can't wait to meet all you people!
    *counting the days*

    Ha! Well, I didn't want to say that I'll be with a German guy who is a bit shorter than me.. but now that you have said it :)
    "Is my band ready to kick it?" Stone Gossard

    28/Oct/96, 29/May/00, 04/Jun/00, 28/Jun/00, 30/Jun/00, 02/Jul/03, 03/Jul/03, 05/Jul/03, 08/Jul/03, 09/Jul/03, 20/Apr/06, 27/Aug/06, 09/Sep/06, 13/Sep/06, 12/Jun/07, 13/Jun/07, 18/Jun/07, 26/Jun/07, 28/Jun/07, 02/Apr/08 (Ed), 03/Apr/08 (Ed), 11/Aug09, 13/Aug/09, 17/Aug/09, 18/Aug/09, 25/Jun/10
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    blue_rain wrote:
    i've been there quite a few times and suggested it purely because of its location. you can spill out onto the street too if its busy inside. that's its selling point really :) take a few steps out of the door and you can gaze lovingly at the Astoria!

    i like the phrase "spill out onto the streets"... :)

    good call for the suggestion


    its gonna be murder when it comes to meeting up with folk... the bar staff will think we're nutjobs... calling each other Blue Rain and Chumfatty and the likes ... we'll maybe have to sort out proper names on the day or folk will think its a travelling group of surreal porn stars or starwars fanatics :D
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • blue_rain
    blue_rain London Posts: 163
    dunkman1974 wrote:
    its gonna be murder when it comes to meeting up with folk... the bar staff will think we're nutjobs... calling each other Blue Rain and Chumfatty and the likes ... we'll maybe have to sort out proper names on the day or folk will think its a travelling group of surreal porn stars or starwars fanatics :D

    I don't want to call anyone by the name of chumfatty!! That could warrant a slap!
    I'll be bold right now - my real name is Laura!
    "Is my band ready to kick it?" Stone Gossard

    28/Oct/96, 29/May/00, 04/Jun/00, 28/Jun/00, 30/Jun/00, 02/Jul/03, 03/Jul/03, 05/Jul/03, 08/Jul/03, 09/Jul/03, 20/Apr/06, 27/Aug/06, 09/Sep/06, 13/Sep/06, 12/Jun/07, 13/Jun/07, 18/Jun/07, 26/Jun/07, 28/Jun/07, 02/Apr/08 (Ed), 03/Apr/08 (Ed), 11/Aug09, 13/Aug/09, 17/Aug/09, 18/Aug/09, 25/Jun/10
  • ScotInAmsterdam
    ScotInAmsterdam Posts: 1,004
    travelling group of surreal porn stars or starwars fanatics

    Now that is funny

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