Brum Bash III

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » February 10th, 2008, 17:47

hmmm...

perhaps i could make a bit of an effort and take the train to birmingham, since eurostar isn't that expensive if you go alone. however, i have absolutely no idea how the railroads in britain are. is it even affordable to travel from londen to brum? and how long would it take me?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » February 10th, 2008, 17:57

Mr. Johnson wrote:hmmm...

perhaps i could make a bit of an effort and take the train to birmingham, since eurostar isn't that expensive if you go alone. however, i have absolutely no idea how the railroads in britain are. is it even affordable to travel from londen to brum? and how long would it take me?

about £45 and just over 2 hours, but you might be able to get a lift from london?

Post by **HereComesPete** » February 10th, 2008, 17:59

Well, if you buy them plenty in advance you will get them cheap. I've just had a quick look, London Euston -Birmingham New Street takes about one and a half hours and it's £39.50 for a weekend return. If it was Friday-Saturday it'd be about £15-20 but the deals for Sunday trains are a bit shit.

edit - Like Berk says, a lift from London could be got from bobbins it just relies on Eurostar timings etc.

cheeseandham · Post by **cheeseandham** » February 10th, 2008, 18:03

johnson, where are you in london? I'm mildly interested and not having a long journey on my own may help...

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » February 10th, 2008, 18:05

i could also try using eurolines, they're pretty cheap, but their website is a bit broken. will look into it later.

Post by **HereComesPete** » February 10th, 2008, 18:08

cheeseandham wrote:johnson, where are you in london? I'm mildly interested and not having a long journey on my own may help...

He's in Belgium, it's a small hamlet on the outskirts.

Jebus, I just looked at prices for me, my rail card makes it a ridiculous £55. Someone appears to have sold all the advance tickets, other wise it'd be about £15.

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » February 10th, 2008, 18:15

cheeseandham wrote:johnson, where are you in london? I'm mildly interested and not having a long journey on my own may help...

i'm not even near london. not far from brussels though.

cheeseandham · Post by **cheeseandham** » February 10th, 2008, 18:52

OK, I'll drive by brussels.

Post by **HereComesPete** » February 10th, 2008, 19:01

legally binding contract!

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » February 10th, 2008, 19:17

£60 for eurostar to london back and forth. not too cheap but i'm willing to spend that much. now, all i need is certainty of transport and free time.

so grimmie, put me down for very interested, but not confirmed.

cheeseandham · Post by **cheeseandham** » February 10th, 2008, 19:29

well if I go for it, £2.50 and 25 mins will take you from St.Pancreas to my house which will then take you to Grimmies door. (I'll try and make a decision in the next few days regarding transport via Cheeseandham taxi's)

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » February 10th, 2008, 19:34

cheeseandham wrote:well if I go for it, £2.50 and 25 mins will take you from St.Pancreas to my house which will then take you to Grimmies door. (I'll try and make a decision in the next few days regarding transport via Cheeseandham taxi's)

yay! when confirmed, i will provide prostitutes and maybe some alcohol. depends on what the customs say. otherwise chocolate. it appears to be all i can offer.

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » February 10th, 2008, 20:29

I'm almost certainly attending and will be RO-BO riding up from London so can give lifts.

I can fit this many in my car*:

*not a guarantee

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » February 10th, 2008, 20:54

Hurrah, a 5punk bash that I can make! Dates are good for me, and I'll look at all the other gubbins later.

HereComesPete wrote:Jebus, I just looked at prices for me, my rail card makes it a ridiculous £55. Someone appears to have sold all the advance tickets, other wise it'd be about £15.

Well since buying a car I've developed an aversion to public transport, and as such am happy to drive down and back again, giving lifts to whoever wants one, and is somewhere on the route between the North East and Birmingham. Therefore Pete, consider a lift offered. I predict roughly a tank of petrol there and back which is about £45, split between however many of us are in the car.

Anyone else want a lift?

Post by **HereComesPete** » February 10th, 2008, 21:17

Ooh. Offer of lift accepted!

If KV stops his circle jerk he might notice that there's a brumbash planned, in which case he'd probably go. I dunno how numbers are looking though, there's only so much room in the grimansion!

Post by **Grimmie** » February 10th, 2008, 21:29

Just updated the list on page one.

14 people are 'interested' but not everyone's confirmed on the scheduler.
Once the scheduler's full up to 14 people plus me, then the bash is sealed.

You've got till April, so there's no hurry.

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » February 11th, 2008, 17:24

i will confirm my attendance. it should be no problem to get to london. all the lift details will be handled later.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » February 11th, 2008, 17:31

Mr. Johnson wrote:i will confirm my attendance. it should be no problem to get to london. all the lift details will be handled later.

Crazy idea, and not sure if it's viable, but if it's cheaper to fly to and from Newcastle then lifts can also be arranged from up here.

Post by **HereComesPete** » February 11th, 2008, 17:46

Could be cheaper. Less time too, our train systems are the envy of no other country in the world.

edit- except maybe iraq.

Wiggy · Post by **Wiggy** » February 11th, 2008, 17:46

Lateralus wrote:
Crazy idea, and not sure if it's viable, but if it's cheaper to fly to and from Newcastle then lifts can also be arranged from up here.

Or I can pick you up from East Midlands.