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Glasgow Meet - Saturday June 11th 2011

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Brilliant Carol! I will be there, really looking forward to meeting you and everyone else.

I will have been back at work for a week after my maternity leave ends then. What a scary thought, looking forward to this will help me through the week.

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I am fairly sure I should be able to come 🙂 I'm going to fly probably, how exciting! I kind of fancy a train ride all the way up but it takes an extra 3 hours (although I really don't think 4.5 hours London - Glasgow is that bad) and an extra ?25 or so.
 
shiv said:
I am fairly sure I should be able to come 🙂 I'm going to fly probably, how exciting! I kind of fancy a train ride all the way up but it takes an extra 3 hours (although I really don't think 4.5 hours London - Glasgow is that bad) and an extra ?25 or so.
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might have to join you and be plane buddies hehe 🙂 gotta look at cash flow nearer the time tho 🙂 had a wicked night out last time I went to Glasgow 🙂 x x x
 
Yeah I'm hoping that the prices don't change, I probably won't book until March so I can stick a bit of cash away each month. I experimented with Easyjet and told it I wanted to book in March, the prices were the same as June, so hoping it's just a case of booking in advance.

Hope you can come Shelley, would be great to fly up together!
 
shiv said:
Yeah I'm hoping that the prices don't change, I probably won't book until March so I can stick a bit of cash away each month. I experimented with Easyjet and told it I wanted to book in March, the prices were the same as June, so hoping it's just a case of booking in advance.

Hope you can come Shelley, would be great to fly up together!
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Are you planning it as a day trip, or a stopover?
 
I'd much prefer to stay over but I will call it a day trip if needs be - just imagine a lot of time would be spent going through security etc, to do it twice in a day seems a bit much in my mind!
 
Sounds good to me - though I can't find my diary at the moment to check.
 
shiv said:
I am fairly sure I should be able to come 🙂 I'm going to fly probably, how exciting! I kind of fancy a train ride all the way up but it takes an extra 3 hours (although I really don't think 4.5 hours London - Glasgow is that bad) and an extra ?25 or so.
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By the time you book in early (two hours before the flight) and put up with all the pfaffing about, you will be just as quick on the train! Honest!
I did the Glasgow -> London trip last year and was amazed at how comfortable, fast and much more pleasant the train was than the plane. Plus if you can book in advance there is not that much difference in price (sorry Scottish attack there < mean, me!> :D ) after you take the taxi (??'s) from the airport into the city centre. Plus, the train takes you right into the centre anyway.
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And of course, I would have to come along too.
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Hi Carol,

Unfortunately I will be in Doha in June this year visiting my son, but I promise we will meet one day!
 
According to trainline there are no trains from Southampton to Glasgow! Will have to check out planes. I think for domestic flights you can check in online and only need to be there 30 mins prior to take off, will check if that applies to an 'International' flight over the border! 🙂
 
Haha! I could arrive at 14:50 and leave at 15:15! I'd have to run from arrivals to departures or I'd miss my flight home! Looks like an overnight or two might be in order.
 
Alan - pity you can't take in a visit to your family by staying with them for a few days, and include the w/e to come up to Glasgow.

Southampton to Glasgow in 1 day - yikes!!!
 
Hazel said:
Alan - pity you can't take in a visit to your family by staying with them for a few days, and include the w/e to come up to Glasgow.

Southampton to Glasgow in 1 day - yikes!!!
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It's a thought! I was surprised it didn't suggest a train to London and then one to Glasgow - might be a long journey, but just to say it's not possible to get a ticket from Soton to Glasgow is surely wrong?
 
I am going to do my best to ensure I am home that weekend so I can come! :D Just need to wait for the dates for a couple of other things before I can confirm. 🙂

I know it's early days to be thinking about these sorts of things, but for those of you who are flying, I really wouldn't bother with a taxi from the airport to the city centre - it's ridiculously expensive and the taxis outside the airport aren't Glasgow taxis so don't usually know Glasgow well. However, there's a fantastic bus service from right outside the main exit that takes you directly into the city centre for ?7 return. (http://www.glasgowflyer.com/) 🙂
 
I'm only 20mins from Glasgow - are these meet ups open to those of us with a fully functioning pancreas too?:D
 
I will officially be in attendance, with my man. We're making a weekend of it & staying at our favourite hotel - the Crowne Plaza (link here). Not the cheapest, but gorgeous!
 
ill be there with bells on😱🙂 if needed please pm me the latter details so that i ll remember my brain is like a sieve you see....

great idea cazscot🙂
 
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