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Well, it cost me ?2.50 return to London! But I think the problem is that other cities don't have the volume of passengers to support such low fares. Megabus does a bus trip for ?1 single Southampton to Birmingham, but it takes 4.5 hours. I think if I was going to Edinburgh, I'd probably fly as it's about the same price as train, but only takes about an hour.
 
must be pretty good for the northern based peeps, being a big city and all.

Take the southerners a bit longer, but yeah not out of the question either, I'll charge up the space hopper!
 
Not doable for me unfortunately , but I appreciate we can't please everyone.

Maybe we should plan a couple for next year dotted about the country then everyone can pick or choose which one(s) to go to.
 
Oxford or Cambridge would be quite nice. I can also seem to get good deals on rail tickets for them. For some reason Birmingham seems expensive and Manchester very expensive. A few years ago it was easier and cheaper to fly to Manchester - hardly the thing to encourage you onto trains!
 
I think the problem is that anywhere south of Manchester is REALLY expensive, even far far in advance for anyone that's NORTH of Manchester. I know for sure that it would take me a good chunk of time to get anywhere south of Manchester to the point that, for a day trip, it's almost hardly worth going unless I'm up at the crack of dawn. It is sad :(
 
What about York? It's a popular destination so there should be some deals available.
 
you could start a poll to see who could make it to a meet-up in manchester/leeds/york etc.

Like Aymes, I could never afford it - it costs over ?100 on the train.
 
Apart from the fact that's it's up north, York is a grand place! Shed loads of boozers toooooooo😛😛😛
 
Northerner said:
I'll be up in Skipton at the end of Feb/beginning of March. I LOVE York!:D
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Seriously?! Come see me!

rossi_mac said:
Apart from the fact that's it's up north, York is a grand place! Shed loads of boozers toooooooo
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Ain't that the truth?! :D I know the good ones too. Despite not being much of a drinker myself, I do get roped in to going to the good ones with people from work 🙄
 
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Seriously?! Come see me!
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I'd love to! Not sure of dates yet, but my dad is coming over from Holland for his 82nd birthday and they rent a holiday flat in Skipton. His birthday is March 1st so it will be around that time. Will let you know when I'm coming and maybe we can get a few other 'locals' along🙂
 
Sounds like Becky is organising a meet in York april/march time, sounds good I'll try and jump on a space hooper in time, to enjoy some samuel smiths!!:D
 
York would be cool. I could con my brother into giving me a lift and a bed for the night....heheheh. Birmingham and Peterborough are good for me too (although i think Peterborough might be a bus....) We've got a couple of wetherspoonses in Northampton, but i'd not recommend it, car-parking's dire.
 
Awww, don't think I could do York, 3-4 hours on a train each way 😱 (that's during week so a weekend will be dire)!

Gutted!

We will have to plan another London for some time after that I reckon, the picnic in the park thing when the weather's better!
 
i reckon a summer one up in North Norfolk would be pretty cool!
 
am64 said:
i reckon a summer one up in North Norfolk would be pretty cool!
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It would be amazing, picnic on the beach etc! Not sure how many people could cope with the journey though, I'd have to have the whole forum crashing on my sofa 😉!
 
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