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Francais au Bloodbowl
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2003 5:10 pm
by Longshot
Who are the French coaches that will come?
And are you coming alone or with some friends?
I will come with Trambi and Eric (another friend of us).
By the way, how will you go to nottigham and where will you stay?
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2003 8:32 pm
by DaFrenchCoach
I will the alone... I think I will try to share a bedroom (if possible not the bed, only the room
) with a famous TBBer
I will go ther by plane, due to a really cheap company which has a line between Saint-Etienne (where I work) and London. After it, I don't know.
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2003 11:18 pm
by Deathwing
Guys, you've got a nightmare journey. You're going to have to brave the London Underground to get from Waterloo to King's Cross (which needs you to change tubes) and then catch a train to Nottingham from there.
British trains by the way, are always overcrowded, dirty and usually late.
DFC, where are you flying to? Heathrow, Gatwick or (hopefully not) Stanstead?
What sort of time are you all planning on arriving in London?
How about you Dutch and Spanish guys?
I can post some train times, routes and prices etc. to Nottingham nearer the time if you let me know where and when you're planning to get into London/which airport etc.
The British public transport system is a nightmare at the best of times, and very very few people over here speak anything other than English.
I've got visions of groups of confused Europeans ending up scattered far and wide to the four corners of the Kingdom...
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2003 11:28 pm
by Al the Rat
And that's not to mention that us Londoner's are woefully intolerant of tourists and yokels on our tube!
Remember stand on the right of the escalators, walk on the left and you'll do fine. Also practise your "don't bother me I've got places to go" scowl - something a bit like this
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2003 11:34 pm
by sean newboy
I've got visions of groups of confused Europeans ending up scattered far and wide to the four corners of the Kingdom
Perhaps all the mainlanders should carry "Bloodbowl Rules! Nottingham or bust!" signs.
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2003 11:58 pm
by DaFrenchCoach
Sounds like a nightmare in advance: yes, it' would be Standsted...
What is the problem with?
About the timetable, I'm thinking about asking 2 holydays on friday and monday, just in order to be in Notthingham at time
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 12:07 am
by Al the Rat
Stanstead's not so bad. That'd be the Stanstead express into Liverpool Street, onto the Hammersmith and City, Metropolitan or Circle line (they all leave from the same platform so no worries there) to Kings Cross and then the train up to Nottingham.
Stanstead might be a bit further outside London, but at least you don't have to rely on SW trains to get anywhere.
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 12:29 am
by DaFrenchCoach
thx a lot Al and DW. I'd ask for more inforùmations when I'd have my plane reservation.
I took a look on the timetable of the plane, and now it's sure I'd be on nottingham on Friday night and in UK on sunday night: it works only about 12 am (1 fly per day). maybe I have to see how it should cost more for hotel before taking a ticket? but the reservation and fly price is soooo cheap I'm nearly sure I'd rather go with it.
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 4:40 pm
by l_dauguet
Hey, don't forget me
i think i'll take the shuttle and then the train. I'll try to arrive on friday night and leave on sunday night. But i still don't know where to sleep. Who's up to travel with me and Fondu77?
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 6:28 pm
by l_dauguet
He, oh...les copains! Et, mais...attendez moi! Courrez pas. Ho! Et merde...Pffff!!!
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 8:26 pm
by Deathwing
Route seems to depend entirely on arrival time:
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1. Stansted Airport 28.02.03 14:20 Express Central Trains RP
Leicester 16:48 16:58 Train Central Trains
Nottingham 17:34
Duration: 3:14
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2. Stansted Airport 28.02.03 14:33 Train WAGN Railway MC
Bishops Stortford 14:42 15:03 Train WAGN Railway MC
Cambridge 15:37 15:42 Express Anglia Railways Train Services MC TS
Ely 15:56 16:02 Express Central Trains RP
Nottingham 17:35
Duration: 3:02
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3. Stansted Airport 28.02.03 14:45 Express WAGN Railway MC TS
Tottenham Hale 15:13 Walk 6 minutes
Tottenham Hale (Tube) 15:25 Tube OL VC
Kings Cross St Pancras (Tube) 15:38 Walk 12 minutes
London St Pancras 15:55 Express Midland Mainline RP MC BR TS
Nottingham 17:38
Duration: 2:53
The link you need is here:
http://www.rail.co.uk/ukrail/planner/planner.htm
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 9:21 pm
by Trambi
If we come from the Eurostar, the trip will be Waterloo, King's Cross , Nottingham.
What's the duration of the train travel from King's Cross to Nottingham ?
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 9:24 pm
by longfang
London Uderground, Tube maps.......
http://www.thetube.com/content/tubemap/
Good luck guys, it scares the shit out of me.
Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 9:26 pm
by Trambi
About 2 hours,ok. Thx DW for the link.
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2003 2:40 am
by Longshot
L_dauguet, we dont know yet for the timetable but i am quite ok to travel with you boys, 6 French in London...We will burn this city for the second time of the history
