Anyone up for a London Poly meet, somewhere between the 3rd and the 9th of August?

[Az]

Siro: You can have the same toys here. The dildo won't have "London" written on it, anyway.

In any case, I am not afraid of muggers, etc. That's why I have my fists, my heights, and of course, you guys.

[Locutus]

Originally posted by Azazel
In any case, I am not afraid of muggers, etc. That's why I have my fists, my heights, and of course, you guys.

Unless of course, we are the ones mugging you

[Az]

I'll tell Ming to ban you, then, as well as strip you of your moderatorship.

Besides, all of you clowns don't stand a chance against me.

[MOBIUS]

Don't trust EiF, he says he'll come and then he'll blow you out at the last minute...

[Tamerlin]

It would have been great to meet a bunch of cool Apolytoners in London and drink some booze with Metal in the background but I doubt I will have the money to do the trip this year.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Zopperoni
I'm very much interested; if a date for the meeting itself can be arranged any time soon, I can start looking for the right travel and accomodation arrangements, since I don't plan on going to London the entire week (unless I find a good deal somewhere o_O).

Zop, if you can get to Hull I can provide you with accomodation and a lift down to London and back, and we could pop across to Manchester as well at some point and see the local apolytoners there...

[Provost Harrison]

I may be able to do the 8th...I need notice though, that is all...

[Az]

So, Richard, I almost forgot, are you coming?

[Provost Harrison]

You know me, I try not to miss poly meets! I will be there!

[Az]

Great.

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Zop, if you can get to Hull I can provide you with accomodation and a lift down to London and back, and we could pop across to Manchester as well at some point and see the local apolytoners there...

That'd be cool, but how does the offer stand for Locutus (since it's likely we'll be traveling together)?

I just checked the ferry service from Rotterdam to Hull, and the times are quite bad (only 2100 in the evening), and the price is even worse (~150 euro per person) o_O

[MikeH]

Cheaper to fly to London from Schipol.

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

i'd be interested as well, might even have time (always difficult to say that in advance for more than a week) but as i presumably wont have enough money for a trip to london that doesnt matter at all

[Paul Hanson]

Originally posted by Zopperoni

That'd be cool, but how does the offer stand for Locutus (since it's likely we'll be traveling together)?

I just checked the ferry service from Rotterdam to Hull, and the times are quite bad (only 2100 in the evening), and the price is even worse (~150 euro per person) o_O

They only do night ferries from Rotterdam-Hull, and because of this they're horrendously expensive. If you want to go by ferry, your best bet is to go on the high-speed ferry from Hoek van Holland-Harwich then catch a train to London from there.

[Locutus]

Hoek van Holland - Harwich is still €80 for the ferry alone (so excluding train tickets to and from London).

The cheapest we've found so far is to fly from Schiphol to Luton and back from Stanstead to Eindhoven: only costs about €60. Because Zop and I both have student passes, travel within the Netherlands is free for Zop (in the weekends) and very cheap for me (all week), so the only additional costs would be travel within London, which we wouldn't be much different if we'd travel by ferry.

Considering a hotel in the heart of London doesn't have to cost more than about €20 either (of course, we're talking about a dormitory in a backpackers hotel here, not about a penthouse in the Hilton ), taking up Rich's offer and spending the night in Hull would still be a lot more expensive than flying. Plus, flying is by far the fastest and most flexible option as well (60-90 mins flight time, about 10-20 flights a day), which gives Zop and me the opportunity to spend almost 2 full days in London

Of course, Zop and I are still all ears for anyone with a more attractive offer