all tomorrows parties

[boog]

anyone wanna share a chalet at nightmare before xmas?

[norecess]

Maybe. Please share some details about yourself, like where you are from and stuff. I really don't wanna miss this thing with BB.

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Got a chalet booked. All 2 berth chalets are sold out now.

YEAH, I'M GONNA SEE THE MELVINS!

[Lunica]

me too!!!!
but you know that of course..

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Hey, it's the only option I and klump had!

Anyway, just wondering if some UK people could give me some advice on how to get there. And by there I mean Taunton, the closest main line station to the festival. I can take a (2 person) flight to London (several airports, any preference?) or Bristol - flying to Bristol is approximately 100 euro more expensive. If I go to London I have to get to a train station first - I believe not all airports have a train station - to can take a train to Taunton. A one person train ticket from Paddington to Taunton costs

[maffymaff]

This is a bit more of an official site for checking train times and prices - http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/

One piece of advice, don't automatically go for a return ticket for where you are going, have a good look at the prices of single tickets. When I did the journey to London for the big band show a return ticket was getting on for

[norecess]

This is a bit more of an official site for checking train times and prices - http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/

Yeah, I used that one too. In neither case is it possible to pre order tickets for December though.

One piece of advice, don't automatically go for a return ticket for where you are going, have a good look at the prices of single tickets. When I did the journey to London for the big band show a return ticket was getting on for

[maffymaff]

How is it possible that two single tickets are less expensive than a return? Is there any logic in that at all?

That is one of the many joys of English public transport!

I've got a feeling it will probably work out cheaper for you to fly to Bristol. Try looking at getting a flight to either Liverpool or Manchester then get a flight to Britsol? It could end up being a bit of a long way round, but for the Melvins it's worth it!

[Lunica]

we're gonna travel by ryanair to stansted (which is by far the cheapest option for us). that way we don't have to travel with the expensive "plane-train" to gardermoen (outside oslo), we we just have to drive like half an hour, check in, go to the gate, fight with 189 other people to get on the plane and find a seat, sit there for about 2 hours, buying tiny beers or bullseye bag drinks, get off the plane, sit 45 minutes on the stansted express to liverpool street, go by tube to paddington, find the taunton train, sit there for about two hours, THEN find our way to the festival and the crazy dutch fella!

[maffymaff]

This site might be a good place to get a flight into Manchester - http://www.jet2.com/

[Lunica]

isn't manchester like... WAY north?
bristol is in the south, pretty close to wales, right?

i hope they'll make the program available soon,
so we can find out if we have to travel on thursday, or go back on monday..

[norecess]

so we can find out if we have to travel on thursday, or go back on monday..

We're probably gonna flight Friday morning anyway, but yeah maybe it's safe to wait - just in case the Melvins play Friday midday - which is pretty unlikely though.

Hey maffymaff, thanks for your tips. And you too Lunica I''ll have to sort this thing out this week I think.

And as far as the train ticket prices, aren't there are several train companies in the UK which automatically causes the different prices?

[maffymaff]

I know Manchester is further north, I was going off which airports you can fly to Bristol from and there are none in London. Manchester is the only big UK airport that you can get to from bristol and I know there are cheap flights to Holland from there And it may work out a good saving to then fly to Bristol from there. The direct flight from Holland to Britstol looks pretty expensive, but doing it via Manchester would mean a bit or waiting around for connecting flights.

[Eponymous]

How is it possible that two single tickets are less expensive than a return? Is there any logic in that at all?

That is one of the many joys of English public transport!

It used to be the case with British Rail that it was significantly cheaper to get a return ticket than a single one-way! Those crazy Brits!

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I know Manchester is further north, I was going off which airports you can fly to Bristol from and there are none in London. Manchester is the only big UK airport that you can get to from bristol and I know there are cheap flights to Holland from there And it may work out a good saving to then fly to Bristol from there. The direct flight from Holland to Britstol looks pretty expensive, but doing it via Manchester would mean a bit or waiting around for connecting flights.

I was already assuming you meant that. I'll look for that, thanks for the tip!