Summer is only round the corner so this makes sence. Some big desicions to make such as will it happen this year?
Will it be in London, Birmingham or the recently glorified Manchester?
Do post your ideas to help this plan work.

BTW this is my first ever thread ever, anywhere.

Aren't you proud? ;)

I really, really hope you all plan to have one this year, because it's almost certainly my only chance to meet most of you! I'll be in England from roughly end of June - beginning of September, so I think that pretty much encompasses Summer holidays..... so with any luck I should be able to come!

As for where, well.. I'll stay out of that discussion and admit that those of you who have been in the country within the past decade may well have a better idea of places than me!

Birmingham is alright in the summer, but its boring for me because i live there

London was pretty kewl last summer, but please can we not arrange it on the hottest day of the year because travel was a nightmare xD

Manchester sounds interesting as ive never been there

basically i dont care but will come =]

Many of us do seem centralised around Birimgham but London is the capital and Manchester was recently polled as the second best place for youngsters.
As more people agree to come we will have a better idea for location.

I'm not even sure if I'll be able to come to England this summer :mellow:

:shifty: Who needs you :heh: jusk kidding. if you can't then so be it, we will go without you and steal your pudding.

I think London would be easier for Rantan to get to...also most of ichigos members are from London (PFT_Shadow, Sephy, Bombom, DM, Maz, Dark_Bring, Moonlight Stalker, Fi-chan, me and er anyone else I missed out XD)

I don't think fi-chan or moonlight stalker will be able to go though.

@Thorn - sorry, I didn't know it was going to be that hot!

(Although if hardly any London people can make it, Birmingham might be easier)

Well I am picking up a 10 dollar an hour job and my college is paid for. I say this every meetup thread but I'm gonna attempt to make it over the pond. I need a change of pace anyways.

Well, depending on how my hours pan out, and when it is, I think I'll be able to make it. I will be coming from Wales though so my, somewhat non-existant, vote would be for which ever is closest or easiest to get to from there.

Well, Manchester is TECHNICALLY the easiest for me to get to, since that's where my relatives live, an-kun :p But yeah, I'm cool with anywhere... just make it somewhere the confused Aussie can find, or else give me multiple phone-numbers to locate people with.

Pshhh, Pommies and the heat ;) Complaining is not relevant unless it's over 40 degrees celsius. If it was, well, then I take it back and say that if it's going to be that hot, we should meet somewhere inside!

@Angelic: Awwwwww, does that mean I have to come and stalk you when you're home instead?

I think London would be easier for Rantan to get to...also most of ichigos members are from London (PFT_Shadow, Sephy, Bombom, DM, Maz, Dark_Bring, Moonlight Stalker, Fi-chan, me and er anyone else I missed out XD)

I don't think fi-chan or moonlight stalker will be able to go though.

@Thorn - sorry, I didn't know it was going to be that hot!

(Although if hardly any London people can make it, Birmingham might be easier)

lol- its ok, unless you control the weather its not your fault xD

As long as it's in England, I can be there. ^-^

Sweet. Don from Sweeden and Random tangent from down under.

london.....the only place that i will be able to go. but then again......
summer plans....not yet done.....it all depends on family plans~~~

same here should know in next three weeks though as we are booking our holiday in germany. but id love to attend and meet the london peeps

Summer is 6 weeks long. We can decide the day around everyones plans.

Well, Manchester is TECHNICALLY the easiest for me to get to, since that's where my relatives live, an-kun :p But yeah, I'm cool with anywhere... just make it somewhere the confused Aussie can find, or else give me multiple phone-numbers to locate people with.

Pshhh, Pommies and the heat ;) Complaining is not relevant unless it's over 40 degrees celsius. If it was, well, then I take it back and say that if it's going to be that hot, we should meet somewhere inside!

@Angelic: Awwwwww, does that mean I have to come and stalk you when you're home instead?

I'm pretty sure it was over 40 degrees, and HUMID down in that damn subway x_x

I think London would be easier for Rantan to get to...also most of ichigos members are from London (PFT_Shadow, Sephy, Bombom, DM, Maz, Dark_Bring, Moonlight Stalker, Fi-chan, me and er anyone else I missed out XD)

I don't think fi-chan or moonlight stalker will be able to go though.

@Thorn - sorry, I didn't know it was going to be that hot!

(Although if hardly any London people can make it, Birmingham might be easier)

I nearly died. And I had a minor nose bleed on that day too. x_x

thats the none AC underground for ya~~~

I probably can't come this year...I'll see what I have plan at that time.

I might actually be in Europe for a bit this summer... dunno yet. Need to finish up my japan trip planning first before i can think about the next trip!

I might actually be in Europe for a bit this summer... dunno yet. Need to finish up my japan trip planning first before i can think about the next trip!

What part of Japan you'll be going to?

Gand....how long youre planning to stay in the Europe???

i know which day im now free over the summer. ive got to move into my new house in hull at some point though.

I might actually be in Europe for a bit this summer... dunno yet. Need to finish up my japan trip planning first before i can think about the next trip!

:o

What part of Japan you'll be going to?
All over the place, plus Taiwan, but this is a different topic. I'll be making a thread so people can give me suggestions on what to see!

Gand....how long youre planning to stay in the Europe???
I don't know yet... Probably not too long since I'll be using all my vacation time to visit Asia. I'll keep an eye on this thread though.


:o
@_@

Now... if GAND could come, then Angelic would HAVE to come.. and then we'd have all 3 admin, 2 RP Mods (assuming Mazzykins would want to come - i'll text her once we figure anything out) and however many other members we could drag from various parts of everywhere!

All over the place, plus Taiwan, but this is a different topic. I'll be making a thread so people can give me suggestions on what to see!

:o >.<

Well its almost settled. I think I might be the American RP representative.

Woohoooo, we'll be a multi-cultural meet! Which makes it all the more important that we meet somewhere that's reletively easy to find... and reasonably non-confusing to get to on public transport!

If I can get the days you guys plan and start planning now, maybe?

well as far as dates go i vote sometime at the end of July, because August tends to be the month where people are usually away.

even if that does mean having it on a ridiculously hot day again xD

*needs a drink just thinking about the temperature at last meet*

Well im free untill august, im not free at all that month

I will be busy for a week in july but i wint find out which one until mid june (how's that for a spanner in the works) but i will try my best to make it even if it is on MY week.

Date: Flexible.

Place, DEFINATELY BIRMINGHAM.

look people, dont say where you want it say if you cant make a certain loctation. It will probably be a major factor deciding if half the people cant do a certain place.

therefore, Jaso, can you make london

It is unlikely

If a group of us met in Birmingham first so that we could travel together then I could make it to London, otherwise i'll be clueless about getting there and the exact location within London.

Agreed.

i can meet people at the main station, easy peasy

Oh good, PFT.. just look for the person with the Aussie accent looking lost XD

I probably won't be available before August.

if we end up going to London i can meet people in Birmingham to travel down with if anyone needs to.

Yep. I'll take you up on that offer. Sure many others will as well.

Birmingham New Street Station then?

Yeah, Same place as last time. How much will it cost to go to london?

If you go with megabus, it'll only be a few quid actually.

I really think Birmingham is a better idea, as London can be REALLY hectic.

CAN be hectic, let not push preferences till we know what people can do. Anone who cant to do london?

megabus is good, but over that long a journey? what leaving time would that require?

Hmm... I advise booking the train and specifically getting a route that changes at Birmingham New Street? Quite sheap and fast.

PFT, would you stop pushing London so much? Even if I can make it, I don't WANT a meetup in London. I have no other reason not to pick London, I just hate the place so I don't want to go there.

... bringing us to Birmingham ^_^

Although I should follow the example and not push that either...

(I guess Manchester is pretty out of here now)

I'm not saying I absolutely won't show up if London is preferred, I'm just saying I'm less likely to and that I prefer B'ham. I don't have any other reason than that, London is a horrible place during the summer IMO, that's enough reason for me to vote against it.

honestly......london is a chaos in the summer x_x though i dont know what its like in B'ham, london is better at other times of the year than summer....way too many tourists...way too much pollution trapped under the heat....icky~~

PFT, would you stop pushing London so much? Even if I can make it, I don't WANT a meetup in London. I have no other reason not to pick London, I just hate the place so I don't want to go there.
meh, i know that its just in response to peoples preference of birmingham, i just thought that a simple who can make what is needed first. if this is to be planned shouldnt location be the first thing?
so along with the poll of which people would prefere we need a poll of who can make which. Then people can worry about dates prices and times.

I think preference and being able to make it can be considered pretty much the same thing. If the meetup is in London I might not even bother to attend, why would I want to go to that hellish city again? x_x

to see me probably...
hahaha~~~~
XD

Angelic: Same for me.

I think preference and being able to make it can be considered pretty much the same thing. If the meetup is in London I might not even bother to attend, why would I want to go to that hellish city again? x_x

And it's a busy place at lunchtimes.-_-

last London meetup i went with megabus and it only cost something like £6 either way.

but the downside is that travelling for that long on a bus on a hot day is enough to make you want to slit your wrists, especially when there is an irritating small child behind you. and im sure Spoony and Angelic will agree as they also used megabus.

not really any other choice for me though because i just dont have the money to throw away on random train journeys.

:lol: I do :lol:

But if its the same megabus as you people I will take it too. How about we all get a megabus from Birminham NS (for those of us who said we would meet there (if London is decided))?

the megabus goes from Snow Hill, but i could still meet people at NS and we could walk there

That is only if we meet in London, otherwise just NS...

Birmingham FTW

@_@ ~too lazy and uninterested to read all the posts and is ultimately lost as usual~ Sometimes I hate myself. Uh...Congratulations for your very firstest thread, wuv. :)

xD >.>

I just got the message that I'd get yelled at for making a double post...so I thought 'why not make a third?' :D

-.-

I don't get forums. ><
I don't get humans.
FTW!!!

Please don't spam our threads.

I don't get forums. ><
I don't get humans.
FTW!!!

then leave us alone

I don't mind either London or Birmingham, really. ^^ Birmingham would be much more convenient for me, but I understand that for a lot of people, it would be very difficult for them to get there (I want to see Maz, Sephi, An-kun, and the three girls who I always got mixed up again!).

Currently, I'm free whenever. Angelic and I haven't decided yet when we'll be meeting up though (and in which country). If we're in London again though, I'd like to request a bit more of a plan, so it won't seem so hectic on a hot day ^^ I need to make sure to bring more drinks with me too.

As Thorn and Angelic said, you can take a Megabus between London and Birmingham. It doesn't cost very much, just that the buses are like the double-decker city ones, not coaches, and the times are a bit less flexible. Or you could take the train, but that's more expensive, and there are several places in London you could end up at.

If it's sunny though, how about we retry our idea from last year? Go to a park and have a picnic of sorts? Saves money if people bring/buy something, and I imagine it won't be so hectic in a park.

AFAIK Birmingham is winning in the poll so thats where we should go. I'd like to know if all voters are actually in or visiting England this summer.

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AFAIK Birmingham is winning in the poll so thats where we should go. I'd like to know if all voters are actually in or visiting England this summer.

9-9 last time i checked

I'm gonna be in london this summer but only for two days. The day I arrive, (sometime the second week of June) and the day I leave (sometime the last week of June). So depending on when you guys meet-up, I would like to come, and London is most convenient for me...

To the people that say they can only make it to london. BS. buses go both ways.

EDIT: June would be nice but i will have exams, Maybe someone should state 3 exact dates so that we can get some structure to joyful event

lol, now you're sounding like me earlier in this thread.

ive paid to go brum, now its ur turn to come here :P

i will remain neutral

lol, now you're sounding like me earlier in this thread.

ive paid to go brum, now its ur turn to come here :P

Oh no, £2. How will i ever afford to go to uni this yeah. That reminds me, i'll have a summer job this year. busy busy busy.

Heh, I'll try not to get lost this time...

How about this time you get a phone that you know how to use? ^^

= impossible. Its too complicated!

He was able to phone me ^^ i still have that old phone somewhere:think:

and I still have the sims card.

Woah... Lovely appears!

I'd suggest either the start or end of summer, as opposed to the very middle when it's likely to be the hottest. And I suggest we all try and get at least a few people's phone numbers so that we can not lose everyone, hopefully! As I said before, I'm not fussed about location as to my knowledge I've never been to either of them!

I'm in england from roughly 20th June - 5th September, so I think that means I should be able to come at any point through the summer... maybe... although as far as I'm concerned, it should be winter in those months!

I was thinking of coming to England around the end of July.

im away from the 1st till 14th august, then i dissapear altogether on the 26th of august or 1st of september.
I finsh uni start of june and am free most of it, am sailing for atleast three days but that date isnt set

Monday 2st July, any day 16-21st or 30th. All July, Anyone got reasons to not have one of those days? let us know so that we can elliminate them.

i like the idea of a picnic in the park...hyde park?? i love that place!!! =)


but thats only if london is the finale decision~~~~

As far as I'm concerned, Hyde Park's in sydney dammit! As are King's Cross and Central Station.. and I'm going to get very, very lost if I try to find them in the same places they are in Sydney .__.

Entirety of July, I shall be in England (if I ever get around to booking my flights, which I really need to do soon) so, sounds fine to me!

Australia, USA and Canada aren't really good at thinking up original names, so they stole them from England :bleh:

hear hear~~~~~~

But, don't try to sound like British parliament. The laughing stock of all European government bodies, seriously, what a bunch of retards XD

hahahaha~~~~

i'll just make it sound like.......the DM way~~~ XD


so....
when will the destination is finalise then???
i finish my exams on the second week of may....
so...as off the third week onward...till about end of july and should be the whole of september....i'll be able to (possibly...depends on sudden things coming up) arrange a date~~~ (unless family do decide to visit HK for a couple weeks in sept.....not sure about that plan yet~~)

I wish I had money to go to England. :( But Colorado to anywhere in Europe would cost a fortune. :think: Perhaps I'll think of some way it would be possible for me to go.

x_x Forgot about over-protective parents.

Don't post here then.

If the meetup is in between 1/7 and 1/8, then I think it'd be ok for me. At least I think so....

*bump*

Angelic will be coming to England on 23rd June, and we'll both be off to The Netherlands on 4th July. So a meetup between these dates (not inclusive) would be fab!

that works perfectly for me.

I texted some people about it. Maz says she'll be in Liverpool most of the summer, so would only be able to make it to a meetup in Birmingham. She doesn't know what dates she's available though.

Sephi says he can't make those dates because he's off to Tenerife with his friends and it's already been booked, boo.

So it's in July. The 1st is a Sunday so some shops ect will be closed. Anyone that can't come on a weekday?

Erm.. Doesn't have to be July. Could be the last week of June? Unless I missed something in this thread.

If the meetup is in between 1/7 and 1/8, then I think it'd be ok for me. At least I think so....

Our dear friend donnie :)

Oh, ahaha, I was looking through the whole thread for where that quote came from.. was just before my other post.

Well, i can come too, if i go with someone else, my mom didnt allow me to travel on my own.....

thx for the invitation Han..x_x To live at your place, wont help me right now though

1) don't double post please. wouldn't want to upset Neko.
2) XD

*eats*

last week of june...early july...in london....should be ok for me...unless its going to be a birmingham one~~~

Well I should be coming over sometime between the 15th and 20th of June, so early July should work for me... although my bloody PARENTS have decided they want to come over with me, and I won't have gotten rid of them by that point, so it may be the usual omission of facts as to how I know people I'm meeting! Done it before, will do it again, lol. If Maz comes, of course I have a perfectly valid 'met her while she was on her GAP year...' lol. *sigh* bloody overprotective parents haven't quiet grasped the fact I'm an adult!

In short form: Between 1st and 4th of July works for me! And last week of June does too, as long as everyone is prepared to put up with a probably still jetlagged Aussie.

EDIT: I'm still going to suggest maybe we have a meetup in London later in the summer, if the one with Spoony and Angelic is in Birmingham... the people I most want to see HAVE to fall into the 'will/can only go HERE' camps, don't they!

Maz can only make it to Brum anyway, I prefer Brum, dunno about Spoony and the rest though. We could always do the two meetup thing I guess, but then I won't be in London.

Are there any people that can only make it to London?

DM, dunno about others :o

I don't mind London actually ^^ If we plan it better this time, it could be fun ~

*Goes to check poll*
*Hopes only people that indend to come voted*

likely not.

The Sinisist(sp?) in me says 'You're only because you dont want to go to london' but your probably right but it works both ways

Cynic.

I can go to both meetups. Whether I could is another matter, unfortunately. =|

So the date is kinda fixed, right? somewhere around the June-July weekend. And whether it's in Brum or in Lon wouldn't be a big deal for me. If I can just trust my dad's words ._.

Whoa whoa whoa! Okay, Brum isn't the only place that I can make, so don't worry! Depending on when my placements are and when the meetup is, I can make it to a meet in London, Manchester OR Birmingham. I can travel via London on my way back home for a weekend and claim it back on the NHS so that's all good XD And Liverpool's only an hour or two from Manchester or Brum by train so those two are fine too, but I'd have to be IN Liverpool at the time of the meetup.

Manchester's actually a pretty cool place to go - there's a Wagamama and a really ace Chinese bakery that does really nice cakes. But I think it's best if we just stick to Brum and London. I'll have to meet up with rantan in Manchester some time :D

Anyway, more than anything else I need to hear back from my head of department about my placement dates. I've emailed her, but I won't know if she's replied till this Friday (trying to get internet access in Wales is kinda hard x_x) Once I know those I can tell you where I can be on what days. By the sounds of things you've already got a rough date... I am *supposed* to be on placement on that date but our department sucks so they're changing them round and stuff. I will try and do everything I can to make it seeing as I missed the last ones because of exams (Ugh). Can't wait to see you guys!

It would be best for to go to London. The chance is a bit higher now that i can make it....I have alot of online "non-ichigos" friends i wanna meet too..:heh:

Birmingham all the way for me.

can i just ask .......is there an actual date decided????

No. One is needed asap.

indeed or i will book myself out

You have lightning reflex posting :o

June 30th. Thats the last Saturday of June. Makes sence to me.

Don't post that as if it's been decided. We haven't even decided on a location yet, although London seems in favour.

I'm actually starting to think London, too :think:

It is confirmed that I'm flying into London on the 17th of June, and I have informed parents that I want to be meeting Maz again, so I THINK I've gotten rid of all the problems I had with coming!

But I'm still going to say London, since I have absolutely NO idea where Brum is....

Basically, take your map of England, and stick your finger in the middle of it. You're probably not far off from where Birmingham is, lol.

Anyway... as I said before, I don't mind going to London. ^^ An opportunity to travel (I've hardly been there really), and do some more site-seeing!

Hantony said June 30th... I'd REALLY prefer it not to be June 30th or July 1st, because that's when I'm moving all my stuff to my new student house!

2nd of july then?

Remember we were trying to do it on the weekends so that Maz should be able to come - though we need to find out when her placements are, since otherwise I guess she might be able to come ANY time afterall.

I vaguely remember someone saying he/she'd be in England only from June 30th to July 4th. So, is there a weekend between those dates?

It would be good to know the date, well from the 29th to the 4th, thats correct? Gotta start planning the trip ya know^.^

Saturday the 30th or Sunday the 1st :mellow:

But then we're back to the fact that SPOONY doesn't want to do it on that weekend.... okay, time to contact Maz! *sends a text message*

EDIT: she THINKS that her placements aren't going to be until later in July, but probablyo won't find out for sure until next week.

She just sent me a text message actually, saying that she'll have her placement somewhere miles away from Brum, but sounds like it's near London (I don't know where it is, lol).

kk, well lets hold off till then. London on the 7th/8th of july is a no go, its the start of the tour de france. You wont be able to move

Angelic and I aren't in England from the 4th ^^

oh, yeah, oops
right, which days cant be done then, we need another summery

Maz said she will only be able to do weekends since she'll have clinics.

so.........its london then???????

It looks that way <_<

so.......we can decide a more definite date then???

London isnt specific... how about Piccadilly station?

the detailed bits...lets leave that until the 2major things are confirmed, location and date.

now that location is a 99% london.......

date?

No need to be so specific about place right now. Basically we just needed to know which bit of the country we'll be in, lol.

I'm not a bit confused about where and when Maz is available, lol. Friday 29th June or Saturday 30th June seem good to me (although I'd much prefer the friday because I'm moving on the saturday/sunday).

I can only do saturdays until the 6th of July. After that I can do most dates. But I suspect the date is before 6th of July?

What datespan are we looking at? Then we can knock it around a little.

Between 24th June and 3rd inclusive if you want two admins there keeping the peace!!!

I can make 23rd or 30th only.

I'm only free from 27th June.

fridays are a no no for me...
saturday.....30th....i think its the chinese school trip........hmm...i think my kids wont be happy if i dont go :think:

i can do london =] just not the 20th or 22nd of June as i have open days to go to

any other day is fine with me

23rd looks very positive right about now.

Well Angelic and I can't make 23rd.

Who cares? -_-

Noo I want to see you two... someone needs to keep order anyway ^_^

well...it looks like im going to be missing out on this one......once again~~~~

Don't jump to conclusions...

30th seems tto be only way for me to see you two.

I'm only free from 27th June.

:huh: You didn't see my post or somthing?@_@ Or am i just unwanted. I promise to smile at least once:\ hahahaha

Well, if we remember wayyyyy back when I suggested that we can always have a second meetup later in the summer so that people who couldn't make it to the earlier one still get to meet each other (if not Angelic and Spoony)

Anyway, 30th of June does seem to be working out the most viable date for the greatest number of people, if I'm reading this properly.

@Angelic: Well for one, I care if you guys can't make it! I wanna meet you both, dammit! Find out what our mysterious Admin Couple look like :P

I know ^_^

I vote 30th

i want to meet spoony and Angelic too!!!!

Of course you do! Especially since you've missed out each time so far!

So, uhh... again, we need lists of when those who have limited availabilities are available

I am 30th only 0_0

This is looking bad for me...

How about a new vote thread? Btw, im off for England that whole weekend, CYA THERE GUYS!!!!!!!!!!:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

No new voting thread please x_x

...yeah.

We should be able to decide the date here like last meet up.

Anyone that can't come to London on the 30th June?
Ohh. I just set the date and location :)

Hi guys, really sorry that I've been so late in posting (exam tomorrow T_T) - I'm in Maidstone on clinical placement between June 25th and July 20th. It's only an hour away from London so I can make it to a meetup in there on any weekend between those two dates. It sounds like you're organising things just fine!

Yes Han and Madmazda, June 30th seems very popular ^_^

Yay for me (in arrogant advance) :)

Very well, i have no objection. Just one thing...where are we going to meet? (In london)

Stations in london. I'm happy to be there as early as needed to escort and lead peoples. Kings Cross and such are good starting places.

I believe some of us were going to meet in Birminham and be escorted by the ones who know where to go such as Thorn. I'll admit it; I suck big time when it comes to finding places or the places within the places (like how Jaso kept on circling the station to find us.)

True, if there is a london aspect to things i dont mind helping out, aslong as it isnt just me

I believe some of us were going to meet in Birminham and be escorted by the ones who know where to go such as Thorn. I'll admit it; I suck big time when it comes to finding places or the places within the places (like how Jaso kept on circling the station to find us.)

I didn't know what to do! I just walked backwards and forwards hoping someone would just ask me. Fortunately you went up and said "You are Jaso" and I was like... O_O "Yes."

Thank god you saw me on webcam or I could still be there today...

It was even worse when you pointed to the group and said "it's them"
and I said I KNOW! But I actually didn't!

And Thorn is cool looking, especially for Dildoman... the rest of the trip is a blur really...

Good times :)

Um... anyone know where buses are most likely to come in since apparently that's cheaper and i am going to be on a VERY strict budget seeing as my money basically cuts in 3 the moment I step into England?

Most buses go to Victoria Coach Station (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Coach_Station) I suppose :mellow:

So is London for definate?

It seems so. I have a party the day before involving a BBQ and beer and lots of foam things like gladiator podiums, bouncy castle and sumo suits :)

...what the hell?

Hmm so what is the final date? I need to see if my brother is going to be in England at that time (he's touring Europe for 2 months) and if they coincide I might come XD

30th June!! That would be so great if Gand could come :D Finally meet the guy who sort of made me get some phobia of phones.

Wow, a full admin cast. We only got two last time... (not that inot impressive!)

I really hope I can come but I have evil oppressive parents so I might have to start saving for my own ticket (I will just walk out and train to London)...

What station?

It's loads cheaper to take a mega-bus, but you'd need to take it quite early (the times aren't that flexible).

Where in London?

Mega-bus goes to only one place in London I think. Do your research.

http://justfuckinggoogleit.com/bart.gif

im getting megabus from birmingham to london so like i said before if anyone wants to meet in birmingham and come with then feel free because ive done the journey before at the last meet.

and i can definately make the 30th (Y)

So Birmingham NS to London? Thats like 3 hours, no?

When we meet i Bham?

So, umm King cross then?

So Birmingham NS to London? Thats like 3 hours, no?

When we meet i Bham?

Probably more likely to be Digbeth coach station? I dunno, Megabus sometimes leaves from odd places :P

yeah, well last time it went from near snow hill. I will have to look into it further. but snow hill isnt far from new street so we could meet there and walk down.

im off to college now but i will find out more later on

Actually Jaso... 2/3 Admin is VERY impressive. But it would be cool if Gand could come too :D Then I wouldn't be the only one with a weird accent.. although..was Donnie coming?

Probably more likely to be Digbeth coach station? I dunno, Megabus sometimes leaves from odd places :P

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06:45 Depart Birmingham, The Priory Queensway Stop PC
Arrive London Victoria, Greenline Coach Station 09:45 2 seats = £8.00
09:30 Depart Birmingham, The Priory Queensway Stop PC
Arrive London Victoria, Greenline Coach Station 12:30 2 seats = £10.00
14:00 Depart Birmingham, The Priory Queensway Stop PC
Arrive London Victoria, Greenline Coach Station 17:00 2 seats = £8.00
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Arrive London Victoria, Greenline Coach Station 21:00 2 seats = £2.00

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09:30 Depart London Victoria, Greenline Coach Station
Arrive Birmingham, The Priory Queensway Stop PC 12:30 2 seats = £8.00
14:00 Depart London Victoria, Greenline Coach Station
Arrive Birmingham, The Priory Queensway Stop PC 17:00 2 seats = £5.00
18:00 Depart London Victoria, Greenline Coach Station
Arrive Birmingham, The Priory Queensway Stop PC 21:00 2 seats = £8.00
21:20 Depart London Victoria, Greenline Coach Station
Arrive Birmingham, The Priory Queensway Stop PC 00:05 2 seats = £10.00

Hmm i need a map..:P Google Earth ftw.

About Donnie, hmmm if he could make his father go with him... otherwise no

Do I halvethe rpices for just one seat?


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06:45 Depart Birmingham, The Priory Queensway Stop PC
Arrive London Victoria, Greenline Coach Station 09:45 2 seats = £8.00
09:30 Depart Birmingham, The Priory Queensway Stop PC
Arrive London Victoria, Greenline Coach Station 12:30 2 seats = £10.00
14:00 Depart Birmingham, The Priory Queensway Stop PC
Arrive London Victoria, Greenline Coach Station 17:00 2 seats = £8.00
18:00 Depart Birmingham, The Priory Queensway Stop PC
Arrive London Victoria, Greenline Coach Station 21:00 2 seats = £2.00

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I don't want a return. Thank you.

Select Details Price
09:30 Depart London Victoria, Greenline Coach Station
Arrive Birmingham, The Priory Queensway Stop PC 12:30 2 seats = £8.00
14:00 Depart London Victoria, Greenline Coach Station
Arrive Birmingham, The Priory Queensway Stop PC 17:00 2 seats = £5.00
18:00 Depart London Victoria, Greenline Coach Station
Arrive Birmingham, The Priory Queensway Stop PC 21:00 2 seats = £8.00
21:20 Depart London Victoria, Greenline Coach Station
Arrive Birmingham, The Priory Queensway Stop PC 00:05 2 seats = £10.00

No, you tripple them.


Hmm i need a map..:P Google Earth ftw.

About Donnie, hmmm if he could make his father go with him... otherwise no

TomTom > Google Earth.

I can't afford that sorry guys :(

I think I'm abroad then >_< how sucky!! (if its 30th june) sorry guys, if it was a week earlier i could prob come

-admin edit-
No, seriously, let him do research on his own. If he's too lazy to look it up then that's his problem.
- admin edit-

@Random tangent: Who is too lazy?

That was my edit, Rantan was giving Jaso an answer to his stupid question by giving him the URL of the bus company, but I think if Jaso's too lazy to do some research on his own then that's too bad for him.

I'll be meeting Thorn in Birmingham and getting on the megabus with him and the others that are based around Birmingham :)
Hope you all have confidence to talk to strangers because London is a very busy place esspecially around lunch time.

No-one else is based around Manchester, are they? Gawd, you lot are going to have to look for the short blonde chick with the aussie accent looking mondo-confused.

Last London meetup went pretty smoothly really, because we just had one meeting point and a group of people who look silly just stand out :P

I will need a big sign with a strawberry on it

At the Birmingham one you just looked like a group of students :/

LMAO.. I guess I could always wear my 'Rantan' t-shirt if I was desperate XD .. I'd forgotten all about it until PFT said the strawberry sign - that's from when I met Maz the first time!

So, who will make the strawberry sign? :P

Not me! I will be looking for it.

By the way, Mr. Anonymous Admin who I call Angelic, I already followed The link (thanks Rantan) and realised Angelic was being sarcastic only just now and I feel like a total idiot.

Thanks for the site Rantan - Lucky I got there before Mr Meddler :)

At the Birmingham one you just looked like a group of students :/

but we were a group of students ^_^
i'll quite happly make the sign. got access to uni art department printers and a printer allowance i havent touched

Not me! I will be looking for it.

By the way, Mr. Anonymous Admin who I call Angelic, I already followed The link (thanks Rantan) and realised Angelic was being sarcastic only just now and I feel like a total idiot.

Thanks for the site Rantan - Lucky I got there before Mr Meddler :)

It has nothing to do with me being a meddler, but more with you being too lazy to look up even the most tiny bit of information on your own, which for one makes you look really stupid and on top of that is really, and I mean *really* getting on people's nerves, not just mine.

I am TERRIBLE at public transport Angelic.

You have NO idea!!!

I was heading to Bury St Edmonds (South-Eastern England methinks...) a few months ago and ended up in St. Andrews... In Scotland!

PFT... I wan't a student :o

That's not the point Jaso, you could easily have looked up the megabus site on your own and checked the prices, but instead you just had to ask here. And then you wonder why I didn't give you a serious answer?

The 4 of them were all of student age. Also try using a compass. if the train moves east your heading approximatly east.

I don't take compasses on trains... but that doesn't saound like a bad idea.

My apologies, Angelic.

btw, we're definitely going to pizzahut again. We neeeed pizzahut.

Yeah.

is £50 enough for pocket change?

I kinda don't have a job...

Last time I spent about £20 but I didn't get any manga/posters/calenders/gifts ect ect

It completely depends on yourself how much you spend, really. If it's warm you'll be wanting either water or money for water on you.

ouch, flights to the UK are $1300 x_x

I guess I'll see how my bonus review goes ...

Can anyone recommend a good airline that will fly into Heathrow? Maybe they have some deals. When I went to Japan, JAL was a good $200 cheaper than anything on expedia...

Depends on what dates you're looking to go, and which airport you're coming from. Just taking a quick search, seems like Air Canada will do it, or American Airlines. British Airways and Virgin Airlines I don't know, but they're generally expensive :P

You could also try Lastminute.com for flight searches. The site's a bit tricky to navigate to get it to do a return flight from Non UK to UK since it's geared for UK users, but it's possible, hehe.

I'll be meeting Thorn in Birmingham and getting on the megabus with him and the others that are based around Birmingham :)
Hope you all have confidence to talk to strangers because London is a very busy place esspecially around lunch time.

well i know what most of the people going to meet look like and have met them before so they're not technically strangers to me =P

@Gand: Mine were over $3,000 ... you can't whinge! Damn Australia being so far from everywhere!

@Thorn: I am! I am! Although the accent really IS going to give me away to everyone.

I really must figure out where I'm going to be coming from - it's probably actually Stoke-on-Trent at this rate. Not that that means anything more to me.. dammit, gimme phone numbers people (or a good map of england... i have no idea where anything is!!!)

London is well sign posted if you follow the motorway (English highway sort of thing)

Spoony: Hmm cool, lastminute.com is pretty nifty, and they have a US version. Found flights from around $1000.

RanTan: :eek: $3000!

So... after looking through the entire thread I still can't figure out where in London to meet. :( Did you guys say Victoria station or King's Cross?

i have no idea where we're meeting either x_X

Oh should a few of us swap mobile numbers?

I think most of the coaches/buses end up at Victoria coach station which logically would be near Victoria station. Last year we then met up at King's Cross.

We met up at King's Cross? Oo;

We did meet Darkbring at Victoria didn't we?

Yeah, then he escorted us London-noobs to King Cross.

Then where was Harry Potter? Oo;

Say Victoria Coach station, it seems to be the arriving place for the brum lot.

I'll give my number out on request. Getting people from other stations shouldnt be a problem. If anyone else can pick up the others it would be easier

I will be coming in at Victoria - my only problem is bus TIMES... Stoke - London doesn't get there til 2pm.. and the earliest Manchester-London still doesn't get there until 11.15 - and that would mean catching the bus at 6.45am - and my family lives OUTSIDE Manchester, so I'd still have the problem of getting to the station at that time in the am.

So, my question to the London people (or anyone, really): is there anywhere cheap in London/en route that you can think of to stay at! Or even Brum, because I could always stay the night there, since it's almost certainly going to be cheaper than London, lol.

Youth Hostels are great for stuff like this
http://www.yha.org.uk/
they've got places in london from £17.00 brum has some aswell, brum may be cheaper
Ive used them before when i couldnt get back somewhere before

LOL, I'm spending 4 months backpacking PFT.. I think I know what a youth hostel is :P

I was just wondering if anyone had any personal experience ;)

lol, good point, i forget these thing. sorry ^_^ *hits head on table*
there arent any in brum me thinks last time i checked

Hang on... so we are not meeting in Kingscorss?

Don't panic. If you're going by train, get a day ticket for Zones... 1 and 2 I think. You can get it at the same time as your train ticket. It means you can take the tube to wherever. I'm pretty sure everybody will get be getting a day ticket anyway, so we can go around places however we feel like.

indeed, day zone tickets are needed.

Jaso, we can allways make our way to kings cross from Victoria you know

No I don't want to be a burden... I wil go to Victoria.

So it is DEFINATELY Victoria then?

Just a little nervous about travelling solo in London because im 14 and my English isn't perfect... =_=

Oh, and who is coming?

More to the point, what sort of time are we thinking of meeting at? Lol.. still trying to figure out what to do!

Around 12/11? Will have to work out when people's buses are. Trains are much more flexible.

:o I will arrive at Victoria Station at 12:30.

bout to book train today.

Good enough time?

Can't do earlier as service from my City is rather poor going to London.

Getting a tube pass for the day :)

From Manchester, I could arrive at 11.45 with a cheapo one (i've had to change to National Express, Megabus just doesn't have enough services from where I'll be coming from)

From Stoke, 11.30. So, either way... about 12 is good for me! There are other buses, also, but I'd prefer those since they're WAY cheaper ;)

And hey, changing services mean I'm saving money AND I don't have to stay in London :D Guys, check out the Funfares on N.E - they're actually cheaper than Megabus in my case, so might be worth it for anyone else, also.

Is it reccommended that we all buy tube day passes?

Don't panic. If you're going by train, get a day ticket for Zones... 1 and 2 I think. You can get it at the same time as your train ticket. It means you can take the tube to wherever. I'm pretty sure everybody will get be getting a day ticket anyway, so we can go around places however we feel like.


indeed, day zone tickets are needed.

Jaso, we can allways make our way to kings cross from Victoria you know

:frusty:

Thank youuu~

http://www.thetravelinsider.info/britain/londonundergroundtickets.htm
I was clueless to the cost and zones (still don't get the zones so assuming all of the main city is #1 and #2)
I'll let Thorn sort out the megabus thing.

I'm assuming you buy them at the train stations? Lol, I think I can beat the rest of you for obliviousness of London transport systems.. though I DO get zones, they used to use them on the buses here and it was a damned pain.