The Next UK meet up. (tb held NORTH UK)

[Duderanch]

Yeah weekend starting the 14th sounds good.

Cool

[~Vix~]

14th sounds perfect, so when got location, and date. Now we got any idea on rough numbers and a more precise lcoation in Liverpool?

[buck]

I suggest we meet in Lime street station, As it is the train station and all , and is quite central. From therein we can all go coopers, the bar in the train station, And wait for everyone else there! From thereonin, I could think of a few decent places that do grub and booze, Pool, Maybe darts...

[Duderanch]

Sounding good. You know any good (cheap) B&B's or hotels around there?

[buck]

Sounding good. You know any good (cheap) B&B's or hotels around there?

SEMPER< get organiseing!

There is a hotel in literally the city centre which i have been told is quite cheap, Il check it out.

[~Vix~]

Right sounding good atm, we got location, in depth locations, dates.
I'll get looking for CHEAP hotels/b&b's.

Any one fancy playing some high stakes pool... say 1mil UU per game? LOL

[Duderanch]

Thanks for looking, i'll also look on the interwebz!

Anybody know the age range of this little gathering?

Pool sounds good

[~Vix~]

Loads of Hotels there. Some cheap, some not so much.

TITANS Vs Genesis pool... your on

[Duderanch]

*goes to practice*

BTW if anyone here wants to add me to msn it's in my sig

[Zod14c]

ooo im doing my masters in liverpool come september

[Orpheus]

drinking fest alert

please procede to next available bar and order your drinks now

[semper]

Ok then.. it is settled!

Saturday November 14th 2009. Liverpool Lime Street.. meet in Coopers bar.

We need a reasonable time.. 3pm sharp? Gives people time to commute from around the country. 3pm-3am.. 12 hours of drinking..

EDIT: General information...

International

There is a Bus service that leaves Liverpool John lennon at 25minutes past the hour every hour. It takes 30mins to get to Liverpool lime street. It would cost £4.80.

Flights into Liverpool with return tickets.. from most places in Europe won't exceed £80 very often as far as I know, £100 ultimate maximum. It WILL vary though and in a lot of instances I would strongly advise a flight into Manchester Airport or London Heathrow/Gatwick for ease.. and then cheap travel to lime street.

Home Front

- Trains.

Train fares from Newcastle.. well.. you're looking maybe £56 as far as I can see if you're going to Liverpool Lime Street. £22 from london Euston. £4 from Manchester. £4.50 from Chester. Trains generally leave hourly.. or every half hour from most locations in the UK.

However you'll need to check.. HERE for train times. Trains can only be held 12 weeks in advance though... so you'll have to wait three days to check for the 14th, maybe a little longer.

- Flights.

Flights are tricky buggers.. you CAN fly from london to manchester and use the train station in Manchester airport to go straight to Lime Street. Should cost between £35 and £90 for the plane ticket.. depending whether it's return or not, who you book it with (BMI or BA.. or someone else.. Easy Jet?) what time you fly and where you ultimately fly from.

You can check.. HERE for BMI, and HERE for BA.

- Coaches.

From Newcastle to Liverpool.. we're looking at.. a seven hour journey (WTH!?).. could only be 6 though. coming in at a horrible £22. lol.

London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street is... from 3 hours to seven hours in time travel (depending on start time, day, and cost..) and cost's at best.. £34, but can cost just over £110 if you choose the wrong one.

Generally all the coach journeys involve some sort of train switching over.

You can find info.. Here.

Hotels

Rooms in Liverpool.. range from.. £65 at Premiur Inn (good place!), to £40 (Beech mount Executive Accommodation and The Britannia Adelphi Hotel) in some instances and then it generally goes higher. (Prices quoted are per night)..
you can look..
HERE

and for Premiur Inn you can look... HERE

drinking

The nights out in the Uk can vary dramatically in price depending on how and where you go, and what you drink. A Pint of the average larger/bitter can be as low as £1.90, or as high as £5 (alas, unlikely to be that high), probably best put it about the £2/£2.50 mark. Whisky again is a ranging prices.. probably talking £2.50 for a single perhaps? £1.50-£2 for a 4.5% alco-pop.

From a personal point of view I generally spend between £45 and £90 on a night out in a small city, but then I am generous with the drink

So up to you really. A stop off at a bargain Booze or super market for some booze is always an option... perhaps..

ANYWAY! There is the information... I only did it quick.. so my prices could be off and you may find cheaper modes of transport.. or even cheaper incarnations of my chosen routes. Perhaps sailing? I could also lend out my magic carpet!

Let me know!

[RedKnight]

yes...wont have lectures on saturdays..good good

[~Vix~]

Thats one pricy train!
I'll be there... thanks for the info Big S.

[Duderanch]

Thanks for the info Semper. I'll see you guys there