You're right. As soon as I sent the last post I could vote. So I have.
Big Steve enters the forum... as... teetotal, hehehe...
So St Albans it is, lets sort a date asap, June or July are good ,Aug not so for me, would still prefer a Saturday,It would be easier and cheaper for me, but Friday seems to be the norm and will go with that if thats the way it is.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
So the "Midlands" crawl is so far South it's on the M25.
No trains for me without going into London and back out.
No Travelodge etc in St Albans.
I doubt that I'll be doing this one.
So, is it the Midlands next?
A pub is for life not just for Christmas
One problem with St Albans is that it's on a main line route into & out of London, so all the cheap tickets on a Friday afternoon get snapped up really quickly, and it's not much better, if at all, in the morning. The only fares left on this line are going to be day returns, for those of us coming from "oop nurf", and even for those, like me, in possession of a Senior Railcard, the fares are eye-wateringly expensive.
How about a Tuesday? (Though to be honest, the situation's not much better.)
Derby, anyone?
Come On You Hatters!
Looking at Fridays ,the only dates I couldn't make in June and July are June 12th,June 26th and July 3rd.
Looking at Saturdays the only dates I couldn't make would be June 27th and July 4th.
Glad the some old faces such as Millay and Alesonly can make it along to St Albans.
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Well if we are going with a Friday then I'd have to say we should probably be looking at July 17th - pushing it as far back as possible without hitting school holidays. Gives people the best chance of getting advance fares that way.