Tartan Army World Tour Bus (to ECOAP Nottingham)

[Sef]

Hey Team, hope you"re all well and good.

As some of you may know BMIbaby are stopping all direct flights from Glasgow to East Midlands Airport as of 11th June which is a bit of a pain for us travelling to Nottingham for the ECOAP in August as that means there will be NO direct flights at all from Glasgow.

So... I have decided to run a bus for anyone heading down (if theres enough interest).

The bus will be leaving on 23rd August and returning on 28th August. Times TBC

I"m in the proccess of getting prices at the moment so will post that ASAP but the more people on the bus the cheaper it will be and itwill be much cheaper and more conveniant than the train with 3 or 4 station swaps. Also it will make it a good journey and start of a good few days of poker if we all head down together I think. (call it team building )

Ok so if you and any friends are thinking of heading down and fancy joining us on the tartan army world tour bus (couldn"t be bothered thinking up an original witty name this time lol) then please post your name in here. 

Cheers

Sef




P.S. As always any questions, feedback or thoughts on times ect. are welcomed.

[kevlar1991]

I would be interested but probably only if I bink a seat online or something so wont know for sure until nearer the time

[ck1888]

You can get a train from central to Derby then onto Nottingham. Takes about six hours mind. There is a car load of us coming down from Edinburgh. See you down there

[Sef]

still cheaper, quicker, more convenient and more fun travelling together on a bus. Trains are for losers. lol

[Paulie_D]

If you get this set up (and have spare seats) please let me know so I can add it to the Nottingham Travel Tips (which aren"t quote ready yet).

Ta,

Paulie

Oh, and moving thread to a more appropriate location.

[Sef]

If you get this set up (and have spare seats) please let me know so I can add it to the Nottingham Travel Tips (which aren"t quote ready yet).

Ta,

Paulie

Oh, and moving thread to a more appropriate location.

Will do mate.

Sorry my bad, I meant to post it in Scotland"s forum. No idea how i managed to put it here instead.   can a mod shift it there for me please?


Edit: No i aint going mad... someone has moved it here and edited the title. lol

[Paulie_D]

If you get this set up (and have spare seats) please let me know so I can add it to the Nottingham Travel Tips (which aren"t quote ready yet).

Ta,

Paulie

Oh, and moving thread to a more appropriate location.

Will do mate.

Sorry my bad, I meant to post it in Scotland"s forum. No idea how i managed to put it here instead.   can a mod shift it there for me please?


Edit: No i aint going mad... someone has moved it here and edited the title. lol

Moved to Scotland as requested. Of course, it"s not really Online League related but hey ho.

[Sef]

I"m confused.   just realised you mean you moved it to a more appropriate location.  Think I should go for a sleep. too much reading is affecting my ability to function normally!  

Wherever you feel it would be best seen mate

[Santino67]

Not sure about the full 5 days being poss Sef but pretty sure I"ll be going for some of it. I"ll let you know when i can mate

[Sef]

Thats another note mate.... If people aint making the full 5 days they are still welcome to take the bus back home on 28th (at a cut cost obv) so you can still put your name down for each way or one way

[Sef]

ok guys initial interest in this idea would say it"s a no-go. We would need to fill a 32 seater to make remotely cost effective and given the interest we would get nowhere near that and would be cheaper using alternatives. For that reason I won"t be booking a bus just now.

Looking forward to seeing you all down there

[Santino67]

Journey:
I"m obviously going down for the whole event now mate, happy to drive and take 3 passengers from Glasgow. My last jaunt down there would suggest about £40 fuel each way per car so another way to keep costs down for people.

Hotel:
Last time I stayed at The Hylands, who have a seperate building at the back where we could maybe a get a few rooms to stick together. I"d be happy to give them a bell to get a price if a few folk wanted to stay together. It"s only about 10 mins drive from DTD as well so quite handy.

[Sef]

I aint going down til the Friday now mate so will see you there. Yeah I stayed at the Hylands in Beeston too the last time I was down for BBP live. Decent rooms n good breakfast. They have a laugh when you walk in hungover to hell n looking like ****. lol. £10 for a taxi to the casino from there and a fiver back. cause of the one way thing it"s dearer to get there but if theres a few in the taxi then it"s a cpl of quid each. Great wee pub just a hop skip n jump from that hotel aswell. think it was called queens hotel or something. Looks like a dodgy wee place but we were welcomed n had a great time in it winning cash from the locals on the pool table. lol. Might even pay it a visit again when we are down.

I"m staying at the Ramada in the city centre this time though just at the back of the square where all the pubs are. Good price so worth seeing if theres any rooms left there. Defo checking if there is anything on in nottingham that weekend aswell cause last time I was there it was student carnage uk on the last night and you had to have the SCUK t-shirt on to get in most of the pubs. that was a killer i"ll tell ye. lol.

[0Magic14]

I would love to come to this, I"d had to get time off work, ( If I get this job ) so defo for this.

[Sef]

I would love to come to this, I"d had to get time off work, ( If I get this job ) so defo for this.

The bus wont be running now mate unless theres a major surge of interest at some point but cant see it. Defo get yourself down though cause it"s gonna be a great weekend. Also look out for the Glasgow Leg of APAT. Cant mind exact dates but it"s all on the forum mate