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steveiem

30/9/2015 at 4:17pm
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At least you'll be able to fill in a customer satisfaction review nosaj .
They may have difficulty locating your one though ;-)

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Nosaj

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Quote: Originally posted by steveiem on 30/9/2015

At least you'll be able to fill in a customer satisfaction review nosaj .
They may have difficulty locating your one though ;-)

I think our TOC gave up on them years ago.

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We have just been to Leicester from Manchester. £32.50 for both of us. The train was clean, buffet service, reserved seats and on time. It took two hours.
Not worth the hassle of the M62 and M1.

We returned home by car, took two hours.

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I think it depends or where you are and where you want to go. I wouldn't dream of taking the car down to London (from Peterborough) for a day out because of the hassle of parking etc. If I book early it £28 return and £3:50 into town and back on the bus.

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Quote: Originally posted by BiIIy on 30/9/2015
Since I passed my driving test I can count on the fingers of 2 hands the amount of times I have used public transport...

That'll be as much as twelve times then, if you're from the same place Stuart was born.

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30/9/2015 at 8:35pm
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I went to NEC last Saturday. I did not want to take the car. The train with a change in London would cost me almost £60 return. In the end I did part of the journey by train and then from London to Birmingham by Megabus. All in all £25 - not bad.

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Always travel in to London or Birmingham nec on train. Parking can be tricky & expensive. Mainly drive to work (train driver)cos of the time it takes to get home late at night on public transport & the 'orrible weirdy people that can be about.

Nosaj thanks for the info about the track being made of Edam cheese, I'll remember that when I'm driving my stinky, inefficient 8 coaches of hell at 90mph on the mainline!

Nosaj

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Quote: Originally posted by superbbird on 30/9/2015
Nosaj thanks for the info about the track being made of Edam cheese, I'll remember that when I'm driving my stinky, inefficient 8 coaches of hell at 9mph on the mainline!

Tongue firmly in cheek ..... Fixed the typo on the last line for you.

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Quote: Originally posted by OliverDay on 30/9/2015

Quote: Originally posted by BiIIy on 30/9/2015Since I passed my driving test I can count on the fingers of 2 hands the amount of times I have used public transport...

That'll be as much as twelve times then, if you're from the same place Stuart was born.

Won't be the same place as me because he can count.

Miserly

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It all comes down to what emits the most noxious fumes,Skodas,trains,or Stuart himself.

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OliverDay

02/10/2015 at 7:09am
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Well I hope they do well in the run. What times are they hoping for? And perhaps if you link to their fundraising page you might find that the more generous of us might donate as it is a good cause.

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02/10/2015 at 8:45am
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That is very noble of you Ollie, you must have some Essex blood in you afterall.

I think Clare is hoping for around 4hrs 10. Her best so far was in Berlin at 4.18.00

Her site is JustGiving

Her mother is just hoping even to get round the course

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Well I hope it goes well - weather looks like it is going to be good. Don't forget to take your camping chairs and a picnic!

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steveiem

02/10/2015 at 10:42pm
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Have a grand day out Stuart , wish you all well .

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kimmie

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Our Two together rail card runs out on Thursday. Should be renewing it but not sure if I will.

We got back the cost of buying the current one and had a lovely day out to Oxford last month. Was worth it because of not worrying about parking and the traffic.

Planning a journey can be difficult. We drove from Almondsbury to Stroud last month. Didn't take long in the car and parking was cheap. Hubby said what about going by train next time - nearly £40 with the card and over to Swindon then up. A really long journey when its only an hour in the car.

Did Chepstow in the summer. Wasn't too bad price-wise by train but with delays and missing the link train we took over two hours to get home. Only takes 20 minutes from home in the car!!!

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I think car is an better idea:) Cheaper and faster;)

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