Birmingham/West Midlands Meet: 08/08/09

[<<Miss_Sami>>]

I'm thinking I'd rather come down on the train now.
Less hassle than trying to deal with a car.

If we do decide to come on train, what time are people booking return tickets for?

[Miss Cydonia]

If we do decide to come on train, what time are people booking return tickets for?

Myself and Somekind... decided it best not to get tickets with specific times on-just because we dont know when we'll be done in Bham. Unless of course we did set a time now and we could all buy cheap advance tickets....?

[dead_vamp]

Nicky im going to ask my boss on saturday then i shall let you know. Im going to see if i can work 5 till 10am. ill let you know as soon as i know

[Angelaar]

I think i might beable to come to this now, its looking unlikely i'm gonna be at tattoo jam after all. but coz i'll get to meet some of you! x

[<<Miss_Sami>>]

If we do decide to come on train, what time are people booking return tickets for?

Myself and Somekind... decided it best not to get tickets with specific times on-just because we dont know when we'll be done in Bham. Unless of course we did set a time now and we could all buy cheap advance tickets....?

Well I don't have a lot of money so I could do with buying a cheap advance ticket!
If I want an anytime ticket it's £30

[somekindafreak]

Yeah mines £28 for anytime its not gonna be much cheaper buying them now tbh I dont think but you can try

[<<Miss_Sami>>]

For me it's £30 one way anytime, or £9 one way advance.
If people don't want to set a time then no worries as I'm coming down with Zombie Candycane anyway so I'll have someone to mooch around with if we time it wrong

[somekindafreak]

£30 for one way? Not a return?

If you go to http://www.nationalexpresseastcoast.com you might get a better deal on returns?

If I bought single tickets in advance now it works out at £17 return, if I wait till the day and get an off peak return its £28.70.


That said if my kitty has not had her kittens by then I most likely wont be coming as she will be due anytime around then :S

[<<Miss_Sami>>]

It's only marginally cheaper to do a advanced ticket and open return - £35.
I think we've gone back to the driving idea
To park all day in an NCP next to the station only costs £14 which is cheaper than 1 return ticket on the train.

[somekindafreak]

Hehe that sounds better!

[Angelaar]

I had a look on the ticket line site and it still had cheap tickets availible yesturday, £6 something one way inc my rail card discount, from preston, further away than manchester, but goes through manchester.

[Miss Cydonia]

think Ill just risk it and buy my ticket on the day

[iamtheparty]

I totally forgot all about this meet! Since it's a Saturday I'm almost certainly not working so I'd love to come I'm going on holiday 4 days later though so I probably can't afford the botanical gardens. Is it still worth me coming?

Miss_ Sami: I'm pretty sure the car park next to the Carling Academy is a bit cheaper than that?

Edit: If I can swing the gardens financially, is it going to totally screw with my hayfever?!

[iamtheparty]

Okay, I have a student card and £4.50 is totally do-able. Yay, picnic. I'll dose myself up in case of hayfever. Maybe I can get one of those snazzy Hello Kitty SARS masks I'll PM you to make it ofishul

[iamtheparty]

That's cool. I don't live too far away so I can get in pretty much anytime

[<<Miss_Sami>>]

Pants my student card will have ran out by then! hehe oh well
I was going to ask about if we'd be better off meeting you at the Botanical Gardens, but then I read the updated front page and decided that no we would not lol

Do we need to pay in advance if your booking the gardens? Or do you book it and then we pay when we get there?

I think ZC is bringing her boy and my mate who wears fake hair but isn't on the forum is coming as well now.
I'll text them both and then PM you with definates though

[Miss Cydonia]

eeeeeeeee Im just sorting out the dreads Ill be wearing for the meet. After seeing everyones pics that were taken in Brighton Im getting really excited!

[Miss Cydonia]

guess what? I actually had a dream last night about our meet!! And someone with bright pink hair brought their sister and they were arguing the whole time!! heehee-weird

[<<Miss_Sami>>]

And no, we all pay through the "Group Organiser" when we get there, according to the pack I received. So basically, you all give your £6.50/£4.50 to me when we're there and we throw it at the people at reception on the day. Simples!

Coolio

[geneticphreak]

:3 Can I come too? + boyfriend? Will have to sort things out with him in the next week or so, but we should be able to come!

[Miss Cydonia]

:3 Can I come too? + boyfriend? Will have to sort things out with him in the next week or so, but we should be able to come!

If you have decided to definatley come just PM Madii and she'll put you and BF on confirmed list

[geneticphreak]

:3 Can I come too? + boyfriend? Will have to sort things out with him in the next week or so, but we should be able to come!

If you have decided to definatley come just PM Madii and she'll put you and BF on confirmed list

Okay, will sort stuff out with the bf first before I PM Madii

[vivid]

I'm really really sorry to say I might not be able to make this after all =(

I currently live with my boyfriend and his brother & their housemate, who drive us both crazy! We've just found a house of our own, and the letting agent has just given us a moving date of 8th August (Personally I was hoping for sooner!)

Its a real shame, cos although I was pretty nervous, I was looking forward to meeting new people! Especially since all my fake-hair friends are all the way back up in Yorkshire =( And I've just got some gorgeous new dreads from geneticfreak I was going to show off!

If anything changes though, I'll definitely still come...

[somekindafreak]

Im not gonna make this now either My cat has had her kittens so i need to stay with her and look after her,plus I have loads of packing to do ready for my move a few days after the meet

[~*Zombie Candycane~*]

Really cant wait to meet everyone there ^_^