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Post by MiB TFC on May 15, 2008 19:47:16 GMT
MiB, are you still able and willing to provide transport, and if so can I book you? If I can catch up with my life and get accomodation for the two nights of course you can. You might want to e-mail or text me your new mobile number though, to ease communication, as I only have the old one.
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Post by ambersalamander on May 15, 2008 20:52:00 GMT
OK- will do that when i've topped my credit up.
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Post by amberaleman on May 16, 2008 15:47:19 GMT
I'll sign up for two nights. I expect to make my own way to and from Stamford by choo-choo (taking extra care to avoid trains going anywhere near Spalding ;D).
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Post by ambersalamander on May 27, 2008 19:47:24 GMT
OK, so far we have five takers, including myself and my other half. Amber Aleman, MiB, Daza- is anyone else coming? We realistically need to sort accommodation in the next week or two. I would really appreciate it if someone could volunteer to sort this out, as I have my final MSc exam in a few weeks and would rather focus on that than run around looking for B&Bs
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Post by amberaleman on May 27, 2008 20:44:35 GMT
I don't mind doing the booking, BUT... I'm going to Italy this Thursday, and I won't have time to do any ringing around of Stamford guest houses until I'm back at the end of next week. Time is rather of the essence - last year we left it a bit late and all the cheap accommodation had been taken so we ended up staying in Peterborough. So if somebody can get things moving this week, so much the better. Here are a couple of links to get you started: www.4hotels.co.uk/uk/stamford.htmlwww.a1tourism.com/uk/stamford.html
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Post by medibot on May 28, 2008 16:21:15 GMT
Most likely to be a day trip for me. Deffo training it up in the morning. Hoping to be able to stay over Saturday night till the next day but might have to go straight back. Will try and find out as soon as possible.
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Post by ambersalamander on May 29, 2008 21:23:00 GMT
No Hawky this year?
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Post by amberaleman on Jun 6, 2008 22:19:32 GMT
Righto, mes enfants, as nobody else has grasped the nettle... I'll be at home next Tuesday evening and am prepared to make contact with some Stamford B&Bs with a view to accommodating assorted Tinpotters. But I need to be sure of who's committed! On the basis of AmberSal's 27 May posting, we could require four rooms (singles for me, MiB and Daza plus double for Sal and her lion). I'm assuming two nights each (Fri/Sat and Sat/Sun). Please let me know by 6 pm on Tuesday (10 June) whether you're up for this. (You can add to this thread or drop me a PM.) If you don't confirm (or nobody confirms for you) I may have to assume you're out. For anybody who wants to join the party and hasn't yet stepped forward - this is your last chance! I also need to have an idea of what people are prepared to fork out. I'll be looking for cheapish rooms, say around £30/night per head (so £60 for the two nights) - but I may have to go higher if options are limited. So please let me know any absolute limit on what you'd pay. (If we look like being squeezed, one way of keeping costs down would be to travel up on the Saturday morning and just have Sat/Sun night in Stamford.)
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Post by medibot on Jun 6, 2008 23:03:16 GMT
Hi Mark. Dunno how much hassle it will be but a Sat/Sun stay would be best for me even if the rest of you are doing a two night stay. Still got to get the time off work but to be honest if i don't get it i just won't turn up anyway
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Post by amberaleman on Jun 7, 2008 21:30:06 GMT
Having thought about this a bit more, I reckon it might be better if we all stay over just the one night from Sat to Sun. That would make booking the accommodation more straightforward. (Last year, as I recall, some B&Bs in Stamford had vacancies for us Fri/Sat but not Sat/Sun, and others vice versa.) With an early start on Saturday, it should be possible to get to Stamford for lunchtime - when things are getting going. (And for me, there'd be the added advantage that I could get to the Ealing beer festival on the Friday evening. ) For those of you still interested, let me know by Tuesday evening what you'd prefer.
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Post by DazaB_WCFC on Jun 8, 2008 21:30:10 GMT
Sorry had to pull out of the overnighter (see PMS) might be able to make the day trip...
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Post by Col ISIHAC. on Jun 9, 2008 7:51:30 GMT
It's perilously close to the date we move. Ironically, we'll be but a few miles from Stamford after the move; but the house needs loads of work doing to it and has to be habitable by July 15th.
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Post by coops on Jun 9, 2008 18:32:23 GMT
Sorry had to pull out of the overnighter (see PMS) might be able to make the day trip... Daza, me and the sprog might be making a day trip, maybe we can take the train up together?
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Post by amberaleman on Jun 9, 2008 22:17:26 GMT
Daza, me and the sprog might be making a day trip, maybe we can take the train up together? Excellent, 'twould be great if you could all make it.
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Post by MiB TFC on Jun 9, 2008 23:50:06 GMT
Sorry, I tried to grasp the nettle but I got entangled in the jungle of my life before I even got close to it.
I'll be there (might as well have one last outing before increasing prices of everything and fuckwit management and government complete the crippling of my lifestyle).
I'll go with the flow with limits of max £50 a night and single or sharing (preferably not double!) with people that don't snore really, really loudly or talk about big f'kin brother.
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