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APAT - Swansea (whose going?)
EnglandBart:
Hi all,
Happy to drive as would be doing it anyway and more than happy to pick people up if it helps. Would be great to get to know a couple of you guys/girls better anyway so yeah sounds good Dave. Drop me a PM nearer the time with your postcode/address or pick up point and a mobile number would be handy. I"ll provide you with mine just in case too.
I"ve got room to take 3 in the car, 4 if you"re happy being cosy in the back ;) just let me know folks.
btw apparantely it"s Wales 6 nations match at Cardiff & also a brass band convention (wtf?) in Swansea, so anyone driving allow a little extra time.
Google seems to suggest 3&1/2 hours (seems excessive?), but suggest allowing 4hrs as can always sup the bar whilst waiting for things to start. Need a bit of time to pick hotel key up too so that we don"t disturb people in the early hours (ever hopeful of actually staying in the tourney that long ;D ) and maybe a bacon sarney on the way up :)
I"m guessing we sign up to Aspers on the day with photo ID yeah? Do I need to do anything before the day?
Re hotels:
http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=5422.0
I"ve managed to get into the Glen... something or other, Leigh (showdown, put me onto it), I think the chappie mentioned that he still has a couple of rooms spare on the phone the other night. Circa 1.5 miles down the road, but walkable/cheap taxi trip away and likely to be much quieter than the (already full) premier inn.
Re PLO:
Is that the specialist tourney? If so, I think I read somewhere that it was designed for those from the m/e that bust out on the saturday so I"m guessing it"s available to reg on the Sat/Sun.
Regards,
Bart
MintTrav:
Hi Bart
I"ll be travelling from Portsmouth and meeting Dave Green at Southampton Airport, though we were thinking of going by train - £59.60 return. Leaves airport 9:22, arrives 12:43 or leaves 10:22, arrives 13:43.
Booked in Premier Travel Inn City Centre - £70/night for twin room incl breakfast (not that we"ll see that - maybe on the way to bed).
Should be fine to join the casino on the day - haven"t come across any problem doing that elsewhere. Haven"t checked but you can prob join online before if you wish.
John
dwh103:
I"ve got a room at the Matador Guest House - about a mile away from Aspers. £59 for the night including brekkie and free Wifi for that late night grinding through latehotelrooms.com.
The rooms are themed (?!) - at least I"ll know what it feels like to be a cheap hooker. Think I"ll be in an African themed room or a Roman themed room ???
PLO for those busting out on the Sat? Guess I"ll be playing that then!
So yes, in short Bart - lift share is good - you have any plans for the Sunday or just take it as it comes? Can meet you somewhere easy for the M3 if preferred - though I live just off the M271 so not too far away from it anyway.
EnglandBart:
lol @ themed room. (Beer)+(lack of sleep)+(themed room) = surreal waking up in the morning/afternoon. ;D
Thanks for the info John, will check out their website. £60 train is a little outside my budget and nowhere near line myself, so used to driving.
Need to check the logistics, but I could prob pick you two up as well if you want to save yourself a few quid.
I"m actually in Denmead, but was going to head down to the M27 for M3/A34/M4 etc so could probably divert to portsmouth first or meet you somewhere.
Brief diverts to the 271 & Eastleigh airport should also be fine.
No plans yet for Sunday, other than assuming I"ll prob have a "free day" ::) Can be flexible. Would obviously continue to rail anyone still left in and would be good to watch for a while anyway even if we all busted, or find a sng (can"t play PLO)/snooker or something, but if all of us have busted and consensus is wanting to go home, happy to leave early.
Just let me know if your interested, totally understand if you prefer to make your own way. Not a problem.
Bart
EnglandBart:
Ok, so currently got:
Me (Driving) > staying at Glevdon
+ Leigh E. > also at the Glevdon
+ Dave H. > staying at Matador/Mirador?
John/Dave G. Are you going to make your own way? I"m thinking 5 in the car might not be too comfortable for the poor sod in the middle at the back, but happy to accomodate as long as you & the others don"t mind. Let me know a.s.a.p so I can warn the others to keep baggage to a minimum. As long as Dave H. doesn"t bring along 48" plasma screens to go with his lappy for the late night grinding session we should be ok ;D
If anyone travelling with me can pm me a pickup postcode & mobile number over the weekend sometime, I can then work out the quickest way of picking you all up and let you know if delayed on the day for any reason.
Many thanks. Really looking forward to this, should be awesome :)
Bart
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