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Paulie_D:
So...I have a HUGE amount of travel research pretty much ready to roll pending confirmations.
Cardiff Travel Tips are already up and I"ll be knocking out the UKCOAP list fairly shortly.
Dublin...I booked the hotel on the day of the formal announcement and rammed in the flight booking this afternoon. Flight arrives about 5pm on Friday in Dublin which isn"t necessarily a bad thing.
I figure 20-30 minute cab ride to Baggot Street which means I"ll be in Larry Murphys by 5.45 at the latest and then the carnage can commence.
Fortunately, Aer Lingus can sort me out from Southend which is a darn site easier for me that any other, so called, London airport.
Unfortunately, flights to Prague don"t go from SEN so LHR or LGW will be the choice. Not sure whether I will be "required" for the full 5 days or I"ll just be able to make it for the long weekend. It"s a "must attend" one for me since I missed Tallinn (DAMN IT!).
Paulie_D:
Dublin is booked
Area Map: http://goo.gl/maps/fYs3Y
Hotel:
Latchford Apartments (just steps from Larry Murphy"s)
Studio: £170 for 3 nights (free cancellation)
Flights:
Flight EI3307 - Fri 27 Sep 2013
Departs: London/Southend (SEN) 15:10
Arrives: Dublin - Terminal 2 (DUB) 16:55
Flight EI3306 - Mon 30 Sep 2013
Departs: Dublin - Terminal 2 (DUB) 13:10
Arrives: London/Southend (SEN) 14:45
SirPercival:
Free cancelation? Does this mean you have reserved your seat room without a fee?
Paulie_D:
--- Quote from: SirPercival on July 03, 2013, 13:26:03 PM ---
Free cancelation? Does this mean you have reserved your seat room without a fee?
--- End quote ---
Yes. Room booked through Booking.com. No cancellation fee.
The seat I will sort separately. I
Paulie_D:
--- Quote from: Paulie_D on July 26, 2013, 14:19:44 PM ---
Took the car into my local garage this morning and, as I have had to do all week, commuted to work via omnibus and choo-choo train.
A lot is riding on the outcome of the diagnosis....
If it is something easy, perhaps as little a couple of hundred, I"d wince but bear it.
If it"s in the half-grand region, Prague would be in severe doubt but I reckon I could still swing Vegas.
If it"s in the grand region, I would have to extract the digit, bite the bullet and do the sensible thing and cancel Vegas.
Any more than that and November/December was looking like a very long time to spend at home.
The phone rang at midday.
"Mr Davis?", the greasemonkey enquired.
"T"is I", I replied
"Baht yer motah".
"Aah, yes. How is it looking?", I asked with some trepidation (see above).
"It"s ready for you to pick up".
"Oh...that seemed quick", I opined with hope rising.
"Yeah, it was just a stone caught behind the back plate".
"So nothing major wrong then?", I queried with hopes soaring.
"Nope, all sorted"
"How much to I owe you?"...I had to ask.
"£30 should cover it"
Vegas baby, Vegas.
--- End quote ---
There is a corollary to the story above which had my heart beating a little faster.
I"d arranged to collect the car on Saturday but, due to some construction work being done, the garage wasn"t going to be open that day so they arranged for me to collect the keys from the unrelated car showroom next door.
This was not problem but I jumped in the motor only to find the ba*tard wouldn"t start.
Fortunately, so far, a quick jump start from a battery pack had me going this morning but I had visions of another (minor) wedge going out of my pocket for a new battery.
Hopefully, it was just a glitch.
New tyre this week before the Cardfiff run and, since, these guys have been quite efficient I may have some minor trim work done before DTD at the end of August.
Enough car related stuff, it"s depressing.
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