Hawkfest, public transportation

[PETER WILKINSON]

THERE ARE BUSES FROM PRESTON TO LANCASTER THAT RUN ALONG THE A6. THERE IS
POSSIBLY A BUS THAT ACTUALLY PASSES THE SITE AS I HAVE BEEN THERE AND SEEN
BUS STOPS ROUND THERE (DO  I NEED TO GET A LIFE!!???) WHY NOT CHECK ON
INTERNET RE BUS SERVICES TO ST MARTIN ONTHE WYE??  GOOD LUCK
PS THE SITE IS GREAT


>From: Jill Strobridge <jill at THETA-ORIONIS.FREESERVE.CO.UK>
>Reply-To: BOC/Hawkwind Discussion List <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
>To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
>Subject: Re: Hawkfest, public transportation
>Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 21:11:53 +0100
>
>I haven't phoned the tourist office yet but I was kind of assuming that
>the only realistic way of getting there from Preston will be taxi.
>It's about 12 miles - ish so the cost could be in the region of £20 or
>so (at a guess).   Getting a group of folks to meet up in Preston
>station might be one possible arrangement?
>
> > P.S.  My train-connection layover in Manchester is 10 minutes.
> > What is the likelihood of such a connection being missed due to
> > the lateness of the first train?  (Just so I know whether to plan
> > for that extra hour of travel time...like I do now coming from
> > Germany-to-Switzerland...although never the other way around.)
>
>There are various scenarios here (in order of liklihood) -
>(1) Your incoming train will be late and your outgoing train will leave
>on time - MISS
>(2) Your incoming train will be more or less on time and your outgoing
>train will leave on time - PROBABLY MISS because there is no way you
>will be able (a) to find out which platform you need to be on or (b) get
>to the other platform which will be about 15 mins walk away over
>bridges, under subways, up endless stairs and at exactly the opposite
>end of the station you started from
>(3) Your incoming train will be late and your outgoing train will be
>late - HIT (however this will only happen if your outgoing train is
>coming in from somewhere else.  If it's starting from Manchester you are
>doomed!).
>
>On balance I'm afraid you will almost certainly miss this connection and
>given that if you do make it - you will be the last person on - you'll
>have been running all the way with a big heavy rucksack - and there will
>be NO SEATS of any kind whatsoever and you'll have to stand all the
>way - I would recommend a period of quiet contemplation over a cup of
>strong coffee watching the anxious comings and goings of all those other
>travellers forced to associate with one another in one of Britains
>finest social meeting places - the Great British railway station.
>
>Good luck!
>jill
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>Jill Strobridge <jill at theta-orionis.freeserve.co.uk>
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