Leeds-Gatwick

Francis · 17 Jul 2005, 15:59

Not if last night's anything to go by.

Brideoffrankenstein · 18 Jul 2005, 20:15

Looks like the HL meet's gonna be a good one!

Johnny M · 18 Jul 2005, 21:32

Indeed. All Mainlanders should get off their arses at least once and head to Mecca.

Brideoffrankenstein · 18 Jul 2005, 21:35

Johnny M wrote:Indeed. All Mainlanders should get off their arses at least once and head to Mecca.

I've already booked the time off work!

Johnny M · 18 Jul 2005, 21:40

Brideoffrankenstein wrote:
Johnny M wrote:Indeed. All Mainlanders should get off their arses at least once and head to Mecca.
I've already booked the time off work!

So now Lowerstoft is on the mainland?! Yikes! The map of the world is changing and I didn't even notice ...

Must be an age thing with.

Or a, I'm not dispensing, I'm consuming thing with you!

Brideoffrankenstein · 18 Jul 2005, 21:42

I don't live anywhere near Lowestoft! Wrong county

Johnny M · 18 Jul 2005, 21:47

Brideoffrankenstein wrote:I don't live anywhere near Lowestoft! Wrong county

As I said, it's an age thing. Currently trawling through my memory banks ...I'll get there

Up over the border into narrrrfeck ... how scary.

Johnny M · 18 Jul 2005, 22:05

Sheringham!? About 5 miles left of Cromer! Don't you work in Cromer? It's a grim place.

See the old baldy man can still cut the chase with you Krazee Kids with no *cough* assistance *cough* whatsoever

Brideoffrankenstein · 18 Jul 2005, 22:09

Johnny M wrote: *cough* *cough*

I think you might be needing some of this (fresh from my shelves)

Johnny M · 18 Jul 2005, 22:15

So now you're dealing in open forum ...?

eastmidswhizzkid · 19 Jul 2005, 01:25

Johnny M wrote:So now Lowerstoft is on the mainland?!

no,but give it a few years and it'll have crumbled into the sea...

Brideoffrankenstein · 19 Jul 2005, 18:43

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:
Johnny M wrote:So now Lowerstoft is on the mainland?!
no,but give it a few years and it'll have crumbled into the sea...

I can't say that it will be a great loss!

19 Jul 2005, 20:25

a mate of mine at work who regularly commutes across london and up to leeds, and back again, sent me some thoughts and suggestions, and some timings and alternate routes, last week.

i'll post them here, if its still applicable?

Johnny M · 19 Jul 2005, 20:36

Quiff Boy wrote:a mate of mine at work who regularly commutes across london and up to leeds, and back again, sent me some thoughts and suggestions, and some timings and alternate routes, last week.

i'll post them here, if its still applicable?

Sounds good because in my excitement to get the worlds greatest living Estonian poet here, I forgot that Leeds-Stansted-Gatwick-Peterborough is probably gonna be a good eight hours driving on a hangover.

I'm sure we can get him to Leeds station though.

I'll sort the Germans to Stansted and home which is only 4 hours driving on a hangover.

Good man.

19 Jul 2005, 20:40

he had the journey pegged about 4 and a half hours i seem to recall, station to station. and i think it involved the victoria line. maybe.

sure you'll understand it all j. all that laarndahn talk is greek to me

Johnny M · 19 Jul 2005, 21:03

Quiff Boy wrote: all that laarndahn talk is greek to me

And all that Sheffield/PRWY-speak is Greek to me. Please don't respond otherwise they will really think that I'm you're girlfriend.

21 Jul 2005, 16:52

right, here's that email from my mate:

Hopefully the trains and stations will be running back to normal then. If so, then the options are:

Leeds to Kings X:
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Take roughly 2.5 hours and run every 30 mins - see
http://www.gner.co.uk/GNER/Traintimes/C ... outh_1.htm

Kings X to Gatwick:
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1) Thameslink runs a service from Kings X to Gatwick, takes about 50 mins
and runs approx every 30 mins (every 15 mins at peak times) - see
http://www.thameslink.co.uk
I've never done it before though so don't know how reliable etc

Or

2) The Victoria line underground from Kings X to Victoria, takes maybe about
10 mins and runs every few mins - see
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/pdfdocs/colourmap.pdf
Then the Gatwick Express from Victoria to Gatwick Airport, takes about 30
mins and runs ever 15 mins - see http://www.gatwickexpress.com/

Overall journey time for option 1 is (roughly):
- 0h30 wait for train at Leeds
- 2h30 train from Leeds to Kings X
- 0h30 wait for thameslink at Kings X
- 0h50 thameslink to Gatwick
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4h20

Overall journey time for option 2 is (roughly):
- 0h30 wait for train at Leeds
- 2h30 train from Leeds to Kings X
- 0h10 wait for Victoria line at Kings X
- 0h10 Victoria line from Victoria to Kings X
- 0h15 wait for Gatwick Express at Victoria
- 0h30 Gatwick Express to Gatwick Airport
------
4h05

Worth leaving an extra 1 or 2 hours for travel delays, check-in at the
airport etc - but it should be quite easy to be in Leeds in the morning,
maybe leave around 10 or 11 and be at Gatwick for 4pm.

hope thats of some use, if you find you need it

Johnny M · 21 Jul 2005, 17:04

Excellent. Top man. I'll talk to Tallinn.

pikkrong · 21 Jul 2005, 17:56

Thanks, Quiff Boy!