Post it up asking those interested to PM you. If you get more than 5, let me know as I'll probably be doing the same. Have to talk to Crazy Dave's Dad tomorrow to see what his plans are before I can committ fully.Malahide Mullet wrote:Sounds good Dave!! Now all I need is some volunteers
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OK. Got onto Stena line about the trip.CRAZYDAVE wrote:Post it up asking those interested to PM you. If you get more than 5, let me know as I'll probably be doing the same. Have to talk to Crazy Dave's Dad tomorrow to see what his plans are before I can committ fully.Malahide Mullet wrote:Sounds good Dave!! Now all I need is some volunteers
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Car leaving dublin to arrive Rosslare no later than 08:15
23/09 - Stena Europe - Rosslare - Fishguard - Dep: 09:00 Arr: 12:30
23/09 - Train Fishguard - Llanelli - Dep: 13:35 Arr: 14:43
Match - 17:30
Kilkenny Cat - Apres Match
24/09 - Train Llanelli - Fishguard - Dep: 23:51 Arr: 01:14
24/09 - Stena Europe - Fishguard Rosslare Dep 02:45 Arr: 06:15
Car back to Dublin Arriving before 9am
Total return cost if booked 48 hours in advance €54.
Special discounts for groups of 10 or more.
Any interested parties ??
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Have worked out an alternative option for this trip (using a Plane and train)
Ryanair red eye flight to Bristol on the Saturday morning EUR 24 one way (incl tax)
Aer Lingus coming back Sunday leaving Bristol at 3.30pm EUR 30 one way (inc tax)
Trains from Bristol Temple Meads to Swansea are about EUR 15 return (2 hour journey each way)
Stay overnight in a cheap hotel in Swansea (just 20 mins away by train from Llanelli and the rail ticket is about EUR 6 return)
Found a hotel in Swansea for EUR 50 a night (single). . although you could go back to Bristol afterwards if you wanted to and stay there the night.
The trains are frequent on both the Saturday and the Sunday.
All up (inc the hotel) its about EUR 125 for the overnight trip.
Ryanair red eye flight to Bristol on the Saturday morning EUR 24 one way (incl tax)
Aer Lingus coming back Sunday leaving Bristol at 3.30pm EUR 30 one way (inc tax)
Trains from Bristol Temple Meads to Swansea are about EUR 15 return (2 hour journey each way)
Stay overnight in a cheap hotel in Swansea (just 20 mins away by train from Llanelli and the rail ticket is about EUR 6 return)
Found a hotel in Swansea for EUR 50 a night (single). . although you could go back to Bristol afterwards if you wanted to and stay there the night.
The trains are frequent on both the Saturday and the Sunday.
All up (inc the hotel) its about EUR 125 for the overnight trip.
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Fock it - I went ahead and booked this last night. . all sorted now. . .just have to get a match ticket when they go on sale.sheepshagger wrote:Have worked out an alternative option for this trip (using a Plane and train)
Ryanair red eye flight to Bristol on the Saturday morning EUR 24 one way (incl tax)
Aer Lingus coming back Sunday leaving Bristol at 3.30pm EUR 30 one way (inc tax)
Trains from Bristol Temple Meads to Swansea are about EUR 15 return (2 hour journey each way)
Stay overnight in a cheap hotel in Swansea (just 20 mins away by train from Llanelli and the rail ticket is about EUR 6 return)
Found a hotel in Swansea for EUR 50 a night (single). . although you could go back to Bristol afterwards if you wanted to and stay there the night.
The trains are frequent on both the Saturday and the Sunday.
All up (inc the hotel) its about EUR 125 for the overnight trip.
Why not stay in Llanelli? One of the Ulster lads posted suggestions. How easy will it be to get to Swansea after a night's drinking in the Kilkenny?sheepshagger wrote:Have worked out an alternative option for this trip (using a Plane and train)
Ryanair red eye flight to Bristol on the Saturday morning EUR 24 one way (incl tax)
Aer Lingus coming back Sunday leaving Bristol at 3.30pm EUR 30 one way (inc tax)
Trains from Bristol Temple Meads to Swansea are about EUR 15 return (2 hour journey each way)
Stay overnight in a cheap hotel in Swansea (just 20 mins away by train from Llanelli and the rail ticket is about EUR 6 return)
Found a hotel in Swansea for EUR 50 a night (single). . although you could go back to Bristol afterwards if you wanted to and stay there the night.
The trains are frequent on both the Saturday and the Sunday.
All up (inc the hotel) its about EUR 125 for the overnight trip.
From memory there is a train around 11pm then next is 3 amEve wrote:Why not stay in Llanelli? One of the Ulster lads posted suggestions. How easy will it be to get to Swansea after a night's drinking in the Kilkenny?sheepshagger wrote:Have worked out an alternative option for this trip (using a Plane and train)
Ryanair red eye flight to Bristol on the Saturday morning EUR 24 one way (incl tax)
Aer Lingus coming back Sunday leaving Bristol at 3.30pm EUR 30 one way (inc tax)
Trains from Bristol Temple Meads to Swansea are about EUR 15 return (2 hour journey each way)
Stay overnight in a cheap hotel in Swansea (just 20 mins away by train from Llanelli and the rail ticket is about EUR 6 return)
Found a hotel in Swansea for EUR 50 a night (single). . although you could go back to Bristol afterwards if you wanted to and stay there the night.
The trains are frequent on both the Saturday and the Sunday.
All up (inc the hotel) its about EUR 125 for the overnight trip.
Check out http://www.thetrainline.com
If we're gonna have to jump ship for a train at 11 - we might as well head for the boat!rooster wrote:From memory there is a train around 11pm then next is 3 amEve wrote:Why not stay in Llanelli? One of the Ulster lads posted suggestions. How easy will it be to get to Swansea after a night's drinking in the Kilkenny?sheepshagger wrote:Have worked out an alternative option for this trip (using a Plane and train)
Ryanair red eye flight to Bristol on the Saturday morning EUR 24 one way (incl tax)
Aer Lingus coming back Sunday leaving Bristol at 3.30pm EUR 30 one way (inc tax)
Trains from Bristol Temple Meads to Swansea are about EUR 15 return (2 hour journey each way)
Stay overnight in a cheap hotel in Swansea (just 20 mins away by train from Llanelli and the rail ticket is about EUR 6 return)
Found a hotel in Swansea for EUR 50 a night (single). . although you could go back to Bristol afterwards if you wanted to and stay there the night.
The trains are frequent on both the Saturday and the Sunday.
All up (inc the hotel) its about EUR 125 for the overnight trip.
Check out http://www.thetrainline.com
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The nightover in Swansea is not set in stone, its just I'd heard theres fock all in Llanelli so I picked Swansea instead. . .the hotel can be cancelled and rebooked elsewhere if the plans change.Eve wrote:If we're gonna have to jump ship for a train at 11 - we might as well head for the boat!rooster wrote:From memory there is a train around 11pm then next is 3 amEve wrote: Why not stay in Llanelli? One of the Ulster lads posted suggestions. How easy will it be to get to Swansea after a night's drinking in the Kilkenny?
Check out http://www.thetrainline.com
The flight back is not until 3.30pm so all i have to do is make sure I'm back in Bristol (2 hours away) by then (the trains are frequent on the Sunday too).
I'd rather stay drinking in llanelli tbh - the initial reason for going back was the craic we had with the locals when we went there for their match v Toulouse.sheepshagger wrote:The nightover in Swansea is not set in stone, its just I'd heard theres fock all in Llanelli so I picked Swansea instead. . .the hotel can be cancelled and rebooked elsewhere if the plans change.Eve wrote:If we're gonna have to jump ship for a train at 11 - we might as well head for the boat!rooster wrote: From memory there is a train around 11pm then next is 3 am
Check out http://www.thetrainline.com
The flight back is not until 3.30pm so all i have to do is make sure I'm back in Bristol (2 hours away) by then (the trains are frequent on the Sunday too).
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Just a Note - if your going to stay overnight in Llanelli (as opposed to to Swansea or Bristol) either book the late Rynair flight back to Dublin or get a taxi from Llanelli to Swansea (to catch the train back to Bristol). . .the trains from Swansea are frequent on the Sunday its just the first train out of Llanelli isnt until 11m so it could be cutting it a bit fine (to make the Aer Lingus flight). A taxi is GBP 25 (which could be shared)sheepshagger wrote:Have worked out an alternative option for this trip (using a Plane and train)
Ryanair red eye flight to Bristol on the Saturday morning EUR 24 one way (incl tax)
Aer Lingus coming back Sunday leaving Bristol at 3.30pm EUR 30 one way (inc tax)
Trains from Bristol Temple Meads to Swansea are about EUR 15 return (2 hour journey each way)
Stay overnight in a cheap hotel in Swansea (just 20 mins away by train from Llanelli and the rail ticket is about EUR 6 return)
Found a hotel in Swansea for EUR 50 a night (single). . although you could go back to Bristol afterwards if you wanted to and stay there the night.
The trains are frequent on both the Saturday and the Sunday.
All up (inc the hotel) its about EUR 125 for the overnight trip.
I'd also be wary of engineering works. Try looking at the following website, which hasn't listed the works that weekend yet, but Sunday travel is usually horrendous (that's why I'm driving!) I can also get Claire's Cabs up and running that weekend, but it will be first come, first served!sheepshagger wrote:Just a Note - if your going to stay overnight in Llanelli (as opposed to to Swansea or Bristol) either book the late Rynair flight back to Dublin or get a taxi from Llanelli to Swansea (to catch the train back to Bristol). . .the trains from Swansea are frequent on the Sunday its just the first train out of Llanelli isnt until 11m so it could be cutting it a bit fine (to make the Aer Lingus flight). A taxi is GBP 25 (which could be shared)sheepshagger wrote:Have worked out an alternative option for this trip (using a Plane and train)
Ryanair red eye flight to Bristol on the Saturday morning EUR 24 one way (incl tax)
Aer Lingus coming back Sunday leaving Bristol at 3.30pm EUR 30 one way (inc tax)
Trains from Bristol Temple Meads to Swansea are about EUR 15 return (2 hour journey each way)
Stay overnight in a cheap hotel in Swansea (just 20 mins away by train from Llanelli and the rail ticket is about EUR 6 return)
Found a hotel in Swansea for EUR 50 a night (single). . although you could go back to Bristol afterwards if you wanted to and stay there the night.
The trains are frequent on both the Saturday and the Sunday.
All up (inc the hotel) its about EUR 125 for the overnight trip.
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_b ... uture.html
Don't scare me - I've already had Shagger tell me what flights to book to and then texting me 5 minutes after I'd booked to tell me there wasn't a train to get us to the airport in timeclaire_m wrote:I'd also be wary of engineering works.
If you're staying on the Saturday night we're booked into the Best Western
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Theres now 4 of us doing the plane/train option.
If theres enginerring works there will be a bus replacement (for the section affected). .. we have a fair amount of time to make a 2 hour train journey back to Bristol (have bused it when trains are out of action before, its no biggie)
If theres enginerring works there will be a bus replacement (for the section affected). .. we have a fair amount of time to make a 2 hour train journey back to Bristol (have bused it when trains are out of action before, its no biggie)
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Didn't mean to scare you. I'm sure the trains will be fine...Eve wrote:Don't scare me - I've already had Shagger tell me what flights to book to and then texting me 5 minutes after I'd booked to tell me there wasn't a train to get us to the airport in timeclaire_m wrote:I'd also be wary of engineering works.
If you're staying on the Saturday night we're booked into the Best Western
I'll book the hotel tomorrow, I'm just off to bed now, having caught up from a weekend of tears, tantrums and poo (I was staying at my brother's. None of them were mine. I just wanted to clarify that.)