The Alton Towers OcUK Meet

|Show| · 13 May 2005 at 14:27

Desmo said:
Haven't the foggiest what's around there so you could go on a scouting mission lookign for places to eat and drink for when we all turn up

indeed i might do...depends how things go.

*edit*
i'm so glad i'm only 50miles (an hr) away with all this talk of 3hr trips

Desmo · 13 May 2005 at 14:38

Stuck out here, I get used to travelling long distances to most things

Otacon · 13 May 2005 at 14:42

This is the closest meet I've been too since Loughborough last summer. Will make a nice change only having to drive 40 miles or so

Belmit · 13 May 2005 at 14:42

If my party leaves at midday then we should be there in just over three hours, traffic permitting. I'm inclined to think it'll be more like four though. I used to be able to make Loughborough in about two-and-a-half hours but there's a good few junctions more to go this time, and twenty miles of A-road after that. I'd better start putting some summery road trip tunes into the ipod!

tiggy · 13 May 2005 at 14:49

We'll be setting off from mine at about quarter to 7ish ont the friday morning, got to drop M off at my mum's and then we'll set off for AT.

I dont know who's driving, how quickly we get there will depend on which of us is driving.

Freefaller · 13 May 2005 at 14:59

I reckon we'll get there for 10ish - maybe even 9ish if all goes well, or earlier... but I haven't got my V6 beast anymore so motorways aren't speedways really anymore

Desmo · 13 May 2005 at 15:02

Mmmm, I'm undecided on route now. TomTom wants to take me A14, M1 but I know a nice road along the A606/A6006 that I used to do on the bike when going to Donington. It brings me out just down the road and skips the M1

Wonder what I'll be doing

Garp · 13 May 2005 at 15:11

Belmit said:
I'd better start putting some summery road trip tunes into the ipod!

Got my old nomad jukebox3 resync'd with my entire album collection.. hopefully I'll be able to find a few decent cheery albums to stick on the playlist

|Show| · 13 May 2005 at 15:40

Desmo said:
Mmmm, I'm undecided on route now. TomTom wants to take me A14, M1 but I know a nice road along the A606/A6006 that I used to do on the bike when going to Donington. It brings me out just down the road and skips the M1

Wonder what I'll be doing

tom tom

it'd be nice if i had a navigator like that...just me, the car, the directions (on paper!) and the road. oh, and CDs :cool:

Garp · 13 May 2005 at 15:52

|Show| said:
tom tom
it'd be nice if i had a navigator like that...just me, the car, the directions (on paper!) and the road. oh, and CDs

lol.. there are times I wished I'd got one of those, like last weekend when I drove up to my sisters in Hatfield. Nice easy journey, m23, m25, a1(m), but once you got off I had to negotiate the perils of one way systems, god awful huge roundabouts with confusing road markings and all sorts of stuff, with me stopping frequently to consult the directions she'd given me!

Desmo · 13 May 2005 at 16:27

I just fire up TomTom on the PDA and let Tim give me directions. It's almost like having Will sitting next to you

Roduga · 13 May 2005 at 16:51

The route is simple enough. A little too simple perhaps.

Otacon · 13 May 2005 at 16:52

I can get to AT from here with my eyes shut (though if i'm driving I probably shouldn't). Getting to the hotel could be fun though :/

Garp · 13 May 2005 at 16:59

Otacon said:
I can get to AT from here with my eyes shut (though if i'm driving I probably shouldn't). Getting to the hotel could be fun though :/

I'm lazy and staying at the travellodge. Dead simple to get to

|Show| · 13 May 2005 at 17:05

Otacon said:
I can get to AT from here with my eyes shut (though if i'm driving I probably shouldn't). Getting to the hotel could be fun though :/

yeah, gettin to AT would be easy...just get to the general area and then keep an eye on the brown signs!
but i've gotta find PPP :eek:

Piggymon · 13 May 2005 at 17:09

I'm picking Mr B up from the choo choo station @ 4.12 so I should be there by 5

The plan is to chill out until everyone has arrived and then play " follow the piggy " and grab some grub somewhere

Otacon · 13 May 2005 at 17:11

I hope that wont be too late - I'll be hungry

I'll definitely be one of the last to arrive - 7ish I reckon, so long as the traffic is forgiving and I can actually find the place!

If I get bored this weekend i'll take a stroll over and see where it is. Yes, I am that close

Piggymon · 13 May 2005 at 17:29

Garp , Can you check your mail please dude ?

GIBSrUS · 13 May 2005 at 17:31

Belmit said:
If my party leaves at midday then we should be there in just over three hours, traffic permitting. I'm inclined to think it'll be more like four though. I used to be able to make Loughhborough in about two-and-a-half hours but there's a good few junctions more to go this time, and twenty miles of A-road after that. I'd better start putting some summery road trip tunes into the ipod!

Coolio bud, 12 at alton station cool?

Belmit · 13 May 2005 at 18:06

GIBSrUS said:
Coolio bud, 12 at alton station cool?

Sounds good to me if you can get there! The station is about five minutes from my house too, so if you want to get here slightly earlier and grab something to eat at mine first I can just come and get you. As long as we've left by 1pm it shouldn't be too bad on the roads.

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