UK Open 2011

[James Ludlow]

Sounds like a perfect mystery event

If its speed - my brother will win hands down. The boy can eat.

If its for sheer volume - I stand a chance.

My top tip is - no matter how thirsty you get - drink nothing other than water, and the tiniest of sips only. Little and not very often.

 

[chrissyD]

http://www.thetrainline.com/buytickets/combinedmatrix.aspx?Command=TimeTable

that dosen't seem to work. what is it?

 

[yockee]

I will never get to go to a comp as long as they are in Bristol. I need a Manchester comp, COME ON!!!!!

 

[CharlieCooper]

If its speed - my brother will win hands down. The boy can eat.

If its for sheer volume - I stand a chance.

My top tip is - no matter how thirsty you get - drink nothing other than water, and the tiniest of sips only. Little and not very often.

I'd love to see you two try, the most I've seen the biggest of eaters consume is 6 slices and that was a mega push!

 

[cubersmith]

that dosen't seem to work. what is it?

its train tickets for newcastle - Bristol. Jeezo, I just looked again, the cheapest return is £315.50 for an adult which is anything over 12 years old I think. :/

 

[Godmil]

...the cheapest return is £315.50...

I hate the British rail system. A taxi would probably be cheaper.
But on a more serious note, what about the bus? longer journey, but I bet it's a hellava lot cheaper.

 

[Muesli]

its train tickets for newcastle - Bristol. Jeezo, I just looked again, the cheapest return is £315.50 for an adult which is anything over 12 years old I think. :/

Try looking via london or manchester. It was £164 return direct to bristol from Sheffield, but almost a quarter of the price if I went via london.

 

[timelonade]

that is pure gold.

If it makes puns any more fun, it was actually a maze in a field of the crop "maize"..


~ and for cheaper trains.. have you tried buying 2 advance singles? Sure, you'd have to get the specific train at the specific time but if you pick your times right it should be a LOT cheaper. If you're having to shell out a huge amount of cash as well it might be worth investing in a railcard...? Hope you get it sorted anyhow.

 

[cubersmith]

Try looking via london or manchester. It was £164 return direct to bristol from Sheffield, but almost a quarter of the price if I went via london.

haha unlucky.

If it makes puns any more fun, it was actually a maze in a field of the crop "maize"..


~ and for cheaper trains.. have you tried buying 2 advance singles? Sure, you'd have to get the specific train at the specific time but if you pick your times right it should be a LOT cheaper. If you're having to shell out a huge amount of cash as well it might be worth investing in a railcard...? Hope you get it sorted anyhow.

Yeah. Railcard might be worth it for some people. Btw, is "North-West UK" Scotland?

 

[chrissyD]

I hate the British rail system. A taxi would probably be cheaper.
But on a more serious note, what about the bus? longer journey, but I bet it's a hellava lot cheaper.

yea it's absolute ****. they should seriously consider top gears idea of using caravans as trains. i don't care about the noise i just wana get there.

looks like Ill be driving down through the night or maybe getting the bus and booking an extra night in the hotel.

maybe i should hold a comp up here to make all you southerners feel the pain :3

 

[5BLD]

Well it would be nice to have the next one at least not in the school terms... Well that's easy because the next will be in summer (assuming there actually will be one).

I'm in the south but my parents won't let me for <ungiven reason>, but hopefully it'll be possibly more convenient, therefore higher chance of being allowed to go. Other option is to wait many many years until I can go by myself...

anyway Guildford ain't that far, so it'll be easier to persuade them.

 

[blakedacuber]

yea it's absolute ****. they should seriously consider top gears idea of using caravans as trains. i don't care about the noise i just wana get there.

looks like Ill be driving down through the night or maybe getting the bus and booking an extra night in the hotel.

maybe i should hold a comp up here to make all you southerners feel the pain :3

have you tried any cheap flights?(you'd be suprised) the venue is literaly a bus ride from the airport.


unfortunately it looks like i cant go unless i can persuade mam to let me go with Sam

 

[cubersmith]

have you tried any cheap flights?(you'd be suprised) the venue is literaly a bus ride from the airport.

This is the way I am going. It was amazingly cheap. £120 for me and my dad (both returns)

Also, Premier inn is very cheap. (Can't remember the price)

 

[blakedacuber]

yeah i got tickets from dublin to bristol return for me and mam last year for €35.

i do plan on staying somewhere cheap thats if i can go:/

 

[kinch2002]

Well it would be nice to have the next one at least not in the school terms... Well that's easy because the next will be in summer (assuming there actually will be one).

I'm in the south but my parents won't let me for <ungiven reason>, but hopefully it'll be possibly more convenient, therefore higher chance of being allowed to go. Other option is to wait many many years until I can go by myself...

anyway Guildford ain't that far, so it'll be easier to persuade them.

You seem to be assuming that the next one will be next summer in Guildford? You might be right, but there's nothing to say that it's likely. The only comp that has any sort of continuity is UK Open which tends to be November. Obviously once UK Open is over, I'll be thinking about the next comp, and I'd like to think it will be before the summer, but who knows given that I'm starting a real job :/

 

[5BLD]

Oh, sorry. I meant to add a 'hopefully it's in guildford' before that line lol. You get what I mean

I just gotta hope...


Edit: also, I can't get over the pickegg thing after seeing what they were doing to get advertisers.
Please clarify?
Sorry, just curious.

 

[cubersmith]

Edit: also, I can't get over the pickegg thing after seeing what they were doing to get advertisers.
Please clarify?
Sorry, just curious.

what's this?

 

[kinch2002]

Edit: also, I can't get over the pickegg thing after seeing what they were doing to get advertisers.
Please clarify?
Sorry, just curious.

You clearly have a problem with them. Fair enough. But they were just trying to advertise by paying people to do so. There's nothing morally wrong with that - it just went against forum rules so isn't allowed. Advertising in signatures, however, is allowed. So that's what I'm doing.

 

[CharlieCooper]

I won't be organising anything before Christmas, but will look to get something together early 2012. I've slacked on organising competitions in the last year, sorry guys, life seemed to just get a little more frantic than it was before! This will, however probably be in Bristol again as it's where I live, but post UK Open I'll see if I can get something together in another city. I'll post a thread as and when, don't want to clutter this thread with future competition talk. YAY UKOPEN2011!!

 

[5BLD]

You clearly have a problem with them. Fair enough. But they were just trying to advertise by paying people to do so. There's nothing morally wrong with that - it just went against forum rules so isn't allowed. Advertising in signatures, however, is allowed. So that's what I'm doing.

OK then.