Hello All,

Hope you had lovely Christmasses yesterday.

I have had another look at Manchester trains and I think the cheapest way to do it is to buy advance single tickets which are currently £21 each way or £13.85 with a railcard. The trains leave Euston at 1820 or 1840 and take 2hrs8 and 2hrs9 to get to Manchester and it looks like all the trains going back to London on the Sunday are the same price - we would have to pick a train and stick to it, but I don't really see that as a problem.

If we get to a point where these are no longer available, or they just don't suit time wise, we could try fiddling around with going via Sheffield / Stoke-on-Trent / do something with Crewe but to be honest these don't really provide any benefit currently against those single tickets. These were the only alternatives Martin could think of (along with others that would make it cheaper but take forever to get there...).

Hannah :)

On 15 December 2015 at 12:34, Becky Such <rebeccasuch@hotmail.com> wrote:

Hello all,

I think there are a handful of us left slogging it out in London so are meeting up for a chat, mince pies and hopefully something cheeky and alcoholic!

Obviously if you don't fancy this or are trawling the shops in search of last minute gifts there is no pressure!

...also, Ken is complaining about being sad and lonely, could he come along? And Ffion, would Patrick be sad and lonely and would he like to come along?

For those not at practice yesterday I have started investigating accommodation for Manchester- I will give updates once I have more info, atm the hostels seem the cheapest option by far- Hannorah is asking her sister in case she has any ideas being more Manchester savvy than me!
The plan is to subsidise this so that everyone only has to pay half of what is owed, looking at around £30 per personISH. I'm enquiring re. prices so it is all rather subject to change. As always if that is too much just get in touch with Sue and we can see what we can offer.

Travel to and from is my next on agenda, if you are driving/driving and able to take others please let me know, Hannah is seeing what help Martin can offer for trains in case he can work any magic searching skills and find us a cheaper way of getting there. In the new year please come to practice with an idea of if you are leaving after work or earlier in the day, if we book group travel we need a minimum of three people travelling together at all times.

Lots of us on the crawl so see you then!

If not have a wonderful Christmas and New Year - I will endeavor not to bother you again until the 4th January.

Becky xx

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