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RJSRdg wrote:What about SWT from Portsmouth via Guildford?

It's any train that passes through Basingstoke which that doesn't?

another plain example why this championship has gone downhill people in London can't react to unknown circumstances

michael_churchill wrote:

RJSRdg wrote:What about SWT from Portsmouth via Guildford?

It's any train that passes through Basingstoke which that doesn't?

Which was my point - I understood you were looking for a route from the South Coast to London which didn't involve either going via Basingstoke or going on Southern (the Brighton line and the Arun Valley line).

michael_churchill wrote:For the information of others who would be coming from the south coast or the south-west, there is engineering works around Basingstoke that weekend!
You can question my commitment if you like, but if it involves 40 minutes on a replacement bus (between Winchester and Basingstoke) or relying on Southern to get me to Victoria, sorry, I'm going to give it a miss.

...erm, quick Realtime Trains check shows Weymouth - Waterloo trains are diverted from Southampton Central via Fareham, Havant and Guildford before resuming line of route at Woking. For example, the 0930 from Southampton Central to Waterloo arrives at Clapham Junction at 1125.

palkanetoijala31 wrote:another plain example why this championship has gone downhill people in London can't react to unknown circumstances

Eh

RJSRdg wrote:

michael_churchill wrote:

RJSRdg wrote:What about SWT from Portsmouth via Guildford?

It's any train that passes through Basingstoke which that doesn't?

Which was my point - I understood you were looking for a route from the South Coast to London which didn't involve either going via Basingstoke or going on Southern (the Brighton line and the Arun Valley line).

But as my profile shows, I'm from Southampton. Who knows what might befall me catching a train in Portsmouth.

Going Underground wrote:

palkanetoijala31 wrote:another plain example why this championship has gone downhill people in London can't react to unknown circumstances

Eh

I meant the engineering works usually are planned far in advance hence if the Tosa gave us more time we be able to get cheap accommodation if unable to work around rail disruptions.

Though to be fair, in this case it was always going to be more likely than not that this particular round was going to be the day after the Children in Need Run - I think the dates for the first two rounds were announced back in September.

The R15 in Nov is always after CiN so this date is pretty much fixed...and 31st July this was confirmed that is plenty of time really...

palkanetoijala31 wrote:

Going Underground wrote:

palkanetoijala31 wrote:another plain example why this championship has gone downhill people in London can't react to unknown circumstances

Eh

I meant the engineering works usually are planned far in advance hence if the Tosa gave us more time we be able to get cheap accommodation if unable to work around rail disruptions.

I think you are just looking for an excuse to moan. As has already been said there are still direct trains from Southampton and Bournemouth that weekend via a different route.

Engineering work is only confirmed 12 weeks beforehand, which would have been the end of August, four weeks after the date was announced!

greatkingrat wrote:I think you are just looking for an excuse to moan.

Andi? Surely not!

michael_churchill wrote:

greatkingrat wrote:I think you are just looking for an excuse to moan.

Andi(full name and nationality withheld)? Surely not!

Sorry, fixed it.

The Orange One wrote:Attending

R15 - GU, xcooler123, The Orange One

parkrun
Canons Park - tractakid
Beckenham Place - GU
Finsbury Park - xcooler123

Spoons
(near) Canons Park

Spoons
Beckenham Place
The Richmal Crompton, Bromley South - GU

If I can suggest for the Canons Park Spoons - the JJ Moon, next to Kingsbury Station?

Nozza Beckenham parkrun, associated spoons and R15

Attending

R15 - GU, xcooler123, The Orange One, nozzacook, DrainBrain

parkrun
Canons Park - tractakid
Beckenham Place - GU, nozzacook
Finsbury Park - xcooler123

Spoons
(near) Canons Park

Spoons
Beckenham Place
The Richmal Crompton, Bromley South - GU, nozzacook, DrainBrain (but not parkrun )

GU suggests for the Canons Park Spoons - the JJ Moon, next to Kingsbury Station?

i wont be able to make this one as im on a cub camp with the pack i help out with