Meh

[taimatsu]

Is Shrove Tuesday. I am crap at making pancakes. I don't know if housemates are in to make pancakes with. Does anyone want to celebrate Shrove Tuesday with me? I have lemonjuice and flour and stuff...

Urge to go homehome to Wimbledon kicks in, but I don't think I want to do that right away, really. Hmm.

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Re: Out of Curiosity...

[taimatsu]

Well, as for me *personally*, right now, no, because the landlord is about to mend my bed and I'm incredibly tired. There might be coaches, or all-round-the-gasworks trains, or something. I have a couple of boxes in your room right now, but they will be gone shortly after Mr Nicholls is. ß

Re: Out of Curiosity...

[j4.livejournal.com]

It's a shame you can't make it, but I'm not exactly surprised -- I'm afraid it was a bit last-minute. For future reference:

There might be coaches, or all-round-the-gasworks trains, or something.

X5 goes from Oxford to Cambridge (sometimes with a change at Bedford) every hour or so IIRC. Cambridge Cruiser (or whatever the hell the CCS coach is called these days) goes every couple of hours, takes longer, goes via every bloody airport in the South of England, and is more expensive, but I think runs later (i.e. all through the night).

Train goes Oxford->Paddington->[tube]->King's Cross->Cambridge. Easiest way to do the tube crossing is get on the H&C line, then you don't even have to change. At the moment, though, tubes are a bit funted, so it's anybody's guess...

I much, much, much, much (did I mention how much?) prefer to take the train. With a railcard it's not that much more expensive, and it's so much more comfortable. I can read without feeling sick; get up to go to the loo while travelling; buy nice food at King's Cross (the soups from "Soup Opera" are gorgeous!) rather than buying soggy burgers on the train; and get some kind of useful information about when the next train's due if there are delays. (It's saying something when the coach info is worse than the trains...)

Argh, my railcard expires for good in a couple of months. I am officially not a Young Person any more then. :-(

Re: Out of Curiosity...

[lnr]

I thought they lasted til you were 26? Provided you renew it just before your 25th birthday anyway. Worth double checking anyway.

Re: Out of Curiosity...

[juliet]

26 is the upper limit, so you can still renew it this year. More than that; if you renew it the day before your 26th birthday, it lasts for a full year after that despite you being overage. Which is handy.