Farthest From XVI - 9th and 10th December 2017

[user 5830]

This will be upon us before we know it... lets get a roll call going and start sharing where everyone is staying on Saturday Night. I see that Mon Cal Con is back on the night of the 9th, so I expect a lot of folk will be staying over.

 

[Plastikheld]

This time I would like to join the community. As I'm located in Germany, I don't really know how to get from Heathrow to Fordingbridge. What would you guys recommend - by bus or by train? Also any recommendation for a room there? Any help or advices would be appreciated.

 

[Mr-shifter]

This time I would like to join the community. As I'm located in Germany, I don't really know how to get from Heathrow to Fordingbridge. What would you guys recommend - by bus or by train? Also any recommendation for a room there? Any help or advices would be appreciated.

Where abouts in Deutschland are you? Can you get to Gatwick?

 

[Plastikheld]

Where abouts in Deutschland are you? Can you get to Gatwick?

I live in a small village between Cologne and Düsseldorf - so I have two airports to fly from. But I think, flights to Gatewick might be more expensive, but I have to check it out. You think it might be easier from there to get to Fordingbridge?

 

[Mr-shifter]

Where abouts in Deutschland are you? Can you get to Gatwick?

I live in a small village between Cologne and Düsseldorf - so I have two airports to fly from. But I think, flights to Gatewick might be more expensive, but I have to check it out. You think it might be easier from there to get to Fordingbridge?

Depends on what days you fly in on. I could possibly offer you a lift.

 

[Plastikheld]

Depends on what days you fly in on. I could possibly offer you a lift.

What a great offer, but I did not want to make any efforts on somebody else. It would be unpleasant fo me if anybody has to plan his time on my schedule. Whe did you plan to drive to Fordingbridge?
I will try to arrive on Saturday morning (to join the community on saturday night for a couple of beers) and leave on sunday in the evening at the airport.

 

[Hothrebel]

Could someone pm me Dave trees mobile
Cheers

 

[SublevelStudios]

I'm in, and for Saturday night too!

 

[robpmarsh]

I'll be there for the Saturday night extravaganza and selling on the Sunday

 

[robpmarsh]

Could someone pm me Dave trees mobile
Cheers

pm'd you

 

[Mr-shifter]

Could someone pm me Dave trees mobile
Cheers

The landline is fordingbridge 000002

 

[Grant_C]

Defiantly going and need a place to stay as well.

Don't worry- the last FF I was the first to bed and at Echo Base I was the one stopping the fights. Can be good boy.

 

[wrighty]

Where abouts in Deutschland are you? Can you get to Gatwick?

I live in a small village between Cologne and Düsseldorf - so I have two airports to fly from. But I think, flights to Gatewick might be more expensive, but I have to check it out. You think it might be easier from there to get to Fordingbridge?

Fordingbridge is a tiny village in the middle of no where, except David Tree's shop. :lol: Getting there with public transport is tricky, check with Jason Smith as he often takes public transport from London. If you can get a lift that would make your life easier. Good luck!

 

[mr_palitoy]

Defiantly going and need a place to stay as well.

Don't worry- the last FF I was the first to bed and at Echo Base I was the one stopping the fights. Can be good boy.

Looks like I am mother on this one. Grant will be bunking with me at the Augustus John.

:P

Jason

 

[mr_palitoy]

Where abouts in Deutschland are you? Can you get to Gatwick?

I live in a small village between Cologne and Düsseldorf - so I have two airports to fly from. But I think, flights to Gatewick might be more expensive, but I have to check it out. You think it might be easier from there to get to Fordingbridge?

Fordingbridge is a tiny village in the middle of no where, except David Tree's shop. :lol: Getting there with public transport is tricky, check with Jason Smith as he often takes public transport from London. If you can get a lift that would make your life easier. Good luck!

I think I may be getting a lift there this time. If not the route I take is:-

London Waterloo train to Salisbury takes about 90 mins
Then a 15 min walk through Salisbury shopping centre to Blue Boar Row M bus stop
X3 bus to Fordingbridge post office stop takes about 20 mins

http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/timesandfares/WAT/SAL/today/1130/dep

https://assets.goaheadbus.com/media/timetable_pdf/X3_TT_2017.pdf

Normally takes me about 3 hours door to door factoring in just missing trains and/or buses and waiting for the next one.

cheers Jason

 

[Mr-shifter]

Depends on what days you fly in on. I could possibly offer you a lift.

What a great offer, but I did not want to make any efforts on somebody else. It would be unpleasant fo me if anybody has to plan his time on my schedule. Whe did you plan to drive to Fordingbridge?
I will try to arrive on Saturday morning (to join the community on saturday night for a couple of beers) and leave on sunday in the evening at the airport.

Sorry for the delay in reply. I will be driving down in the afternoon, probably about 1pm. Gatwick is literally 15 minutes from me so if you can make the flights work roughly around these times, picking you up wouldn't be an issue.

Let me know flight times and I will tell you what works.

 

[Plastikheld]

Wow guys - thank you so much for your support on getting me to FF.

@ Jason: thank for figuring out you route, but 3 hours (when everything works) in addition to flight time and getting from here to there might be a bit to much time at all. Spending this time I can also think of driving by car and take a ferry (which I wanted to avoid).

@ Mr-shifter: a pick-up would be great, but flights from here to Gatwick are rare and expensive. Might be easier for me getting an early flight to LHR and then taking a bus (megabus?) to Gatwick. What do you think? Might this be an option?
Do you return on sunday? So I would try to get a light flight back.

To be honest I thought it would be easier getting there, but I like those kind of trips.

 

[user 5830]

My brother and I have booked into a hotel/pub in Ringwood this time, where is everyone else staying?

 

[Mr-shifter]

Wow guys - thank you so much for your support on getting me to FF.

@ Jason: thank for figuring out you route, but 3 hours (when everything works) in addition to flight time and getting from here to there might be a bit to much time at all. Spending this time I can also think of driving by car and take a ferry (which I wanted to avoid).

@ Mr-shifter: a pick-up would be great, but flights from here to Gatwick are rare and expensive. Might be easier for me getting an early flight to LHR and then taking a bus (megabus?) to Gatwick. What do you think? Might this be an option?
Do you return on sunday? So I would try to get a light flight back.

To be honest I thought it would be easier getting there, but I like those kind of trips.

If you can get to Gatwick that's no problem. I will drive down after lunch on the Saturday and be back 6-7 ish on the Sunday. If we can make something work then that's no problem. I can also drop you off at Southampton train station if that's easier. There will be ways and means.

 

[Richard_H]

Staying in the Ship with Spoons. After driving silly miles to get there Ringwood is always a turn off for me. As is Spoons actually when I think about it.

 

[SublevelStudios]

My brother and I have booked into a hotel/pub in Ringwood this time, where is everyone else staying?

The Midland lads are at The White Hart Ringwood this time.

 

[Mr-shifter]

My brother and I have booked into a hotel/pub in Ringwood this time, where is everyone else staying?

The Midland lads are at The White Hart Ringwood this time.

You guys get together I think you will probably be able to get a small minibus to take you back.

 

[Plastikheld]

Wow guys - thank you so much for your support on getting me to FF.

@ Jason: thank for figuring out you route, but 3 hours (when everything works) in addition to flight time and getting from here to there might be a bit to much time at all. Spending this time I can also think of driving by car and take a ferry (which I wanted to avoid).

@ Mr-shifter: a pick-up would be great, but flights from here to Gatwick are rare and expensive. Might be easier for me getting an early flight to LHR and then taking a bus (megabus?) to Gatwick. What do you think? Might this be an option?
Do you return on sunday? So I would try to get a light flight back.

To be honest I thought it would be easier getting there, but I like those kind of trips.

If you can get to Gatwick that's no problem. I will drive down after lunch on the Saturday and be back 6-7 ish on the Sunday. If we can make something work then that's no problem. I can also drop you off at Southampton train station if that's easier. There will be ways and means.

Allright then - I'll try to get an early flight to LHR then via bus to Gatwick. For the return I'll have to figure out what's the best way for everyone. I don't want you or anyone else to have any circumstances or planning because of my flight departure. :wink: Maybe I will leave a bit earlier and try Jasons route back.

Edit: had a short talk with my wife in the meantime. Maybe I'm a little bit late in planning for this FF and better try to get there next time. :(
Then I'll maybe do this trip with a fellow collector from Germany and we will combine it with a roundtrip along the coast.

 

[Clarkspie&chips]

Edit: had a short talk with my wife in the meantime. Maybe I'm a little bit late in planning for this FF and better try to get there next time. :(
Then I'll maybe do this trip with a fellow collector from Germany and we will combine it with a roundtrip along the coast.

That's a real shame as the Christmas one is always special with the dinner in the hall. When you do decide to take the plunge, and if you're getting a coach anyway, you might just want to head straight to Ringwood from Heathrow as Gatwick is sort of back in the other direction. All things considered though the detour would probably be with it to get a lift with Ben and who ever else he picks up along the way.

 

[user 5830]

Wow guys - thank you so much for your support on getting me to FF.

@ Jason: thank for figuring out you route, but 3 hours (when everything works) in addition to flight time and getting from here to there might be a bit to much time at all. Spending this time I can also think of driving by car and take a ferry (which I wanted to avoid).

@ Mr-shifter: a pick-up would be great, but flights from here to Gatwick are rare and expensive. Might be easier for me getting an early flight to LHR and then taking a bus (megabus?) to Gatwick. What do you think? Might this be an option?
Do you return on sunday? So I would try to get a light flight back.

To be honest I thought it would be easier getting there, but I like those kind of trips.

If you can get to Gatwick that's no problem. I will drive down after lunch on the Saturday and be back 6-7 ish on the Sunday. If we can make something work then that's no problem. I can also drop you off at Southampton train station if that's easier. There will be ways and means.

Allright then - I'll try to get an early flight to LHR then via bus to Gatwick. For the return I'll have to figure out what's the best way for everyone. I don't want you or anyone else to have any circumstances or planning because of my flight departure. :wink: Maybe I will leave a bit earlier and try Jasons route back.

Edit: had a short talk with my wife in the meantime. Maybe I'm a little bit late in planning for this FF and better try to get there next time. :(
Then I'll maybe do this trip with a fellow collector from Germany and we will combine it with a roundtrip along the coast.

Bit of an odd offer... but I'm in Swindon, if you can get the Train to Swindon from Heathrow (which isn't too difficult), I can drive you to the event on Saturday morning. It takes about an hour and a half worst case to get to Fordingbridge from Swindon. I'm staying with my Brother in Ringwood Saturday night (someone on here may have a spare bed(?) or advise where to book) and will do the event on the Sunday morning, heading back to swindon some time after lunch...

 

[Stuart Skinner]

If you can get to Gatwick that's no problem. I will drive down after lunch on the Saturday and be back 6-7 ish on the Sunday. If we can make something work then that's no problem. I can also drop you off at Southampton train station if that's easier. There will be ways and means.

Allright then - I'll try to get an early flight to LHR then via bus to Gatwick. For the return I'll have to figure out what's the best way for everyone. I don't want you or anyone else to have any circumstances or planning because of my flight departure. :wink: Maybe I will leave a bit earlier and try Jasons route back.

Edit: had a short talk with my wife in the meantime. Maybe I'm a little bit late in planning for this FF and better try to get there next time. :(
Then I'll maybe do this trip with a fellow collector from Germany and we will combine it with a roundtrip along the coast.

Bit of an odd offer... but I'm in Swindon, if you can get the Train to Swindon from Heathrow (which isn't too difficult), I can drive you to the event on Saturday morning. It takes about an hour and a half worst case to get to Fordingbridge from Swindon. I'm staying with my Brother in Ringwood Saturday night (someone on here and will do the event on the Sunday morning, heading back to swindon some time after lunch...

You've never got room for a person, I saw how many MOCs you bought at the last event, I reckon your brother had to jog home just to get them all in

 

[user 5830]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[AndyPreston]

I'll be there on the Sunday, looking forward to seeing everyone and lots of vintage goodness :D

 

[Plastikheld]

You've never got room for a person, I saw how many MOCs you bought at the last event, I reckon your brother had to jog home just to get them all in

:lol:
You guys don't make it easy for me to cancel the trip. I'll think about it ... 8)

 

[Grant_C]

Anyone there on Friday night?