Club Arnage

Usual meeting place: The Three Frogs, London Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 1SW. Tel: 0118 978 5925

Nearest train stations: Wokingham (1.1 miles), Bracknell (3.1 miles), Winnersh (3.1 miles)

Nearest hotels: Travelodge Bracknell Hotel, London Road, Binfield, Nr. Bracknell. RG42 4AA. Tel: 0871 984 6015
Coppid Beech Hotel, John Nike Way, Bracknell, Berkshire, England, RG12 8TF. Tel: 01344 303 333 Fax: 01344 301 200

B & B: Coppid Hill Guest House, London Road, Bracknell, Berkshire. RG42 4BS. Tel 01344 860697 Fax 01344 300797

Great oppotunity to compare notes on the wonderful service we have recieved from the ACO this year.  ;)  >:(

None of those dates are any good... I wasn't planning on arriving back in the UK until Christmas Eve.    

Dx

On Santa's sledge?  ;)

9 people have voted, 9 votes for the 10th.
Looks favourite at the moment

That all depends on whether you've been naughty or nice... 

Dx 

I always try to be naughty and nice   ;)

Bloody typical!!!!

Can't be arsed to get to Le Mans.

Can't be arse to get here for the xmas gathering.

Oh when are you arriving Blighty? 
Oh just when I'm leaving.

Bitch!!!

Oh and before you say anything.  This Carribean Cruise was booked mounths ago!!

t.

I can only do the end of November and the 3rd December as the Brethren have their annual xmas soiree in London town on the 17th and I am away skiing on the 10th.

You are more than welcome to join us on the 17th which will kick off at 1pm at the Shepherd's Tavern, Hertford Street, W1 and will run all day and evening.

Russ

Boo Hoo! 

Sod off and enjoy your bloody cruise then. 

See if I care. 

Oh - and I could get back for the Christmas gathering but for the small fact that you'll be there!!! 

Dx

10th then?

I'm sensing a liver busting weekend here.

Wokingham Friday night
In laws Saturday lunchtime, followed by a party on the Isle of Wight in the evening
Tuesday meeting LuxExpat & Zozzer in London.

Just need to sort out Sunday & Monday & then it will feels like a mini Le Mans!

Looks like it!!

Be Square or be there.

8pm at the Three Frogs then, on the 10/12/10.

I'll bring the plans for the ACO offices, contributions of petrol and matches will be appreciated.  ;)

Anyone got a spare floor/sofa that I can sleep on, or am I in for another night at the Travel Lodge?

sadly cant make either so will have to hear all about it from Landman the following tuesday at an important "planning"  ;D meeting in central London

enjoy

I really hope I can make 2011

Is anyone staying at the Travel Lodge?

Not sure yet. May look to stay over, but may try to convince Linda to come along as a designated driver!  :)

Is Wokingham a long way from London, or is it in London, and is it possible to take public transport.

I'll be in London from the 10-th till the 13-th

Yes Roy,

Take the train from Waterloo, Find somewhere to stay local as trains back to london don't run late.

Head to London Waterloo and get a train terminating at Reading, it will stop at Wokingham - Takes about 1 hour 10 mins.

Or

Head to London Paddington and get a train to Reading and change into train heading for London Waterloo that stops at Wokingham - Takes about 45 mins total.

Outside Wokingham station you will find a taxi rank as the pub is a bit of a walk away

Will have to check with ur indoors if I can make it, we are arriving that day, so not sure if she is to fond of me going of to get hammered.  ;D

Otherwise, anyone up for drinks in london on sat. or sun.?

Hi Roy

If you get the train from Paddington to Reading I'll sort out a lift to and from the Frogs. 

t.

Mmm, I would go with that, Trains run from Paddington to Reading and visa versa 24 hours.

As long as there are no Leaves about or the wrong sort of snow doesn't fall that is.!!!!

t.

My hotel is very close to hyde park, have to figure out how to get to paddington from there, will do that this weekend!

Hyde Park is pretty big.  But is close to Paddington.  (You need to take care is you go by tube.  The tube map is not to scale and is not geograpicaly correct.  For example:-  if Queensway is your nearest Tube the tube map would indicate change at Nottinghill Gate.  But you would be better advised to walk an extra couple 200 meters to Bayswater.

It would make much more sense to go from Paddington to Reading is only takes about 30min  if you take an express.  (don't get a slow train)

Waterloo is the other side of the City and it will take a good 30 mins to get there then the 1hour 30 to get to Wokingham.

T.

I am just outside of queensway and about 300 meters from bayswater, so that would be an option. Still not sure if I will come though, depends on what the misses says.

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Bob,

I will be, just booking it now - the booking system says that I have a 'family room'.  That might be a 3-bed bedroom?

If you want to share room/cost I'll check with the Lodge & make sure that the room has 2 or 3 beds.

Failing that we could share taxis to/from the pub?

Paul

You could walk to Paddington from there in about 10 minutes

Is last orders at 11? Or does this pub open later, does anyone know? I'm picking Sander up from Luton around 9.30 so could be there by about 10.30... not sure if it's worth it or not :/

Hey Hayley, would you and Sander like to meet up in London on the Sat. or Sunday?

Hayley, they were serving until 11;40 when we were there in May

Hey dude, we have plans for Saturday but not sure about Sunday yet. I'll PM you :)
What are the chances of you coming on Friday?

22.45 is last orders

Thanks Robbo ;p I just called the pub and they said last orders is at 12... looks like it's settled then. See you all Friday  ;D

All I need to do now is persuade Jo to drive. :o

What time is kick off?

Just checked the fares from paddington to reading. 30 pounds each, for a half an hour train ride, you have got to be kidding me? Bloody expensive! I think it is out of the question that I will be joining the gathering.

Just be thankful you don't have to do it every day

Their spokesman says "There are fares to suit every pocket"  What a vvanker

And I thought public transportation was expensive in our country. That is just outrageous if you ask me. Surely there must be a cheaper option? For that kind of money in euro, I can book a return trip from maastricht to rotterdam, a 2 and a half our trainride! And not by slow train, but by intercity!

Hell even the ticket to and from london by eurostar are cheaper than that!

It is crazy Roy, and it's all down to it probably quoting you for the fast train during peak time.

If you catch the 19.03 (29 minute journey) or any train after 19.22 the fare goes down to about £15 for the return journey.

You can get a £15 Fare all Day (After 9am). Get an Off Peak Ticket and travel on one of the slower services, I am struggling to find a way to prove this online!

Some trains are slow/fast ie stop at one station on their way to Reading. Chances are speak dutch and just get on a fast train and worst case is they throw you off at eerrrr...Reading!

8 pm.

Will we have the pleasure of M's company?

I am hoping so. I have to work in the Ham earlier in the day so might head back home first.

West Ham ?

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http://ticketing.mytrainticket.co.uk/ (http://ticketing.mytrainticket.co.uk/) Appears to offer the £15 Fare and it's return any day within a month.  But I could not see that on the First Great Western site.  

The train conpanies have some very odd behaviours so you might be best buying at the station from the ticket office.  Last time I went to London I tried to buy my ticket from the Machine but simply couldn't find it on the menus. (I wanted a full price return anytime ticket.)   But could only find "off-Peak".  So I went to the ticket office and the guy said "Oh no we don't offer them because people buy the wrong ticket (i.e. Full Fare when they only need an off Peak.)  

£15 is still a bit step for a few hours at the pub.    

As long as you let me know before 19:00 on the day if you need the lift.

T.

Tom, I will store your phone number in my cellphone and give you a ring on the day. 15 pounds sounds a lot better in my view. But I will have to get back to london that night. Can you also offer me a ride back to the trainstation? And if not, what would a cab cost to the station? 

Yes I'll get you back to the Station too.

t.

Great Tom, I will get in touch with you tomorrow!

Roy. I am not staying over now so will not be drinking. I will be able to drop you off after the pub. No idea what time the last train is but if you miss it I can get you back to London.

Virginia Ham

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It's next to Virginia Water...

shouldn't we revisit the old word association football thread?

That will be Tottingham then.

According to Vegas, they run 24 hours a day. Thanks for the offer, I guess we will figure it out while we are there who can drop us off at the station. Thanks for all you kind offers everybody!!!! See you friday!

Great to see everybody on Friday, good job I wasn't going to work Saturday, the OSH was slipping down nicely!

The countdown begins, we are now nearer LM 2011 than LM 2010. ;D

Typical, you wait for ages for a Dutchman to turn up at a Wokingham meet and then two turn up at once!  ;D

Great to see everyone. Look forward to seeing some of you in a couple of weeks at the rugby!

IRC there were three, Roy + Misses, and Riert.

Great night had by all I think, therefore I got drunk good banter,good to catch up with great company.
Merry Christmas to you all.

Is Hayley now a Dutch Melan??

 ;)

Dutchman can refer to:

    * A person of Dutch descent.  (Source Wikipedia)

It can also refer to Gish's Camper Van, but that wasn't MY meaning either! LOL

There were 2 Dutchman and a Belgium lady there.

Jo and I are on for the 1st.

Great to see everyone, I was thinking "I'll probably not go next year" now of course I'm thinking "I probably am going". Have a great Xmas everyone  ;D

Great to see everyone! We had a very good time, good to see so many familiar faces. Who knows, maybe I'll be back next year. Have a great Christmas and a great new year!

Roy and Leentje (of the drinking for belgium chapter ;D)