(20 Apr 2015, 6:02 pm)northern156 wrote £70/night is too expensive for me to be honest! £50 tops really. I've found some VERY reasonably priced hotels on the outskirts, such as Luton/Bedford/Stevenage etc. with the intention of 'commuting in' as at least one of the days I go will be a weekday. However although the hotel is cheaper, the train fares are astronomical! With an Oyster card I would've got a Zone 1-9 Day Travelcard (I'd be riding around on trains/buses all day) however Zone 9 is a good few miles from the above hotels. Basically the M25 is where the cheap hotels start and the quite cheap travel ends.

(20 Apr 2015, 6:37 pm)aureolin wrote As an alternative, you could do down to Brighton on day 1. Spend time traveling about and photograpphing down there, stop over night, and then perhaps in to London for day 2? That way you could still spend plenty of time travelling about and photograpphing, prior to a trip home?

Brighton prices tend to be decent. Last year I was booked into the Jurys Inn (just behind the station), and that wasn't too bad - £60 a night I think? I'd be wary of anyone (other than Travel Lodge etc) providing a room for £50 down south.

(20 Apr 2015, 6:02 pm)northern156 wrote £70/night is too expensive for me to be honest! £50 tops really. I've found some VERY reasonably priced hotels on the outskirts, such as Luton/Bedford/Stevenage etc. with the intention of 'commuting in' as at least one of the days I go will be a weekday. However although the hotel is cheaper, the train fares are astronomical! With an Oyster card I would've got a Zone 1-9 Day Travelcard (I'd be riding around on trains/buses all day) however Zone 9 is a good few miles from the above hotels. Basically the M25 is where the cheap hotels start and the quite cheap travel ends.

Where there is a will, there is a way though, I'll do some more planning soon.


What's annoyed me today though was a total cock driving a BMW M3 (hardly surprising) who cut me up, basically overtaking me on a roundabout coming home from work, then to go racing down the single carriageway narrowly avoiding some head-on crashes. Nearly hit my bloody car!!

(21 Apr 2015, 6:26 am)aureolin wrote Early running. Not a minute early though - a whole 5.

(21 Apr 2015, 6:56 am)Tom wrote What service was that?

(20 Apr 2015, 6:37 pm)aureolin wrote As an alternative, you could do down to Brighton on day 1. Spend time traveling about and photograpphing down there, stop over night, and then perhaps in to London for day 2? That way you could still spend plenty of time travelling about and photograpphing, prior to a trip home?

Brighton prices tend to be decent. Last year I was booked into the Jurys Inn (just behind the station), and that wasn't too bad - £60 a night I think? I'd be wary of anyone (other than Travel Lodge etc) providing a room for £50 down south.

(21 Apr 2015, 9:47 am)leestransportphotos wrote I had a horrendous day yesterday. Not only at school but I had some devistating news of the death of a family member

(21 Apr 2015, 10:00 am)leestransportphotos wrote Thank you Adam. It means a lot. I'm ok at the minuet, just having a couple of days off school to get my head together.

It's the funeral that hits me most

(21 Apr 2015, 10:00 am)leestransportphotos wrote Thank you Adam. It means a lot. I'm ok at the minuet, just having a couple of days off school to get my head together.

It's the funeral that hits me most

(21 Apr 2015, 3:03 pm)MarcTheA4 wrote Hope you're alright, Lee. Like others have said, once the main ''church'' part of the funeral is over, and you have the party (if you want to call it that lol) afterwards, you can talk to all of the family member's friends, and sometimes find out stuff you had no idea of.

I remember it was really ''invite only'' to the event after my grandad's funeral, but what shocked me the most was how popular he was in the village of Pelton; at least 250 people showed up to the church!

(21 Apr 2015, 9:47 am)leestransportphotos wrote I had a horrendous day yesterday. Not only at school but I had some devistating news of the death of a family member

(22 Apr 2015, 4:55 pm)Robert wrote School bus breaking down 3 times in less than two weeks...

(22 Apr 2015, 5:13 pm)Dan wrote The sun's causing a lot of people bother!

When I was out last night, a car started smoking and the owners didn't dare open it up as it was so hot. I could certainly smell something burning walking past it...

(22 Apr 2015, 5:13 pm)Dan wrote The sun's causing a lot of people bother!

When I was out last night, a car started smoking and the owners didn't dare open it up as it was so hot. I could certainly smell something burning walking past it...

(22 Apr 2015, 5:42 pm)Robert wrote Its that time of year again. honestly though, 2 vykings last week and a lolyne this week...its the worst it has ever been for breaking down.

(22 Apr 2015, 5:42 pm)Robert wrote Its that time of year again. honestly though, 2 vykings last week and a lolyne this week...its the worst it has ever been for breaking down.

(22 Apr 2015, 5:55 pm)Jimmi wrote Olympains 3822 and 3831 both needed water whilst they were in Consett Bus Station this afternoon.

(22 Apr 2015, 5:43 pm)Andreos1 wrote Someone on the GNE fb page, was complaining the scholars from Templetown broke down too.