Excellent - I'll have to check what the train situation is; I was getting some very odd results from thetrainline this morning, which suggested that the best way to get to York from Glasgow was via Edinburgh, Carlisle and Newcastle.
Are you and craig not coming to pick me and Kos up so we can get shitfaced on the train? :( There's currently a lot of work on the tracks are Edinburgh so i think a lot of routes are shitted up at the minute.
That would be so cool. York is beautiful, and the Minster is one of the sights you are expected to see 'before you die'*, as is the sight of a dozen whey-faced geeks getting plastered in the middle of the afternoon.
I can promise you a luxurious dog basket of your very own (unless the prospect of sharing it with several hairy Caledonians appeals more...
The cost of the ticket varies with when you book it. Earlier is cheaper, often considerably so.
Mouse has given you the appropriate linkage.
*so bloody morbid, that phrase, as if by visiting a beautiful sight you bring yourself one step closer to death
I'm giving it some very serious thought - thanks so much for the dog basket offer. I could do with a break here, shopping in London, Ministers, and getting plastered with whey-faced geeks sounds just the ticket.
Ah - that might explain it. Baws. Normally I get a reasonably early train over to Edinburgh to meet the 9:30ish to [whereever], which gets to York about lunchtime. If things are all fuxorred, the plan might change. I'll ask questions next time I'm in the station.
When it comes to which train to catch, I'll just follow your lead. I seem to have an inability to either find a good route, or put up with rail trip planning sites.
No Megabusses running, I rather enjoy public transport based torture.
I won't, no. As it stands, York to Darlo is only a 20 minute train trip for me, plus I can stick around a fair bit longer than I did at Bradford with regards to getting the last train anyway. Thanks for the offer though!
My plan is to go up there for a week, so I was thinking of booking a guesthouse. Unless of course the dog might rent the basket out over the week, but I was presuming that would be inconvenient.
Given that I could well be heading off to Malaysia on the Monday, I am not sure that Gill that would thank me for adding B&B landlady on to her workload as mum & teacher. But you're thrice welcome for the Saturday night.
I will (if I come) probably umm and er and go for the train, then come back, then go and get the next train. Or I might stay over. But I might not come at all.
I (+Bob if he comes, which he probably will) would like to request a place to stay for the night should it be necessary, as alcohol will probably be consumed, making a 200-mile Saturday-night drive out of the question.