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Listen to this! There are adverts on our trains telling us that we will be better off walking during the Olympics rather than using public transport.
And I think they expect commuters to take 6 weeks off work.
Nice to know that Southeastern are thinking of us!
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It's well-known that Southeastern would far prefer it if people always walked – passengers are such a tiresome inconvenience.Originally Posted by 3rd Viennese School
But what I can't quite understand is, why should all London public transport at all times during the Olympics be a no-go area? Won't the people who want to watch go by train from, say, their hotels Central London to the Olympic site and stay there? If you're travelling from, say, Dartford to Charing Cross at 2.00 p.m., how would that affect you? And I suspect that (a) many tourists will stay away from London anyway and (b) Londoners (me included) will be heading elsewhere for the duration.
I wonder whether this is one of those scares like the Year 2000 computer crash non-event.
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london is a mad crazy place, with prices to match.
Anyway here are a couple of money savers.
The Etap in Hounslow (I know, i know !!) is usually cheap, and handy for the tubes into the west end.(and they sleep 3 and get an en suite shower room)
And this pub is fab .........(very close to London Bridge)
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/george-inn/
You can get something decent to eat for a tenner in really nice surroundings. Handy for the Barbican etc, I should think.
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Wonderful - the last of the old galleried Inns that Dickens, Shakespeare and even Chaucer (cf. The Tabard) knew. It's mentioned in Little Dorrit. As mentioned before in these precincts, it's a great place to hunker down by a fire of a winter's afternoon with a book and a pint of porter
"The isle is full of noises... Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not"
The Tempest, Act III scene 2 ll 148-9
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A few years ago I took some Canadian friends for a drink there. As we sat in the courtyard, some American tourists came past, one of whom asked in a loud voice, "Gee, did they transport this place from Norwich?"Wonderful - the last of the old galleried Inns that Dickens, Shakespeare and even Chaucer (cf. The Tabard) knew. It's mentioned in Little Dorrit. As mentioned before in these precincts, it's a great place to hunker down by a fire of a winter's afternoon with a book and a pint of porter
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We used to do the same thing, parking near South Ealing but we now prefer to drive all the way. We nearly always find a place in or around Wootton Street, SE1 8TG, where parking is free after 6.30 weekdays, 1 pm Saturdays and all day Sundays. Nearby, other possible streets are Alaska and Exton. If you're unlucky you might have to go further East, but in many visits we have never not found somewhere free.
http://www.londontown.com/hotelmapbe...ght=456&zoom=6
PS There is a nice corner pub called the Kings Arms right nearby in Roupell street where we often sometimes stop off for some good Thai food at a very reasonable price.
http://www.qype.co.uk/place/75780-Kings-Arms-London
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You are very brave, gurnemanz, IIMSS, driving into central London from the provinces, and lucky to find free parking. Was it on a whim and a prayer?
Given the capital's fame for traffic congestion, and the timings necessary to get to and from places you intend visiting during the week, you will of course have taken Congestion Charge times into acount, but it might be worth mentioning.
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/roadusers/.../whereandwhen/
PS Must try that pub sometime!
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You are SO LUCKY to have something like that.Wonderful - the last of the old galleried Inns that Dickens, Shakespeare and even Chaucer (cf. The Tabard) knew. It's mentioned in Little Dorrit. As mentioned before in these precincts, it's a great place to hunker down by a fire of a winter's afternoon with a book and a pint of porter
Torontonians could only wish for that.
Last year I was in Montreal and toured around the old part of Montreal, oh how gorgeous. I shot photos of old Montreal in b&w and the result was quite stunning.
If I EVER get to the U.K again, I will be shooting mostly b&w based on the area I'm in
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It's not a case of being brave. We were actually forced into taking this approach because when my aged father was still alive, living on his own in Coulsdon, South London, we got into the habit of combining trips to London with going to see him. He really appreciated these visits. We would stay the night at his place and take him out for Sunday lunch before going home from there. Parking the car at a West London tube station would have been no use at all in this itinerary. By the time he died we had got into a new routine which suited us.You are very brave, gurnemanz, IIMSS, driving into central London from the provinces, and lucky to find free parking. Was it on a whim and a prayer?
Given the capital's fame for traffic congestion, and the timings necessary to get to and from places you intend visiting during the week, you will of course have taken Congestion Charge times into acount, but it might be worth mentioning.
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/roadusers/.../whereandwhen/
PS Must try that pub sometime!
Congestion charge shouldn't enter into it. It doesn't apply after 6pm and at weekends.
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A few years ago I took some Canadian friends for a drink there. As we sat in the courtyard, some American tourists came past, one of whom asked in a loud voice, "Gee, did they transport this place from Norwich?"
Maybe he was told about this nearby and also fascinating pub and really meant Ely ... ?
http://www.londontown.com/LondonInfo...e_Tavern/ac9e/
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