How the hell are people getting back? Seetickets seem to have got rid of the option of their coach thing from their website. I will phone them and check but just wondering if anyone had a lift going spare or was thinking of getting a taxi-share or something? Rubbish
coach
load of us going from brighton if you're nearby. double decker, think there maybe a few spaces left.... £20 return. :)
thanks
I'm in London though. I need to be back for the dentists early in the morning otherwise I would look to try and stay somewhere or just wander the fields til dawn. I really don't want to get the last train and have to miss loads of his set :(
hmmmm shakey
vs the dentist....
yeah I know
but it's a specialist and took ages to get an appointment. Apparently the coach tickets are no longer available anyway so Im screwed either way. Fucking shit festival :(
I'm in a similar situation doctor
I need to get back to London aswell, but i aint missing his set
Let this be a taxi passenger recruitment thread
that would be excellent
I imagine a taxi all the way to London would be hideously expensive even between 4/5 (though still worth making enquiries) but we could get a taxi onto a non-shit train route or to outer london or something.
Count me in!
In fact, there's 5 of us in total - anyone got any idea how much a taxi back to London will cost?
Otherwise, can we camp there on Sunday night?
I'm sure we can't no
I have no idea about taxis or who to phone. My geography of Kent is rubbish so if anyone knows the nearest town I can phone a firm there?
Where is it being held?
Whoa
Yalding, nearest big town Tonbridge.
Just to give you an idea, a black taxi from London to Dartford which is about half the distance cost me £60 about four years ago.
Maidstone looks like the nearest big town or Tonbridge.
Someone was advertising a car share on here a few days ago. That may be your best bet. It looks really really isolated.
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http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=TN12+6PY&ie=UTF8&ll=51.198978,0.399113&spn=0.019631,0.037422&t=h&z=15&iwloc=addr
forum with discuss about travel...
http://hopfarm.forumotion.com/hop-farm-festival-08-discussion-f1/
thanks Mirri!
given that the seetickets coach was 17.50 per person then even if a taxi is 100quid it won't be any more than that but I'll try and find out.
Trouble is love
you've got no idea how reliable a local firm is going to be.
I'd suggest calling a huge national company and getting a quote for a cash journey for a people carrier to split the costs between six of you. Try Addisson Lee: 0207 380 6000. Even if they cost a bit more, they will actually turn up.
I'd be buggered if I'd risk getting stranded in such a tiny place and having to find a taxi down country lanes at midnight on a school night.
there's going to be
a taxi ring there apparently, though i doubt it'll be enough to take the amount of people that will need them
Yes...
I can't imagine local drivers from there will really be arsed to take people all the way to London at midnight on a Sunday anyway, even if it makes them a killing.
I dunno, just a feeling.
we're getting a minicab
and it works out like £20 each return, between 7, lOLZ.
its fucking awful organisation not to have train or something really
Serves Neil Young fans right
for being fans - he's obviously a bit of a pretentious n00b if he thinks it's alright to make people come to the MIDDLE OF FUCKING KNOWHERE to hear him play on a hop farm.
Which will stink of shit btw.
LOL.
LOL.
Where is knowhere?
Sounds like somewhere the blue meanies may live.
hmm
maybe this would be the safer option.
Sorry to say this...
but maybe you should have thought of this a while ago... I got an email through saying about the last train being late so we all got coach tickets.
Maybe I am a bit too organised for my own good!!
yeah I just didn't expect
fucking seetickets to take them off sale a few days before the event. I'm not that organised I'm happy to accept. I think the festival should have been better organised though, as should I.
i got about 7
emails about this warning me about no trains etc and I only live 10 minutes away !
How much more fucking warning do you need ?
I'm guessing the coach companies need an idea of demand so they know how many coaches to lay on rather than just providing an infinite amount of coaches for the badly organised? Less time on DIS, more time working out how to get to and from shit.
Anyway, you're all welcome back to mine for a game of Rock Band if you can't get home. No one's allowed to sit in my chair though !
I didn't get one email
it's possible I am registered with see with an old email address.
In retrospect it was stupid but fortunately a taxi is only going to cost a few quid more.
Rock Band it is then
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Good news for all then!
Main thing is we get in and see the gig! I hear Kent has some nice beaches to sleep on....
OK I am getting a quote
from a firm in Maidstone.
They can do a people carrier for 5 so me and 4 others. If it is up to 100 quid (so 20 quid a head, the coach was 17.50 each) then I will probably go ahead and book.
I'm also going to have to pay ahead. Therefore, if you want to get in on this then can you let me know ASAP on this or by PM. Obviously I need people who won't back out and are reliable and stuff because paying upfront is a bit annoying.
Get a quote from Addison Lee too pls Gaz.
Just to make me happy, because I know they are 100% trustworthy and the car won't be falling to pieces.
I will
thanks
hello Gaz
joe mahon just gave me a call and told me about this. two of us will need to get back to london after, so if you have any space, let me know.
Addison Lee
quoted 89 quid to Waterloo for 4 people so that's not too bad. I was pleasantly surprised by ticket prices but I guess this transport is going to make up for it.
that sounds like loads
we got £70 for a 6 seater each way from South East London
who with?
I did get one cheaper quote and am waiting on another so Ill see how it pans out.