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yrieithyddThere is something amusing about the idea of travelling on a direct train from Cardiff to London on three different tickets, but I am seriously contemplating this!
I need to be in Oxford on Saturday 14th May for a student conference. Although there are cars going, they are going on the Friday afternoon in order to go to a lecture on the Friday evening. However, there are three things I want to do in Cambridge on the Friday afternoon/evening* thus I am contemplating making my own way there by train on the Saturday morning. Life gets even more complicated because CUWCC are playing Cardiff on Sunday 15th May. I have said I am available and although I'm not high up the selectors' list, I suspect that an away match that close to the main exam period might cause difficulties in getting a full side.** Given my parents live in Cardiff and the 15th May is Pentecost, it seems sensible to spend Saturday night*** at theirs and being able to get to a main morning service in Cardiff rather than probably having to leave Cambridge before an 8am service and so not being able to get to church at all.***** This means catching a train from Oxford to Cambridge late on Saturday night (and I won't be popular with my parents as it'll be gone midnight when I get in -- I hope mum isn't in the prison the next morning!). It strikes me that probably the cheapest approach to tickets would be Cam-Oxford return (c. £28 although nationalrail wouldn't give me valid tickets for via London) and Oxford-Cardiff return (c. £20). However, going via Oxford on the way back would slow the journey quite a bit, so buying a single (c. £3) from Didcot Parkway to Reading would, I believe, give me valid tickets for the direct train! An alternative would be single tickets (only a few quid cheaper) and returning with the team.
Life is complicated!
*For once they are basically consecutive not concurrent. Cricket 5--7, Ringing 7:30-9 (last practice before exam silence) and Ecumenical Bar Quiz 8:30--.
**There were problems in this way last year, but I thing we have more squad players now. But being aware of the possibility is important. However, I probably won't know until about the Wednesday of that week!
***When I first saw the dates of the matches, I thought, ooh, I could go home that weekend. Then Punt Party was organised for that Saturday (in Cambridge) so I thought, well I'll go latish on Saturday if necessary. Just for added amusement value, my VIth form college (in Southport) is having a reunion that day!****
****Though given that this Saturday had 6 things which I could have done (ranging from, interesting if nothing else on to must do), 3 is nothing!
*****Given that today's home game against Exeter the team is meeting at 1230 and it's a four hour drive to Cardiff this implies a pre-8:30am departure time, thus an 8am is incompatible.
I need to be in Oxford on Saturday 14th May for a student conference. Although there are cars going, they are going on the Friday afternoon in order to go to a lecture on the Friday evening. However, there are three things I want to do in Cambridge on the Friday afternoon/evening* thus I am contemplating making my own way there by train on the Saturday morning. Life gets even more complicated because CUWCC are playing Cardiff on Sunday 15th May. I have said I am available and although I'm not high up the selectors' list, I suspect that an away match that close to the main exam period might cause difficulties in getting a full side.** Given my parents live in Cardiff and the 15th May is Pentecost, it seems sensible to spend Saturday night*** at theirs and being able to get to a main morning service in Cardiff rather than probably having to leave Cambridge before an 8am service and so not being able to get to church at all.***** This means catching a train from Oxford to Cambridge late on Saturday night (and I won't be popular with my parents as it'll be gone midnight when I get in -- I hope mum isn't in the prison the next morning!). It strikes me that probably the cheapest approach to tickets would be Cam-Oxford return (c. £28 although nationalrail wouldn't give me valid tickets for via London) and Oxford-Cardiff return (c. £20). However, going via Oxford on the way back would slow the journey quite a bit, so buying a single (c. £3) from Didcot Parkway to Reading would, I believe, give me valid tickets for the direct train! An alternative would be single tickets (only a few quid cheaper) and returning with the team.
Life is complicated!
*For once they are basically consecutive not concurrent. Cricket 5--7, Ringing 7:30-9 (last practice before exam silence) and Ecumenical Bar Quiz 8:30--.
**There were problems in this way last year, but I thing we have more squad players now. But being aware of the possibility is important. However, I probably won't know until about the Wednesday of that week!
***When I first saw the dates of the matches, I thought, ooh, I could go home that weekend. Then Punt Party was organised for that Saturday (in Cambridge) so I thought, well I'll go latish on Saturday if necessary. Just for added amusement value, my VIth form college (in Southport) is having a reunion that day!****
****Though given that this Saturday had 6 things which I could have done (ranging from, interesting if nothing else on to must do), 3 is nothing!
*****Given that today's home game against Exeter the team is meeting at 1230 and it's a four hour drive to Cardiff this implies a pre-8:30am departure time, thus an 8am is incompatible.
