Last year, there were four of us down there - myself, DEL, CHI and Plasmo - and much comedy was had by all. This year, I've already been contacted by a few more who would like to join our little band of merry men, and since I didn't want to fire a bunch of PMs around the forum, I'd thought I'd start up the usual meet thread to get people together and keep discussion in one place.
There's nothing concrete just yet in terms of booking travel and accommodation, but by all means feel free to get time off work early so you know you have it free. ^_-
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Copy-pasting the information I have sent to a few people already:
- - - - - - - - - -Icarus wrote:As you're probably aware, it'l be held on Friday 2nd May to Sunday 4th May. Usually we travel down and meet up a day before that, and leave on the Sunday (for those driving back aka DEL and Plasmo) or Monday morning (for those going back by train or plane). Of course, it's entirely up to you how and when you want to travel down, although since you're in London, you could meet up with CHI and travel together, since he knows how to get there. I personally get the Eurostar all the way from Newcastle to Rennes via two connecting trains, though if CHI is definitely coming this year, I might try and come down a day early to head out together with you guys.
As for accommodation, last year the four of us stayed at the Citotel le Bretagne, a small hotel right across the street from Rennes Central Station (Gare).
details: http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetail ... c&sc_pos=2
map: http://goo.gl/maps/BtlY2
It's £21 per person per night, if you want a private double bed room to yourself, or £25 pppn if you want to split singles with people. Four nights therefore will come up to a maximum of £100. The most beds we've stuffed into a room is 3, and I think CHI and DEL will be sharing this time since they snore like a train, lol, though we haven't booked anything in regards to accommodation yet, so the plans are still to be finalised regarding who shares with who.
This hotel is suitable this year as the venue is just around the corner, literally.
http://goo.gl/maps/OvV4V
Keeping it tentative so far, but there's a few of us planning to come:
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Icarus, DEL, CHI, Plasmo, Smraedis, ptoing, spadgy
• Travel:
CHI has booked four of them, for: myself, himself, Smraedis and spadgy.
Departing London:
- 1st May 12:25, arriving 19.27
Departing Rennes:
- 5th May 08.03 arriving 13.30
As usual, we need to be at the respective stations as early as possible to get our tickets, and to get through passport, customs and check-in. In London that means we have to be at St. Pancras at around 9.30am to 10am to be sure to beat the crowds. On the way back, we can be a little bit more flexible, but we have to be at the Paris terminal on the way back at least an hour early.
• Accommodation:
Looks like we've finally managed to sort out the rooms as well.
Room 1: Plasmo, ptoing
Room 2: DEL, CHI (at Inter-Hotel le Sevigne)
Room 3: Icarus, spadgy, Smraedis (at Kyriad Hotel Central)
Checkout is expected to be around 9am, but our first train is 8am, so that makes things easier.
This is currently final! Let's get ready to sortie!