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(Mizter T) wrote:

Of course you get one seat all the way there with NX, without the need
to haul your luggage down into the Tube. Still, I'd go for the rail
route myself, unless I was carrying a bag full of gold bars... though
thinking about it I believe the convention is actually to take the
gold bars away from Heathrow...

That's all very well for single males but my daughter will have a 15
month old baby with her. She is walking, mind.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Mizter T wrote:

Though with National Express a Cambridge - Heathrow return costs £33,
whilst an open return costs £35 (you need to ring them beforehand to
confirm your return journey so they allocate a seat for you).

I don't think you have to allocate a seat. I have never done this in
many Cambridge-Stansted coach trips. If the coach were full, though, I'd
be in trouble. Has never happened.
--
Michael Hoffman

On 19 Dec, 01:25, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

(Mizter T) wrote:
Of course you get one seat all the way there with NX, without the need
to haul your luggage down into the Tube. Still, I'd go for the rail
route myself, unless I was carrying a bag full of gold bars... though
thinking about it I believe the convention is actually to take the
gold bars away from Heathrow...

That's all very well for single males but my daughter will have a 15
month old baby with her. She is walking, mind.

--
Colin Rosenstiel


Single males - hey, just because I read and contribute to a newsgroup
about transport doesn't mean I'm a...

I jest of course, I know what you mean! ;-)

Of course it wasn't my intention to suggest that a child-on-tow is
akin to a bag of gold bars, not least because I'm sure your grandchild
is priceless. :-) When it comes to thinking about public transport
I'm always pretty careful to consider those who're less able to hop,
skip and jump around, which is a category to which a very wide range
of people come under. Certainly if anyone was wishing to travel with
small child from Cambridge to the airport then the direct coach would
be the method of choice.

Mizter T wrote:
On 19 Dec, 01:25, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

(Mizter T) wrote:
Of course you get one seat all the way there with NX, without the
need to haul your luggage down into the Tube. Still, I'd go for the
rail route myself, unless I was carrying a bag full of gold bars...
though thinking about it I believe the convention is actually to
take the gold bars away from Heathrow...

That's all very well for single males but my daughter will have a 15
month old baby with her. She is walking, mind.

Single males - hey, just because I read and contribute to a newsgroup
about transport doesn't mean I'm a...

I pity the fool who thinks you'd know anything about getting on a plane! ;-)

In article
,
(Mizter T) wrote:

Of course it wasn't my intention to suggest that a child-on-tow is
akin to a bag of gold bars, not least because I'm sure your grandchild
is priceless. :-) When it comes to thinking about public transport
I'm always pretty careful to consider those who're less able to hop,
skip and jump around, which is a category to which a very wide range
of people come under. Certainly if anyone was wishing to travel with
small child from Cambridge to the airport then the direct coach would
be the method of choice.

Coaches are very badly suited to walking one-year olds who prefer to
explore on trains. I'm not even sure how they can travel at all since we
were told on the rail replacement coach tonight that seat belts are
mandatory and she won't be travelling with a child seat.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Is Cockfosters a dreadful idea? £1.00 to park, near M25 Jcn24 and
direct to Heathrow, albeit quite a long trip

On 19 Dec, 20:29, "John Rowland"
wrote:
Mizter T wrote:
On 19 Dec, 01:25, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

(Mizter T) wrote:
Of course you get one seat all the way there with NX, without the
need to haul your luggage down into the Tube. Still, I'd go for the
rail route myself, unless I was carrying a bag full of gold bars...
though thinking about it I believe the convention is actually to
take the gold bars away from Heathrow...

That's all very well for single males but my daughter will have a 15
month old baby with her. She is walking, mind.

Single males - hey, just because I read and contribute to a newsgroup
about transport doesn't mean I'm a...

I pity the fool who thinks you'd know anything about getting on a plane! ;-)


MTR/Laing... err... I mean... LOROL!

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Is Cockfosters a dreadful idea? £1.00 to park, near M25 Jcn24 and
direct to Heathrow, albeit quite a long trip

Hmm... Boxing day. Dreadful idea - I'll be working lates that day so
you might never get there

Seriously, just over an hour to Heathrow; I can't see there being too
many problems parking and it's fairly handy for the M25. Do they charge
at CFS on Boxing day then?
--
Steve Fitzgerald has now left the building.
You will find him in London's Docklands, E16, UK
(please use the reply to address for email)

Mizter T wrote:
Though with National Express a Cambridge - Heathrow return costs ?33,
whilst an open return costs ?35 (you need to ring them beforehand to
confirm your return journey so they allocate a seat for you).

It's probably not an option for Colin, but in general it can be considerably
cheaper to do Cambridge-Victoria and Victoria-Heathrow instead of the direct
bus, especially if there are 1 pound Funfares available on the Cambridge
leg. If the connections work out it's not a lot slower either. ISTR doing
it for a total of a fiver each way in the summer.

Theo

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Fitzgerald) wrote:

In message
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writes

Is Cockfosters a dreadful idea? £1.00 to park, near M25 Jcn24 and
direct to Heathrow, albeit quite a long trip

Hmm... Boxing day. Dreadful idea - I'll be working lates that day
so you might never get there

Seriously, just over an hour to Heathrow; I can't see there being
too many problems parking and it's fairly handy for the M25. Do
they charge at CFS on Boxing day then?

Are you sure? I thought it was over an hour from King's Cross to Heathrow
last time I went there.

As it happens I need to call in in Westminster on my way home so I think
I will either drive all the way to the airport and drop off or park at
Hounslow West and travel on the tube.

--
Colin Rosenstiel