"Mizter T" wrote in message

On Jul 10, 7:30 pm, Paul Corfield wrote:

On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:00:38 -0700 (PDT), Mizter T
wrote:

[x-posted to uk.transport.london, for the attention of Londoners
interested in a cheapo escape for the day!]
FWIW, I've just taken a speculative punt and bought a load of
tickets for a weekend day trip from London down to Brighton, all at
just 75p each so £1.50 for a round trip! I'm sure I'll be able to
muster up interest from one quarter or another in a little jaunt to
the seaside!

Well done Mizter T - you've just sorted out the venue for the next
group event for either ukr or utl. What day are we going? ;-)

eeek!

;-)

FWIW, I did check the system at 1am after rocking back in last night,
and the super-discounted cheapo fares were no longer on offer (though
the promotional page as linked to in the OP's post was still up,
though that might have just been the result of it being stuck in a
cache somewhere - it's gone now).

Earlier in the evening, after buying the first batch of tickets which
I'd described, I thought I'd try and buy another batch - I wasn't
quite sure of what date would be best for my compadres, and given they
were all so cheap I thought I might as well get some for an alternate
date.

My booking involves two very tight changes in each direction (eg, five
minutes at Clapham Junction and Brighton) -- does anyone know the policy
if I miss one of these because the incoming train was late? The tight
changes were generated by the booking engine -- had I been selecting
trains individually, I'd have allowed longer, especially at CJ.
Obviously it's up to me to show up in good time for the first train of
each journey.