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[justjude]

Argh! can one of  you lovely people who come from Brum please give me some help on how to get to the Barfly and The Symphony Hall? Robs doing my head in cos he's never driven into Birmingham and he wants to buy a flippin sat nav just for this journey! Is that really going to be neccessary? is brum really difficult to navigate around or something?

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[naaance]

i have no idea if there is parking by them... we usually park by aston uni and walk to wherever we need to go (which is a bit of trek to the barfly!). but the parking is free there!

we're just parking at my dad's and getting the bus in for the gig though. you can park there too if you want... although i'm guessing you probably want to get straight off after the gig!

[justjude]

Is your dads far away from where the gig is? and are you still going on the bus now that your dads going too? it dont matter what time we leave Brum, bank holiday the next day so no work or school to get up for! woo!

[naaance]

It's anywhere between 20-45mins on the bus. We probably will still catch the bus. Well, my dad might want to drive but I'll make him catch the bus so he can have a drink ;)

But I have heard (on the new board) that parking around the Barfly is free! Depends what time you're getting there I guess!

[justjude]

well we're thinking of getting there late afternoon, say 4ish and grabbing some grub before the gig. Are there any weatherspoon type places around there? (i.e pub-ish places a 15 year old can go in!) we have absolutely no idea how to get to Birmingham by car, let alone finding the barfly! i mean, is it even in the city centre? I know where the academy is in relation to the train station but thats it! HELP!

[naaance]

I have no idea about pubs in Digbeth. I've only ever been there for gigs! There's a Wetherspoons in the centre though, about two minutes away from the Academy. The Barfly is probably... I dunno, 15min walk from there?

May suggest on the board that we all gather in the 'Spoons!