Sundays have this mysterious ability to be dull and long and boring. Even if I have things to do, they end up being avoided. It's just a fact of life, like rainy bank holidays. (Incidentally, to avoid drought, why not just declare a couple more bank holidays?).
I got lost in London, but I found my way again quickly. My advice: print a multimap picture of the area you'll be at, and don't be afraid to ask strangers for help!
Oxford should be fine if you're in the city centre, which I think you will be for Oxenmoot. There's enough unique buildings to make being lost impossible. :D
I think getting lost is only half the problem. I always have the sense that if I went to London alone I'd get mugged by some cockneys, and if I went to Oxford alone I'd get mugged by some... Aristocrats?
I know that writing problem. My problem is always either "I don't have an inspiration right now", "I don't have time", "I'm too tired to concentrate" or the current favourite "I should have a little more idea about what happens in the story before I start writing it"... And I claim I love writing...
I think I know what my problem is. I've got a little chapter synopsis thing I'm writing out and I am several chapter ahead of what I've written up properly. So, when I'm writing the final draft and the synopsis aren't finished I always feel like I'm trying to catch up with the other version. When the synopses is finished, I'll try the proper write up again... The story I am writing at the moment has an army of Penguins in it, I thought you'd like to know. :p
Oxford, once away from the area of the station and near the colleges, is really small/compact and easy to find your way about - if you do get lost its quite a pleasant place to get lost though ;) And it has lots and lots of signs
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Getting lost is quite easy for me. XD Also, I've watched too many episodes of Hustle, so now I'm going to think that everyone walking past me is a con artist trying to pick pocket me. They say you can't con an honest man, that doesnt seem to count when they are just nicking money from everyone who has some.
The problem with going to see the Lord of the Rings musical will be that the showing times are all in the evening. So I'll have to get into London at some unearthly hour like midday, find a hotel type thing and by the time I have found one and not got mugged, I'll probably already be late. ;p
Okay, I must remember to take my portable chair then. :p
have you had a look at coach companies that do trips? There are some by us doing daytime trips to see LOTR The Musical - you go down in the day to see the matinee performance (usually around 2 or 3pm) and then you can either stay in a hotel they arrange for you or come back that evening. Might be a laugh too with other Rings nuts on board the coach!
I'd never go down to London without booking a room though! I know some decent places if you do go though!
Oh yeah, and why, good sir, can you not have many adventures in good old Lancashire???? ;)
Get yourself a bus/train pass and get to some of the mad places armed with a picnic and a camera: Pendle Hill - to find evidence of witches. Sunderland Point - only accessible twice a day due to the tides. Preston - with the worlds largest public lending library. Wigan - on a pie hunt. Rivington Pike/Winter Hill - for good views. Clitheroe - cool castle. Ribchester - Roman remains, and near Stonyhurst, which Tolkien loved. Lancaster - another cool castle. Morecambe - cool rundown seaside. Heysham - nuclear power station and Viking fishing village with 'hogsback tombs'.
Of course, I would like to go about the lovely places in Lancashire, but I am lacking in cash and things. ;p I have been to the Preston Library. My father is from Preston so we used to go there a lot to visit his parents.
My mate Jim once cycled from Bispham Green to Lancaster and back in one day when he was on the dole. he reckoned it didnt take that long! Not that I'm suggesting this...
You could also explore the hills of Parbold (Hunters, Harrock and Parbold itself, plus Ashurst Beacon) and poke around the villages, walk up the canal towpaths - there are some belting walks round there, all you need is an Ordnance Survey map and some sturdy shoes (and maybe a quid for an ice cream) ;) Ruff Woods between Ormskirk and Westhead is nice too and worth a ramble. Hey, you could set up a dog walking service in the holidays, earn a few bob and get some nice walks in ;)
Musical and London
anonymous
June 1 2007, 07:14:36 UTC
Come on, if I, a female, can walk the streets of London by night with nary a trace of fear, so can you! It's quite safe! My strategy for finding my way around foreign cities: a city map in one hand, tube map in the other. And to answer your question, yes - I am hoping to go to the musical, but I will do so just before Oxonmoot, so that the trip to England is worth the cost!
Re: Musical and LondonhukbillgoombaJune 1 2007, 08:14:18 UTC
What can I say? I'm a coward. ;p I once got lost in Southport for a very long time. I even had a map and still had no idea where I was. Oh well, I'm sure it will be okay.
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I got lost in London, but I found my way again quickly. My advice: print a multimap picture of the area you'll be at, and don't be afraid to ask strangers for help!
Oxford should be fine if you're in the city centre, which I think you will be for Oxenmoot. There's enough unique buildings to make being lost impossible. :D
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The story I am writing at the moment has an army of Penguins in it, I thought you'd like to know. :p
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But I will surely post some bits when it's nearly done.
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Also, I've watched too many episodes of Hustle, so now I'm going to think that everyone walking past me is a con artist trying to pick pocket me. They say you can't con an honest man, that doesnt seem to count when they are just nicking money from everyone who has some.
The problem with going to see the Lord of the Rings musical will be that the showing times are all in the evening. So I'll have to get into London at some unearthly hour like midday, find a hotel type thing and by the time I have found one and not got mugged, I'll probably already be late. ;p
Okay, I must remember to take my portable chair then. :p
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I'd never go down to London without booking a room though! I know some decent places if you do go though!
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I may take a look...
I know that the website where you can order tickets for LotR M offers a performance and a hotel room for £90. That can't be bad.
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Get yourself a bus/train pass and get to some of the mad places armed with a picnic and a camera:
Pendle Hill - to find evidence of witches.
Sunderland Point - only accessible twice a day due to the tides.
Preston - with the worlds largest public lending library.
Wigan - on a pie hunt.
Rivington Pike/Winter Hill - for good views.
Clitheroe - cool castle.
Ribchester - Roman remains, and near Stonyhurst, which Tolkien loved.
Lancaster - another cool castle.
Morecambe - cool rundown seaside.
Heysham - nuclear power station and Viking fishing village with 'hogsback tombs'.
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I have been to the Preston Library. My father is from Preston so we used to go there a lot to visit his parents.
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You could also explore the hills of Parbold (Hunters, Harrock and Parbold itself, plus Ashurst Beacon) and poke around the villages, walk up the canal towpaths - there are some belting walks round there, all you need is an Ordnance Survey map and some sturdy shoes (and maybe a quid for an ice cream) ;) Ruff Woods between Ormskirk and Westhead is nice too and worth a ramble. Hey, you could set up a dog walking service in the holidays, earn a few bob and get some nice walks in ;)
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I once got lost in Southport for a very long time. I even had a map and still had no idea where I was. Oh well, I'm sure it will be okay.
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