[ANNOUNCE][F] Oxford Punt Meet 29/08/99
Stewart Tolhurst
Hi there folks
Sorry to leave the final details to such short notice but I've been a bit
busy with changing jobs and stuff.
All this will be html'd over the next few days and will appear at:
http://nevyn.gwydion.net/AFP/meets/
Anyway - the details:
The Date: 28/08/1999
Venue 1: The Head of The River, Folly Bridge, Oxford
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
There are two punt hire places near this pub - so it seems a good place
to meet up.
Directions to The Head of The River
How to get to the Head of the River:
Assuming travel from either bus station or rail station. From the rail
station turn left towards town and you will see a big junction. You want
to take the the fork on the left (called Hyth Bridge Street) this road
will take you past the Blackwells HQ, a futon shop and Jongleurs. Keep
walking till you to get to a crossroad (of sorts). You want to go
straight across (to the LHS of a Chinese Restaurant called The Opium
Den). This road is called George Street (the bus station is on you left -
people travelling by bus join the directions here) walk straight down. Go
right at the next cross road (past Waterstones) onto Cornmarket Street.
Stay on the left hand side of the road. Walk straight down this road
(crossing over another crossroad) on to St Aldates. You want to walk down
this road for about 5 minutes (passing Christ Church, the Music Faculty
(where I used to work!) and the Police Station on you left) and the Head
of the River is on your left.
14:00 - 16:00 punting
Whether we will be waterbound all this time depends on how long we can
get the punts for etc.
16:00
Picnic on Christ Church meadow (probably). Bring your own food and
drink. My mobile phone number can be obtained on request (email me) if
people are planning on skipping the pub/punt part of the day.
This section will probably be fairly fluid - no guarantees of where we
will be during this time.
19:00
Venue 2: The Isis Tavern, Iffley, Oxford
There is no road access for this pub - so if are coming to this bit only
they will need to park in the Redbridge Park & Ride.
Coming from town you will need to get a bus. You can get the numbers
16/35 or the Redbridge Park & Ride. You want a ticket to Donnington
Bridge. You want to get off the bus just after a set of traffic lights
on a junction with a pub called "The Fox & Hounds" on the corner.
A map of this part of Oxford can be found here:
http://www.oxfordcity.co.uk/cgi-
bin/pageout.pl?errors=y&page=/maps/ox14.html
You will either be getting off just after the turning for the bridge or
just around the turning for the bridge. You want to walk down Donnington
Bridge Rd until you get to the bridge itself. Don't cross the bridge but
go down onto the towing path and turn right (downstream). You should
just about be able to see the pub from here - it is about 10 minutes walk
down the towing path.
Crash Space
We currently don't have much crash space. I have room for two to four
(depending on whether people are willing to sleep on the floor) and
Lonewolf may be able to offer some. Please email to arrange crash space.
Me: afp...@stolhurst.freeuk.com
I have a cat so if you are allergic this could be a problem!
Lonewolf: Lone...@btinternet.com
Lives in Witney - about 45 minutes away by bus - but there are buses all
through the night.
More crash space (preferably within the city limits) would be helpful -
email me if you can help.
How to get to Oxford
Oxford has excellent transport connections and most places in the South
of England are within reasonable reach.
- - From London:
There are two bus services:
The Citylink 90 (http://www.oxfordbus.co.uk/london/index.html)
The Oxford Tube (http://www.oxlink.co.uk/oxford/tube/)
Both services are regular and depart from Victoria rail station and pick
up at a number of points on their way out of London.
- From elsewhere:
Oxford is also on a main rail line and as such has good rail services.
The Railtrack web site can provide journey times (or ring 0345-484950).
There are also good bus links to Cambridge (Cambridge Coach Services
(http://www.cambridgecoaches.co.uk) - service 75, last bus back to
Cambridge is 23:00) and Aylesbury (the number 280 Arriva which runs
every half hour and runs until about 20:00). The National Express web
(http://www.nationalexpress.co.uk) site offers a search service which
allows you to choose your starting point and destination and will give
you coach times.
Driving:
There are a number of major roads which take you to Oxford: A40/M40, A34,
A420/M4. If you do drive then I would seriously recommend either
arranging to leave the car at the (pre-arranged) crash space or to use
the park and ride (there are 4 park and ride car parks with bus routes
running E-W and N-S through the town centre to them all). Parking in
Oxford is a nightmare at the best of times and Saturdays are VERY busy.
The center of Oxford now has a new set of traffic restriction - if you
haven't driven round Oxford for a while be prepared for changes. NB: The
Thames Valley Police are very zealous about drink driving. You have been
warned.
The City of Oxford WWW (http://www.oxfordcity.co.uk) site is a good
resource for information on how to get here.
Please email me either at the usual address or
afp...@stolhurst.freeuk.com if you have any questions.
Look forward to seeing people soon.
Regards
Stewart
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Stewart Tolhurst
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