I'll even try and come if it's in Bournemouth :) On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 2:31 PM, Natalie Hooper < [email protected]> wrote:
> Is it Yellow Buses or Wilts & Dorset buses? > > Unfortunately, I'm new to Bournemouth so I don't know any place to suggest > but Wimborne seems a little too far to rely on public transport in the > evening (after living here for 3 months, the one thing I have learnt as a > bus user is "don't rely on the bus turning up when it should in the > evening"). > > On 30 September 2010 17:07, Dan Wentworth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 30 September 2010 16:54, Terry Coles <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Wednesday 29 Sep 2010, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > > > Hi Terry, > > > > > > > > > Peter Mrechant wrote: > > > > > > Definitely busable, But the olive Branch is a posh place, and the > > > > > > coffee was expensive when I was in it last a couple of years > ago. > > > > > > The Kings Head Hotel is in the square in Wimborne, right by the > bus > > > > > > stop. > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.kingsheadhotel-wimborne.co.uk/ > > > > > > > > If you've going to be around for a week tonight have you an opinion? > > > > Bournemouth? Wimborne? Blandford Forum? Pick a pub, any pub... > > > > > > I don't know about the frequency of buses to the Kings Head, but it is > a > > > very > > > similar place to the Crown at Blandford. I've used it a few times and > > I'm > > > sure it's worth a try (assuming that the Wi-Fi is OK; they do have it, > I > > > asked). > > > > > > Parking isn't brilliant; it has a car park, but it's quite small. > > However, > > > there are numerous public car parks within a short walk of the place > and > > > they > > > may well be free late evenings (I can't remember, anyone know?). > > > > > > In the end, it's up to the Bournemouth residents. The Bournemouth > meets > > > always had more people who relied on public transport (probably because > > in > > > the > > > west of the county there isn't any public transport worth writing home > > > about > > > anyway). So if you would come to a Bournemouth meet, but not to this > > > venue, > > > please suggest an alternative. > > > > > > Buses from Wimborne to Bournemouth run fairly regularly with the last bus > > back to Bournemouth leaving The Square at 22:15. > > > > Last time I checked the public car parks in Wimborne are free after 6pm. > > > > -- > > Dan Wentworth > > http://phoenixdev.co.uk/ > > -- > > Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 > > Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ > > How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa > > > > > > -- > Google Android, programming and web design at http://www.cogitas.net/blog/ > -- > Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 > Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ > How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa > -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa
