Dilwyn Wrote:-
>At least they'd been there much of the day without getting thrown
>out...I knocked a pint over within minutes of arrival and nearly got
>thrown out before having my first drink! Still, the laptop came in
>handy when paying for the food didn't it Darren ;-))
Yeah, I remember Jeremy getting the most expensive steak on the menu and
Stuart refusing to pay for it - The deal was he was paying for Jeremy's
trip as he was a Miracle employee at the time. He got a huge 16oz T-Bone,
and it cost twice what the rest of us were paying for our meals. To settle
the row, Dilwyn got out his then newish 486 Toshiba Laptop with QPC1 on it,
and began using the Calcualtor of QPAC1 to divide the bill.. ;-)
>He he, been trying to get Darren to do this for ages, with many false
>starts. To anyone fancying a few days in Ireland at that time of year
>it's a superb place to be, and the last Irish show was such fun we'll
>hardly forget it! I've also wanted to get to one of the USA QL shows
>but each and every year something happens to prevent me going, I've
>pretty well given up trying now.
Getting a time that suits all is really hard. I so wanted the attendance at
the first show to be high, but at the last minute the dozen or so people
from Northern Ireland who said they'd make it pulled out, as did a few
others from around the country. Anyway, it turned out to be a holiday (and
a p*ss up) for us all more than a show, so thats probably the basis for the
next one - stay tuned... I have been hounded by several people for another
one (Stuart emails me every few months about it!) so it must have been
good.
>Anyone wanting to travel to Ireland for the show could do worse than
>take a sail and rail (or whatever they're called now) ticket to
>Holyhead or south west wales from England. I have found to my surprise
>in the past that these can sometimes actually be cheaper than ferry
>fare alone due to discounting by the train companies concerned.
This is true, unbelieveably. I found this out quite by accident - I was
used to buying a ticket on the ferry, then a return ticket on the train to
bangor (Dilwyn's house) when I arrived in Holyhead (the rail station is a
few hundred yards from the ferry terminal, all under one roof) I kept doing
this for ages, until one time one of the Stena agents asked me would I be
continuing by rail when I got off the ferry, and I said yes - she then sold
me a "Sail and Rail" ticket to Bangor return on the ferry, all inclusive
for almost �20 less than the cost of a return ticket on the ferry alone!!
Madness, but true - I still travel this way and its dirt cheap. In fact, at
christmas I visited Dilwyn for a quick day trip to drop over some Xmas
presents - over at 11am and back on the 6.30pm. I got a day return sail and
rail on the ferry and train for only 9 euros!! Thats about a FIVER!
Darren.
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