[tei-council] Oxford Face to Face: 30 June - 3 July: Lunch question

[Martin Holmes]

A strong vote in favour of the Oxford Bus from me. It's great.

> I believe that for departures from Oxford, the prebooked
> ticket is good only on the actual bus you booked.

Actually last time I got to the bus station a bit early and was able to 
travel on the earlier bus with Syd, and have a leisurely breakfast at 
the airport.

Cheers,
Martin

On 14-02-21 07:54 AM, Paul Schaffner wrote:
> The closest major airport is Heathrow. A good bus service connects
> Heathrow to Oxford, terminating at Oxford's Gloucester Green Bus
> Station (which is probably where you want to get off). THe service
> is run by the Oxford Bus Company (google it for details.)
>
> Heathrow is actually several airports: the bus stops at Terminal 5
> and at Heathrow Central Bus Station (terminals 1&3). I fly into
> Terminal 4, so need to take the rail shuttle from T4 to Central.
> If you fly into T5 or T1/3, you'll have it a little easier.
>
> At Heathrow Central, it stops at stand 14A
> At Terminal 5 it stops at stand 10 on the arrivals concourse.
>   (allegedly -- haven't tried it).
>
> You can pay the driver, or you can book in advance. If you book
> in advance, you'll need a printout of your voucher/receipt, and
> picture ID. Just show both to the driver. Booking is for a specific
> bus, but leaving from the airport, you can take later or earlier
> buses as well using the same booking, if you happen to arrive
> early or late. I believe that for departures from Oxford, the prebooked
> ticket is good only on the actual bus you booked.
>
> I'd recommend a period return ticket for the best fare.
>
> (There is also a bus, same company, same name, from Gatwick to
> Oxford, but I haven't taken that in a long time. )
>
> pfs
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014, at 10:41, Peter Stadler wrote:
>> James,
>>
>> being new to Council please excuse some questions
>> * I guess the next airport is London?
>> * There have been some stories (last time) about bus transfer to/from
>> Oxford. Could someone who already did this journey give some hints about
>> what route to take and how much time it will take?
>> * What time on Wednesday evening could we leave?
>>
>> Concerning lunch: no dietary restrictions from my side and I will take
>> whatever the old chaps think is good for me ;-)
>>
>> Best
>> Peter
>>
>> Am 21.02.2014 um 13:08 schrieb James Cummings
>> <James.Cummings at it.ox.ac.uk>:
>>
>>> On 20/02/14 22:11, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 20 Feb 2014, at 19:17, Fabio Ciotti <fabio.ciotti at uniroma2.it> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Maybe going out one day could be fine, but I haven'y any particular
>>>>> preference and any dietary restriction . Of course I'll regret forever
>>>>> that I missed the dinner Chez Rahtz :)
>>>>
>>>> this is just lunch we are talking about so far.
>>>
>>> Yes. I'm moved by the idea of variety. So will try to arrange it
>>> to be different each day.
>>>
>>>> of course I’d be happy to host you all for an evening meal. perhaps
>>>> it would be nice enough to eat outside.
>>>
>>> We can't really know that until the day so would need to plan
>>> alternatives.
>>>
>>>> how about a picnic in the park by the river? heck, I’ll even lay on a punt.
>>>
>>> For dinner maybe, we could wander over to the university parks
>>> and I can provide blankets to sit on, etc.
>>>
>>> But only if we've completed a sufficient number of tickets!
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> -James
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