Lagganlia 05

[julz]

mariead av u bin selected 4 jhis??hope so then we'l av a crakin team!!!!

peter i kno u n george wood av bin selected do u kno any1 else!!!!!wel dne grandma!!!

i kno me, alice n chloe av bin selected......GUBA B AMAZIN FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rob f]

his name is george stevens. And heres my predictions
On M14s its between huw stradling and robert gardner for the 4th place. I make it that mairead would get the final place too.
alice butt, victoria stevens and emily benham on W16
Jack, Ralph, Hector and Sminty on M16
W18 Jess, Tess, Rose and Either Rebecca Roberts or Ruth Holmes (i presume that stef hasn't been selected as Julia hasn't said?)
M18 Ben Stevens Joe Mercer and then 2 of john rocke, dave scorah, iain embrey, Dan Tett (so close to call)

[mairead]

Yeah i've got selected! I'm really pleased. My brother has aswell so that narrows it down to 3 for 1 place.

Got to go! I've got to catch a train to somwhere in Scotland...

[Jene]

peter i kno u n george wood av bin selected

his name is george stevens.

lol.. i think the "george wood av been" was actually meant to be read "george would av been selected"

lol sorry rob

[Stef]

people on east coast train from kings cross 2 aviemore had train break down just outside edingburgh so missed connection train 2 aviemore!!some of them were on that train for 12 hours today!!bless em, why couldnt they hav go flights up?more reliable and quicker????

[rob f]

makes up for when the west coast lost out our year! I hope they weren't looking at the cables again like john said they did last year. Natural Comedian!

[Emily B]

I've always been lucky when i went to the scottish tours, flew up both times! and back from Glenmore. Cuts hours off the journey!! I'm just glad i've never had to go up by train! The worst i had was an 1h 30mins at preston once!

[Peter B]

why couldnt they hav go flights up? More reliable and quicker????

Now, as I am bored and I hate Macs and Macs hate me, here's some of the theory why.

Exhibit A
Take a look at some comparitive costs:
Birmingham New Street - Aviemore return: £50.80
Birmingham International - Inverness with Eastern Airways: £293.90

Bristol Temple Meads - Aviemore return: From £118.50
Bristol - Inverness with Easyjet: £144.98

Manchester Piccadilly - Aviemore return: £43.95
Manchester - Inverness with Eastern Airways: £340.60

London Kings Cross - Aviemore return: £51.90
London Heathrow - Inverness with BMI Baby: From £99
London Gatwick - Inverness with British Airways: £187
London Gatwick - Inverness with Easyjet: £224.98
London Luton - Inverness with Easyjet: £184.98

Note also that unlike train companies, many airlines only run a few (1-3) flights a day to destinations, on some days they don't run flights at all. There is also the expense of getting transfers to/from the airport.

Exhibit B
On the map below, the red dots represent airport locations that fly to Inverness (nearest airport)
The yellow shading represents counties which are covered by clubs which the selected athletes run for.

The question is, what about athletes from places like Yorkshire or North England?

[Jene]

the maps wrong tho.. the welsh regions for one thing.. north wales shud b shaded, and only 1 region in the south of wales... and of course its more expensive..bacause its quicker and easier and more reliable.. n i dont get "exhibit a" which ones r trains?
plus the people that are flying, from south wales (one of the yellow regions), from your matt are actually quite a bit away from a red dot...

[helen]

yeah nobody flies to inverness for tours - and the prices show why. if you fly at all it will be to glasgow or maybe edinburgh and a train from there.

[Jene]

which is what kris n whoever else it was did..

[Stef]

bryony flew this year from gatwick to inverness. those flights r sooo expensive u can get much cheaper ones. we found loads of cheap ones for julia like a week before they went because of all the bombing scares in london we didnt want her going to kings cross via tube. but in the end drove her up to stevenge. i wasnt sayin fly everyone up because like u sed peter the people from yorkshire cant but i mean you should fly people up like my sister who live 20minutes from heathrow and 30minutes from gatwick and get a forces discount with BMI

[cat.b]

and thats the way the cookie crumbles

[Alice]

I can't believe that it's over

it was so much fun

Boom!

[cat.b]

i no!!!

its gone so quick! was so much fun tho! specialy wen we attacked the boys rooms with fire extinguishers! and " hello mr biscuit" heehee. and the 7 tour couples "the most romantic lagganlia ever" in steves words..but i think i summed it up better..

i still cant beleive my award tho cudnt they think ov a nice thing to say about me? lol have u remembered wot urs was 4 yet alice?