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_Jay_
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 Posted - 2013/05/01 : 10:07:16
Urgh. That should be a new thread in itself; "Rave Journeys From Hell".
My cab home from Peterborough has to be up there with one of the worst I've had. There's been some brutal trips back from Bournemouth in my younger days as well. Urgh.
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Posted - 2013/05/01 : 10:08:11
P.S. Where do you live anyway (Audio Warfare)? I thought you lived in London.
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My cab home from Peterborough has to be up there with one of the worst I've had. There's been some brutal trips back from Bournemouth in my younger days as well. Urgh.
Does not sound cheap. It's luxury compared to how most of us travel though! How come it was so bad? Constant threat of throwing up?
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Posted - 2013/05/01 : 10:10:46
Nah I live near High Wycombe.
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Originally posted by Audio Warfare:
there is ALWAYS track repairs on Sundays on the way back. Usually need to change train once and then get a bus back from Bicester which is. :-/
Lol, permanently? I'm sure they are done with the repairs now! Back when i used to actually go to raves i very often had to get a bus back home, although since those raves were often in Birmingham i only would have had to get one train home anyway. It's still a hassle though as it takes much longer.
Haha I don't mind actually being on the bus so much. It's more the waiting 2 hours for it to turn up in the freezing cold that gets me!! It was permanently too yes. I've been to Birmingham about 15 times for raves on a Saturday, between around 2001 and 2008 (not been in a while) and it was always the case.
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Pfft you should try travelling home 5 hours to edinburgh on the comedown express ;-)
Or even worse 8 or 9 hours on a national express coach after waiting in a rank bus station for 4 hours lol
Ive had some incredibly hard and miserable journeys home in the past which is why I usually tend not to travel as far these days. Although the pill fest days are over which makes the journey home more tolerable lol
Haha I'm good cheers! I have relatives in Scotland and I always choose to drive when I'm up there. I even choose to drive and not bother drinking when I go to Westfest as I can't be arsed with public transport.
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Posted - 2013/05/01 : 10:18:29
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Originally posted by _Jay_:
Urgh. That should be a new thread in itself; "Rave Journeys From Hell".
My cab home from Peterborough has to be up there with one of the worst I've had. There's been some brutal trips back from Bournemouth in my younger days as well. Urgh.
Lol I've had too many of them. Worst was probably a free party in the woods by Checkers. Turns out the Prime Minister was there and we got forced by armed police to abandon our vehicle and come back for it later.
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Posted - 2013/05/01 : 10:47:06
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Traveling to anywhere in Scotland is utterly brutal (by coach), come down or not. Would be much worse after a rave, even sober, and even worse than that on a comedown.
We used to always love the trip down as we always got a good drink and a good laugh but the journeys coming back up were always torture.
The worst one I can think of was Helter Skelter: Life at Milton Keynes NYE 04/05. 4 of us got the national express coach from Edinburgh to MK, going down was fine because everyone was in high spirits and we met a few guys from Newcastle who were a good laugh....However lol we took a load of pills early in the night and ran out at about 2am which meant we were all on a severe comedown by about 4-5am. We managed to stay till the end of the rave even though we didnt really want to, then we went back to the bus station in Milton Keynes. Our bus wasnt due until 12 noon! We sat in a cafe at the bus station for 6 hours and people were constantly coming and going which meant the door was basically open the whole time which is not good in the middle of winter. Then we still had a 8 or 9 hour bus journey ahead of us. I was asking serious questions about my life by the time we got home and all i wanted to do was sit in the corner of my bedroom for days and close the curtains lol. I think that was the last time we ever got the bus..
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Posted - 2013/05/01 : 11:12:16
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We used to always love the trip down as we always got a good drink and a good laugh but the journeys coming back up were always torture.
I was just assuming alone, which is always how i have to travel. With people would be ok.
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The worst one I can think of was Helter Skelter: Life at Milton Keynes NYE 04/05. 4 of us got the national express coach from Edinburgh to MK, going down was fine because everyone was in high spirits and we met a few guys from Newcastle who were a good laugh....However lol we took a load of pills early in the night and ran out at about 2am which meant we were all on a severe comedown by about 4-5am. We managed to stay till the end of the rave even though we didnt really want to, then we went back to the bus station in Milton Keynes. Our bus wasnt due until 12 noon! We sat in a cafe at the bus station for 6 hours and people were constantly coming and going which meant the door was basically open the whole time which is not good in the middle of winter. Then we still had a 8 or 9 hour bus journey ahead of us. I was asking serious questions about my life by the time we got home and all i wanted to do was sit in the corner of my bedroom for days and close the curtains lol. I think that was the last time we ever got the bus..
I don't think anyone can top that lol.
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Posted - 2013/05/01 : 11:50:47
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Does not sound cheap. It's luxury compared to how most of us travel though! How come it was so bad? Constant threat of throwing up?
It was ?200 (between two of us). Probably still some of the best money I've ever spent. I was psychologically untethered, (we both were) and we simply would not have made it on the train (already had return tickets booked). Just wasn't an option. Would have had an actual psychological melt-down in public. When I came up with the idea of getting a cab (about 11am, one hour before Travelodge kicking-out time) it was like our Archimedes moment.
In hindsight, we should have just paid another ?30 for another night in the Travelodge and ridden out the storm. The thought just did not occur to me.
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I was asking serious questions about my life by the time we got home
Fcuking LOL. I've been there before man, Jesus. Rarely after raves, mind. But during non-rave recreational (over) usage.
Your whole story is magnificent/appalling. It takes a while for it to settle in, but do you not feel "I can achieve anything after that"? I've been that low, and conquered an episode/situation/scenario that gruelling and psychologically testing. Nothing can be that bad again. That kind of feeling?
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Lol I've had too many of them. Worst was probably a free party in the woods by Checkers. Turns out the Prime Minister was there and we got forced by armed police to abandon our vehicle and come back for it later.
LOL! What the fcuk! Please elaborate on this.
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Posted - 2013/05/01 : 12:14:06
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Originally posted by Hard2Get:
Does not sound cheap. It's luxury compared to how most of us travel though! How come it was so bad? Constant threat of throwing up?
It was ?200 (between two of us). Probably still some of the best money I've ever spent. I was psychologically untethered, (we both were) and we simply would not have made it on the train (already had return tickets booked). Just wasn't an option. Would have had an actual psychological melt-down in public. When I came up with the idea of getting a cab (about 11am, one hour before Travelodge kicking-out time) it was like our Archimedes moment.
In hindsight, we should have just paid another ?30 for another night in the Travelodge and ridden out the storm. The thought just did not occur to me.
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I was asking serious questions about my life by the time we got home
Fcuking LOL. I've been there before man, Jesus. Rarely after raves, mind. But during non-rave recreational (over) usage.
Your whole story is magnificent/appalling. It takes a while for it to settle in, but do you not feel "I can achieve anything after that"? I've been that low, and conquered an episode/situation/scenario that gruelling and psychologically testing. Nothing can be that bad again. That kind of feeling?
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Lol I've had too many of them. Worst was probably a free party in the woods by Checkers. Turns out the Prime Minister was there and we got forced by armed police to abandon our vehicle and come back for it later.
LOL! What the fcuk! Please elaborate on this.
Thing was though that it was new years day and after getting home at 8 or 9pm that night I had to go to a big family party as soon as I got home which really just prolonged the agony. Lol to be fair nothing was ever that bad again, would never ever take the bus again after that experience though. The train is much quicker and not anywhere near as much waiting around. We were all just happy that the experience was over.
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Posted - 2013/05/01 : 12:17:57
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LOL! What the fcuk! Please elaborate on this.
Haha well the crew had set up a big party in what they obviously thought was an excellent, discreet place in the woods. Turns out it wasn't far from The Prime Ministers country house Chequers (got the spelling wrong first time).
We had been there an hour or two I think and were heading back to the car for extra fags/booze etc. Everyone had parked a fair bit down the way as you couldn't get your car through. On the road we had a torch shined at us and these guys said it was the police and asked us to put our hands up. They just happened to be where the crew had been collecting donations who also had a torch so we gave it the "haha very funny". Got a bit closer and realised it was police, the "torch" was a light mounted on some semi-auto rifle which was pointed in our face. Pretty scary when you're buzzing. haha Had more people up against a car searching them.
We then got told that the party was a threat to the Prime Ministers security and where told to leave down the hill, away from our cars and the party. Told us we couldn't collect our vehicle for 24 hours so we had to walk/hitch home and return to get it the next day. ****ing unreal. Had lots of fun with the police at free parties over the years I can tell you haha.
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Posted - 2013/05/01 : 16:27:46
How much are train tickets exactly for those who live like 5+ hours away?
Would it not be more convenient and cheaper to just fly there?
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Posted - 2013/05/01 : 16:50:43
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How much are train tickets exactly for those who live like 5+ hours away?
Would it not be more convenient and cheaper to just fly there?
I could probably get a return ticket from edinburgh to Birmingham for about ?50-60 if I booked far enough in advance. The later you leave it the higher the price basically.
Yes we flew back from Htid in Birmingham at new year after getting a lift down from a couple of mates. The flight only cost about ?40 iirc. Was much more convenient. Only problem with flying down is if your a jakey bastard who likes to take drugs with them lol.
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Posted - 2013/05/01 : 19:50:35
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I always wanted to go a meet up ever since hhc.com used to have em before (matt should know about them). By the time this gets arranged maybe Warnman can finally have a vacation?
If this is planed well in advance I see what I can do. The faster job vacancies are able to be filled with new employees in the company the easier it will be for me! At the moment only 1-2 persons are able to go on vacation at the same time, which is really really bad.
I'd love to meet all of you at a Hardcore rave!
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Posted - 2013/05/01 : 21:01:05
From Cumbria to London it's generally about ?80 return
then about ?10 getting around in london, dependent on where it is.
the way I usually roll is
5pm leave here
8pm arrive London (Euston)
9pm arrive at rave
6am leave rave
...realise tube is closed till 7am
7am, after waiting in the cold, get on tube
9am, catch train home
12pm arrive home in Cumbria
grab a shower, then leave again because it's the weekend, and we're going out to do something family-wise.
9pm, collapse in bed.
getting a plane down would firstly involve flying, which i'm not bothered about, but will still avoid if I can. But still it would be a train journey to Manchester, which is around ?30, then a plane, which is ?50...then another train back to euston...which I'm guessing would be another tenner...then the underground, so it's more money and more hastle. and then having to go through all that crap to get home? no thankyou :P
either way, raving in london is ?80+ usually, so paying to get in is the *least* of your worries haha, let alone buying drinks once you're in there!
So yeah, as long as
1. I've got the money,
2. The lineup is solid/varied (it has to be if you're going to justify it to your wife and kids standing there all teary eyed;) )
3. There's nothing else family going on (it's rare there is!)
then I'll bugger off to london
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Posted - 2013/05/01 : 22:31:58
I don't live in London but I can get anywhere in London for a tenner from here so quite disappointed it's not there! Oh well!
Would anyone be driving up from down south? I'm still at uni, money's always tight.
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Posted - 2013/05/01 : 22:38:26
Where abouts are you, Elliott?
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