Jack Dawe Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 8 minutes ago, JamesBCFC said: OP missed a trick here. Thread should have been "Planes, trains, and automobiles" It's a song, James. An old one...Burt Bacharach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 Just now, Jack Dawe said: It's a song, James. An old one...Burt Bacharach? I'll take a whoosh then, but in my defence the song is from 30 years before my time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyInWeston Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 5 minutes ago, Jack Dawe said: It's a song, James. An old one...Burt Bacharach? Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a movie starring Steve Martin and John Candy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Dawe Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 Just now, cynic said: Last minute change from getting the train from Keynsham, got a lift to the ground (well, top of Raleigh Road) instead. Took about 20 minutes from Hanham and we got to the ground around 10.15. Normal Sunday traffic - hardly any. Not sure if it was so smooth coming from north of the river though ? Oh, it's much easier to get a bus to AG from Fishponds, than to get to Eastville from Fishponds. Or from Eastville. That's why City get bigger crowds than Rovers. That's what that @Miah Dennehy said on here (once) so it must be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 10 minutes ago, CrazyInWeston said: Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a movie starring Steve Martin and John Candy Essentially a 93 minute homage to Laurel and Hardy, in a more modern setting. Great film though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverface Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 Decided to try the train from Keynsham. Train was due at 10:15, and the operator decided to cancel the service at 10:12 !! 3 minutes notice with no other warnings. There was another due at 10:32, but that got delayed, and then got delayed a second time. It did arrive eventually before we had to walk from Temple Meads to AG. Got to my seat with 10minutes to spare. Overall, not a great experience considering there wasn't a train from Temple Meads to Parson Street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miah Dennehy Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 31 minutes ago, Jack Dawe said: Oh, it's much easier to get a bus to AG from Fishponds, than to get to Eastville from Fishponds. Or from Eastville. That's why City get bigger crowds than Rovers. That's what that @Miah Dennehy said on here (once) so it must be true. Except that's not what I said. Fake news is very popular these days though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 Train from Teignmouth to Taunton then the stopper to Parsons street. At WSM a load of Brum boarded leaving the train packed solid. At Yatton (I think) the guard said people could only get on if someone got off, as we pulled away I noticed at least one person in a City shirt left behind with about 40 minutes to kick off. oddly enough, the only trouble I saw all day was arriving back in sleepy Teingmouth where a mass brawl was taking place on the platform as the train pulled in. At least 30 kids scrapping, many passengers too frightened to get off. Weird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 4 hours ago, cider-manc said: Set off ridiculously early from my folks house in Stafford. Arrived in 2 hours and parked up about 2 minutes from the ground.... Then had 2 and half hours to kill... Which when you can't spend that time drinking cider is a lot more difficult than I thought! Journey home was a nightmare however as pretty much every 50 miles an hour section through roadworks had someone broken down in it. The M5/M6 going north is crap at the best of times but Sunday afternoons seem particularly bad, in my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team In Keynsham Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 1 hour ago, Jack Dawe said: It's a song, James. An old one...Burt Bacharach? Indeed it is a Bacharach and David composition. Also recorded by Billy J Kramer (which is the version I have) and Dionne Warwick. A belting track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevep38 Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 Drove from Arbroath Scotland on the Saturday. Stayed at town country lodge overnight. 10 mins down to the ground Sunday. Parked by Babcock job done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southstandoriginal Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 Got 376 to Temple Meads then walked, no issues. Return journey walked to bus station via several watering holes in Hotwells. Very pleasant, shame match was a bit of a damp squib. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Do The Dziekanowski Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 I ordered my chauffeur to drop me off at AG, stress free comfortable drive. (I had my old man drive down so I could have some ciders and not think about the journey ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stogursey red Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 Got the 0835 from Taunton all seats took by Weston with a lot of people standing, train was full by Worle, with people left on the platform at yatton and nailsea but at least for those lucky enough to be onboard it made a extra stop at parson Street , The return was a lot easier walked to temple meads and got a empty London to Plymouth train back, GWR had plenty of spare train sets sitting round on a Sunday morning so am sure with a bit of planning that morning train could have been a 7 carriage HST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allyolly Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 8 hours ago, Coppello said: Got on a train at London Paddington at 8am. Thirty minutes into the journey they announced that the train would no longer be stopping at Bristol Temple Meads or Bath Spa and were advising people to continue on until Taunton and then get the train back up to Bristol. Safe to say that my journey was awful... Was on the same train. Ridiculous that London to Bristol took 3.5 hours. But what really frustrated me was the lack of information provided by the the train guard. Passengers were having to tell him what travel options there were from Taunton to Bristol. He didn't have a clue Another city fan got off the train at Chippenham and paid £60 to get to AG. I suggested to the guard that as FGW hadn't got us to the station we had booked to in reasonable time they should meet the cost of taxis. His reply was it's not our fault blame national rail. Shocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinCider Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 What with the bumper crowd, the 10k race, and the major roadworks, I was worrying more about getting parked somewhere than getting my head kicked in by the hundreds of Birmingham Zulus that were waiting for me in the Upper Lansdown. As it turned out I had no issues on either front. Left home near Radstock with Mrs Cider and the two little Ciders at around about 9am, headed for Ashton Court car park via Chew Lake and by 10am - with very little traffic and a scenic journey - we were parked up and walking towards the ground. For the lack of hassle it was worth the £4 all day fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted May 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 4 hours ago, JamesBCFC said: OP missed a trick here. Thread should have been "Planes, trains, and automobiles" I thought perhaps only a fool would risk using an 'automobile' in Bristol Sunday morning, more chance of using a river ferry from Temple Meads to The Cottage/Nova Scotia end of the harbour... and of course, (like most of us) SL would be using a plane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigate Red Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 Set off at the crack of dawn and trouble free empty motorways. Worried about getting across Bristol from the north due to road closures I left the M4 at junction 18 to hit the ring road via Wick. All OK until coming in on the Bath Road where somewhere my sense of direction deserted me. I then went on an obscure journey around Stockwood whilst getting back on track. I think I may have been away from Bristol too long! What's that I hear you say - get a satnav. Rubbish satnavs are for pussies Anyway parked up on Duckmoor Road and at Rorke's Drift by 9:30 for a bacon sarnie. Not so good getting back with problems on both the M4 and M25 - but that is normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 The anticipated chaos made me change my usual travel plans and actually made my day even better. Normally drive and park near the ground. Instead I left my car at my mate's house in Fishponds, got the bus to the centre and walked from there. There was a great atmosphere in the city because of the 10k, the sun was shining. We stopped off at the Buttery for breakfast before heading to the Tobacco Factory for a drink and the best donut I've ever had from a market stall at the back! In fact it was a great day out until the game started! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foghornred Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 Caught the train from Worle to Parson Street and back again at 1511 both packed standing room only, wondering why I buy a ticket as i know loads don't bother as the trains are so packed they can not check tickets and the stations are unmanned so travel is free for loads. Its the same throughout the country as I know that happens from Fratton to Portsmouth and Diss to Norwich,no wonder the railways are struggling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City Rocker Posted May 8, 2017 Report Share Posted May 8, 2017 6 hours ago, Jack Dawe said: It's a song, James. An old one...Burt Bacharach? Gypsies Tramps and Thieves? Ah no hang on, that's 'the other lot' isn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyInWeston Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 7 hours ago, oldrosie said: I've been waiting at Pilning for weeks for a train .... NTTDS when is the one train a week that stops there?? 8:33am and 13:35 heading towards temple meads only on Saturdays, there isnt a train back. Less than 50ppl used it last yr. Use Severn Beach instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverRed Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 16 hours ago, NOTBLUE said: Also caught the 71,driver had to phone up to find out which way to go,didn't take much longer than usual in the end.Must say that most buses going down Glos rd had loads of City fans on them,it doesn't seem that the window lickers have a heartland anymore,we're everywhere. Yes, I'm from Kingswood originally and all my mates were City. It's a myth that the North and East of Bristol are blue!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KernowRed Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 20 hours ago, bs3 said: Some people are just thick. How could a bus driver not know the way to Ashton Gate. He would take a minute to look at the map and and plot this route via the Avonmouth bridge, it does beggars belief. Perhaps he was possibly one of these drivers??? http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/police-investigating-complaint-40-romanian-33899 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 13 hours ago, allyolly said: Was on the same train. Ridiculous that London to Bristol took 3.5 hours. But what really frustrated me was the lack of information provided by the the train guard. Passengers were having to tell him what travel options there were from Taunton to Bristol. He didn't have a clue Another city fan got off the train at Chippenham and paid £60 to get to AG. I suggested to the guard that as FGW hadn't got us to the station we had booked to in reasonable time they should meet the cost of taxis. His reply was it's not our fault blame national rail. Shocking. We get a shit deal with the rail- with infrastructure generally down here in fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Exile Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 13 hours ago, allyolly said: Was on the same train. Ridiculous that London to Bristol took 3.5 hours. But what really frustrated me was the lack of information provided by the the train guard. Passengers were having to tell him what travel options there were from Taunton to Bristol. He didn't have a clue Another city fan got off the train at Chippenham and paid £60 to get to AG. I suggested to the guard that as FGW hadn't got us to the station we had booked to in reasonable time they should meet the cost of taxis. His reply was it's not our fault blame national rail. Shocking. We were due to join that train at Swindon...were told when we arrived at the station that it wouldn't be going to Bristol...so we waited an hour. The combination of earlier kick-off and Sunday public transport makes it hard enough for the exiled fan...the 10k obviously took things to a new level! But fair play to the taxi driver who got us to the Gate in time. He knew his way around south Bristol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicki's soulmate Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 16 hours ago, One Team In Keynsham said: Indeed it is a Bacharach and David composition. Also recorded by Billy J Kramer (which is the version I have) and Dionne Warwick. A belting track. And Sandi Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted May 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 9 minutes ago, Nicki's soulmate said: And Sandi Shaw Ah yeah, Sandy Shaw singer of Puppet on a String rremember her winning the Eurovision song contest (no mean feet) for the United Kingdom ... a truly great and rare British 'sole' singer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septic Peg Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 14 hours ago, Reigate Red said: Set off at the crack of dawn and trouble free empty motorways. Worried about getting across Bristol from the north due to road closures I left the M4 at junction 18 to hit the ring road via Wick. All OK until coming in on the Bath Road where somewhere my sense of direction deserted me. I then went on an obscure journey around Stockwood whilst getting back on track. I think I may have been away from Bristol too long! What's that I hear you say - get a satnav. Rubbish satnavs are for pussies Anyway parked up on Duckmoor Road and at Rorke's Drift by 9:30 for a bacon sarnie. Not so good getting back with problems on both the M4 and M25 - but that is normal. You sound like my hubby until he went on a magical mystery tour one day on the way to Weymouth. Google sat nav soon converted him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted May 9, 2017 Report Share Posted May 9, 2017 On 08/05/2017 at 12:25, ForeverRed said: Already posted this in the other travel thread, but here goes............ Caught the 71 to the Centre as planned and knew that it would be rerouted around Fairfax, Redcliffe Sreet and Coronation Road. But nobody had told the driver, and he then took the bus up Park Row and down Jacobs Wells Road to find it shut at the bottom. Did a 3 point turn and then went back up and left into Clifton village, where we ended up going down Constitution Hill (not recommended in a double decker), to the bottom of Jacobs Wells again. At this stage, everyone got off and walked!! First Bus.......Please tell your drivers where to go!! A double decker down Constitution Hill? I'd have paid good money to see that, although probably not to ride on it Can we tell First Bus where to go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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