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help
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:20 pm
by clvrlad
hello and welcome thanks for the help in advance
right two weeks today im off to london to meet some mates from america who are stopping off in london for a long weekend
thing is non of us have ever been there just been told that theve canceled the car they were picking up at the airport and were going to drive to the hotel in slough
they arrive at 10pm on the fri the 13th ive sorted my travel stuff to meet them at the airport
errr any ideas how to get to sloughs holiday inn?
Re: help
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:24 pm
by dcfanjo
Re: help
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:29 pm
by dcfanjo
Also a National Express coach from London Victoria that stops at Slough.

Re: help
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:46 pm
by clvrlad
lol ta jo

did notice however theres a second hotel run by holiday inn just by the train station....
no idea which one were booked into.....

Re: help
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:47 pm
by giraffe
Are you all booked into the same one?

Re: help
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:49 pm
by clvrlad
well they booked them

they booked an extra bed for london for me to come join them lol so think i might owe them a drink or three

as the "local" i think there expecting me to know my way round.....
Re: help
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:11 pm
by Looby
Are you committed to that hotel? Could you cancel that and get something near the airport?
If they land at 10pm (if they're on time!) it will be about 11.30 before they're through customs and immigration and travel starts getting more difficult at that time. There are trains which don't cost that much, but you'd have to change.
Do you know which terminal they're arriving at?
Re: help
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:13 pm
by clvrlad
i belive its terminal 3 but i could be wrong as they didnt mention that bit just the flight operator and a quick eyeball at heathrow's website said terminal 3.

buticould have missed the except the flight your friends are on that will be on the other side of the airport.....
Re: help
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:20 pm
by Looby
Re: help
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:29 pm
by clvrlad

well it could happen

in fact one day when i was catching an early morning train from leeds to stockton
i had to transfer at york
done it b4 no probs thinks i
looks at the display telling me departures platform 11 just where i expected it
stood waiting the time changes its delayed....fine it stays flashing
stood waiting longer its now the time it says on departures
over the tannoy i hear
the train departing platform 3 is blah blah blah calling at stockton...
i look up the screen still says platform 11.....
dont you just love train services

oh i am off down london by train ;-D
Re: help
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:46 am
by Looby
Have you sorted how you're getting from Heathrow to Slough?
Re: help
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:43 am
by clvrlad
hopefully the train

the last one is 0001 then about every two hours after that but if we miss it ill fork out for a taxi
