manchester >> minehead.

thecolouringbox · Post by **thecolouringbox** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 3:00 pm

Hallo there,
just wondering if there are any people on this forum who will be going to bloc bonanzaa from manchester?
If theres a load of us.. maybe we could arrange a bus..?

woooooooo roadtrip!

julesrules · Post by **julesrules** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 6:01 pm

yeah this sounds like a good idea, i will be going from manchester to, would be ace if we could sort this otherwise its a mammoth train n car journey for me! i was thinkin early friday leave manchester come back monday.
come on manchester lot this is a well easy n cheap way to solve transport issues and meet some new bloc people.

talder · Post by **talder** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:08 pm

Yeah also leaving Friday, back Monday with 5 others. Anyone else out there?

julesrules · Post by **julesrules** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:35 am

yeah this sounds great, maybe check on prices soon as! i know you can get train at the min from manchester to taunton for £56 so as long as its cheaper than that im game!

Zoe · Post by **Zoe** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:38 pm

theres 2 more people up for it here.
as long as we make sure we get there before the music starts.

misspottymouth · Post by **misspottymouth** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 5:13 pm

there are another 4 here who are going from Manchester!

julesrules · Post by **julesrules** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:21 pm

Right, been on to coachbroker for a quote, will let you know when its through. I put coach for 13 people as by my count that's how many are interested in coach, sure this could be flexible anyway.
Basically must work out a convenient pick up as would think price would increase considerably if we picked everyone up individually! Just depends what is suitable, I live in north Manchester and am about half an hour bus ride from Manchester center.
So maybe best option to pick up from center if we have people all over Manchester??
Let me know thoughts and opinions on this and maybe people shop around for quotes to?

julesrules · Post by **julesrules** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:00 pm

also have i assumed correctly that we want a driver, dont think anyone will be up for, or in the right state of mind for driving back for 5 hours on monday afternoon.

misspottymouth · Post by **misspottymouth** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:00 pm

thats brilliant

cheers!

im centre of manchester (just behind oxford road) and the others i'm with are pretty much centre too (by salford uni)

If everyone is dotted around then i would say meet in the centre.

Just have to find out where everyone is coming from.

Any idea on prices so far just for an estimate?

thanks again

julesrules · Post by **julesrules** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:04 pm

iv put in requests for quotes should know more monday, will post quotes as soon as i get them, if anyone else wants to shop around i've already applied with 'coachbroker' and 'coachhirebookings', so dont go there!

misspottymouth · Post by **misspottymouth** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:05 pm

i'll have a look after my exam tommorow afternoon.

talder · Post by **talder** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 5:29 pm

yeah city centre suits me fine too, i got a quote for a 16 person coach which was like 800 quid, so 50 each. I imagine we could do better than that tho?

julesrules · Post by **julesrules** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:05 pm

gaaaaa u did better than me , i got £1295 and £1075!!! what! will keep looking though.

LiveDream · Post by **LiveDream** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:59 pm

Are these quotes you are stating for transport both ways or 'single'?
I'll try contacting some ppl on Monday and see where I get

julesrules · Post by **julesrules** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:52 pm

also got more recent quote for £1075 with all connections

these quotes i have posted are for return journey :

manchester centre-minehead departing from manchester 10am friday 13th
minehead-manchester centre 12pm monday 16th
(times probably negociable)
this is for 16 seater coach with luggage space, toilet facilities, and driver
if we lose toilet facility price may come down? but am unsure on that one.

price is pretty steep but think would be well worth it, at the minute it id £56 (with railcard discount) to taunton (closest train station) then forty minute shuttle bus to location!

think this will be hassle free journey, we could drink on coach probably n meet some new bloc friends lol