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Norwich away.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 3:14 pm
by TopCat
Changed to a 12.30pm kick off on the Saturday for SKY.
How you expected to get there????
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 3:28 pm
by Granny WeatherWax
TopCat wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 3:14 pm
Changed to a 12.30pm kick off on the Saturday for SKY.
How you expected to get there????
To be fair, pretty much the only option from up north is car or coach. trying to get there on the train nowadays, even for 3pm, is very hard work.
Ridiculous kick off time though, they dont care about the travelling fans, but we already knew that.
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 3:43 pm
by jrgbfc
Early start for Accy Clarets
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 3:51 pm
by Aclaret
Leisure might need to think about setting off at Midnight, like we did in the 70s with Viscount Central
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 4:19 pm
by Leisure
Aclaret wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 3:51 pm
Leisure might need to think about setting off at Midnight, like we did in the 70s with Viscount Central
A trip to Brighton comes to mind. Tour of the pubs around Burnley on the Friday night, with coach from the bus station at midnight. Arriving in Brighton about 7am. And no toilet on the bus!
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 4:20 pm
by Leisure
jrgbfc wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 3:43 pm
Early start for Accy Clarets
Yeap and no pub stop!
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 4:32 pm
by Aclaret
Leisure wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 4:19 pm
A trip to Brighton comes to mind. Tour of the pubs around Burnley on the Friday night, with coach from the bus station at midnight. Arriving in Brighton about 7am. And no toilet on the bus!
Yeah pubs in Burnley then on the coach at midnight half cooked ! Can't remember that one leisure....Exeter and Plymouth I do ....when our loan man Malcolm Smith notched...I think we signed him on soon after ?.
Happy days
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 5:18 pm
by randomclaret2
We've just taken over 1,700 to QPR for a 1pm Sunday k.o.
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 5:24 pm
by ChrisG
randomclaret2 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 5:18 pm
We've just taken over 1,700 to QPR for a 1pm Sunday k.o.
It's a lot easier getting to London than Norwich! I also imagine a good % of that 1,700 are Southern based.
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 5:36 pm
by dougcollins
I remember someone in the RAF in Yorkshire saying he could get to Ascension Island quicker than Norwich.
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 5:46 pm
by Croydon Claret
If people just stopped at the Linton travel tavern overnight then there wouldn't be an issue. Bring your own plate though
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 7:39 pm
by Accrington claret
Leisure wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 4:19 pm
A trip to Brighton comes to mind. Tour of the pubs around Burnley on the Friday night, with coach from the bus station at midnight. Arriving in Brighton about 7am. And no toilet on the bus!
Remember the Friday late night setoffs well on route to Plymouth on Viscount central
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 9:13 pm
by Bop
“We can turn round now and you get your money back - or we push on, the game might be off, and no refunds”
It was a colder cold snap than this weekend. Like Bambi on ice at the services.
All that for a nil nil draw as I remember.
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 9:16 pm
by milkcrate_mosh
Croydon Claret wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 5:46 pm
If people just stopped at the Linton travel tavern overnight then there wouldn't be an issue. Bring your own plate though
More of use to southern clarets as it's equidistant between Norwich and London
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2022 10:59 pm
by Somethingfishy
Croydon Claret wrote: ↑Wed Dec 14, 2022 5:46 pm
If people just stopped at the Linton travel tavern overnight then there wouldn't be an issue. Bring your own plate though
Has Norwich City centre been pedestrianised now?
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2022 1:15 pm
by Squazo
what time will coaches be setting off ? 5am latest?
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2022 3:13 pm
by Leisure
Squazo wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 1:15 pm
what time will coaches be setting off ? 5am latest?
5.45am from the Turf and no pub stop!
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2022 8:15 pm
by Zlatan
Leisure wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 3:13 pm
5.45am from the Turf and no pub stop!
That’s cutting it fine, especially if there are issues with traffic en route
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2022 8:18 pm
by Leisure
Zlatan wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 8:15 pm
That’s cutting it fine, especially if there are issues with traffic en route
Fingers crossed that there won't be any hold ups and we should be there by 11.30am.
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2022 9:42 pm
by Squazo
no pub stop i better bring a packed lunch!
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 5:45 am
by AGENT_CLARET
Leisure wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 8:18 pm
Fingers crossed that there won't be any hold ups and we should be there by 11.30am.
Two lots of road works and loads of 50mph areas on two motorways down to Norwich at the moment 4:45 hrs is cutting it very very fine
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 6:10 am
by Granny WeatherWax
AGENT_CLARET wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 5:45 am
Two lots of road works and loads of 50mph areas on two motorways down to Norwich at the moment 4:45 hrs is cutting it very very fine
Good job he’s giving them 6hrs 45m to get there from the turf then.
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 7:06 am
by AGENT_CLARET
Granny WeatherWax wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 6:10 am
Good job he’s giving them 6hrs 45m to get there from the turf then.
Getting there for 11:30 is actually 5hrs 45m
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 7:21 am
by Granny WeatherWax
AGENT_CLARET wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 7:06 am
Getting there for 11:30 is actually 5hrs 45m
Sure, but the game kicks off at 12:30.
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 7:43 am
by Zlatan
As someone who’s done that drive regularly a few years back I know that you have to add at least another hour onto the ETA to account for traffic and other issues. Rarely did I arrive when I expected to.
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 9:00 am
by Leisure
Thanks for all the comments. We'll keep them in mind before we finalise the pickup times.
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 9:23 am
by Aclaret
Leisure wrote: ↑Fri Dec 16, 2022 9:00 am
Thanks for all the comments. We'll keep them in mind before we finalise the pickup times.
Perhaps this is your chance Leisure for your midnight pick up.
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 9:35 am
by NottsClaret
Nightmare last year, no issues on the roads at all so unfortunately got there in plenty of time to see that match.
Re: Norwich away.
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2022 9:38 am
by Lancasterclaret
There is a reason I've never done Norwich and this is it
(weirdly I've done Ipswich, Plymouth, Bournemouth, Gillingham though, which are all ballaches to get to)
