Travel thoughts...

[fajrdrako]

I'm considering going to The Hub 3. Does anyone have any advice for a clueless Canadian who's never been to Birmingham except to change buses? When I'm in England, where else should I go?

Or I might go to England in August or September, for one of the John Barrowman concerts, which would be better walking weather. I'm hoping to hike a little as well. Still undecided....

Comments

[hab318princess.livejournal.com]

If you come to the Hub 3 - just fly into Birmingham International, the hotel is in a complex at the airport, no further travel required! Birmingham is quite central for everything- Stratford for culture, London only 2 hours or less on the train...

Hiking - Lake District maybe?

Hope this gave you ideas. (I live near Birmingham but have to say that I'm not into hiking, so that may need further investigation)

I will be at the Hub3, so it would be nice to meet up if you do decide to come

[trialia]

HERE! *clings*

If you're going to The Hub, I'm pretty sure the venue is nearer Birmingham Airport than Birmingham, which is to say Solihull, so you'll need to remember that for travelling.

[beccaelizabeth]

I go to a lot of conventions but I very rarely leave the con hotel, so I couldn't give much advice. The Hub conventions are fun.

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

I'm probably going to be attending Hub 3 too. Not really got any advice, as last time I was in Birmingham for a convention it was in the City Centre and not by the airport like this one.

One thing I'll say about the weather though; it's the UK, it could be doing anything! Bright sunshine and glorious hiking weather or howling gales, rain and sleet plus everything in between and possibly all on the same day! If you do come over and you'd like to see something culturally as well as aesthetically interesting then go over to Whitby on the Yorkshire coat the weekend after Hub 3; it's Whitby Goth Weekend when about 5000 goths descend on a small seaside town made famous by Bram Stoker...

[duncanmac.livejournal.com]

Any way you could pack me into your suitcase? :-)

I'd love to join you, though I'd like to see more of London than just go to Birmingham. [I might add that I usually think of Birmingham as a place to change trains, rather than coaches.]

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

I don't know Birmingham very well, but you'll only be an hour away from Oxford! We have books! ;) I do a very good guided tour...

I'm assuming that you won't be able to fly direct to Birmingham from Canada, but the trains up from London are pretty good. There's a train station just for Birmingham International and the NEC, and if you come with a few days either side, you'll be able to get pretty much anywhere you want to go (by train) within a few hours.

Sounds very cool - hope you can make it!

[gillo]

Birmingham International is at Birmingham Airport, and also a stop on the fast train route from Euston Station, London to Birmingham proper, Manchester and points north. It is also ten miles from where I live and you have no idea of the level of sulk I could achieve if you didn't come to stay. We have Kenilworth Castle, Warwick, Stratford-on-Avon, the RSC and all sorts of stuff to hand, and the week of The Hub I will be on half-term holiday and thus available as native guide...

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

Any chance of making it to Glasgow?

[neadods.livejournal.com]

London is always loverly.

[toraks.livejournal.com]

COME HERE!!! (you said you would?!?!?!?)

We're not that far from Birmingham if that's what you end up doing. Even London's only about a 4 hour train ride.