Yoz Grahame's Unresolvable Discrepancy

I came here to apologise and eat biscuits, and I'm all out of biscuits

Note to self

Posted: July 28th, 2003 | 3 Comments »

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St. Christopher’s Place turns into Barcelona every Wednesday in the summer

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St. Christopher’s Place, shop near Bond Street

Total cost of trip from Finchley to Heathrow for two people, prostate using public transport: £35. (Two Travelcards, about it two tickets on the Heathrow Express)
Total cost of trip from Finchley to Heathrow for two people, using taxi: £40.

What you pay for that five pound saving: Journey takes twice as long and involves two line changes plus the drag between home and tube station, all involving heavy luggage.

So you’ll remember that next time, won’t you, loser? Shut up.

3 Comments on “Note to self”

1 Nick said at 12:56 pm on July 28th, 2003:
Or take the Tube to Heathrow via Leicester Square for about six squid each. Yeah, I know it takes over an hour, but at the right time of day, it’s quite relaxing. Honestly. (Though not as relaxing as taking the Heathrow Express between T4 and the main station for an hour while your flight is delayed. A strangely Zen experience.)
2 Yoz said at 6:06 pm on July 28th, 2003:
I dunno. The distance on the map has always seemed long enough to put the total time way above two hours, which is when we get into random-unplannable time. Besides which, I’ve got far better things to be doing with that extra time, like all my last-minute panicking.
3 Nick said at 10:02 pm on July 28th, 2003:
The planner at thetube.com puts it at 92 minutes and £3.70 each, and that pretty much chimes with my experience (45 minutes from the middle of Zone 1). Of course, being a non-Londoner, I’ve always been packed up and ready for the times I’ve taken the Tube to and from Heathrow, which makes a difference. And nowadays, I fly from Teesside and change at Schiphol, which is so much better than dealing with the insanity of London’s rotten airports. And gives me half a day in Amsterdam, too.

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