Tolkien 2005

[Lalwendë]

Originally Posted by Bethberry

I was thinking of registering just for the Saturday, with the banquet, as it would be hard to fly 'cross the pond to Merry Eld and not see Merry Eld for sitting in a classroom all day. A pity if they don't have one-day registration fees.

Originally Posted by lmp

That is precisely what my wife and I will be doing in the latter three weeks of September. .... London for a week, then a few days form Winchester to Bath to Tintern Abbey to Cotswolds to Oxford; then a few days in York, then home again. No tour, we decided ourselves. We've planned on 2005 for years and years, but when it came right down to it, Bb's quote fits our thought precisely.

Well if I ever went 'across the pond' then I too would prefer to take in the sights than sit in a university to be honest! LMP - If you're going to York, do not miss the Yorkshire countryside, and especially do not miss a trip to Whitby, even if you could go only for a few hours you could climb the 199 steps to the church and abbey (as made famous by Bram Stoker, Caedmon and the Abbess Hilda) and then go back down again for crab butties and Black Sheep ale in the Duke of York, overlooking the harbour.

How many 'Downers are planning on going to Brum now? I wont have flight problems but the train timetables still haven't been released for August.