The following is from Dave Lally to provide travel information for events on May 15th (Friday) and May 18th (Monday) 2015.

(WATCH OUT FOR PENNY FARTHING LOGO -FOR ID AT ALL EVENTS)

[ In this the following abbreviations are used (for convenience):

B/P = Bus Pass (outside London and in England only)
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CWE=Clough Williams Ellis (founder/designer of Portmeirion).
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c/card=credit card.
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d/card=debit card.
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E+B=Elstree +Borehamwood.
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F/P=Freedom Pass (the London Bus/Tube Pass)
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GN=Great Northern Trains (local London) services -on NR (T/C valid within Gtr London).
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L+SEPG=London & S/East Prisoner Group.
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MML=Midland Main Line trains (long-distance) services -on NR (T/C usually not valid).
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NR=National Rail (ex British Rail) Stn.
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n/bound=northbound.
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SWT=South West Trains (local London) services -on NR (T/C valid within Gtr London).
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s/bound =southbound.
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T/L=Thameslink Trains (local London) services -on NR (T/C valid within Gtr London).
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T/C=Travelcard (a pre paid electronic card for use in Gtr London on ALL local NR trains,
on Tube and on Red London Buses within the 9 T/C Zs) -remember ALWAYS to touch in and out
on NR/Tube, only need to touch in on Buses. One can --on a pay-as-you-go T/C-- top it up by d/card or
c/card or by cash at any Tube/ (or in Gtr London)NR Stn. (If you only either touch in or only touch out
on NR/Tube, you'll be charged the MAXIMUM fare!) As well as a pay-as-you-go version, on any T/C you
already have or have bought, you can also add a 1-day fare for Z1+2, or any extra Zs (up to Z6).

If you have a F/P, all travel for you (London Red Bus, Tube, NR in Gtr London) is free -also on Mon, journies (b) and
(c). If you have a B/P, bus journies (only) on Fri and on Monday are free.

You can also now use --instead of a T/C with the same fares/conditions and Zs-- UK issued d/cards and
c/cards. Details: tfl.gov/uk/contactless.
Overseas issued d/cards or c/cards: see tfl.gov.uk/contactless-payment-card
(remember the fare will be charged in UK£ and yr card issuer will add o/seas charges to that).
One now cannot buy tickets for just Red Buses-easily.
One may-if travelling from outside Gtr London--be able to buy a T/C at yr local NR Stn (*) or at Heathrow/
(*)Gatwick / London City / (*)Stansted Airports. Check. (* one wont usually --even if a T/C is available to be bought there--
be able to immmediately use it there). If coming into Gatwick, buy a NR rail ticket and then use it on Tube etc on
arrival at NR Victoria or NR London Bridge or wherever. If from Stansted, buy an NR tkt to Tottenham Hale and then
use the T/C on the Tube from there.
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Tube=London Undergoround Stn (with Line/colour given)
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VTEC=Virgin Trains East Coast (long-distance) services- on NR (T/C usually not valid)
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Z=T/C Zone -the more you Zs you travel on by NR/Tube, the more it costs (buses have a fixed cost-irrespetive
of journey length). ]

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Fri 15 - 1400 for 1415
Meet outside main entrance (not exit for The Oval) to Vauxhall NR Station (Z1 and Z2) -by the red letter box
(upstairs from Vauxhall Tube: Victoria --pale blue-- Line, also one stop from Waterloo NR (Z1) on SWT).
We then travel by NR/SWT (Z2) to Queenstown Road (Battersea) NR Stn (Z2) to visit --subject to clearances
-- Battersea Dogs/Cats Home, where CWE's Cat House has recently rec'd Heritage II status. (We wont be buying any cats or dogs and dont bring any with you!)

We come back by Red Bus and get off near to the launderette (still there) from the film "My Beautiful Launderette"!
(Watch the film!) Then by bus up to Vauxhall NR (Z1) (have a look at MI5 and MI6!) and then by SWT, n/bound to Waterloo NR. Then by Northern --black line-- Tube to Tottenham Ct Rd Tube. We spend the rest of the Fri (social) evening (certainly there from 2000 onwards) in L+SEPG's regular monthly haunt (upstairs bar- The Crown New Oxford St southside -right beside the famous James Smith & Sons umbrella Shop (buy a Village one there) and right opposite the Giotto Italian Restaurant) (L+SEPG meets there on the last Tue of every month-this is a special visit.) They do hot food and also have real ale (Samuel Smith)/wine etc. The Crown --if coming directly there-- as well as the umbrella shop-- is v close to Forbidden Planet SF shop.

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SATURDAY 16TH EVENTS AS PER EVENTS PAGE HERE.
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SUNDAY 17TH EVENTS AS PER EVENTS AS PER EVENTS PAGE HERE.
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Mon 18- 1045 for 1100

Note: journies (a) to (d) herein are not in any Z and are not covered by any T/C -since they are outside Gtr London.
Journey (e) s/bound is OK for c/card, d/card or T/C. If you have on yr T/C a Z1-6 for that day (not pay-as-you-go),
let Dave Lally know there and then. That will reduce your fare for (a). We may also --if sufficient people-- be able to get a
Group Fare for (a) and for (d).

Meet beside Platforms 9-11 (nr to the famous H/Potter Platf 9+3/4 site) Kings Cross NR (many NR services incl GN,
VTEC etc). Upstairs from Kings X/St Pancras Tube (Circle -yellow, Metropolitan -dark red, Hammersmith&City -pink, Northern -black (Bank Branch not Charing X Branch!), Piccadilly -dark blue, Lines). Also next door to St Pancras NR (T/L
and MML services). We (a) then catch a GN train to Hatfield NR, then (b) a local bus (-> St Albans) but get off at South Hatfield Shopping centre (location: Hamden New Town- Danger Man (UK)/Secret Agent (US) B+W 1 hr ep "Colony 3". (Watch the episode!)

Then --after a short pub visit-- catch on the same route(a later) bus (c) to St Albans NR. Then by T/L s/bound two
stops (d) to E+B NR. If we arrive early, we'll re-rendezvous at 1530 by tkt barrier E+B NR Stn (for those just coming up by T/L from Central London, it is --from London-- Z6). (One can also get directly there (1) by T/L from north of E+B and
also (2) (change at St Albans NR from MML) -both outside of T/C Zs). If coming seperately to E+B NR Stn, look at the waiting room (s/bound) and the ceiling inside the tkt office area before leaving the Stn.

If travelling seperately n/bound from Central London, make sure you get on the correct T/L train (some dont stop at E+B!). In E+B we visit various location scenes from "Girl...", incl Mops and Brooms pub and Magnum record Shop, Witchwood road, also site of MGM Borehamwood (most Priz filming done in there) . Also an (outside) look at BBC Elstree (Eastenders) and Elstree Studios (The Avengers (Steed etc)/Star Wars/ Indiana Jones etc). We end at a local pub in E+B. Then (e) back
to Central London by T/L.

T/L n/bound can be caught at the following NR Stns in Central London -all with Tube Stns next door --except (iii) and all
--except where shown-- in Z1: (i) Elephant+Castle (Z1/Z2), (ii) Blackfriars, (iii) City Thameslink, (iv) Farringdon, (v) St Pancras Intl, (vi) Kentish Town (Z2), (vii) West Hampstead (a bit of a short walk-Z2).

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