tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2493748718507781603.post3627306012769178573..comments2023-12-02T19:11:06.489+00:00Comments on Growing in the Fens: Travel FundMorganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10875708145472914122noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2493748718507781603.post-33483123625486229312014-01-13T22:05:30.960+00:002014-01-13T22:05:30.960+00:00http://www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels/437/Aberdeen-Ce...http://www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels/437/Aberdeen-Central-Justice-Mill-Lane-hotel<br /><br />Aberdeen is fairly compact so once you are there you can walk wherever you need to go. Our eldest is in her second year there.<br /><br />The Christian Union is very lively and the churches are all very student orientated with student lunches and church crawls etc <br /><br />would you have any Church contacts you could make connections with to stay over? helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03513538275041367740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2493748718507781603.post-29407939508069134762014-01-13T17:27:01.237+00:002014-01-13T17:27:01.237+00:00I can't recomend Aberdeen highly enough, my so...I can't recomend Aberdeen highly enough, my son started there Sept . 2013 and loves it, we're from Northern Ireland.Sylviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00908165881188601343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2493748718507781603.post-10394619001910639082014-01-13T13:22:50.355+00:002014-01-13T13:22:50.355+00:00Vee - this IS the course she likes so I really hop...Vee - this IS the course she likes so I really hope that she likes the city when we get there - I liked it 24 years ago, so I hope she does too! This is probably the one she is going to firmly accept, so she will be going there if she gets the required grades...<br /><br />The FH isn't happy about it, though, because he seems to be under the impresssion that if she gets ill, I shall have to hot foot it up there and bring her home! I can't get him to realise that I had flu in St Andrews, and my sister had an operation in Reading, and we managed! Yes, if she was seriously ill, of course I would go, but he seems to think you fetch kids home from uni the way you fetch them home from school if they have a bellyache!Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10875708145472914122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2493748718507781603.post-68810860571962048482014-01-13T13:19:33.810+00:002014-01-13T13:19:33.810+00:00Thanks for thinking of us, Kim, but where we live ...Thanks for thinking of us, Kim, but where we live the regional airports are not terribly accessible. I'd have to drive about 90 minutes at least to get to the airports: I could choose between Luton, Norwich, Birmingham or East Midlands - and some of those are more than 90 minutes. Then I have airport parking to consider as well. And the flights don't seem to be much cheaper than the train - the EFG can get a return to Aberdeen from our area with a 16-25 railcard for under £95, and a full price ticket for me is £142, whereas the cheapest flight I can find is £147, and the EFG would be charged that as well. Given that I hate flying, I think I will stick to the trains, especially since most of the flights I looked at include a stop in Manchester - and that means yet another landing and take-off! I did think of it, but it isn't any cheaper.....Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10875708145472914122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2493748718507781603.post-78280120899475732102014-01-13T12:15:51.306+00:002014-01-13T12:15:51.306+00:00Have you looked into flights to Aberdeen. They can...Have you looked into flights to Aberdeen. They can be cheaper than the train & a lot quicker. I have a friend who stays in Birmingham who always flys up to Aberdeen as she lives in orkeney because of the cost & time Kim @ Him, Him Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09566674565055851455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2493748718507781603.post-19549041804204039072014-01-13T09:30:06.645+00:002014-01-13T09:30:06.645+00:00Good job you thought of the travel costs early eno...Good job you thought of the travel costs early enough in the year to be able to put money towards the cost. Shows the virtue of planning! I hope EFG finds a University and a course that she really likes, bit of a bonus for all if it's a little closer to home than Aberdeen, but that can't really be the priority, can it? All good wishes, Vee xveeknits19https://www.blogger.com/profile/16289644776490481108noreply@blogger.com