[Glastonbury] an idea develops?

[Mike Keogh]

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Rubbish...

Glastonbury to London in 2 3/4 hours (with tea break) , or less.  Podimore, 
A303, M3 to Southwark.

At 08:42 03/08/03 +0000, you wrote:

>On Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 06:40:31AM +0100, Sean Miller wrote:
> > Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> >
> > >Lovely thought - but probably unrealistic.  Glastonbury is a long way
> > >from anywhere in the civilised world that lives within the M25 / M4
> > >corridor.
> > >
> > I think this is a little unfair on Glastonbury... whilst our transport
> > links may not be the best (largely due to the lack of a railway station
> > in the town) none of the M4 corridor "civilised world" is more than two
> > hours away, many places (eg. Swindon, Bristol) are more like an hour.
>
>On a relatively unfamiliar road it's an hour on narrow roads from the M5
>turning :(  It's probably still 1/2 hour from Wells if you don't know
>the road - and Wells itself is a half hour from Bristol.  From
>Cheltenham it's an hour or so to Bristol then a few minutes to the M5
>turn.  I can just see myself coming the 120 miles or so from London
>to Bristol then spending another hour++ finding Glastonbury.
>[Festival time is different - all roads lead to Glastonbury/Pilton
>and the locals can't get in/out :( ]
>
> >
> > What we do need, however, is some decent hotel accommodation in the
> > town... a decent hotel/conference centre could unlock all sorts of
> > possibilities.
> >
>There is a Forte Travelodge close-ish which _does_ have conference
>facilities IIRC.
>
> > Sean
> >
> >
> >
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