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On 25/09/10 13:47, Gordon Henderson wrote: > > ie. next Saturday! > > Address is 19, Fore Street, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0BT. > > Our house is the lilac and purple one. This: > > http://url.drogon.net/f > > is about the best you'll get via Google Street View. (narrow one-way > street) It's probably easier to go through the big gate to the back door > - especially if bringing kit, but if using the front-door, the door bell > is a "pull" mechanism... (standard push at the back door, but it'll be > open) It's also a shoes-off house as we've just had new carpets > fitted... So be prepared ;-) > > Getting here: > > By car - your GPS will work, eventually, but the standard TeleAtlas map > is about 15 years out of date for here, so will avoid a "new" road that > was made 12 years ago... There are 3 car parks. The one in Station Road > is closest and easiest to get to, but often full.. > > http://unicorn.drogon.net/map.png > > is a google map with some blobs on - If coming from Exeter or via Totnes > you'll start with the red blobs by the A38. Follow these past the Abbey, > up hill, down hill through industrial estate and into car park. (green > blob) If that's full, you need to get to the head of the blue blobs > where there's a bigger car park. Station road car park can be found by > following the purple blobs from the A38 - it's first on the right after > the Jet garage. (Actually 2nd as first is a one-way street). > > Fore Street is one-way left to right on that map. There are a couple of > other one-way streets here - it's quite "creative" ;-) > > Coming from Plymouth, you can get off the A38 at Dean Prior - it's > probably sign posted to a Farm shop. Don't go too fast down the slip-way > as there's a give-way at the bottom. Follow the blue blobs to the > car-park. If you miss that turn-off, just get off at the next one > (signposted Totnes & the Abbey) > > Parking is a pound for 4 hours. > > There is free parking to be found if you're lucky, but please DO NOT > park where you think you might get away with it - the parking man is a > right royal little jobs worth and ticketed my neighbour when she was > unloading some heavy stuff from her car recently - we have no on-street > parking in Fore street, so no choice but to park on the side where we're > not allowed to when unloading )-: > > And it seems that there are no busses on a Saturday from Paignton way - > at least none that I found. The X38 goes through from Plymouth to Exeter > - you'll want to get off at the Jet garage - that's the stop for the > South Devon Railway & Butterflies & Otters too. Follow the sign posts to > the Valiant Soldier then you'll be at the bottom of Fore Street. > > If you want an adventure, then you could get to Totnes then use the > steam train from there, then the free bus service from the station to > the Valiant Soldier... > > Kick off at 2pm, kick-out at 6pm... There'll be a light buffet (or maybe > just pizza), cakes, tea and coffee... > > See you next week! > > Gordon > Apologise in advance I can't make it due to being in Wadebridge with the Paignton Rugby team. I hope others can make it, so that this can be successful Paul -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq