http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ Forum » Tag: UK - Recent Posts en Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:19:55 +0000 http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/traveling-to-uk-to-follow-tm#post-7386 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:46:39 +0000 anita 7386@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>Hello all!<br /> Got home last night (safe &amp; sound, but very tired) after my jaunt to NYC. I even ran into to Bernie at JFK terminal 2. Had the time of my life--really quite a surreal experience, I keep looking at the pictures to make sure it really happened.<br /> Thank you to Kristin, Dave &amp; Bernie for touring. To Billy for saying I was a great fan(!, and the hugs in Cardiff were a treasure...<br /> Thank you to Andrew for your hospitality, Owen for watching out for me, &amp; Allister for answering my silly questions. I meet so many great people at each show--thanks for being so awesome!<br /> Thinking about this is making work tolerable today...<br /> Love,<br /> Anita </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/traveling-to-uk-to-follow-tm#post-7159 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:38:08 +0000 Altfish 7159@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>I should be in The Salutation at about 7:00 </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/traveling-to-uk-to-follow-tm#post-7157 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 23:30:19 +0000 straggler 7157@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>Thanks for the info. That museum sounds right up my street! Train home isn&#39;t til 6pm Monday so have plenty of mooching time both days.</p> <p>Will probably head for the Salutation around 5pm Sunday. </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/traveling-to-uk-to-follow-tm#post-7140 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:54:01 +0000 Warren 7140@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>Glad you&#39;re having a great time of it Anita - the least we can all do considering you&#39;ve travelled all that way is to make you feel welcome when you get here.</p> <p>Still buzzing from last night - so I can only imagine what you&#39;ll be like by the end of your run! </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/traveling-to-uk-to-follow-tm#post-7138 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:20:36 +0000 Altfish 7138@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>Straggler</p> <p>I&#39;m going to Manchester, but won&#39;t be able to get anywhere near the gig until about 7:00.</p> <p>You don&#39;t say what your interests are, but here is a website with some ideas..<br /> <a href="http://www.visitmanchester.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.visitmanchester.com/</a></p> <p>If you have any interest in science and industry I would highly recommend MOSI (Museum of Science and Industry) </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/traveling-to-uk-to-follow-tm#post-7134 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:43:12 +0000 anita 7134@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>Having a great time so far! I can&#39;t believe that I&#39;ve been to two gigs and that I&#39;ve i have Five to go! Everyone has been lovely. English hospitality! </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/traveling-to-uk-to-follow-tm#post-7082 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:02:25 +0000 straggler 7082@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>Is anyone planning on meeting up before the Manchester gig? I&#39;m travelling up Sunday morning so would be good to meet some like-minded souls rather than wander around being Billy No Mates. </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/traveling-to-uk-to-follow-tm#post-6802 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:50:54 +0000 Alan 6802@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>Paul, has the word &quot;dodgy&quot; caught on in your locality? I&#39;d be interested to know whether or not it was a successful import. </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/traveling-to-uk-to-follow-tm#post-6794 Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:46:14 +0000 vikki_FME 6794@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>Yes, a great bunch! Looking forward to meeting a lot of them in person in Norwich. </p> <p>Oh and Racheal and I tried to teach Paul some Norfolk dialect at Latitude - hent that roight Paul? </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/traveling-to-uk-to-follow-tm#post-6747 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:58:22 +0000 Owen 6747@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>Mike is right - I booked my trains back in August, and to get from Manchester to Glasgow on the Monday and then Glasgow back home to Letchworth on the Tuesday cost a grand total of £34! But you DO have to pick your trains. Email me and I&#39;ll tell you which ones I&#39;ll be on.</p> <p>As for <strong>Ethical Paul</strong>, I don&#39;t think he drank enough beer while we were teaching him. &quot;Dardgy&quot; isn&#39;t bad, though... </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/traveling-to-uk-to-follow-tm#post-6746 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:12:27 +0000 Altfish 6746@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>Anita</p> <p>It looks like lifts may well be available, but if you are intending to do any travel by train, there are great savings to be made by booking in advance via Thetrainline.com<br /> For instance the journey that Owen refers to, for a one-way ticket from Manchester to Glasgow if you buy a ticket on the day, you’ll pay about £60, but via that website it is only just over £20. You have to name your train time and if you miss it, the ticket is not valid on another train, but it is usually worth it.<br /> I&#39;m sure you can book tickets in the US and pick them up from the machines at the stations over here.</p> <p>Cheers</p> <p>Mike </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/traveling-to-uk-to-follow-tm#post-6745 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:40:34 +0000 ethicalpaul 6745@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>They are such a friendly, smart lot! You are going to have a lot of fun.</p> <p>They never could teach me to properly pronounce &quot;dodgy&quot; though... </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/traveling-to-uk-to-follow-tm#post-6743 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:16:17 +0000 Owen 6743@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>Hello Anita! As Andrew says above, we&#39;re going to quite a few of the shows. Alistair and I will be at Bexhill too, and I&#39;ll be getting the train up to Glasgow from Manchester on Monday morning. You can reach me at owen dot dixon at gmail dot com. </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/traveling-to-uk-to-follow-tm#post-6739 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:44:47 +0000 anita 6739@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>Excellent! I can&#39;t wait to meet you guys! </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/traveling-to-uk-to-follow-tm#post-6736 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:07:02 +0000 Warren 6736@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>I&#39;m doing London and Holmfirth this time around. I&#39;m actually not doing Manchester because it already clashes with a gig that I&#39;d booked beforehand (real shame as that&#39;s almost walking distance for me! :)</p> <p>As for transport, I&#39;m heading back on the bus from Holmfirth to Huddersfield and there&#39;s a late train back to Manchester from there, so Anita might want to book a hotel room in Manchester on Friday night maybe and head from there out and about for Saturday and Sunday daytime and see some sights before the Sunday night gig. I&#39;m sure plenty of us can give you some cracking ideas</p> <p>(and Vinyl Exchange in Manchester is well worth a visit whilst you&#39;re there) </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/traveling-to-uk-to-follow-tm#post-6733 Sun, 09 Oct 2011 21:15:24 +0000 Andrew 6733@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>Hi Anita, I am doing a few of the shows and have space in the car to take you from Norwich to Holmfirth and can probably help with Manchester too - Alistair and Owen will be along for the ride too! Drop me a mail if you like &lt;at&gt; slow_on_the_uptake at yahoo.co.uk and we will sort something out. </p> <p>Andrew </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/traveling-to-uk-to-follow-tm#post-6731 Sun, 09 Oct 2011 14:38:11 +0000 Altfish 6731@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>Hi Anita</p> <p>I don&#39;t know if I&#39;m going to be much use to you for lifts as I am only going to the Manchester and Holmfirth gigs in the UK (Dublin too but that&#39;s in Eire)however, if you keep an eye on the threads on the tour you will see that I&#39;ve suggested a couple of pubs to meet up in for Holmfirth and Manchester ~ it&#39;d be great to see you in there, hopefully there&#39;ll be a few off this site meeting up.<br /> You are correct that Holmfirth is &#39;in the middle of nowhere&#39; and probably the hardest to get to, it&#39;s a good venue though! Huddersfield is the nearest town of any size and there does seem to be a good (and late running) bus service back from Holmfirth. However, not alot happens in Huddersfield (awaits abuse from the locals)so you may want to quickly head to Manchester ready for the Sunday gig. Or, if you want to see some sights go to York or Liverpool on the Saturday; Manchester, Liverpool, York, Huddersfield and Leeds for that matter are on the same train route and there is a very frequent service.<br /> When you know your accomodation arrangements let me know and I&#39;ll advise you again.</p> <p>All the best</p> <p>Mike </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/traveling-to-uk-to-follow-tm#post-6730 Sun, 09 Oct 2011 05:03:42 +0000 anita 6730@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>I&#39;m very excited that I am officially coming to the UK to be a groupie to attend the Bexhill- Cardiff shows! </p> <p>If anyone else is traveling and would like to do some ride sharing or what not, I&#39;m stiff formulating my plans. (And am open to suggestions, as the Holmfirth show seems to be the trickiest place to travel on public transportation.)</p> <p>I can&#39;t wait to meet all you folks, so I hope there are lots of meet ups before the gigs!</p> <p>-Anita </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/another-kristin-show-in-the-uk#post-5185 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:22:53 +0000 Owen 5185@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>The Letchworth show is sold out!</p> <p>Given the numbers I gather there won&#39;t be as many seats as first planned - maybe only 25 or so, with everyone else standing. They&#39;ll be on a first-come, first-served, basis too, so if you&#39;re going to need a seat get there early.</p> <p>I think the shop will be open as normal until around 7, then kicking out the non-attendees, so it’d be wise to get there before 7 to collect your ticket, then you’re free to do as you please. </p> <p>I&#39;ve been asked about a pre-show meet-up : Letchworth is an old Quaker town, so pub-wise it&#39;s pretty poor:-</p> <p>[1] The Broadway Hotel has an Ok bar though is a bit pricey,<br /> [2] The Three Magnets (Weatherspoons) attracts an &quot;I&#39;ll drink whatever is cheap&quot; crowd and consequently can get a bit lairy.<br /> [3] The Hogshead, right opposite the station is a noisy “Vertical Drinking Establishment” for people under 25. </p> <p>The Tavern, across the car park from the cinema, is probably the best of a bad bunch...</p> <p>Actually, if you want to eat then <a href="http://www.lartistapizzeria.com/restaurant.asp?Rest=Letchworth">L&#39;Artista</a> (virtually opposite David’s) is pretty good. Not sure I&#39;ll have time beforehand, but I&#39;m thinking of heading over there afterwards... </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/another-kristin-show-in-the-uk#post-5022 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:08:45 +0000 ericlered 5022@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>I&#39;m with Altfish, it would be wonderful to have a visit to Manchester :) </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/another-kristin-show-in-the-uk#post-5015 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:35:42 +0000 Owen 5015@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>I&#39;ve had another note from Andy in the shop:-</p> <p><em>Tickets selling fast. 50 nearly which would be the top limit if it we did it seated. Can go up to 75 if we do some standing which I think we will have to. Anyone who wants to come but hasn&#39;t paid yet needs to do so quickly as only those who have paid will be guaranteed a ticket</em> </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/another-kristin-show-in-the-uk#post-5007 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:53:32 +0000 carol 5007@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>Yeah, had a little chat with Kristin after the Paradoxical reading at St. Andrews. Thanks Billy! cx </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/another-kristin-show-in-the-uk#post-5006 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:26:04 +0000 BillyO 5006@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>Couldn&#39;t see going all that way and not making it to Scotland...it&#39;s figured prominently in the book&#39;s life. The first <em>Paradoxical</em> show was in Glasgow...the Edinburgh festival, too. </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/another-kristin-show-in-the-uk#post-5005 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:15:52 +0000 carol 5005@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>Woohoo to Glasgow! Something to keep us going through this cold January. Thanks to who&#39;s making it happen cx </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/another-kristin-show-in-the-uk#post-5003 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 11:10:44 +0000 Altfish 5003@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>I notice that January 21st and 22nd are still &#39;free&#39;; that&#39;s the Friday and Saturday...I&#39;m sure Waterstones in Manchester would welcome you with open arms?! </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/another-kristin-show-in-the-uk#post-4996 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:36:08 +0000 Owen 4996@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>Some people are never satisfied... </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/another-kristin-show-in-the-uk#post-4992 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 13:25:58 +0000 Alistair 4992@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>If you look on the front page, there&#39;s another been added. Glasgow, on the 28th. </p> <p>Wanted something north of Letchworth, but this is slightly too far.... :o) </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/another-kristin-show-in-the-uk#post-4868 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:53:42 +0000 NCFC 4868@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>All booked </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/another-kristin-show-in-the-uk#post-4867 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:31:21 +0000 Owen 4867@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>Ok, I have more news:-</p> <p>[1] You need to fill in the booking form at the link in my reply above, then ring Andy in the shop on (01462) 475900 to pay your money. </p> <p>[2] I asked how much they were selling the book for, and he said £18, so with your £4 ticket-price reduction you&#39;ll be able to get a copy for £14.</p> <p>[3] When I mentioned Amazon were selling the book a lot cheaper he said : &quot;When was the last time you saw Amazon organising in-stores and signing events?&quot;. He loves Kristin and her music, but they&#39;ve got to keep the shop running and that&#39;s partly why they organise events like this. </p> <p>I realise we&#39;re in financially dire times, and people are watching where every penny goes - I wouldn&#39;t dream of telling anyone how to spend their money. But small independent shops don&#39;t have the financial clout of the big chains (hundreds of them have closed over recent years), so they need support by other means. I&#39;m biased, of course, because this place is my home from home - I&#39;ve been shopping / browsing / listening / chatting to friends / whiling away the hours in there since I moved to Letchworth in the early 80s. It&#39;s where I bought the first Muses album from! I don&#39;t mind spending a bit more to ensure I still have a place to do that, but I can afford to - I appreciate some people can&#39;t. </p> http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/topic/another-kristin-show-in-the-uk#post-4861 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:04:27 +0000 Sparky 4861@http://www.kristinhersh.com/forum/ <p>Oooh excellent ! - less than 20 miles from home :)</p> <p>Anyone notice Bristol on the 26th too<br /> ..... I wonder if the M4 will be snow free by then?</p> <p>:) </p>