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      10-02-2012, 12:56 PM   #45
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Have just sent you guys the link to possible accommodation via PM.

Picked this as it's close to Douglas, secluded and much cheaper than staying in a hotel, especially if we book the 3-bedroom houses. Haven't stayed there myself, but reviews have been good. Works out to approx. £50-70 per person for 3 nights depending on how many are sharing per house, which is pretty cheap, or we could just split the entire cost evenly amongst everyone to make it fair. Any suggestions welcomed. Any updates on ferry crossings?

Here's the link to the poll.
http://doodle.com/xvfq9tm6mz3ez7ed

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      10-02-2012, 01:09 PM   #46
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I really fancy that, looks real nice .....
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      10-02-2012, 01:33 PM   #47
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That looks good to me but as a comparison there is availability at the Empress hotel on Douglas prom, this would be aprox £100 each for the 3 nights but includes an excellent buffet breakfast. I can recommend it as I have stayed many times, also a good bar and walking distance from town pubs and restaurants. But I will fit in with others if other accommodation is prefurred.
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That looks good to me but as a comparison there is availability at the Empress hotel on Douglas prom, this would be aprox £100 each for the 3 nights but includes an excellent buffet breakfast. I can recommend it as I have stayed many times, also a good bar and walking distance from town pubs and restaurants. But I will fit in with others if other accommodation is prefurred.
Whats the parking like?
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This all looks cool I will go with the majority I'm a sheep! Others lead I follow don't get any funny ideas Shane
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Have just sent you guys the link to possible accommodation via PM.

Picked this as it's close to Douglas, secluded and much cheaper than staying in a hotel, especially if we book the 3-bedroom houses. Haven't stayed there myself, but reviews have been good. Works out to approx. £50-70 per person for 3 nights depending on how many are sharing per house, which is pretty cheap, or we could just split the entire cost evenly amongst everyone to make it fair. Any suggestions welcomed. Any updates on ferry crossings?

Here's the link to the poll.
http://doodle.com/xvfq9tm6mz3ez7ed

Hello,

Accommodation looks good

Looked at crossings on http://www.aferry.com/ which includes Steam Packet co. I looked at the 29.11 weekend:

Heysham out at 14.15 on Thursday 29th and 8.00 back on Sunday to Birkenhead - as Jana suggested - seem the only suitable options. Heysham is further North to get to than Birkenhead but there are no crossings out from Birkenhead during the week (and there are no crossings at all from Liverpool during Nov to March) so that's it really. The cost for 2 people and a vehicle is £205 , fairly sizeable.
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      10-02-2012, 03:33 PM   #51
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Have just sent you guys the link to possible accommodation via PM.

Picked this as it's close to Douglas, secluded and much cheaper than staying in a hotel, especially if we book the 3-bedroom houses. Haven't stayed there myself, but reviews have been good. Works out to approx. £50-70 per person for 3 nights depending on how many are sharing per house, which is pretty cheap, or we could just split the entire cost evenly amongst everyone to make it fair. Any suggestions welcomed. Any updates on ferry crossings?

Here's the link to the poll.
http://doodle.com/xvfq9tm6mz3ez7ed

Hello,

Accommodation looks good

Looked at crossings on http://www.aferry.com/ which includes Steam Packet co. I looked at the 29.11 weekend:

Heysham out at 14.15 on Thursday 29th and 8.00 back on Sunday to Birkenhead - as Jana suggested - seem the only suitable options. Heysham is further North to get to than Birkenhead but there are no crossings out from Birkenhead during the week (and there are no crossings at all from Liverpool during Nov to March) so that's it really. The cost for 2 people and a vehicle is £205 , fairly sizeable.
Yep, the ferry isn't cheap, but hopefully we save via accommodation. If we choose the accommodation I've suggested, and get 2-3 3-bedroom houses and pack in 6 people in each house, it'll bring cost down to approx. £50 per person for 3 nights, which goes someway to offsetting the ferry costs, plus we can cook our own food in the houses, which would be fun I suppose. If someone could find even cheaper crossings or accommodation, all the better.
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      10-02-2012, 04:14 PM   #52
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Just re-checked. Steam Packet company quotes £186.50 for Heysham 1415 29th Nov and Birk 0800 2nd Dec for 2 passengers and a car.
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Quite possible, when I looked earlier, I think I got another figure again - but its that ball park figure

Of course, we could always car share as that would not only save a bit of money but the Planet too!
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      10-02-2012, 05:27 PM   #54
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This all looks cool I will go with the majority I'm a sheep! Others lead I follow don't get any funny ideas Shane
Aussie mate, not a Kiwi or Welsh
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Yep, the ferry isn't cheap, but hopefully we save via accommodation. If we choose the accommodation I've suggested, and get 2-3 3-bedroom houses and pack in 6 people in each house, it'll bring cost down to approx. £50 per person for 3 nights, which goes someway to offsetting the ferry costs, plus we can cook our own food in the houses, which would be fun I suppose. If someone could find even cheaper crossings or accommodation, all the better.

That does work I recon, I am all for saving some on accommodation and don;t mind sharing, self cooking works also to keep the price down as it's all about the driving
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Place looks good Marcus! I'm all for sharing. Unlikely my wife will be coming on this trip so one less person to fit in. My cooking skills are limited to say the least!
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Place looks good Marcus! I'm all for sharing. Unlikely my wife will be coming on this trip so one less person to fit in. My cooking skills are limited to say the least!
You said you can bake up a good banana bread
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Well I don't count baking as cooking! Simple baking is just follow the recipe and you'll hardly ever go wrong. Good cooking on the other hand is an art

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      10-03-2012, 07:05 AM   #59
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Well I don't count baking as cooking! Simple baking is just follow the recipe and you'll hardly ever go wrong. Good cooking on the other hand is an art

Still cooking mate, it goes in the oven....... unless you are trying to get out of any cooking duties, which is what I am really good at
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Still cooking mate, it goes in the oven....... unless you are trying to get out of any cooking duties, which is what I am really good at
Does a microwave meal count as cooking then?
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there,s an M&S on the Island so we wont starve. Ready meals are a saviour
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Does a microwave meal count as cooking then?
You will be putting on the apron mate, we can see you in bachelors action cooking up a feast for us all




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there,s an M&S on the Island so we wont starve. Ready meals are a saviour
stuff ready meals, my wife cooks real well
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Aussie, even better.
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      10-03-2012, 10:52 AM   #65
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Have just updated the maps with a local supermarket (Shoprite) that sources local produce. It's located very near to our intended accommodation and here's a decent local fish monger where we can get manx lobsters, which is only 3-4 miles away.

http://www.paddysfish.co.uk
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With the self contained units. we can buy fresh and cook up a bit of a feast..........Now I am liking the sound of this trip even more so
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