Third time's the charm, it seems. (HL con Leeds)

[hmpf]

After two abortive attempts in 1999 and 2000(?) I'm finally going to a Highlander con, it seems. Like the last time, I bought the ticket off someone who couldn't go - (((rasmizar))) - but unlike the last time, the con will (I hope!) actually take place (last time it was cancelled just a couple of weeks after I bought the ticket, and I never saw my money again). Weird thing - rasmizar's ticket is for preferred seating and includes autographs. That's weird for me because I'm really not interested in autographs, and asking anybody for one is an activity that's not exactly high on my list of priorities. If it hadn't been for rasmizar's need to sell the ticket, I would probably have gotten the cheaper version, without autographs. But, hey, I guess I could simply get the autographs and give them to her, so she won't feel quite as bad about not being able to go there. :-)

Well... fleta-BABE and beccadg-BABE, you still looking for someone to share a room with? ;-) (Or, if that's not an option, I'll have to find my own room.)

Got a cheap deal on the plane ticket, too, so that's nice.

So, who else is going to be there? I'm a bit of a latecomer to this party...

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To Whom It May Concern: I will be in Britain from the evening of March 7, leaving for Germany again on the 17th. I'll probably be in Plymouth for the first third of my stay, then go to Leeds for the con (10.-12.). I have no set plans for what I'm going to do after the con yet. That means: if you would like to meet me, drop me a mail or a reply here, and we can try to work something out. It's not a lot of time, but I'm better rested now than I was in August, when I basically slept all through my visits at ommadon's, aminspace's and torneledhwen's, so maybe I can see you all in one frantic round-trip without falling into a coma again. ;-)

Comments

Re: Oookay... here's a plan:

[fleta.livejournal.com]

I'm all for illegal. I've snuck people before. And Becca and I will likely be like twins and stay beside each other. So one of us could give you their room key. So you can get in and out easily.

My cell may not work, I called cingular and they said I could add in the international calling and see... doesn't sound promising to me though.

We've not made much plans yet. We arrive around 2 on the 9th from the train and leave about 1130 tuesday to take the train back down.

So far, I've been the one handling most of the details. call me picky or whatnot. We're flying to heathrow, train then up to leeds and then reverse to come back.

We can meet up and do whatever. I am a volunteer at the con, so we'll see what happens there.

Well...

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someone replied to my mail on the list, so I've decided on the 'safe' route now - I'm sharing a room at the Jury Inn with a fan from Hungary. Sorry... I'm a wuss, I guess. I was just getting really nervous about the whole sneaking-into-the-hotel issue, so I'm quite relieved now. But thanks for the offer, anyway. :-)

And of course we still have to meet and spend time together and stuff! As far as I know there'll be exactly four BABEs at the con. I guess we'll be the four Horsewomen of the Apocalypse! *g*

Well, I'm not sure about my phone, either, so we should probably find a way to meet that does not require phones. I'll be arriving in Leeds at 19:45 on Friday evening. I expect it will take me at least half an hour or so to get to the hotel and get settled there, but maybe we could meet later in the evening, perhaps at the Queens' bar, or at a restaurant? I'm probably going to be downright ravenous - by the time I arrive I'll have spent 9 hours on the coach. So, I'd probably really appreciate dinner with my BABE clansibs. On the other hand, I suppose I could also have dinner with my unknown roommate, if she doesn't have plans for the evening... or we could just all have dinner together. What do you think?

I'll be staying until Tuesday, too, though I haven't booked a room for Monday night yet - my Hungarian roommate leaves on Monday. Maybe *then* sharing your room would be an option? I'm a lot less nervous about sneaking into (and out of) a hotel *once* than I am about doing it for four days. *g* I'll be meeting a friend from Farscape fandom who lives near Leeds on Monday for half a day or so, but we could still at least spend some time together in the morning and of course in the evening.

Re: Well...

[fleta.livejournal.com]

defiantely.

Becca and I arrive around 2 pm thursday and I'm a volunteer for the con so I'll be around.

Darius is coming, so we have a male BABE :)

The hotel room is booked in my name, so just ring us up and we can meet up with you for supper or whatnot.

And the room offer holds. No matter what. I\ll risk it for a fellow BABE. Shame we don't have pins made or a button or something. If I could figure a way I'd do it ....

We'll see you there. I'll be off email after noon Eastern us time wednesday. flight and all. we have to go to boston and then to heathrow, then the train up to leeds.