Bulgaria - Match Travel, Cardiff, 8 October

[scoop76]

Please post here if
- you have details about a coach or minibus trip to the match, including departure time(s), pick-up point(s) price and a contact.
- you are travelling from outside Cardiff and have space in a car or minibus.
- you are travelling by public transport to the match and want to find out if other fans are on the same train or coach.
- you have advice about cheap fares, hotel deals in Cardiff, or the last train home.
- you need to find transport to or from the match, let other people know where you're travelling from.

Admins - please can we make this a sticky, cheers.

[marsvolta]

anyone from bath/bristol? im driving down with an empty car every match.

[Deleted]

Aug 15, 2010 18:40:48 GMT marsvolta said:

anyone from bath/bristol? im driving down with an empty car every match.

I might be interested, Id obviously contribute towards costs. I was planning on staying with family in Bristol and travelling to the game. It all depends on work commitments and if I can afford to get back from Sussex to Bristol. These Friday night games are going to be a logistical nightmare for people having to travel a considerable distance.

[scoop76]

For those of you on Facebook, there is an event page for Wales v Bulgaria here:

bit.ly/cxkeC1

This might also help you find people to travel to the game with.

[scoop76]

Trendy, can we make this thread a sticky until 8 October please? Cheers.

[medibot]

I'll be on the train from London at some point on Friday morning, it'd be good to know somewhere to head for a lazy bit of afternoon to evening pre match drinking.

I usually use a combination of The Mochyn Du, Cayo Arms and The Goat Major but I'm open to suggestions.

[evsbech]

I have heard that the the 00.30 Church Stretton service from Cardiff is now extended to Wrexham for this match.

So good news for Wrexham fans and people who live on the border if they didn't want to drive or stay down but if you live anywhere else in North Wales it's not much help.

[marsvolta]

Aug 15, 2010 21:58:30 GMT @storm said:

Aug 15, 2010 18:40:48 GMT marsvolta said:

anyone from bath/bristol? im driving down with an empty car every match.

I might be interested, Id obviously contribute towards costs. I was planning on staying with family in Bristol and travelling to the game. It all depends on work commitments and if I can afford to get back from Sussex to Bristol. These Friday night games are going to be a logistical nightmare for people having to travel a considerable distance.

great,i'll give you a shout closer to the time.

[scoop76]

Possible bus from Wrexham. This post is from Shropshire Red over on the Red Passion message board:

"I am looking to run a coach to the Wales Bulgaria game on Friday 8th October at the new Cardiff City stadium. The coach will be leaving the Turf at 1pm.
Anyone interested can you let me know asap so I can gauge the interest and see if there are enough wishing to travel.
The cost will be around £17 each.
Please email [e-mail] to reserve your seat(s)."

[scoop76]

And this is from Andrew Owen, on the Wales versus Bulgaria event page on Facebook:

"Anyone in Llanelli interested in travelling up on a bus, with tickets arranged if needed, let us know".

Andrew is on Facebook bit.ly/chVTnh if you want to get in touch with him direct.

[marsvolta]

Aug 15, 2010 21:58:30 GMT @storm said:

Aug 15, 2010 18:40:48 GMT marsvolta said:

anyone from bath/bristol? im driving down with an empty car every match.

I might be interested, Id obviously contribute towards costs. I was planning on staying with family in Bristol and travelling to the game. It all depends on work commitments and if I can afford to get back from Sussex to Bristol. These Friday night games are going to be a logistical nightmare for people having to travel a considerable distance.

hi,just to update, i'm taking the train to cardiff and staying the night so wont be driving to this one.youre welcome to come along tho.catching the 11.38 train from bath and coming back saturday afternoon.

[marsvolta]

Aug 18, 2010 10:34:10 GMT medibot said:

I'll be on the train from London at some point on Friday morning, it'd be good to know somewhere to head for a lazy bit of afternoon to evening pre match drinking.

I usually use a combination of The Mochyn Du, Cayo Arms and The Goat Major but I'm open to suggestions.

im meeting my mate who is catching the train at reading station friday morning and will be meeting a few more in cardiff.u can join us if u want,make the train journey quicker.

[medibot]

Cheers for the offer, sadly I got laid off from work last week so my plans have changed from the train to the far cheaper Nat Ex coach journey from Victoria.

Will be in Cardiff at 1pm though so the lazy afternoon drinking part still stands

[marsvolta]

Sept 15, 2010 21:55:48 GMT medibot said:

Cheers for the offer, sadly I got laid off from work last week so my plans have changed from the train to the far cheaper Nat Ex coach journey from Victoria.

Will be in Cardiff at 1pm though so the lazy afternoon drinking part still stands

yup,lazy afternoon drinking sounds extremely similar to our plans,i'll give you a shout closer to the time.

[scoop76]

There are also regular trains back to Swansea after the match - last one leaves Cardiff at 00.56.

[saints19]

I am a stone's throw away from the ground, so no problems with travel, but if anyone is interested in a pub meet-up like we did for the Montenegro game, I'd definitely be up for it before/after the match.

[Deleted]

finish work four that day so going to head down canton way for a beer dont mind which pub maybe should arrange something like the montenegro game so everyones in the same pub?!!

[llannerch]

Put it in a new thread....most Cardiff-based folk won't be following this thread

[scoop76]

Sept 14, 2010 22:06:30 GMT scoop76 said:

Possible bus from Wrexham. This post is from Shropshire Red over on the Red Passion message board:

"I am looking to run a coach to the Wales Bulgaria game on Friday 8th October at the new Cardiff City stadium. The coach will be leaving the Turf at 1pm.
Anyone interested can you let me know asap so I can gauge the interest and see if there are enough wishing to travel.
The cost will be around £17 each.
Please email [e-mail] to reserve your seat(s)."

this coach will now definitely be running, leaving The Turf at 1pm, £17 each, email the Shropshire Reds ASAP if you want to reserve a seat.

Does anyone know of any other coaches being organised from other parts of Wales?

[dewi712]

train down from bangor on the friday morning,back up saturday evening .
flying out from manchester tuesday morning 7 am.

[welshposh]

Travelling down from Peterborough at about half 12, managed to swindle the afternoon off which is no mean feat for a teacher! Lucky I have an understanding headteacher.

Anyway, having not been to the CCS yet, where is the best place to park? Used to just parking by city hall for the MS but looking to get away quickly afterwards.

[scoop76]

Sept 26, 2010 19:43:53 GMT welshposh said:

Travelling down from Peterborough at about half 12, managed to swindle the afternoon off which is no mean feat for a teacher! Lucky I have an understanding headteacher.

Anyway, having not been to the CCS yet, where is the best place to park? Used to just parking by city hall for the MS but looking to get away quickly afterwards.

Maybe try the Gol Centre? Only a couple of mins walk away and the bar will be open pre match.

If you need to make a sharp exit after the game, don't park in the stadium car park - if the crowd is over 20,000 it can take an hour or so to exit.

[welshposh]

Sept 27, 2010 9:04:56 GMT scoop76 said:

Sept 26, 2010 19:43:53 GMT welshposh said:

Travelling down from Peterborough at about half 12, managed to swindle the afternoon off which is no mean feat for a teacher! Lucky I have an understanding headteacher.

Anyway, having not been to the CCS yet, where is the best place to park? Used to just parking by city hall for the MS but looking to get away quickly afterwards.

Maybe try the Gol Centre? Only a couple of mins walk away and the bar will be open pre match.

If you need to make a sharp exit after the game, don't park in the stadium car park - if the crowd is over 20,000 it can take an hour or so to exit.

Nice one ta, really looking forward to this one. 3 points and who knows what might happen against the Swiss?

[rhysage]

should have a nominated pub lol, or have been there before on this board lol. On a serious note I will be up for afternoon beers as well :-)

[scoop76]

Sept 27, 2010 19:19:33 GMT welshposh said:

Sept 27, 2010 9:04:56 GMT scoop76 said:

Maybe try the Gol Centre? Only a couple of mins walk away and the bar will be open pre match.

If you need to make a sharp exit after the game, don't park in the stadium car park - if the crowd is over 20,000 it can take an hour or so to exit.

Nice one ta, really looking forward to this one. 3 points and who knows what might happen against the Swiss?

welshposh, apparently there is quite a delay getting out of the Gol Centre on a Saturday now, so I don't know what it would be like for Wales match on a Friday.

[matty]

Sept 26, 2010 19:43:53 GMT welshposh said:

Anyway, having not been to the CCS yet, where is the best place to park? Used to just parking by city hall for the MS but looking to get away quickly afterwards.

I recommend parking in Canton/ Pontcanna, somewhere near Halfway pub or Conway Road just off Cathedral Road. It is a bit of a walk but after the game you'll be walking past the cars stuck in traffic. Watch out for residnetial parking though!

[Tim P]

'park right outside Trendy's house - he won't mind!'