Tim Kroesen

With this kind of 'enlightened' participation (and your commercial site
link/ad in your sig) I doubt if you'd get anything but kudos here!

Thanks for the additional info.

Tim K

"London Tours Info" <> wrote in message
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    > > I checked the site; 17 GBP bookings for the Big Bus with a free
'river
    > > cruise'... I've been considering this from the start.
    > >
    > > Sounds like a good deal considering the cost of a Zone 1 daily
transit
    > > pass; but what are some of the common site admission charges that
    > > *aren't* included on the route, like Tower of London and the Jewels
for
    > > example? Perhaps one of the 'half day' tours that include site
    > > admissions and dedicated bus would be a better deal at
35GBP...getting a
    > > bit expensive though IMO...
    > The Big Bus tickets are valid for 24 hours from when you get on the
first
    > bus. It's a pretty good way to get the feel of London as you get
commentary
    > and can hop on and off at will. If you do this first you can go back
and
    > visit the bits that interest you at your leisure.
    > > One evening tour did jump out at me <g> the 'Jack the Ripper'
night
    > > tour at 25GBP with chippies at 'The Albert' pub, or 18 without.
    > Haven't been on this one so I can't comment - although it's a very
    > interesting part of town . . . . !
    > > Perhaps the gent who dropped this ad here might participate in the
    > > discussion???
    > Sorry - I was a bit reluctant to drop back in - my ad caused a bit of
a
    > furore . . . . . . .
    > > Where is the Golden Tours office as point of departure?
    > 4 Fountain Square, 123-151 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1
    > > Are there ever any local or international coupons or discounts
available
    > We don't have any discount coupons at present (we've just launched) -
always
    > open to ideas though.
    > The UK and espcially London has been traditionally expensive - even
more so
    > with the current exchange GBP/USD rate.
    > We'd be the first to admit, as Rita (thread below) points out you can
do
    > these things cheaper for yourself, you just don't get the convenience
and
    > comfort you get with an organised tour.
    > Waves, dons flame proof coat and runs for the door. . . . . . . . .
    > Grant

Tim Kroesen

...I didn't say I wanted to hang out at the HR; we've got one in
Cleveland -Tower City too so I don't need to cross the Atlantic for
Rock-n-Roll schmaltz...<g>

Kids the relatives will usually care for joyfully; a Nineteen Year old
Cocker takes bribery!

Tim K

"Ed Dente" <> wrote in message
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    > Rita <> wrote:
    > : On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 01:56:38 GMT, "Tim Kroesen"
<> wrote:
    > :>I'll bet you're as beautiful as your name too...<g> Thanks!
    > :>
    > :>I'm still going to consider the Big Bus route though because being
    > :>ferried around more or less effortlessly (vs. getting lost and/or
    > :>waiting in stations) still has some appeal for the roughly 10 GBP
above
    > :>the cost of a day pass...
    > Bus route 11 goes from early to late, and you can more or less
    > effortlessly get on and off, with buses a few minutes apart, at Bank,
St
    > Paul's Cathedral, St Bride's, Fleet St, Dr. Johnson's House, the Inns
of
    > Court, Somerset
    > House and the Courtald Gallery, Covent Garden (a block away), the
    > Embankment and Thames bridges (a block away), Trafalgar Sq, National
    > Gallery and National Portrait Gallery (a block away), the Banqueting
    > House, Horseguards, Downing St, Westminster Bridge and Big Ben
    > (a block away) Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral,
    > Victoria Station, Sloane Sq, and Chelsea/the King's Road. With a
    > guidebook, you'll see the best of London for a few pence.
    > (It surprises me that no one has made a tourist cassette or cd to
    > accompany the 11 route. Listen as you ride - or as you sit in traffic
on
    > Victoria St.)
    > BTW, I hope the 11 is one of the routes that is still going to keep
the
    > Routemasters as they phase them out of the other routes they run. ANy
    > info?)
    > Ed Dente

Rita

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 14:13:40 GMT, Ed Dente <> wrote:

    >Rita <> wrote:
    >: On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 01:56:38 GMT, "Tim Kroesen" <> wrote:
    >:>I'll bet you're as beautiful as your name too...<g> Thanks!
    >:>
    >:>I'm still going to consider the Big Bus route though because being
    >:>ferried around more or less effortlessly (vs. getting lost and/or
    >:>waiting in stations) still has some appeal for the roughly 10 GBP above
    >:>the cost of a day pass...
    >Bus route 11 goes from early to late, and you can more or less
    >effortlessly get on and off, with buses a few minutes apart, at Bank, St
    >Paul's Cathedral, St Bride's, Fleet St, Dr. Johnson's House, the Inns of
    >Court, Somerset
    >House and the Courtald Gallery, Covent Garden (a block away), the
    >Embankment and Thames bridges (a block away), Trafalgar Sq, National
    >Gallery and National Portrait Gallery (a block away), the Banqueting
    >House, Horseguards, Downing St, Westminster Bridge and Big Ben
    >(a block away) Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral,
    >Victoria Station, Sloane Sq, and Chelsea/the King's Road. With a
    >guidebook, you'll see the best of London for a few pence.
    >(It surprises me that no one has made a tourist cassette or cd to
    >accompany the 11 route. Listen as you ride - or as you sit in traffic on
    >Victoria St.)
    >BTW, I hope the 11 is one of the routes that is still going to keep the
    >Routemasters as they phase them out of the other routes they run. ANy
    >info?)
    >Ed Dente

All you say of Bus 11 is true. I was put onto it quite by chance by
someone I asked where the bus terminal at Victoria was located --
the man suggested this bus as covering the "tourist" bases. I
happened to be staying that trip at the hostel near St. Paul's and
quite abandoned the tube and used this bus almost exclusively.

P J Wallace

Already gone modern, I think. The 15 will also take you past a fair
number of tourist attractions: London Transport's current standard
free leaflet has both a tube map and a diagram map of bus routes in
relation to the main tourist attractions.

PJW

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 14:13:40 GMT, Ed Dente <>
wrote:

    >BTW, I hope the 11 is one of the routes that is still going to keep the
    >Routemasters as they phase them out of the other routes they run. ANy
    >info?)
    >Ed Dente

Ed Dente

P J Wallace <> wrote:

    : Already gone modern, I think.

Well, that's too bad. I guess my first pint of Greene King next month when
I'm back in London will be in memory of the 11 Routemaster. Then one for
the 25, the 15, the 9 and all the other Routemaster passings. With luck
by the end of this stay I'll have reached one for the last Embankment tram.
Ed

The 15 will also take you past a fair
    : number of tourist attractions: London Transport's current standard
    : free leaflet has both a tube map and a diagram map of bus routes in
    : relation to the main tourist attractions.

    : PJW

    : On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 14:13:40 GMT, Ed Dente <>
    : wrote:

    :>BTW, I hope the 11 is one of the routes that is still going to keep the
    :>Routemasters as they phase them out of the other routes they run. ANy
    :>info?)
    :>
    :>Ed Dente

BrianE

Tim Kroesen wrote:

    > With this kind of 'enlightened' participation (and your commercial site
    > link/ad in your sig) I doubt if you'd get anything but kudos here!
    >
    > Thanks for the additional info.
    >
    > Tim K

Agree totally.

B