Travelling from Scotland

[shetland]

Hi, i've never been to reading and was wondering...

How to get to reading from aberdeen, in terms of quickness and cheapness?

DO many Scottish people go ?

[madday_]

If you want to get there quick, you're better flying then getting the train from Gatwick to Reading. I think that costs around £100 tho

If you wanna get there cheap, megabus! Glasgow to Reading costs about £30. It does take a lot longer than flying, but you can get one overnight and if you don't mind buses & want to save money it's the best choice.

I don't think a lot of scottish people go, we got a lot of 'you're scottish, why didn't you go to leeds?' last year but there is some

[lloyd2991]

Just get the train, nice and simple and if booked early in advance could be around £50/60

[Paul ™]

Fly Aberdeen - Heathrow with FlyBMI.com

Costs start around £80

http://www.skyscanne...ugust-2012.html

At Heathrow get the Rail Air bus direct to Reading Train Station

Costs £21 return

http://www.heathrowa...athrowtoReading

Edited March 15, 2012 by Paul ™

[madday_]

Just get the train, nice and simple and if booked early in advance could be around £50/60

Edited March 15, 2012 by madday_

[lloyd2991]

The train prices for the latest you can book right now are at around £120 on thetrainline

[kevinboyle82]

I came down from Glasgow this year but I went with my mate who lives in Kent so just travelled to his on the Wednesday and drove over on the Thursday.

You get some total bargains on the caledonian sleeper if you book it in advance.

[glasto-worker]

DO many Scottish people go ?

[kevinboyle82]

There's some bargains to be had on the train. £15 tickets to London (from Glasgow) are not unheard of, just need to book in May when they go on sale.

Edited March 16, 2012 by kevinboyle82

[Mega Ross]

Try northern irish notes, everyone goes "what isn't ireland on the euro" nope, not northern ireland. (I'm not from there just ended up with some notes one day)

Best thing is to fly imo, it's worth the extra money compared to a train or coach.

[TalkShow Bob]

Sleeper is probably the best for a festival with all your kit, you have to book it on Scottrails website. However if you fly id recomend flying into Brisol (if there are direct flights from Aberdeen) instead of to Gatwick. Pauls recomendation of skyscanner for cheapest flights is a good shout - though remember if you want to take festival kits BA or someone may be cheaper than booking easyjet ect and taking a bag.

[kevinboyle82]

Trains are really pricey this year, especially on the Monday. Can megabus it on the cheap, but I think I'd rather walk.

[ninjahamster]

Good god dont do the bus unless you really have to, you'll be fecked by the time you get there. When i went ( im in scotland) i got the train and walked to the site, didnt take long. If you look you can sometimes get good deals. Failing that you could find some one to carshare with or fly but you need to consider the cost of getting from the airport to the site and the baggage allowance.

Edited June 27, 2012 by ninjahamster