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Re: [RFC] Cambridge Hackathon
From: |
David Chisnall |
Subject: |
Re: [RFC] Cambridge Hackathon |
Date: |
Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:14:32 +0100 |
On 16 Apr 2013, at 01:14, "Lundberg, Johannes" <address@hidden> wrote:
> If it's OK I would like a few minutes to present our company, what we want to
> do with GNUstep and also, let you try our prototype AR glasses.
That sounds great.
> Maybe 10 minutes for presentation and 20-30 minutes for demo if we are ~10
> people.
For some presentations, we'll book a larger room (possibly a lecture theatre,
since it's out of term time) and have some
> Of course, the glasses will be with me all the time so anyone can try at any
> time.
Yay!
> I'll be flying in from Germany or Japan. What is the recommend way to travel
> from Heathrow (I suppose it will be). I guess train from Germany is also an
> option.
There are a few options. The cheapest way of getting to Cambridge from
Heathrow is the bus (national express). This is quite convenient, as it leaves
from the airport and arrives in the middle of Cambridge, but it's also the
slowest. The fastest is to take the Heathrow Express from Heathrow to
Paddington, then take the underground from Paddington to Kings Cross, then take
the train from Kings Cross to Cambridge. I don't really like this because it
involves two changes and both of them involve walking from one end of a station
to the other. The best compromise in terms of effort, cost and speed is
usually to take the tube from Heathrow to Kings Cross (which takes about an
hour, so bring a book...) and then the train from Kings Cross to Cambridge.
For the trains to Cambridge, make sure you look at the board at Kings Cross
that tells you when the fastest train to various destinations is. Some trains
are direct, some stop at a load of small stations along the way. The direct
trains take about 45-50 minutes, the slow ones take about an hour and a half,
so waiting 10 minutes can often get you there half an hour earlier.
If you're coming from Germany, you have two other choices, depending on where
you are. If you can take the Eurostar, it arrives in Kings Cross, so you just
change there and go straight to Cambridge. Alternatively, you may be able to
fly into London Stansted, which is not too far from Cambridge. There are
busses and trains, which take a similar amount of time (again, the bus arrives
closer to the city centre than the train).
David
- Re: [RFC] Cambridge Hackathon, Lundberg, Johannes, 2013/04/10
- Re: [RFC] Cambridge Hackathon, David Chisnall, 2013/04/11
- Re: [RFC] Cambridge Hackathon, Lundberg, Johannes, 2013/04/11
- Re: [RFC] Cambridge Hackathon, David Chisnall, 2013/04/12
- Re: [RFC] Cambridge Hackathon, Richard Frith-Macdonald, 2013/04/15
- Re: [RFC] Cambridge Hackathon, Lundberg, Johannes, 2013/04/15
- Re: [RFC] Cambridge Hackathon, Richard Frith-Macdonald, 2013/04/16
- Re: [RFC] Cambridge Hackathon,
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- Re: [RFC] Cambridge Hackathon, Ivan Vučica, 2013/04/16
- Re: [RFC] Cambridge Hackathon, Derek Fawcus, 2013/04/17
- Re: [RFC] Cambridge Hackathon, David Chisnall, 2013/04/16
Re: [RFC] Cambridge Hackathon, Quentin Mathé, 2013/04/11
Re: [RFC] Cambridge Hackathon, Niels Grewe, 2013/04/16
Re: [RFC] Cambridge Hackathon, David Chisnall, 2013/04/23
Re: [RFC] Cambridge Hackathon, David Chisnall, 2013/04/24
Re: [RFC] Cambridge Hackathon, Richard Frith-Macdonald, 2013/04/26