Sussex Belle 22nd December

did it quote a promotional code because the website still quotes the full price unless you have one?

 

simon,
look at the bottom of the page for, book this tour online, click here, this will take you to the booking form select the sussex belle 22/12/09 and down at the bottom of this is the £29 £49 £99 offer's.
mark

 

They have probably sent to everyone on their mailing list. I have also received the email.

The email also said "To book your seats on this tour please contact the office on 01553 661500".

Thanks to Mark for pointing out, that you can book online. I have just booked.

I just hope Tangmere is repaired on time - see Chichester thread, since gauging could limit the possible replacements.

 

I wonder if it means they are short of bums on seats? mind you if I had already booked and then found this offer I would be non to pleased.

 

60019 on all 34067's tours until further notice??? or 70013 coming out as replacement??

I remember 35027 had a crack in firebox in mid 1990's (no not like now) and that took about 3 weeks or so in the workshops to fix.

Poor Tangers, its like loosing the Mid hants Standard 5 all over again.

 

Yep you are right. I missed that.

cheers

Simon

 

This tour goes via Kent - A4's have been previously barred due to height IIRC.

60019 could do the two Steam Dreams trips next week, subject to gauging and support crew being available.

70013 - unlikely for one trip( if 60019 covers the others).

 

Isn't 70013 still on the GCR?

 

Non to pleased entirely Cambrian55. Seeing as I booked it online for the full £60 I must be on their mailing list, so begs the question have they sent it to everyone bar those already booked? Will have to give them a bell on monday as still have received no info on the soton docker's postponement this coming sunday.

 

60163 Maybe? She'll still be in London after the runs on the 21st. Allegedly the crack on 35027 was big enough to see daylight through and probably one of the last nails in the coffin for Port Line (If we're talking about the same crack on the Swanage it would have been around 2002/3)

 

I was sent the same email.

Brian

 

Letter received today confirming "The Southampton Docker"trip being cancelled - no alternative dates available.

Options - refund or Transfer to " The Sussex Belle ".

The Letter also advised the special discounted rates for " The Sussex Belle".

I have emailed them asking to be transfered to another trip, with a higher fare, which might not cost me any more( They have done this in the past).

 

I had the e-mail as well, having been to Lincoln with them last weekend I presume.

The offer looks excellent until you check the timings. Taking nearly four hours to travel from Hastings to Victoria seems a long and slow run to me, or am I missing something?

 

Many thanks for your help Paul. I will try and get in transferred to the ‘Lincolnshire Coast Express’ with 70013 in March. If they won’t offer the discount it’ll have go on the ‘Kentish Belle’ with 34067.

 

I rang them up to confirm the timings.

Yes 3 and half to Hastings and nearly 4 back with a 20 min stop at Hastings and no getting off the train anywhere else.

I think you can have too much of a good thing.

 

Could but doubt it. Correct me if i'm wrong but I don't think 60163 has hauled a RTC train yet.

 

Not yet.

Is the TOC for this trip West Coast or DBS ?

 

I would have thought West Coast because it was to be Tangmere.

Could 60007 be rpelacing 34067 on its trips? because it is going L/E to Southall on Monday.

Lets say 34067 is cooled by Monday, then it virtually has a boiler washout before welding repairs can take place, this gives us Wednesday before repairs can start. So we are probably looking at next Friday at least before it is ready again.

 

Based on the indicated route, the return should be 2 - 2.5 hours.

The 3.5 hours to Hastings is comparable with a Kingfisher trip I did with Tangmere in 2006.