Finally: Thank yous and Edinburgh Picspam!!

[lady_of_clunn]

A shoutout of thanks to nursedarry and cassie_black_12 for organising this awesome event, to delorispea, who wrote drabble presents for everyone, yes, everyone! By hand! Delivered in little HP envelopes! And to kennahijja, who wrote a wonderful story for the raffle, which I won! *squeee*

As promised, there shall be picspam:




One way to the Royal Mile




And the other *blinks*




Hmmm. Fleshmarket. Am I the only one with naughty thoughts right now?




On the Royal Mile.




This one is for willowfaerie2




Tania trying to liberate a chicken.




Tania explains the historical significance of the grassmarket to me. *nods*




View from the meeting room to the left.




View from the meeting room straight ahead.




View from the meeting room to the right. It doesn't get much better than that.




Even the balustrade was decorated with unicorns. How perfect is that?




Witchy :)




Victoria Street - even prettier in sunlight :)




Lordofclunn and Missy Clunn in front of Edinburgh Castle. Which we didn't get to see from the inside. Because somebody *glares at Lordofclunn* had to spend a disproportionate amount of time in a certain electronics shop. And because there was a downpour of torrential magnitude. *cough*




Edinburgh Seagulls are kinda creepy.




Tania is convinced that The Doctor was in Edinburgh - the Tardis was absolutely everywhere!




And here!



There it is again! On the Royal Mile!




Where's the Doctor??

Comments

[ratherbsailing.livejournal.com]

if you had to estimate, how much do you think it would cost for me to go to DiaCon next year..ball park figure?

[lady-of-clunn.livejournal.com]

Well, the con itself is not that bad - membership is 35 £ at the moment plus £ 75 for accommodation if you take shared bathroom facilities or £ 111 with en suite. That is for three nights as far as I understood and much better than any B&B you might find.

So. 146 £ for the con itself. Of course you will need to get there, so a flight New York - London (you might find some good deals if you are flexible on dates...) and then a train ticket(one hour from St. Pancras, single fare £ 28)or bus ticket (1.5 hours, goes directly to the uni, £ 20 return!!) to Canterbury.

So we are at £ 166 for the con and getting there within the UK. You will need spending money and money for meals and such and that depends largely on your taste...

[ratherbsailing.livejournal.com]

wow, ok, that sounds very reasonable. I think it's a done deal. Just have to get more information about dates and stuff, I'll get on that now. I'm so excited!

[lady-of-clunn.livejournal.com]

A week sounds very tight for a trip to Europe, especially DiaCon already lasts four days.

You might want to see London and maybe Oxford, where the HP films were filmed (it's a day trip) that could be substituted with Cambridge (similar college architecture) or you do something completely different... But I think it would be a shame to fly over and not really see much...

[ratherbsailing.livejournal.com]

So 2 weeks is probably what I should be shooting for then. Hmm, OK. Let's see. I'm gonna try to make it happen 'cause this is the last movie and I really want to meet you and see everything. I'll hit you up when I know more.

[lady-of-clunn.livejournal.com]

I just found out that a ticket to the victory ball costs £ 35 including a three course meal. that's an event not to be missed (and I will get the black leather corset out!) So that raises the con cost to around £ 200.

[ratherbsailing.livejournal.com]

K, well that's around the same price at the con here, so far, it's still looking good. Now if I can just find a cheap flight. lol

[lokifan]

YAAAAAAAY! I love you for a: promising us you in a corset for the Victory Ball and b: persuading somebody to Diacon. I solemnly swear we will make it awesome!

Tania's a cutie - me and lkaet had a blast playing Doctor Who quizzes with her :)

Also, 'Fleshmarket' and 'Cockburn Street' - DEFINITELY not the only one thinking dirty thoughts! Prostitute neighbourhood, wot?

[lady-of-clunn.livejournal.com]

Haha - I just took stock for possible costumes.

There might or might not be the possibility for at least three different ones. There are four days, after all :)