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1. UK Debian travel to Debconf 5 in Helsinki, Finland, 2005

Debconf site is at http://www.debconf.org/debconf5/ for more details.

Core conference dates are Sunday 10th July to Sunday 17th July, unless Andreas has made the same fence-post mistake as last year.

1.1. People

Add your name below if you're interested in travelling in a group.

Also fill in the dates you'd prefer to travel.

Name	Nick	DD?	Location	Preferred Dates and flights
SteveMcIntyre	Sledge	Yes	Cambridge	8th (BA798) to 18th (BA795) - GBP 165
DavidPashley	JD	hahaha	Brighton	8th (BA798) to 18th (BA795) - GBP 165
RobertMcQueen	Robot101	Yes	Cambridge/Cardiff	possibly ditto
JonMasters	jcm	No	Reading
BenHutchings	Womble2	No	Cambridge	9th (EZ3445) to 18th (EZ3446) via Tallinn
NattieMayerHutchings	nattie	Like, no	Cambridge	9th (EZ3445) to 18th (EZ3446) via Tallinn
RobTaylor	robtaylor	Nope	Cambridge	Anything, i'll go with whoever can put up with me :)
MarkBrown	broonie	Yes	Edinburgh
JonathanMcDowell	Noodles	Yes	Norwich
PhilHands	fil	Yes	N.E. London
VinceSanders	kyllikki	yup	Leeds
DafyddHarries	daf	No	Bridgend
PaulSladen	sladen	No	London	who knows...

Sledge: I'll add links to flight information etc. as I cba.

Womble2: Here are the prices I found (updated 2005-03-07):

Airport	Additional travel	Airline	Departure airport	Fare including additional travel	Fare reduction for other dates
Helsinki	local bus	Finnair/BA	Heathrow	£161 + a little = ~£165	£10 less if returning on morning of 17th
Tallinn	ferry, 1.5 hours	Easyjet	Stansted	£121 + EUR40 = ~£145	£45 less if returning on 16th or 19th
Tampere	bus, 2.5 hours	Ryanair	Stansted	£184 + EUR50 = ~£219	£40 less if going on 11th, £20 less if returning on 19th
Stockholm	ferry, 16-17 hours	Ryanair	Luton or Stansted	£73 + EUR74 = ~£124 (no cabin, group rate)	no

moray: I'm planning to go, but will be travelling from Edinburgh - though it looks like flying via London may be sensible.

broonie: Me too.

Wookey: I might go but haven't decided yet. Probably only for 2-3 days. I suppose I should try and sort my life out...

Womble2: KLM will fly you from Edinburgh to Helsinki via Schiphol for about £200.

JD: Gatwick is good for me, Heathrow isn't too bad. Stansted is a little more stressful, but more than doable.

mhy: I'll be going; travelling from Newcastle as usual. I'll have to check how much cheaper flying via London is.

jcm: Looking like Helsinki but I won't book this until nearer the time. Are we actually going to organise a group out of Heathrow?

sladen: I prefer to travel overland where I can. I'm likely to go via Oslo for something a week before, so it might make sense to get an [http://www.interrailnet.com/passes.dhtml?country_id=28,language_id=11,type_country=I Interrail]/[http://www.scanrail.com/template/article.asp?aid=60&folder_id=31 Scanrail] pass and go travelling with the Brompton for the week in between that and Debconf itself; possibly cheating with Stanstead->Torp as a starting point...

1.2. Flights

Sledge: for people in the SE of England, I think Heathrow direct is probably best. At the moment, [http://www.expedia.co.uk Expedia] lists the following BA flights that might be of interest. Looks like BA and Finnair are code-sharing, and BA are mostly cheaper for any given flight combo, so I'm only listing the BA flight numbers. All times are LOCAL, i.e. BST and BST + 2.

I'm ignoring flights via Prague that save GBP 3 but add over 2 hours on the journey time. Costs for these flights seem to be ~GBP 165 for a cheap flight (evening flight from Heathrow, morning back from HEL), or ~GBP 190 for other options.

Noodles: I'm tempted to go for a flight from Norwich - it's via Amsterdam and costs £40 more, but saves me travelling all the way to Heathrow. There's a 16:30->22:30 on Fri 8th and a 06:40->09:30 on Monday 18th. And it's 10 minutes or so to the airport from home. It's close enough in timings to the BA798 that I could still meet people at Helsinki airport for onward travel though.

nattie: Anybody wishing to join us in travelling to Helsinki via Tallinn is more than welcome to do so. We will meet up with the rest of the group in Helsinki on Saturday afternoon in order to get Matthew drunk on his birthday We return to Tallinn on Sunday the 17th, spend the evening and night there, and return UK-wards on Monday morning.

1.2.1. Flights out

Flight no	Depart LHR	Arrive HEL
Friday 8th
BA 794	12:20	17:15
BA 6080	16:10	21:05
BA 798	18:00	22:55
Saturday 9th
BA 6036	07:30	12:25
BA 794	12:20	17:15
BA 798	18:00	22:55
Sunday 10th
BA 6032	10:20	15:15
BA 6080	16:10	21:05

1.2.2. Flights back

Flight no	Depart HEL	Arrive LHR
Sunday 17th
BA 795	07:40	09:00
BA 6037	11:25	12:35
BA 799	18:15	19:25
BA 6035	19:30	20:40
Monday 18th
BA 795	07:40	09:00
BA 799	18:15	19:25
BA 6035	19:30	20:40
Tuesday 19th
BA 795	07:40	09:00
BA 799	18:15	19:25

1.2.3. Travel groups

1.2.3.1. Group 1

Out 8th (BA798) LHR 18:00 - HEL 22:55
Back 18th (BA795) HEL 07:40 - LHR 09:00
Sledge, JD, robtaylor, Robot101

Sledge: I've got a debian-cd hack session on the 9th...

1.2.3.2. Group 2

Out 9th (EZ3445) STN 06:45 - TLL 11:40, (Nordic Jet Line) Tallinn 15:00 - Helsinki 16:40
Back 17th (Nordic Jet Line) Helsinki 12:25 - Tallinn 14:05, 18th (EZ3446) TLL 12:05 - STN 12:55
womble2, nattie

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-||'''Name'''         ||'''Nick''' ||'''DD?''' ||'''Location'''||
||SteveMcIntyre      ||Sledge     ||Yes       ||Cambridge     ||
||David Pashley      ||JD         ||hahaha    ||Brighton      ||
||JonMasters         ||jcm        ||No        ||Reading       ||
||BenHutchings       ||womble     ||No        ||Cambridge     ||
||NattieMayerHutchings||nattie    ||Like, ''no''||Cambridge   ||
+'''Also''' fill in the dates you'd prefer to travel.

||'''Name'''         ||'''Nick''' ||'''DD?'''   ||'''Location'''||'''Preferred Dates and flights'''    ||
||SteveMcIntyre      ||Sledge     ||Yes         ||Cambridge     ||8th (BA798) to 18th (BA795) - GBP 165||
||DavidPashley       ||JD         ||hahaha      ||Brighton      ||8th (BA798) to 18th (BA795) - GBP 165||
||Robert''''''Mc''''''Queen      ||Robot101   ||Yes         ||Cambridge/Cardiff||possibly ditto||
||JonMasters         ||jcm        ||No          ||Reading       || ||
||BenHutchings       ||Womble2    ||No          ||Cambridge     ||9th (EZ3445) to 18th (EZ3446) via Tallinn||
||NattieMayerHutchings||nattie    ||Like, ''no''||Cambridge     ||9th (EZ3445) to 18th (EZ3446) via Tallinn||
||RobTaylor          ||robtaylor  ||Nope        ||Cambridge     ||Anything, i'll go with whoever can put up with me :)||
||MarkBrown          ||broonie    ||Yes         ||Edinburgh     || ||
||JonathanMcDowell   ||Noodles    ||Yes         ||Norwich       || ||
||PhilHands          ||fil        ||Yes         ||N.E. London   || ||
||Vince''''''Sanders       ||kyllikki   ||yup         ||Leeds         || ||
||DafyddHarries      ||daf        ||No          ||Bridgend      || ||
||PaulSladen         ||sladen     ||No          ||London        || who knows... ||
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-BenHutchings: The cheapest fare for London to Helsinki appears to be Finnair's at £150. The closest airports I could find that are served by budget airlines are Tampere (2 hours away by train) and Tallinn (3 hours away by ferry). Their fares for these dates are not much lower than Finnair's. Stockholm (Ryanair) might is rather cheaper to fly to but requires a long and maybe expensive ferry journey after.
+'''Womble2:''' Here are the prices I found (updated 2005-03-07):
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-moray: I'm planning to go, but will be travelling from Edinburgh - though it looks like flying via London may be sensible.
+||'''Airport'''||'''Additional travel'''||'''Airline'''||'''Departure airport'''||'''Fare including additional travel'''    ||'''Fare reduction for other dates'''    ||
||Helsinki     ||local bus              ||Finnair/BA   ||Heathrow               ||£161 + a little = ~£165                   ||£10 less if returning on morning of 17th||
||Tallinn      ||ferry, 1.5 hours       ||Easyjet      ||Stansted               ||£121 + EUR40 = ~£145                      ||£45 less if returning on 16th or 19th   ||
||Tampere      ||bus, 2.5 hours         ||Ryanair      ||Stansted               ||£184 + EUR50 = ~£219                      ||£40 less if going on 11th, £20 less if returning on 19th||
||Stockholm    ||ferry, 16-17 hours     ||Ryanair      ||Luton or Stansted      ||£73 + EUR74 = ~£124 (no cabin, group rate)||no                                      ||
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-Gatwick is good for me, Heathrow isn't too bad. Standstead is a little more stressful, but more than doable. - JD
+'''moray''': I'm planning to go, but will be travelling from Edinburgh - though it looks like flying via London may be sensible.

'''broonie''': Me too.

'''Wookey''': I might go but haven't decided yet. Probably only for 2-3 days. I suppose I should try and sort my life out...

'''Womble2''': KLM will fly you from Edinburgh to Helsinki via Schiphol for about £200.

'''JD''': Gatwick is good for me, Heathrow isn't too bad. Stansted is a little more stressful, but more than doable.

'''mhy''': I'll be going; travelling from Newcastle as usual.  I'll have to check how much cheaper flying via London is.

'''jcm''': Looking like Helsinki but I won't book this until nearer the time. Are we actually going to organise a group out of Heathrow?

'''sladen''': I prefer to travel overland where I can.  I'm likely to go via Oslo for something a week before, so it might make sense to get an [http://www.interrailnet.com/passes.dhtml?country_id=28,language_id=11,type_country=I Interrail]/[http://www.scanrail.com/template/article.asp?aid=60&folder_id=31 Scanrail] pass and go travelling with the Brompton for the week in between that and Debconf itself; possibly cheating with Stanstead->Torp as a starting point...

== Flights ==

'''Sledge''': for people in the SE of England, I think Heathrow direct
is probably best. At the moment, [http://www.expedia.co.uk Expedia]
lists the following BA flights that might be of interest. Looks like
BA and Finnair are code-sharing, and BA are mostly cheaper for any
given flight combo, so I'm only listing the BA flight numbers. All
times are '''LOCAL''', i.e. BST and BST + 2.

I'm ignoring flights via Prague that save GBP 3 but add over 2 hours
on the journey time. Costs for these flights seem to be ~GBP 165 for a
cheap flight (evening flight from Heathrow, morning back from HEL), or
~GBP 190 for other options.

'''Noodles''': I'm tempted to go for a flight from Norwich - it's via Amsterdam and costs £40 more, but saves me travelling all the way to Heathrow. There's a 16:30->22:30 on Fri 8th and a 06:40->09:30 on Monday 18th. And it's 10 minutes or so to the airport from home. ;) It's close enough in timings to the BA798 that I could still meet people at Helsinki airport for onward travel though.

'''nattie''': Anybody wishing to join us in travelling to Helsinki via Tallinn is more than welcome to do so.  We will meet up with the rest of the group in Helsinki on Saturday afternoon in order to get Matthew drunk on his birthday :-)  We return to Tallinn on Sunday the 17th, spend the evening and night there, and return UK-wards on Monday morning.

=== Flights out ===

||'''Flight no'''||'''Depart LHR'''  ||'''Arrive HEL'''||
||Friday 8th     ||
||BA  794        || 12:20            || 17:15          ||
||BA 6080        || 16:10            || 21:05          ||
||BA  798        || 18:00            || 22:55          ||
||Saturday 9th   ||
||BA 6036        || 07:30            || 12:25          ||
||BA  794        || 12:20            || 17:15          ||
||BA  798        || 18:00            || 22:55          ||
||Sunday 10th    ||
||BA 6032        || 10:20            || 15:15          ||
||BA 6080        || 16:10            || 21:05          ||

=== Flights back ===

||'''Flight no'''||'''Depart HEL'''  ||'''Arrive LHR'''||
||Sunday 17th    ||
||BA  795        || 07:40            || 09:00          ||
||BA 6037        || 11:25            || 12:35          ||
||BA  799        || 18:15            || 19:25          ||
||BA 6035        || 19:30            || 20:40          ||
||Monday 18th    ||
||BA  795        || 07:40            || 09:00          ||
||BA  799        || 18:15            || 19:25          ||
||BA 6035        || 19:30            || 20:40          ||
||Tuesday 19th   ||
||BA  795        || 07:40            || 09:00          ||
||BA  799        || 18:15            || 19:25          ||

=== Travel groups ===

==== Group 1 ====

 * Out 8th (BA798) LHR 18:00 - HEL 22:55
 * Back 18th (BA795) HEL 07:40 - LHR 09:00
 * Sledge, JD, robtaylor, Robot101

'''Sledge:''' I've got a debian-cd hack session on the 9th...

==== Group 2 ====

 * Out 9th (EZ3445) STN 06:45 - TLL 11:40, (Nordic Jet Line) Tallinn 15:00 - Helsinki 16:40
 * Back 17th (Nordic Jet Line) Helsinki 12:25 - Tallinn 14:05, 18th (EZ3446) TLL 12:05 - STN 12:55
 * womble2, nattie

==== Group <N> ====

 * ...