rushed30 March 2006: Arrive Heathrow. Train (1), etc., to Lymington. Eat something. Die in a heap.
31 March 2006: Play dancing Bear for
silme's students. 1 April 2006: Train (2) to London. Write on train? Meet
mevennen and trek to Cambridge there to soak in the culture.2 April 2006: Cambridge to London, 5 pm dinner with
mevennen, fjm, et al? Train (3) back to Lymington. Potentially more writing on train. (Why yes, I do have June and August deadlines. How nice of you to notice.) 3 April 2006: No plans. Isle of Wight? Sleep? Wander about? Optional: die in a heap.
4 April 2006: Stratford with
heatherkward 5 April 2006: meet
katallen in London. Deptford: St. Nicholas Churchyard (New Cross Station) George Inn, Rose! (appt, 12 noon), Globe, etc. (Southwark Station) (train (4). write. This--the Southwark day--is the day into which I am trying to pack WAY TOO MUCH.)6 April 2006: London. British Library. (Euston Sq. Station) lunch with
oursin. British Museum? St. Paul's, Newgate, Blackfriars. Etc. London proper. (Pick a tube station, any tube station) (train (5). write.)7 April 2006: London. National Portrait Gallery (YAY!) (Charing Cross Station) Westminster (Westminster Staton) 5:30-ish signing at Forbidden Planet. (train (6). write.)
8 April 2006: London. Lunch with friends wnlj. Tower of London. (Tower Hill Station) Shoreditch (Shoreditch Station) (train (7). write. memo: bring two notebooks and extra ink)
9 April 2006: Die. In a heap. Again.
10 April 2006: Canterbury. (
brisingamen (& peake?) )11 April 2006: Canterbury. (
brisingamen (& peake?) )12 April 2006: Unscheduled day. Heap dying optional.
13 April 2006:
silme & household return. Possibility of Stratford in the evening.14 April 2006: Ryanair puddle jumper flight to Glasgow (remember to pack auxiliary helium bags, just in case.) Check in to youth hostile.
15 April 2006: Glasgow! Eastercon! Mad panelschedule! Lose BSFA short fiction award (to Kelly?)
16 April 2006: Ryanair puddle jumper flight back to Bournemouth (remember to pack auxiliary helium bags, just in case.)
17 April 2006: Go the hell home. (train (8))
Okay. I think it's a plan. The numbers after the word (train) indicate how many days worth of Britrail pass I need. If I forgot anybody/anything, please yell. See you there!