HI FOLKS,BADLY NEED SOME HELP WITH DIRECTIONS AS I AM LEAVING FOR LONDON IN A FEW HOURS.FIRSTLY,WHAT'S BEST WAY TO GET TO PADDINGTON FROM GATWICK AIRPORT??SECONDLY,WHAT'S BEST WAY TO GET FROM AFTERSHOW AT O2 BACK TO PADDINGTON?,I'M PRESUMING CLIPPER BOAT AND THEN MAYBE BUS OR CAB.WHERE'S BEST PLACE TO GET BOAT TO?REALLY WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR HELP FOLKS,THANK YOU SO MUCH.

get train to Victoria then circle line or district line(yellow and green tube lines) to Paddington

as for travel back from aftershow if clipper still running then get that(dont know if you need to book ahead, anybody know...) and then get nightbus from centre of town or cab, you should be fine have a great time

its also worth chatting to people at the gig, if a few are going back into London, you could maybe share a cab into town from O2... post a blog on here about that aftershow date and ask if anyone wants to get cab after into town or going to Paddington too, might be quicker and more convenient then waiting about on streets.

THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR HELP FOLKS,GETTING PRETTY EXCITED NOW,I HAVE TO SAY.HOPE YE HAVE GOOD TIME IF GOING TO ANY CONCERTS.MUCH APPRECIATED

319aprilsnow said:

once you get there, when asking for directions

DON'T YELL !

One4All4Ever said:

What a pointless post...
[Edited 8/26/07 4:59am]

take nightbus 188 from O2, then change busses at Waterloo (139 to Bondstreet, or around), from there many nightbusses to Paddington.
If you take the ferry, you must walk 15 minutes from Waterloo to the bridge where the busses stop to catch bus 139.
[Edited 8/26/07 15:11pm]

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP,ESPECIALLY ONE4ALLFOREVER .....NOT!!!

If you use cabs, only use the London Black Taxi with the orange light on top. Don't get into "minicabs" where some weirdo pulls up in a 15 year old Datsun and will charge you £30 to go anywhere.

If you want to book a taxi in advance, use a company called Addison Lee (see www.addisonlee.com). I've used them for years - big black people carriers, you can book online or over the phone and they text you when the car is on its way, when it arrives, the registration plate and the driver's number. They'll also tell you how much the trip will cost when you book it, so you don't get fleeced.

Enjoy London and be safe!

319aprilsnow said:

Is it so hard to be polite? one4allforever just wants you to turn the caps lock off. So please press the key that says ' Caps Lock' once and then never touch it again!

Thank you.

why the big problem with capslock?it's quicker.wasn't being at all impolite,heard of sense of humour?

319aprilsnow said:

it is common not to use capslock. i do have a sense of humour but don't like being yelled at, even if you are telling a joke.