Hello

I'm driving down to Ayr from Dundee on saturday and was wondering if there's anything I need to know about on the roads.

Are there any roadworks on the M80 / M8 (not decided which to take yet) or the A77.

According to the AA it should take 2 1/2 hours. Is this accurate?

thanks in advance

I'm also driving down on Saturday and have at least 1 space left in the car if anyone wants it? *

*Sensible and preferably clean people only.
£7 per head, must be of White ethnicity and not suffer from IBS. Conditions apply.

Steeeeep, Andy!! It's only costing me £4!

Fucking hell man! Any spaces?

Average speed cameras on the 77 after the Symington turn off thats now a 50, back up to 70 after the Monkton roundabout.

2 1/2 hours sounds about right from Dundee.

I can give lifts from my house to the ground for £2.50

'Fraid not

Playing football in the morning so we'll be away at about 8am!

Where abouts ?

Aye, 2 1/2 hours if the national lottery that is the Kinston Bridge is clear.

Not sure exactly where, but it's on Astro Grass.

I will be getting the train from Drem. Via Edinburgh and Glasgow. Any works on the line!?

I bet that's costing you more than £7, anyway!

Yes, but if you have a better suggestion to travel from Haddington to Ayr for a guy with a youg-persons railcard who can't drive I would like to hear it

Touché!

I've started taking the M73 - M74 and cutting across the A725 to the M77.

When both roads are empty going through Glasgow City Centre is quicker. When it backs up on Saturday afternoon, the safer route can be to avoid it and a potential nightmare.

There are road works on the M77 just after the M8 turn off, tail backs on the M8 today. If the road works are still there on Saturday you'd be better off going by East Kilbride.

Get the train. £20.00 if you book it in advance and you can drink.

£20???

I got £12 return to Glasgow QS from Dundee and it's about £8-£10 for a return from Central.

Edited to add - those are full adult prices, they dictate which trains I can use and they were booked on the National Express website.

Cheapest price on Raileasy website is £41.40 for a return

He's got the railcard thing, though.

Nope, no Railcard. The trick is to never ever book these journeys as a whole or you get robbed. I usually spend 5 minutes looking at the different permutations a journey could take. For e.g. a return from Dundee to Perth, then a Return from Perth to Glasgow will save a few quid than the Dundee - Glasgow return. The same applies all over the country.

Plus, if you book a week or two in advance the savings are stupid. All that is required is that you are prepared to get on the specified train. As long as I'm at the ground for three, the rest of the day can be taken up drinking, getting breakfast etc.

I'm aware of the Perth/Dundee thing.

A normal return is around £39 but if you get Dundee-Perth Perth-Glasgow returns it's around £30.

Your prices are wildly cheap though!

I won't book in advance just get returns at the appropriate station. Might get a lift into Edinburgh if I am lucky anyway...

They are, normally I don't bother but for the longer hauls I see what I can find. The best site for it is this one - www.nationalexpress.com

I looked that up, but was worried I was booking a bus!

I'll keep it in mind though, as it would be perfect for me.

Aye, make sure you select the train site .

Right, got it sorted.

Selected the 'cheapest fare option' and selected off that grid. £12 return Dundee to Glasgow.

Cheers for that, that will be very handy.

Lookin forward to it mate, the surface we have booked is first rate.

What pos do you play??

Make sure you concentrate when you get to the Whitletts Roundabout.

Up front. I've really hurt my fucking knee tonight, though and i'm 50/50 for the game

No worries pal, big Si will eat you alive regardless of injuries!

Excellent. I'm made of glass as it is, without some big bruiser going through me, if he can catch me!

I'm looking at getting back into the football. Who do you play for?

i work for First scotrail so travel for free , im travelling with two mates to game who i get £5 return from kdy-ayr for ! i still have 2 more tickets at this price i can get if needed and all for the cost of couple pints lol get in touch ....... darren_mcgregor@hotmail.com

Geordie MunRovers.

http://raithfantalk.co.uk/ - Have a wee look around our area on the forum and just post up your interest. We're always looking out for new players as our squad is probably more threadbare than the real Rovers!!

Cheers mate I'll keep that in mind.

4 miles of roadworks on the m8 at harthill just now.

Cheers.

Think I've settled on my route now. A80 then use M73/M74 to go via E Kilbride to meet up with M77 south of Glasgow.

While I'm in the mood for asking for info what's the parking like around Somerset Park. Is it best to park at the race course and walk or is there something nearer. I can see waste ground (google earth is so cool) along from the stadium on Somerset Road - is that where everyone parks?

thanks again

Most people park at that bit at the racecourse, it is only about a 3 minute walk.

The waste ground is now part of a building site, on street parking in the streets around the ground is usually ok.

Do munrovers actually have a team for Sat???

Boolin championships at Northfield this weekend again, so plenty of cones and traffic wardens out.

Parking Permits are available from local residents

Haha, yes, we do but we're just kinda struggling. As always. Our squad is a fucking disgrace. I think i'll probably make it, and my mate is gonna come play aswell. I'm pretty sure that's 11, and we have a guy who has an even more gammy knee than me struggling.

We could have anything between 10 and 14, depending on how numbers go. Even if we do have 10, we've come to the decision that we're still travelling to play 10 on 11.

Forgot to ask you where about you play?

He was talking about MunRovers!

Aye, our situation is fairly similar, to be fair.

Speaking of the Geordie MunRovers, some of our lads are on the third page today!

Bet you can't tell which one is me!

Apparently the pitch that has been booked is 10 miles south of Ayr!? WTF!?

And what pub are we going back to after the game?

Can I have the space for the last five miles? Pro rata that should work out at about 35p. I even tick some of the criteria boxes.

I've no problem with picking you up if you are on my route, I'll even let you off with the 35p.