HI, I am due to go to Amaravati this coming Friday but now there are threatened train strikes starting the day before. I wondered if anyone else on here is going and lives up north or knows of anyone. I would be happy to pay half the fuel costs if I could go along with someone. I have been waiting six months for this retreat and really want to go. thank.s
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@adele This may not be much help but if you get a coach to London Victoria there is a regular bus to Hemel Hempstead you should be able to get a taxi from there to Amaravati.
Timetable here:
http://www.greenline.co.uk/timetables-search/758---hemel-hempstead-to-london/
(If you choose that option, book now....)
Hi and thanks Lonely Traveller and Federica - I don't know what to do - take a chance with the trains or book a coach. The coach will take me nine and a half hours to get there and I can't get back on the Sunday so would have to try to use my train ticket for then. It is working out very expensive now too.
I decided it was too important to me to risk not getting there so I have booked a single on the coach and will come back on the train. After waiting six months to go and potentially not being able to get a place later in the year I didn't want to miss out. I am very nervous about it though.
Bravo.
Being nervous is perfectly natural. They are good people. The environment is pleasant. You will be fine.![<3 <3](https://newbuddhist.com/plugins/emojiextender/emoji/little/heart.png)
Pleasant? It's absolutely lovely! Surrounded by green pastures and meadows, woodlands and fields...It's a haven even without a Buddhist touch!
I went and it is lovely but I didn't stay for the whole retreat in the end. I was in the large dorm near the drying room so in the afternoon space I couldn't rest because of the washing machine and hairdryer and the banging doors. I got barely any sleep and could hardly function so I came home. I'm told I can probably have a smaller dorm next time as I have tried the big one now though singles are too hard to get.