Moatside?

lol, "getting in" to moatside makes it sound very prestigious, not the actual sack of crap it is rumored to be!

plus, i bet im put there

To start with, yes, those are student rooms above the plaque if I remember correctly, they're part of R block...could be wrong though.

So glad this thread has appeared so I can stick up for moatside. Yes, it's noisy, and yes, the rooms are very small, but...

it's the best place to live, in any college in Durham: Why?

-location - dead centre of town, there's *nothing* less than a 5 minute walk away, many things (subway, mcdonalds, three bakeries, klute, loads more) less than a minute away.

-community - there's always something going on somewhere in moatside, and you should always have someone on your corridor to talk to.

Er...that's it - there's obviously some downers to moatside too, having to walk up to the castle for food starts to be a drag when there's so many alternatives nearby, and it's far enough to get wet on the way to the undie if it's raining.

For those hoping to get single accomodation in the castle - dream on, we were told that that basically never happens in the first year. As for internet connections...P,Q and R blocks of moatside are supposed to be being renovated this summer, which should involve having net connections put in. However, if you live in S block, you'll get the same (superb/fantastic, etc) moatside experience I had.

I'll try and remember what the accomodation form for castle exactly said by the time I post next.

Any more moatside questions/worries/outright fears?

Somebody said they would put Bailey Court as their # preference and Moatside as last... I'm not sure you can actually do that! I remember the form being very very short and asking whether you want to share in the 1st or 2nd and 3rd terms, whether you're loud/average/quiet, whether you'd prefer a roommate on your course, if you smoke and I think that's pretty much it! Also as I've already said in another thread (I think it was the 'University College - Information wanted' one) they won't necessarily make you share in term 2 if you've been in a single so far. I've actually never heard of anyone being forced to share but I guess in theory they could if they run out of singles (since those who have been sharing 1st term and want to move into a single are guaranteed a single; but again most people tend to stick with the doubles, maybe because the rooms are usually nicer... who knows...)
Anyway, hope this helps a bit!

Hmm, spooky byatt we might know each other!!
Give me a defining characteristic (i.e. moatside room number) and maybe I'll be able to figure it out!!

Frisbee, eh? You're friends with Alex Dudley aren't you!! Muahahaha
I also know you live in Notts and that your name starts with a J but I'm still very very lost so yes maybe we really don't know each other!
Where are you in the college photo?

Very, very, accurate, I'm impressed. It's James...college or freshers photo? row 3 (counting from bottom) second on right (just above Josh) on the freshers photo. College photo...6th row, 6th on left.

Forgot to add, our college president chose to ignore everybodys preferences and put people with the same names in the same room for a joke. My housemates Amy and Amy were roomates, and 3 Camillas shared a room on the bailey!