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I looked at the college website and found that most catered halls are 35mins away from the main university site. If i'm applying for one of those, should i also get a bike? how do people there get to classes?

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ssk2

10

You walk. Its fun... well, actually, its not. Though you get some sort of twisted love of the walk across the downs and you get to moan about it with your mates. Good stuff.

Reply 1423

ssk2

You walk. Its fun... well, actually, its not. Though you get some sort of twisted love of the walk across the downs and you get to moan about it with your mates. Good stuff.

:dito: can get a bike if you like, but its quite a steep hill on the way home, which isnt fun in the rain and dark at 5pm - then again, neither's walking back, and that takes longer!

answer to stolenstars; if you have bristol down as your insurance and for some reason end up going there, then you apply for accom after results; the quicker the better.... i think if youre realistic about it (ie dont apply to a massively oversubscribed hall) then youve probably got a good enough chance of getting in somewhere with the specifications you want, even if not your first choice - there are a fair few in Hiatt Baker who missed their firm offer then applied to HB and got in....

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ssk2

You walk. Its fun... well, actually, its not. Though you get some sort of twisted love of the walk across the downs and you get to moan about it with your mates. Good stuff.

Is it REALLY 35 minutes? or is that a generous approximation? And do most students board in catered halls or non-catered? You know, a 35 mins walk alone can be lonely :P

Reply 1425

ssk2

10

Its probably slightly more (well it was for me...). Its not lonely as you get about 1000 other students tramping down there everyday, so its ok. A good time to bond!

Reply 1426

talespirit

Is it REALLY 35 minutes? or is that a generous approximation? And do most students board in catered halls or non-catered? You know, a 35 mins walk alone can be lonely :P

it can take 45-50 mins if walking with rele slow people :frown:

- as for me on my own powering it out, takes 35 mins... i quite like walking on my own with ipod in etc - gives me a bit of space, time to think on my own etc...

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Subbacultcha

it can take 45-50 mins if walking with rele slow people :frown:

- as for me on my own powering it out, takes 35 mins... i quite like walking on my own with ipod in etc - gives me a bit of space, time to think on my own etc...

What if it's raining? or if i've got about 40 Kg of luggage with me when i move in....is there a bus that goes up there all day?

Reply 1428

Paranoid Kid

13

Subbacultcha

it can take 45-50 mins if walking with rele slow people :frown:

- as for me on my own powering it out, takes 35 mins... i quite like walking on my own with ipod in etc - gives me a bit of space, time to think on my own etc...

50 minutes?!?!?! Ouch. If you set your mind to it, you can do it in 25/30 minutes. I think it also depends which hall you're in and where your department is. The far side of HB is obviously going to take longer than Wills New Quad.

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i'm way down the bottom of HB, basically at the bottom entrance :frown:

as for if its raining, you get wet or get the bus! there's a bus (airport express) from both the airport and the train station which is about £8 return, and then there's the normal buses which you can catch from station/centre town/broadmead etc; 41 goes straight past HB, 40 goes nearer churchill/badock and the 1 and 54 go to the whitetree roundabout, which is about a 5/10 min walk from the halls.... its £3.00 for a day ticket which aint too bad in desperate circumstances (oversleeping, torrential rain etc) - mind you in the mornings the bus can take just as long as walking... i only tend to get the bus if im going in own my own in the dark, ie to swim or something....

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Oh okay, so there're busses...can you explain he "just as long as walking" bit? Oh by the way i'm joining the Law department...hope that's not too far.

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in the mornings there's a lot of traffic, so taking the bus into town could take just as long as it would to walk into town....

Reply 1432

andy5788

14

I never once took the bus from SB.... Unless I was going to like broadmead or temple meads or something. And the walk never took me more than 30-35 minutes and I sometimes managed it in 25. Depends how much of a march you've got on I suppose. Though I tended to bike more than walk, think of the uphill bike back as character building!

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