Accommodation help needed
Jan. 12th, 2006 09:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ventaA request for information from people who know Oxfordly areas...
Early in April, I have to act as host to Boojum when they all come to play in Oxford. Unlike other members of the team, I do not have a large and commodious house in which to put them. I could possibly fit eveyone if i evicted my housemates and pitched a tent on the lawn, but Frances and Andy might object to being so summarily lobbed out of their own house.
Last year, I borrowed the hall which belongs to the Sea Cadets, just under Donnington Bridge. This is feasible, because it has cooking facilities and enough floorspace for everyone to sleep on. And a wooden floor, so we can practice. It is suboptimal, however, because it has no showers or anything nice like that.
Ideally, I want a large hall which will allow "indoor camping"; that is, to let us bring our sleeping bags and curl up on the floor. Most places aren't too happy about this, as you can get into a real tangle of health and safety regulations about the wisdom of letting people stay overnight unattended. In order to better the Sea Cadets' hall, it needs to have showers which we can use.
It has to be within easy distance of Oxford.
So, does anyone know of such a location ? Does anyone have a contact with a local school, rugby team, studio or such which might be willing to come to an arrangement ?
Things not to suggest: the colleges. Yes, they do cheap guest rooms, sometimes. Where cheap in this case is often £15-20 a night. This isn't an option when I'm putting up 10 people for a couple of nights, it's just too expensive. Given that they offer guest rooms, they won't let people doss down on floors anywhere.
Ditto the backpackers' hostel.
To maximise our use of a small amount of time, we do really all need to be in one place, so any split-site solution is out.
I tried talking to the Tourist Information people last year, in the hopes they could suggest a self-catering house we could rent or similar, and they had no ideas at all.
For reference, we often hire a wonderfully insane building in Burton on Trent which belongs to the Guides. That has bunk-bed dormitories, a massive (and well equipped) kitchen, a huge hall and costs us about £100 for a weekend. If anyone can suggest a similar location, that would be wonderful. But I fear unlikely.
Early in April, I have to act as host to Boojum when they all come to play in Oxford. Unlike other members of the team, I do not have a large and commodious house in which to put them. I could possibly fit eveyone if i evicted my housemates and pitched a tent on the lawn, but Frances and Andy might object to being so summarily lobbed out of their own house.
Last year, I borrowed the hall which belongs to the Sea Cadets, just under Donnington Bridge. This is feasible, because it has cooking facilities and enough floorspace for everyone to sleep on. And a wooden floor, so we can practice. It is suboptimal, however, because it has no showers or anything nice like that.
Ideally, I want a large hall which will allow "indoor camping"; that is, to let us bring our sleeping bags and curl up on the floor. Most places aren't too happy about this, as you can get into a real tangle of health and safety regulations about the wisdom of letting people stay overnight unattended. In order to better the Sea Cadets' hall, it needs to have showers which we can use.
It has to be within easy distance of Oxford.
So, does anyone know of such a location ? Does anyone have a contact with a local school, rugby team, studio or such which might be willing to come to an arrangement ?
Things not to suggest: the colleges. Yes, they do cheap guest rooms, sometimes. Where cheap in this case is often £15-20 a night. This isn't an option when I'm putting up 10 people for a couple of nights, it's just too expensive. Given that they offer guest rooms, they won't let people doss down on floors anywhere.
Ditto the backpackers' hostel.
To maximise our use of a small amount of time, we do really all need to be in one place, so any split-site solution is out.
I tried talking to the Tourist Information people last year, in the hopes they could suggest a self-catering house we could rent or similar, and they had no ideas at all.
For reference, we often hire a wonderfully insane building in Burton on Trent which belongs to the Guides. That has bunk-bed dormitories, a massive (and well equipped) kitchen, a huge hall and costs us about £100 for a weekend. If anyone can suggest a similar location, that would be wonderful. But I fear unlikely.
