mamoon2

Two friends and I are doing the Great North Run on the 18th September for the British Heart Foundation.

We have left it a bit late to book the accommodation and it seems all the hotels are booked up or charging £200 for a room (for the 17th Sep, night before race).

Are there any Geordies on here that know of any cheap accommodation (willing to pay £100 for the 3 of us)? or even anyone who wants to rent out a spare room?

Even up to 30-45 minutes outside Newcastle would be fine

Any help would be much appreciated as we would rather top our donations up than spend £200 on a hotel room.

stevep360

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have a look for guest houses bed and breakfasts in morpeth as its only 20 mins into the centre of newcastle by train

JTaylor

Are you a murderer?

Jamie

I have just spent five minutes on google and found loads all within 20 minutes drive from Newcastle.

mickywrx

iTrader: (29)

What language do you speak? If it's welsh, you can go to ****!

Might be able to assist.

Not if you're a murderer though.

RobsyUK

iTrader: (2)

I bet ted Bundy said he wasn't a murderer It's easy to say no!

mamoon2

Excellent! Just found one and booked it in Morpeth for £95. It was the only one with availability that wasn't extortionate.

Thanks a lot

mamoon2

You must be a google master because I couldn't find any with availability for under £200. Hence asking on here for local advise

mamoon2

Thanks but i've booked somewhere now, plus can't commit on the murder thing

stevep360

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train station is 5 mins from town centre and 20 mins by train to newcastle, dunno what the b&b is like you have booked but morpeth is a nice little town.

mickywrx

iTrader: (29)

No bother, could have saved you a hundred quid, too late now.

Sort of "word of warning".

You'll have to get, probably by foot, from point B to A to get near the start line for the GNR.



That's by car, on foot it's WAY longer.

stevebt

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Morpeth is miles away, on a plus side its in a rural area and will have a few bars for a good night out

stevep360

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roads round there will be closed so you can walk straight across leases park to the start finish, 20 min walk at most. Did the walk 3 years ago.

stevep360

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www.northernrail.org for the train times into newcastle. Or ring Express taxi's be around 20 quid in to newcastle, express is on http://www.sandersonarcade.co.uk/news.php?id=120

Leslie

£200 for a night seems like sheer robbery to me.

Les

mamoon2

Indeed Les, and thats just your standard hotels inflating prices because of the event, not even 5 star!

mamoon2

Won't need any nightlife the night before the race and were staying in Newcastle centre on the night after the race at the Jurys Inn as the prices are back to normal

Jamie

O’Neill’s 2 minutes walk from jurys Inn turn right then left get carter,Was longest bar in Europe Not a lot of people know that

stevebt

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Any bar within two minutes walk of the Jury's Inn is one to stay away from if you are a normal hetrosexual man