Triple whammy on London Tubes this week

Thanks to both of you!

Emma, that is an excellent back up plan! Very November-ish.

For anyone wanting to use the Piccadilly line to come in from Heathrow airport, an alternative is to take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station (follow the signs in Heathrow). It will bring you to Victoria Coach Station. From there you can walk or take a taxi to your hotel. Or walk to Parliament and board one of the river boats to travel east. This is for anyone who wishes to steer clear of the whole mess. (Mainly tourists arriving into Heathrow)

Hope it doesn't spill over into the following week.
I'll be trying to get from Heathrow to the Kings' Cross area on Thursday the 15th, around 3pm. :(

This is messing with my long-awaited London trip, dangit. I'll be here for 8 days - arrived this morning.

I'm staying in a hotel in Bayswater - yes, on the Central Line. I have plans to make a quick day trip to Brighton to visit friends on Wednesday, which of course is the Central Line strike day. I think I can get to Victoria Station - or near enough - in the morning on the 148 bus. But I'm really concerned about what I'll encounter when I come back into Victoria that afternoon. I'm hoping to attend a meetup at a pub in Bloomsbury at 6:30 pm.

I saw a sign posted in Earl's Court station with the TfL's timetable of disruptions from these strikes, as Nigel has outlined.

I don't have a good feeling about making that quick trip to Brighton this Wednesday. It's not the rail journeys, it's the difficulties getting to and from Victoria Station that fill me with dread of chaos and uncertainty. When I talk to my friends tomorrow I may just tell them I'm not up to dealing with the transport disruptions here in London on Wednesday and won't be able to visit them then.

I'd love someone who knows, to tell me, "no worries, there will be extra buses running and it will be fine." But only if it's true. Seems a wiser plan for this tourist is to make plans for Wednesday that don't require much public transport travel. I could, for instance, walk to Paddington and take a day trip from there.

Thanks, Emma! I was very tired last night and needed the encouragement, from an informed source. I will not chicken out of my planned itinerary. I'm writing this on my phone on a train to Bletchley. Looking forward to my visit to Bletchley Park!

The coffee and lunch at the Bletchley Park Canteen (a hut about half way around, the other side of the lake) is pretty decent.

Sorry for the mild yet very overcast weather.

Pace yourself at Bletchley Park - it is a big place with absolutely tons of information to absorb.

Enjoy.

Nigel, I sat down to my lunch here at the Hut 4 cafe, and decided to look at the forum on my phone. You are correct - it's a good lunch. And I am already nearing information overload with most of Bletchley Park left to see. Wow. So glad to be here. Thanks!

The BBC now reports that the Piccadilly Line strike has been called off. Thus reducing the triple whammy to a double whammy, I suppose. Good news for travelers.

you know, emma, sometimes you just can't please anyone!! ;-)

So far, so good on this strike day. Got a seat on the 148 bus which btw doesn't stop at Victoria on its route towards Camberwell. Closest stop is Westminster Cathedral, just a few minutes walk away from the station. Sorry about your regular work day, Emma.