Ramble alert ...

Me and the boy are flying down from Edinburgh to Wembley, into Stansted. How to get back to Stansted is the issue.

Tube/Train via Liverpool St is fine. It takes 45 minutes, they say, for the train, and say the same again to get to Liverpool St. A total of 90 minutes. The plane is 8:50 p.m with checking in at 8:20 latest, 7:50 prefered. No problem you say.

Well yes it may be if we have extra time and penalties. The game may no finish until way after 6, extra time would take 45 minutes elapsed time, and then pens another 15 so 6ish isn't unreasonable. Can I get to Liverpool St for the every 30 mins train ?

Working backwards ... 7:50 Stansted 7:00 Liverpool St 6:20 Wembley Way

Is this REALLY doable ?

OR, do I hire a car at Stansted, and fight the car traffic instead (poetry there) Where would I park, how long does it take to get to the M25.

Money is not the issue, it's getting home on Sunday that's the issue.

Last year I had to get a taxi from Newcastle to Dunfermline having missed train connections because of extra time. (My wife doesn't know). I rather have it planned this time.

I accept that the perfect answer is for us to win in normal time, but it's not something to rely on.

-- Anonymous, March 30, 2000