Mittens - Roll Call

[Robert Eric]

I know it's a bit late, but I haven't been paying much attention.  Where and when will Mittens be held?

[scotch]

28th of July to the 1st of August in and around a cottage on the north of the island of Orust, Sweden.

[Chrille]

I'll be there,  and 2ma2 said he would be there, not sure though.

[Andail]

2ma2 has been frightenly absent quite generally

[m0ds]

Andail? Info? It'd be nice to know we didnt buy plane tickets only too get there and you've done a runner. To Australia.


m0ds

[2ma2]

I'm still rather absent.. but I'm planning to attend, however I've prolly not signed up since the Mittens page usually just gives me the finger and strolls off into the sunset.

[gonzalezj]

this is almost crazy, but I was going to fly out from the US and attend. I hoped to meet CJ and the rest of you guys, but unfortunately I could not come up with the money this year.  :'( Hopefully next year.

[m0ds]

Nickname:     2ma2
Full_name:     Linus Larsson
Age:     18
Location:     Sweden
Games:     Permanent Daylight, Who Killed Kenny Rogers

You signed up about 4 months ago, 2ma2

[magintz]

I ares coming...

Just waiting... waiting................... waiting



I think it would be better if we were to all chip in and buy food as a group rather than individually otherwise we will all cook individual food. But if there are people that don't want to eat what the group eats then they can sort themselves out.

p.s andail - information would be helpful about buses for us brits

[Andail]

No.
The mittens-event "Live Adventure Game" is mainly about finding the mittens location.
It could take a week or so, but its certainly worth it.

[m0ds]

In other words, ANDAIL is being LAZY!

[2ma2]

m0ds: Jolly good then

And: Are you planning to load a bunch of AGS:ers into a vehicle? Does this mean that you've aquired a drivers license, if so, congratulations, if not, shame on you (or possibly shame on me but last time I saw you, I recall you didn't have one). Furthermore, are we once again about to draw procreational organs on the windows?

..and I'll bring my 12-stringed sweetheart. It'll burn for atleast 40 minutes in a regular campfire.

[Andail]

2ma2, if that last post was directed to me:
Sadly, I don't think the vehicle (that old vw-van I spoke of) is working, so we'll just use ordinary mass communication.
Regarding the driver's licens; well I've had one for soon 5 years so that wouldn't be any problems.
So, where do you want me to publish the travelling info, here or on the mitten's forum on screen7?

[jetxl]

I'll be comming. Havn't booked my flight yet.
Say FruitTree or brittish peeps, at what time do your flights arive?

[FruitTree]

I haven't booked my flight yet JetXL...
so... give me a call or something, my number's: 023-535-43-79
I'll try to be home in the evenings, give me a ring some time, preferably after 20.00 hours, ta  

oh and please try to reach me before tuesday,
or else it'll probably be to late to book a flight since I'm leaving on a holliday by thursday...

and furthermore, Wouter, if you've got a CAR, that'd be completely awsome!  do you have a car?
we could all drive to mittens (you, N3Tgraph and me)
that'd be a blast and save all of us a lot of money, and save me a lot of trouble since I'm in belgium when mittens starts, and I checked there are no planes leaving for sweden from belgium  

anyway,
talk to you soon!

[m0ds]

We arrive at either 8:50am or 9:50am I cant remember exactly

Andail, PM me the info and i'll put it up the site. Then we can post it here. That way, Screen 7 remains one step ahead.

[Andail]

Nah, I'll just post it here. I guess screen7 will be one step after this time

Here's how to get to mittens:
Geographically, the Mittens cottage is easy to find, since it's the furthest north estate on Orust. When you have reach the top of Orust, you will see a small string of land (with a bridge over) leading to a small island called Vindön.

(To the right is Orust and to the left is Vindön.)
Vindön (Isle of Winds) will go via another bridge to the mainland.

However, you will not hike to Orust but use the mass communications:

Arriving in Säve (/Save):
* (note: Ryan-Air travellers will not arrive in Landvetter, the main city airport, but here in Säve Airport, a tiny field in the middle of nowhere.)
The coach to town is 60 sek (swedish crowns) and takes 20 minutes or so.

In Gothenburg:
* If you're not already in "Nils Ericssons Terminalen", find it. It's simply the name of the central busstation, just beside the train station, so you'll most surely arrive here. You can't miss it anyhow.
* If you have time to kill, lock up your bags and take a stroll down town. Also make sure you purchase a bus-card, so that all future travels will be cheaper. The cards usually come with 100 coupons, and cost 100 sek. When done:
* Find the bus "Orust Express". You will probably not do this, since it only departs three times a day; one very early and two in the afternoon. This will however take you directly to Henån.
If "orust Express" is not available:
* Find the bus "Röd Express" (Red Express). It's easy to spot, being red. Take this to Stenungsund. This bus leaves around two times an hour, and will cost you 8 coupons (insert the card in the green box and push the 8 button), equivolently 50 sek. From now on, you can (I hope) just insert your card and push "Byte", which means Change. This function is available for around two hours. After this, you'll need to consume more coupons.
After around 45 minutes you'll end up in:

Stenungsund:
A small coastal town surrounded by factories. Don't stay here too long, but take the connection bus 370 to Henån. With a bit of luck, you have managed to take a bus from GB that arrives just as 370 bus leaves from Stenungsund.
Shortly after Stenungsund, the bus will pass the big bridge and take you over to Orust. Enjoy the nature.

Henån:
Henån is a small fishing village, and we will probably go here to buy groceries or so during the mittens week.
Hopefully, bus 375 to Uddevalla is standing there waiting for you. Try to be onboard as it leaves.
Next stop is a small busstop just 5-10 minutes later, seemingly in the middle of nowhere, called

Edet:
You'll need to ask the driver to stop at Edet, cause it's tricky to find it before it's too late. Another way is to sit in the front of the bus and watch out for the bridge; the stop is just before the bridge that lets you off Orust and on to the mainland again.
If you want to, you can walk (carefully) out on the bridge and enjoy the view. On your right hand side is the yellow mittens cottage, probably hidden by the dense foliage.
If you go back from the busstop ten steps, there is a small path leading into the forest. I will have put up a sign here, and arrows leading you down to the cottage.

This might sound complicated, but the distances are very short, so you won't have to tug around your bags for too long. If you ask in Göteborg, they could show you exactly which buses have immediate connections, so you won't have to wait a long time for each bus. After all, killing time is funnier to do in Göteborg than in some countryside village.

All in all, you will change bus two times after Göteborg, and spend 8 coupons on these busses. I might have miscalculated this price, but it shouldn't be more than 10-12 coupons totally, so don't let yourselves be fooled. Try "Byte" as much as possible and blame everything on you being foreigners.

Note 1: If you come from the north, go to Uddevalla (around 80 kilometers north of Göteborg on the coast) and take bus 375 to Henån. The stop is still Edet - on the other side of the road though, and not before but after the bridge.
This trip should take 25 minutes and cost just some three-four coupons.

Note 2: If you arrive in Stockholm, take a Swebus to Göteborg (or another connection either to Göteborg or Uddevalla) as soon as possible. Time tables availabe at www.swebus.se
This is fairly expensive and will take at least 3-4 hours.

[m0ds]

So we land and go on a bus. Gotcha!

[Goldmund]

The cards usually come with 100 coupons, and cost 100 sek.

No comprendo!
Does this mean that the nation of Bjoern Borg haven't adopted the blessings of euro common currency?

[Pumaman]

Indeed, the Swedes were one of the sensible countries who opted out