I was watching the news today and the costs of the Commonwealth Games next year was announced. The word 'affordable' was made by the official many times. But the lowest price is £15. Two thirds of the tickets are supposed to be £25 or less. And ticket prices rise to £90. Great if you are a sports fan I suppose. But these prices aren't for a day's or weekend's entertainment. And it is passive too - just sit and watch.
In this context WW2 games seem to be excellent value for money. So I thought we could have some fun here and I invite others to post up comparative costs of days out or special occasions. Parent with young children will know how extraordinarily expensive this can be. And for single adults too! Let's leave aside travel and other costs aside for simplicity's sake - although I will say camping at a WW2 event and eating out of tins makes a WW2 event extremely cheap in total!
So we need: Event; Cost; Time covered; Passive/active
3D Showcase DeLuxe showing of Star Trek Into Darkness - £14.30 - 2.5hrs - passive
Airsoft open day at Phoenix Airsoft - £25 (own kit) - 1 day - active
Woodland Paintball, Derbyshire - £60 (kit and 700 paintballs) - 1 day - active
West Midland Safari park - £17 (adult) - 1 day - passive/active
English Heritage History Live - £22 - 1 day - active
Swimming session, Derby - £3.20 - 1 hour - active
'Bird Song' Theatre Royal Nottingham - 3hr - £25.50 - passive
Eden Centre, Cornwall - £23.50 - half day - passive/active
Alicia Keys, NEC Birmingham - £50 - 3hr - passive
Any other contributions?
Ticket to see Huddersfield Town play football - £20 - 90 minutes - passive
Glastonbury - £205 4 days -Active / passive.
Legoland Windsor - £43 - passive unless you still can fit in the cars in driving school.
Pretending to be a JU52 pilot in a Dartford Quarry - priceless
A weekend of wild camping - completely free - active.
When I want your opinion - I'll tell you what it is!
LOL - I think the spirit of the exercise is to at least incorporate a social element to your weekend. You can sit in front of the telly for a weekend for nowt too!
TV watching for the weekend costs you 80 p if you have a licence. Much more if you have that SKY stuff.
Monopoly. £10. Active/passive relatively*. Weekend or lovely evening.
(*Assumes you have friends, friends prepared to play Monopoly).
Monopoly. £10. Active/passive relatively*. Weekend or lovely evening.
(*Assumes you have friends, friends prepared to play Monopoly).
I've always played Monopoly in a fairly passive aggressive way, so best of both worlds.
Alton Towers with a number of exciteable teenagers in tow.
£29.70 each on a family ticket if booked in advance, plus snacks. £46.20pp on the door....Taking a packed lunch keeps costs down. Active (there is a lot of walking).
Cheers
Martin
"Mistakes in the initial deployment cannot be rectified" Helmuth von Moltke
Toys: AGM MP40, Cyma M1A1, TM M14/G43/SVT40, TM VSR/K98, SnS No. 4, ASG Sten, Ppsh.
Arnhem3,Gumrak,Campoleone
Warwick Castle - £22.95 for adults, £19.35 for kids, in advance. On the day £30.60 and £25.80. One day. Passive/Active.
Ten Pin Bowling - £5 per game. Half hour. Active. (Offers available out of hours)
Indoor Sky Diving - £43 per person. A hour in total, though only about 5 minutes flying time. Active.
Tigers and Tracks action day at Duxford. Fly a Tiger Moth, drive an FV432.. 475 quid. Active.
"Mistakes in the initial deployment cannot be rectified" Helmuth von Moltke
Toys: AGM MP40, Cyma M1A1, TM M14/G43/SVT40, TM VSR/K98, SnS No. 4, ASG Sten, Ppsh.
Arnhem3,Gumrak,Campoleone
Looking at a Chaffinch in your garden. Free.*
*£80000-250000 or so to have a garden.
Medieval Re-enactment - Fuel to get you there, £10 for food, however much you want to spend on alcohol - Active.
Medieval Re-enactment - Fuel to get you there, £10 for food, however much you want to spend on alcohol - Active.
Not strictly true, that one. I don't know what the 'loaning' of kit's like in the medieval re-en world, but I'd imagine there's a fair outlay before you can just turn up and quaff.
Internet Pron. Free. Possibly active.
helping out at mates stall at the airsoft arms fair, answering same three questions all day_ slightly active but so boring
Catching the chaffinch in your garden. Liking it and then putting a ring on it. Active.
Odd if you are not a ornithologist conducting a study into the travel habits of chaffinches.
Medieval Re-enactment - Fuel to get you there, £10 for food, however much you want to spend on alcohol - Active.
Not strictly true, that one. I don't know what the 'loaning' of kit's like in the medieval re-en world, but I'd imagine there's a fair outlay before you can just turn up and quaff.
It depends- there are usually a couple of "Loan" kits handy for newbies, but you're expected to get your own kit together if you're staying. A bit like airsofting really!
