Forty-one sessions, and where they sit.
The sheet below is drawn to scale against one fixed day, 06:30 to 21:00. A block is as tall as its session is long, and the number at the foot of it is how many of the eight places are still open as of Sunday night.
- Places left
- Closed, waiting list only
- The hundred — two a week
The week
Booking opens on Sunday at 18:00 for the following seven days. Cancel four hours before and the place goes straight back onto this sheet.
Every block above is drawn against the same measure, 06:30 to 21:00. Nothing has been widened to make the sheet look busier, and the long gap across the middle of the week is real: between about 13:40 and 16:45 the floor is swept, the machines are checked and nobody is in the room.
- Sessions
- 41
- Hours taught
- 33.5
- Places a week
- 328
- Closed right now
- 6
Three of these never fill. Two of them never have a seat.
We publish the real numbers because the alternative is you turning up at 17:30 on a Monday and being told to come back Thursday. The honest version of this timetable is below, and it has not changed much in four terms.
- Gone within an hour of openingMon 12:30 · Wed 17:00 · Sat 08:00 — book these on Sunday evening or not at all
- Usually half emptyFri 09:00 · Sun 13:00 — the two quietest hours in the week and the two best ones to learn in
- Cancelled twice this termSun 09:00, the hundred — twice in January when only two people booked
- Average seats taken6.1 of 8 across the week · 7.8 after 17:00 · 4.4 before 09:00 on a Friday
- Longest anyone has waitedNineteen days, for the Wednesday 17:00, in October
Six things people ask on the phone.
When does booking open?
Sunday at 18:00, for the seven days that follow. Everything on the sheet opens at the same moment — there is no early access, no tier, and no app that gets it first.
How late can I cancel?
Four hours. Before that the place goes back on the sheet and somebody on the waiting list gets a text. After that it counts as used, including the 06:45s, which is the one people argue about and the one we never move on.
What if the session is closed?
The waiting list is first come, first served and it is a list, not a lottery. Roughly one place in three comes back on the evening sheets. You get a text; you have twenty minutes to take it.
Can I come to a Level 3 if I am a Level 2?
Yes, once, with whoever is teaching it told beforehand. If it suits you the level on your name changes that week. If it does not, somebody says so on the way out rather than letting you book six of them.
Does the sheet change mid-term?
Only if somebody is ill, and then it is covered rather than cancelled wherever we can manage it. New sessions are added at a term boundary with a fortnight's notice, never quietly overnight.
What happens if I am late?
Come in. The door is not locked and nobody will look at you. Past ten minutes you will be asked to sit the first block out, because the first block is what makes the rest of it safe.
Pick a row. Twelve euro. Nothing else happens.
No sign-up, no card on file, no consultation before you are allowed near the room. Tell us which row and we will put your name on it.