Mundane News

[Hill Wimp]

For Scotland she should take Nicola Sturgeon tablets....

I have just bought some and im going to get travel bands as well.

Why are we doing this and not flying

 

[Gravity Aided]

I have just bought some and im going to get travel bands as well.

Why are we doing this and not flying

Train might be nice, as far as you can get.

 

[Threevok]

I've been away too long (since 7pm last night) and just got bombarded by multiple alerts to skim through

My apologies for anything/anyone I have missed

 

[Salty seadog]

How's it been out there the last 24 hours?
Pretty wild ashore....

I'm off, just before it kicked up. Love it though. the rougher it is the better I sleep.

 

[Hill Wimp]

More to the point, why this time of year?

It's been a busy year and we really want to see our friends. We didn't think we would have time but we had a few spare days so we decided to book it.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Train might be nice, as far as you can get.

I'm saving that GEM for retirement next year. The Caledonian sleeper with @Fab Foodie as my bag boy

 

[Hill Wimp]

Just what an ex of mine used to say....

 

[Fab Foodie]

More to the point, why this time of year?

You know.... the romance of dark skies, the Northern lights, wild open spaces, the Atlantic coast, 5 seasons in one day and very little in the way of internet coverage....

 

[Gravity Aided]

You know.... the romance of dark skies, the Northern lights, wild open spaces, the Atlantic coast, 5 seasons in one day and very little in the way of internet coverage....

I don't have to travel for that, except the Atlantic bit.

 

[Levo-Lon]

The only time I've ever been seasick was on a dive boat in Ibiza, when I was a tad hungover. As soon as I got kitted up and hit the water I was fine.

As kids, we were on a crossing of the Cook Strait where my sister and I were the only people* left standing... even the crew were lying puking in the corridors.


*Somebody on the bridge must have been OK as we did finally dock in Wellington.

I'm the same ,i dont get sick, first time i did an Amsterdam trip on the ferry i thought " why are the loos down some steps"
The very rough crossing back soon answered my query . Slosh slosh ,was like vegie soop for the 5 thousand

 

[Hitchington]

Bin mystery baffles Carlisle resident

 

[raleighnut]

I'm the same ,i dont get sick, first time i did an Amsterdam trip on the ferry i thought " why are the loos down some steps"
The very rough crossing back soon answered my query . Slosh slosh ,was like vegie soop for the 5 thousand

I've done an Irish Sea crossing like that, I was fine in the Bar for the crossing but deciding to have a quick pee before we got back into the car (I was the 'navigator' on the trip) was a mistake
You'd have needed waders to get through that lot so I just pee'd through the doorway

 

[Reynard]

Really tired today, barely slept last night, just couldn't get to sleep. Then I was pretzeled around the cat (Lexi) and now my back's been really stiff. Still struggling with that a wee bit.

On the plus side, I started up a batch of crystallized pineapple.

I remember some pretty bouncy crossings between Dover and Zeebrugge back in the day... One 12 hour crossing on the Pride of Bruges (spirit class ferry) comes to mind, as well as one on a "Trader" class where all the bottles in the bar got smashed...

 

[GM]

This one?

That's the one.

More culture, currently posting from McD Watford Gap M1.

 

[Illaveago]

I was putting some washing out on the line earlier and Schrodie came out to help, so he rolled onto his back for tummy tickles.