FNRttC The latest news on The Fridays Vi(v)a Colonia Tour......

[mmmmartin]

That moment when you realise there are nine people in your group on the boat and every single one of them is on the internets. Because we are Young, obvs.

 

[StuAff]

Gordon says he is disappointed in Team 10am's behaviour, but pleased @kimble made it in time.

In plain vernacular, "Team 1000 , you're a bunch of w*****s". Be thankful it wasn't Charlotte. Blood would have been spilt.

In similar vein, on board announcements have a subliminal message:
Please buy ****
Please buy ****
( repeat ad infintum in commercial radio style)....
For some reason I decided to go to a boulangerie for lunch instead of DFDS catering. Stena and Brittany Ferries sell food you want to eat. DFDS sell food you wouldn't....

 

[StuAff]

Where there's an @kimble there's a way....

 

[Andrew Br]

Team self-gratification artists , sorry, team 10.00 ferry are on separate trains heading northwards.
The weather is surprisingly Germanic which is nice.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Second breakfast
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That's not on a DFDS ferry surely

 

[ianmac62]

Unfortunately Team 1000 split at Dover Priory station. Five are on the 1158 direct to Charing X (a service which stops at Sevenoaks for @mmmmartin). Andrew & Helen have advance tickets for a service via Faversham and had to wait.

 

[ianmac62]

These are happy bicycles lovingly being transported by a Southeastern train.

 

[ianmac62]

The ticket inspector is *very* helpful. He can do jigsaws with bicycles. He has suggested a better way of stacking our bikes. We are *very* happy!

 

[kimble]

Jigsaws? I've always thought of it as Tetris (and occasionally Sokoban). Showing my yoof.

 

[redfalo]

In other news, I slept for 12 hours plus this morning, getting out of bed only at 11.30. Not managed to do that in many years.

 

[StuAff]

In other news, I slept for 12 hours plus this morning, getting out of bed only at 11.30. Not managed to do that in many years.

This crossing seems equally sophoriphic. I think all of us have nodded off at some point....

 

[Andrew Br]

Unfortunately Team 1000 split at Dover Priory station. Five are on the 1158 direct to Charing X (a service which stops at Sevenoaks for @mmmmartin). Andrew & Helen have advance tickets for a service via Faversham and had to wait.

We managed to get on an earlier train. That's the good news. The bad news is "Engineering Works" meaning bus replacement between Gillingham and Strood.
Google Maps tells me they're only 4 miles apart .

 

[mmmmartin]

Please show us this improved bicycle stacking method.

 

[Andrew Br]

Don't beat yourself too much.

Come again?

 

[mmmmartin]

Team 12.00 boat has not yet entered Dover harbour. There are already long queues for the car deck. The English are mad.