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Aug 1, 2024 14:57:47 GMT
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Post by EspadaIII on Aug 1, 2024 14:57:47 GMT
OMG. Hand luggage only from NZ to UK. That's a dream I can only wonder about.
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Aug 1, 2024 16:15:30 GMT
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Post by Humph on Aug 1, 2024 16:15:30 GMT
I used to go to work in Brazil with hand luggage for three month trips. Wearing a jacket, polo shirt, boat shoes and chinos, another two shirts and two pairs of trousers in a bag along with two sets of skiddies, a pair of swimming shorts and two pairs of socks, toiletries and a spare pair of loafers. Rotated the clothes, one set on, one being laundered daily by my housekeeper, fresh set in the wardrobe. If I needed anything else while there I just bought it as and when required as it was so cheap there and then as to be a negligible cost.
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Post by dixinormus on Aug 2, 2024 6:48:11 GMT
It’s going to be a warm day in middle England! Not much fun trying to land at Heathrow in thunderstorms though…
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Post by WDB on Aug 2, 2024 6:59:58 GMT
I think the thunderstorms are over for a bit. York looks lovely this morning — pity to be leaving, especially as I don’t know when I’ll get to come again.
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Post by EspadaIII on Aug 2, 2024 8:51:32 GMT
It’s going to be a warm day in middle England! Not much fun trying to land at Heathrow in thunderstorms though… I drove through some pretty heavy rain last night coming home from London. Went down by train for business and then Son #1 annouced he was coming home for the weekend so I got a lift. A bit hairy up the M1 for a while with stadning water in the outside lane and a few manic lorry drivers in the middle lane trying to overtake other lorries at speed difference of 0.001mph. But we survived..
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Post by Humph on Aug 2, 2024 9:16:00 GMT
I guess today is the day that Al will have to spend a disproportionate amount of time reminding certain fellow travellers that no one person needs to take 15 pairs of shoes for a two week holiday? 😉 Well, that’s how the day before our trips usually plays out anyway!
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Post by Alanović on Aug 2, 2024 9:30:45 GMT
That conversation has indeed just begun...and there are two of them to have it with these days...
Miss A is a chip off the old block though, when I asked her what she wanted to do on holiday, she said "day drinking". That's my girl.
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Post by Humph on Aug 2, 2024 9:39:48 GMT
I’ve never been a big drinker anyway, but any time I’ve tried doing it during the day it has never ended particularly well. Evenings however, can be significantly enhanced by the sound of a cork being removed… 😉
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Post by Alanović on Aug 2, 2024 9:47:23 GMT
I tend to enjoy a libation earlier in the day these days, get to bed at a normal time and then the next day is normal. Gone are the days when I thought it was a good idea to drink from say 8pm to beyond midnight. And I only take a drink Fridays and Saturdays, unless on holiday. In France I enjoy that really cheap, lowish alcohol (10-11%) white wine which comes in milk cartons. Ice cold. Couple of glasses of that late afternoon and with dinner, perfect. The wife likes the red version, also chilled in the fridge. If I'm having red, I want something a bit more upmarket, but in France anything around 8-10 Euro is usually spectacular in my book.
I'm a cheap date.
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Aug 2, 2024 11:08:28 GMT
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Post by Humph on Aug 2, 2024 11:08:28 GMT
If I have a drink, it is usually while cooking the evening meal. Don’t like to have any during the day or after food. On holiday that would be most days, otherwise it’s a very rare occasion as I like to go for a swim late in the evening when I’m at home. Christmas/birthdays etc an exception.
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Post by bromptonaut on Aug 2, 2024 11:24:15 GMT
We've moved from three/four Euro stuff in France which is about the level of US/SA/Oz plonk at home and gone for 8-10 which I think is a sweet spot where you get the biggest gain from low duty.
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Post by bpg on Aug 2, 2024 12:11:19 GMT
Can't do it these days, a couple of beers in the evening and I've had enough, at least that's how it was in Italy with temps in mid-30s. Vermouth with tonic water, ice, mint and lemon is quite refreshing.
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Post by EspadaIII on Aug 2, 2024 13:23:00 GMT
I used to like Campari with orange juice but it just too strong a flavour for me now, unless it is all diluted with fizzy water...
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Aug 2, 2024 14:38:55 GMT
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Post by Humph on Aug 2, 2024 14:38:55 GMT
Don’t like anything fizzy. Makes me, well you know… 😬
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Holidays!
Aug 2, 2024 22:51:03 GMT
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Post by Humph on Aug 2, 2024 22:51:03 GMT
Just checked Dover traffic (23.50 Friday) Seems quiet enough. Al should be fine tonight. Not jealous at all… 🥺
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