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Berlin
Jul 23, 2017 16:36:01 GMT
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Post by Humph on Jul 23, 2017 16:36:01 GMT
Yeah, it's going well, son got stung by a jellyfish today while snorkelling...
But, we've also become a bit addicted to all terrain buggy driving too, so all is not lost.
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Berlin
Jul 23, 2017 18:00:38 GMT
Post by tyrednexited on Jul 23, 2017 18:00:38 GMT
But, we've also become a bit addicted to all terrain buggy driving too, so all is not lost. ....I would imagine that habitual door-mirror removers and alloy wheel destroyers would feel quite at home.....
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Berlin
Jul 23, 2017 20:32:16 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 20:32:16 GMT
Having not managed to reach Berlin and instead spending two days unexpectedly in the office, plus one cancelled appointment on Monday, I find myself sufficiently free to visit a property in Alloa which I haven't been to in two years. All my previous visits (I think five over an eleven year period) from Manchester have been by car, with a passenger, including the last one when my 17yo learner driver son got some higher speed dual carriageway experience.
However, this time its only me. So I decided to look at the cost and time of alternative transport. Trains were a non-starter. Having looked at the times and the number of changes, it will be a very tiring journey. 4hr 30mins there and 4hr 50mins back (plus travel to and from the station in Manchester). About £100 return.
Flying with Flybe to Edinburgh cost £177, plus car hire from the airport at £25 and the time. But even including the time taken to get to the airport, it beats the train hands down. Total journey time including airport security check will be about three hours; I can use the time at the Scotland end to work and I get home earlier than the train.
Hopefully a result.
Humph - Ow! and Ugh! Jellyfish stings are not dangerous but certainly unpleasant. Hope the lad is OK. I am sure a all-terrain buggy drive has taken the pain away...
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Berlin
Jul 23, 2017 20:54:07 GMT
Post by tyrednexited on Jul 23, 2017 20:54:07 GMT
Jellyfish stings are not dangerous but certainly unpleasant. Hope the lad is OK. ...of course, the myth about p*ssing on jellyfish stings have been debunked........but it might have been a laugh!
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Berlin
Jul 23, 2017 21:45:04 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 21:45:04 GMT
>>.of course, the myth about p*ssing on jellyfish stings have been debunked........but it might have been a laugh!
Has it? Damn, my sister is going to be really mad at me.
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Berlin
Jul 23, 2017 21:47:49 GMT
Post by tyrednexited on Jul 23, 2017 21:47:49 GMT
>>.of course, the myth about p*ssing on jellyfish stings have been debunked........but it might have been a laugh! Has it? Damn, my sister is going to be really mad at me. ....anything else you'd like us to know.........?
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Berlin
Jul 23, 2017 23:57:48 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 23:57:48 GMT
Next thing you'll be telling me that's not how you get a breathalyzer...
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Berlin
Jul 24, 2017 7:37:03 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2017 7:37:03 GMT
Well done easyJet. Flight cancelled Wednesday evening. Application for refund made Thursday morning. Credit card received the refund Sunday morning.
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Berlin
Jul 24, 2017 7:48:58 GMT
Post by tyrednexited on Jul 24, 2017 7:48:58 GMT
...You'll be able to afford to go up Snowdon on the train, now...........
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Berlin
Jul 24, 2017 11:36:53 GMT
Post by Alanović on Jul 24, 2017 11:36:53 GMT
Just back from my summer holiday in Vendee. No major problems other than something which I'll detail in the 'My Merc E Class' thread.........
One slight buggeration on the journey home though. Came out of the channel tunnel about 8pm, and checked google maps and traffic. All clear on the M25/M4 all the way home. Great, just under 2 hours. Kept the phone in its holder with the satnav rolling away, just in case. As we got into accursed Surreyite territory it started to look like there was a queue past Cobham services, but free flowing traffic after that. Then I saw the overhead signs displaying a single lane closure warning, so a break down or an accident I expect. Then, just at the entrance to the services, the matrix flashed up "M25 CLOSED J10-J11". Oh well, we're just over a mile from J10 right, no probs, be off in a jiffy and on our way. Nope. Traffic ground to a total halt. Sat there for an hour. Still thinking it must be an accident, just breathed deeply and sighed. Children begin wailing, wife begins huffing. Christ. Been in the car since 9am UK time and was a bit desperate for bed myself, but hey ho, at least we're not in the accident. But - it wasn't an accident. It was a planned roadworks closure. Which had not been notified on any matix signs along the M20, M26 or M25 thus far. Bloody great. If they'd warned us, I could have gone round the other way FFS. Gah. The subsequent drive through Ripley, Pyrford, Chobham etc to the A322 was done at a 20mph dawdle behind a terrified Chinese looking teenager in a rented Skoda Fabia - I expect he'd just come from Gatwick the poor sod.
Still, better than EIII's predicament and the risk of live burial in an earthquake. Love the Vendee but won't be back for 2 years now, Australia beckons next summer (winter).
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Berlin
Aug 1, 2017 19:42:03 GMT
Post by tyrednexited on Aug 1, 2017 19:42:03 GMT
Hope I'm a bit luckier than you, EIII.
Just booked a few nights away in Munich, flying with Easyjet to/from Manchester.
Could do without that getting cancelled!
(It's first time lo-cost, and planning to do cabin-luggage only, so it should be a bit of an experience).
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Berlin
Aug 1, 2017 19:49:10 GMT
Post by Humph on Aug 1, 2017 19:49:10 GMT
There'll be "people" on that y'know. 🙁
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Berlin
Aug 1, 2017 19:57:13 GMT
Post by Humph on Aug 1, 2017 19:57:13 GMT
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Berlin
Aug 1, 2017 20:05:25 GMT
Post by tyrednexited on Aug 1, 2017 20:05:25 GMT
There'll be "people" on that y'know. 🙁 Aye, but when you're retired on a pension you have to do something to keep the boredom at bay....
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Berlin
Aug 1, 2017 20:22:00 GMT
Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2017 20:22:00 GMT
Best of luck. When are you going?
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