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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Broomies Mate on 01 July 2020, 22:32:35
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So far I've had two holdays cancelled this year (still waiting on refunds, thanks easyJet ::) )
I've got flights booked for Oct 28th to Fuerteventura, as I hope by then the 'new normal' will be well-seasoned.
Just wondering if anyone has any future plans for a Holiday abroad? When and where do you plan to go? Are you worried bout it? Do you think you will actually travel?
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I am hoping to go to Gran Canaria in late November, but not booked anything yet as work is still up in the air :-\ That said, I've got four shifts booked off between now and Christmas... 4on/4off has distinct perks as that's 44 days off, including August Bank Holiday weekend and half of September :D
Worst case I work for a spell and go away for three weeks next year.
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4on/4off has distinct perks as ...
It's a shift I've never worked. It's not a shift I'd choose though ... :-\
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Permanent nights too, so works for me 8)
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I found 4on 4off to be brutal. But then I was working two of them at the same time - for different companies obviously. So much for being a lazy student, I haven't worked as hard since!! ;D
As to the OP question, nothing planned for 2020, China in January felt like a dodged bullet, plus I have a house to renovate. Again.
As for 2020, it's SWMBO's 40th so I'd better get something planned. ;D friends are planning a US trip to watch some NFL which I might tag on to. So that's either Boston, Florida or LA. :y
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I've always liked adventure travel, so I thought I'd go to a Covid hotspot on a 737 Max! :D
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So far I've had two holdays cancelled this year (still waiting on refunds, thanks easyJet ::) )
I've got flights booked for Oct 28th to Fuerteventura, as I hope by then the 'new normal' will be well-seasoned.
Just wondering if anyone has any future plans for a Holiday abroad? When and where do you plan to go? Are you worried bout it? Do you think you will actually travel?
Just received refund of a flight cost from EJ after 6 weeks. They are - currently - refusing to refund part of the car hire cost, claiming I should have cancelled the car hire via ‘manage my booking’ despite telling me, in the cancellation email, to do so ‘directly with the service provider’, which I did.
Hmmm, we shall see, barrister daughter is on the case. Any bets?
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Permanent nights too, so works for me 8)
I did that for 15 years ... initially Mon to Fri 10 till 6 then later did 3 nights a week 6 till 6. Worked great when the kids were little but wouldn't do it now. The odd night shift recently has just reminded me I wouldn't want to do nights on a permanent basis now :y
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Depends if it was a package booked through them or separately. They may have, mistakenly, got this wrong. Or they may, surreptitiously, have done it to spread the cash drain.
I suspect that by the end of August, once the cash flow has returned to a degree of steadiness, everyone will have been refunded.
It isn't right, but equally it's easy to see why travel companies might do this, or freely offer vouchers over the booking value. Put another way, if had to refund 100,000 customers a day for four months. From your savings. What would YOU do?
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Permanent nights too, so works for me 8)
I did that for 15 years ... initially Mon to Fri 10 till 6 then later did 3 nights a week 6 till 6. Worked great when the kids were little but wouldn't do it now. The odd night shift recently has just reminded me I wouldn't want to do nights on a permanent basis now :y
Traditionally done 12 hour shifts but current job, if I get back to it :-X, is 8 - 6, which feels almost part time ;D
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My four weekly rota is 10 nights and two days. Nights during the week is 1700 - 0800. Weekend is 1930 - 0730. Days are 0730 - 1930.
My body clock is fooked. Sleep pattern all over the place. The only answer for me is, when Im not at work and Im tired to sleep, regardless of time of day.
I doubt I will ever have a normal sleep pattern again.
Should have listened more at school. ::) ;D
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My four weekly rota is 10 nights and two days. Nights during the week is 1700 - 0800. Weekend is 1930 - 0730. Days are 0730 - 1930.
My body clock is fooked. Sleep pattern all over the place. The only answer for me is, when Im not at work and Im tired to sleep, regardless of time of day.
I doubt I will ever have a normal sleep pattern again.
Should have listened more at school. ::) ;D
That's the days/nights switching ;)
Companies like it because they can pay a single rate and still get 24/7 cover and it looks reasonable because everyone does the same.
The reality is that the morning people hate working nights and the night people really hate getting up at 4/5 am. So it screws everyone up. And the money is never enough ;D
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Partly, but mostly having " a long doze" at work, then a few hours sleep betwen shifts. Result is when Im not at work, I cant sleep for 8 hours at a time.
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Had hoped to go to Cyprus in July , and away every other month from May in the UK in the caravan , not going anywhere at the present time & neither of us would consider flying anywhere until things improve vastly, if they ever will remains to be seen personally I'm not that bothered as we have travelled abroad a lot over the years.
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I have an open invitation to stay as long as I wish in Costa Adeje sadly I am unable to travel at the moment. 8)
and yes Opti she is a very sexy 32 year old ::) ::) ::)
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Used to do 12hr shifts in busy periods at my second last job before retirement, (i was there 25yrs). It was ok for the first 10 days or so but then the time morphed into a zombie like round of working, eating and sleeping. After about 3/4 weeks you didn't know your arse from your elbow. :D Took voluntary redundancy in the end. Last job had much more civilised working hours. ;)
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I suspect that by the end of August, once the cash flow has returned to a degree of steadiness, everyone will have been refunded.
It isn't right, but equally it's easy to see why travel companies might do this, or freely offer vouchers over the booking value. Put another way, if had to refund 100,000 customers a day for four months. From your savings. What would YOU do?
I'm in full agreement with you DG.
If the flights for next year were the same, or similar price to what we paid for this year, then I'd have happily taken the vouchers/rebooked for next year. Unfortunately, the airlines have hiked prices by no-small amount. It may be that they need to in order to survive, but if immediate cashflow is their main concern (which I believe it should be) then making future flights competetive to what the customer has already paid would have been a much better gameplan. I'm only waiting on a few hundred quid, so it's no big deal, but if it were thousands, I'd be a little more disgruntled.
I hasten to add, I only ever use low-cost carriers, and the above is true for easyJet, TUI, Jet2 and WizzAir. I haven't flown Ryanair for at least a decade, and wouldn't put money in their coffers if my life depended on it. I can't comment on Norweigan, as haven't booked with them this year, or next.
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Norwegian are somewhere between Ryanair and EasyJet with longhaul options, but without any savings and enough debt to feed an African dictatorship :D
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Had a week in Zante booked for early June which is now Crete next June :-\
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Can't see me having another foreign holiday[last one was 2009]certainly not while the dog is alive.Mind you I don't do holidays here either! I'm perfectly happy to have the occasional day out here and there to places that hold some kind of interest for me.
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MMM...
I won't be renewing my passport any time soon
as Mt T would say "aint gettin on no plane fool" ;D
I doubt i'll even risk a UK holiday this year :-X
unless they extend the Leicester border closer to me :D
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MMM...
I won't be renewing my passport any time soon
as Mt T would say "aint gettin on no plane fool" ;D
I doubt i'll even risk a UK holiday this year :-X
unless they extend the Leicester border closer to me :D
Perhaps you could tick both boxes simultaneously...
Almeria airport code is LEI, which I used to annoyingly call Leicester much to the chargrin of passengers.
Leicester, and therefore Almeria, are barely a postcode away from Derby :D
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MMM...
I won't be renewing my passport any time soon
as Mt T would say "aint gettin on no plane fool" ;D
I doubt i'll even risk a UK holiday this year :-X
unless they extend the Leicester border closer to me :D
Perhaps you could tick both boxes simultaneously...
Almeria airport code is LEI, which I used to annoyingly call Leicester much to the chargrin of passengers.
Leicester, and therefore Almeria, are barely a postcode away from Derby :D
My bunker is about 20 miles from Derby ,20 from Leicester ,20 to Brum :(
pretty close to the boundaries of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire and Staffordshire if they start locking down counties ;D
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Given that we've had one of the worst Covid outcomes in the world, it's pretty arrogant of the UK government issuing a list of countries that Brits can travel to and come back with out having to quarantine. :-\
I think we should be grateful that any country will let us in! ::) And why have they left Portugal off the list FFS? ???
Oh and then there's the Dear Leaders of Wales and Scotland throwing a spanner in the works! ;D
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Things seem to be announced then in the next instant changed, reading between the lines I really believe that you have to trust your own judgement it seems obvious to me that there seems to be very little known about the Covid 19 virus, so it's down to individual choice , the rules/advisories that have been put in place are not policeable so make your own choices & face the outcome.
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Yep. My mates wife is a Kiwi and she's had to go to NZ for family reasons.
The only thing is that she is now languishing in quarantine at a hotel near Auckland airport for 14 days! ;D
They've secured the place with a big perimeter fence as well, so even if she wanted to do a runner, she'd have start tunnelling! :D
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Oh and then there's the Dear Leaders of Wales and Scotland throwing a spanner in the works! ;D
Yep, there'll be a week of butt hurt from them, as usual, before they implement precisely the same policies themselves. ;D
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Yep. My mates wife is a Kiwi and she's had to go to NZ for family reasons.
The only thing is that she is now languishing in quarantine at a hotel near Auckland airport for 14 days! ;D
They've secured the place with a big perimeter fence as well, so even if she wanted to do a runner, she'd have start tunnelling! :D
That's what our government should have done, and still be doing.
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Yep. My mates wife is a Kiwi and she's had to go to NZ for family reasons.
The only thing is that she is now languishing in quarantine at a hotel near Auckland airport for 14 days! ;D
They've secured the place with a big perimeter fence as well, so even if she wanted to do a runner, she'd have start tunnelling! :D
That's what our government should have done, and still be doing.
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You just know it's all going to end badly..😩
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Pub up the road had a dozen cars outside at 10 this AM! I live in a small village, Pop under 2000.
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My granddaughter was in the pub when it opened at 10am. She is a teacher in W0kingham. Weren't the teaching unions saying a few weeks ago that it was wrong to reopen the schools for the fear of Covid for their members? ::) Told her to maintain social distancing. :y
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Didn't notice so much activity around the pubs but there were queues aplenty at the barbers/hairdressers,some with better social distancing being observed than others.
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So far I've had two holdays cancelled this year (still waiting on refunds, thanks easyJet ::) )
I've got flights booked for Oct 28th to Fuerteventura, as I hope by then the 'new normal' will be well-seasoned.
Just wondering if anyone has any future plans for a Holiday abroad? When and where do you plan to go? Are you worried bout it? Do you think you will actually travel?
Even pre-Covid 19 the whole idea of cramming myself into an aluminium tube with a few hundred oiks coughing, spluttering and sneezing over everyone has very little appeal. I have travel plans but none involve air travel or God forbid, a Cruise! If it's not a few days drive from Calais, I don't want to go there yet.
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I concur about squeezing into a metal tube with hundreds of others in order to get somewhere, but I will suffer it once in a while if I really have to.
A cruise on the other hand is my idea of hell on earth. I would rather jump off the side of a cruise ship than have to spend weeks sailing around on one.
As for driving to places from Calais ! You do know its in French France, which is full of French people dont you ? :o ;D
Ive done a fair bit of foreign travel in the past, but I cant see much, if any of it on the horizon in the future. Just cant be arsed with it tbh.
I havent even bothered going back to Norn Irn in the five years since I went over for 12 hours to attend my Dads funeral.
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As for driving to places from Calais ! You do know its in French France, which is full of French people dont you ? :o ;D
you could drive to Germany in less time than Paris....
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As for driving to places from Calais ! You do know its in French France, which is full of French people dont you ? :o ;D
you could drive to Germany in less time than Paris....
The food is better up that way too 👍
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I am going to Wakefield this week. Visa and jabs sorted. Having a run in with Yorkshire Sculpture Park. 500 acres of open land and they can’t be arsed to open.
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I have to go to Guildford next week. That pikey shithole should have border control :(
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I have to go to Guildford next week. That pikey shithole should have border control :(
why do you think they keep lots of soldiers in nearby Aldershot?
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I concur about squeezing into a metal tube with hundreds of others in order to get somewhere, but I will suffer it once in a while if I really have to.
A cruise on the other hand is my idea of hell on earth. I would rather jump off the side of a cruise ship than have to spend weeks sailing around on one.
As for driving to places from Calais ! You do know its in French France, which is full of French people dont you ? :o ;D
Ive done a fair bit of foreign travel in the past, but I cant see much, if any of it on the horizon in the future. Just cant be arsed with it tbh.
I havent even bothered going back to Norn Irn in the five years since I went over for 12 hours to attend my Dads funeral.
I used to say that until I tried one many years ago. Love to cruise now though, only 10- 14 days, and only luxury ones. Made some very good friends over the years.:y
I would not cruise now with C-19.
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I concur about squeezing into a metal tube with hundreds of others in order to get somewhere, but I will suffer it once in a while if I really have to.
A cruise on the other hand is my idea of hell on earth. I would rather jump off the side of a cruise ship than have to spend weeks sailing around on one.
As for driving to places from Calais ! You do know its in French France, which is full of French people dont you ? :o ;D
Ive done a fair bit of foreign travel in the past, but I cant see much, if any of it on the horizon in the future. Just cant be arsed with it tbh.
I havent even bothered going back to Norn Irn in the five years since I went over for 12 hours to attend my Dads funeral.
I used to say that until I tried one many years ago. Love to cruise now though, only 10- 14 days, and only luxury ones. Made some very good friends over the years.:y
I would not cruise now with C-19.
I'd have thought cruise liners are giant floating petri dishes at the best of times. ::)
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I concur about squeezing into a metal tube with hundreds of others in order to get somewhere, but I will suffer it once in a while if I really have to.
A cruise on the other hand is my idea of hell on earth. I would rather jump off the side of a cruise ship than have to spend weeks sailing around on one.
As for driving to places from Calais ! You do know its in French France, which is full of French people dont you ? :o ;D
Ive done a fair bit of foreign travel in the past, but I cant see much, if any of it on the horizon in the future. Just cant be arsed with it tbh.
I havent even bothered going back to Norn Irn in the five years since I went over for 12 hours to attend my Dads funeral.
I used to say that until I tried one many years ago. Love to cruise now though, only 10- 14 days, and only luxury ones. Made some very good friends over the years.:y
I would not cruise now with C-19.
I'd have thought cruise liners are giant floating petri dishes at the best of times. ::)
Quite the opposite. They have strict disease control procedures in place, so that if one of the great unwashed sneak into an inside cabin, they can curtail any outbreaks sharpish ;)
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Cruises . . . .
I know people who go on cruises. Regardless of Covid19, I would not want to spend time locked inside a tin can with them or people like them.
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Watched the TV programme about cruises and how Covid 19 spread amongst the passengers wouldn't go on one if you paid me too big & too many people, so cleaning would undoubtedly be a rush job, it's human nature I'm afraid .
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My pops is an avid fan of Cunard and spends outrageous sums on multiple cruises yearly, he's even got a Cunard Gillet ! ;D
Not my cup of tea !
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Contrary to expectations - it is raining in Wakefield!!! Reminds me of those immortal words uttered by Noah when the first drop of rain fell on him aboard the ark and he looked to the sky and said " I think its in for't day Florrie"
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Cruises . . . .
I know people who go on cruises. Regardless of Covid19, I would not want to spend time locked inside a tin can with them or people like them.
They don't appeal to me, but I keep promising some friends we will do a cruise. Who knows I might like it. But not with the current sniffle thing going around - for decades we've seen how less serious infections spread like wildfire on cruise ships.
The only 2 "cruises" I've ever been on was a Fred Olson one to Norway (quite enjoyable as a randy teenager :-X), and one of those Nile cruises which was a great experience for the 4 days I wasn't confined to by bathroom.. Well, even the days I was confined to the bathroom was an experience I will never forget, no matter how much I want to.
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I have actually been on one cruise which I really enjoyed. Overnight from Cyprus to Israel. Spent the day touring the sights - Jerusalem, Bethlehem etc. Then back to the boat, nice food and a bit of entertainment, and overnight to Egypt. Did the Pyramids and Sphincter at Giza, then the Cairo museum. Back to the boat more food etc. and overnight back to Cyprus.
Approx. £100 for a family of four around 20 years ago.
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Cruises - you either love them' or hate them' - Mrs AA and myself love them'.
We had 3 booked this year, two have been cancelled.
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I felt queasy on a sight seeing cruise on the river Ouse in York :D so a proper full on cruise would be my idea of hell on earth[or should that be hell on water?]
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I felt queasy on a sight seeing cruise on the river Ouse in York :D so a proper full on cruise would be my idea of hell on earth[or should that be hell on water?]
Big boats don't move as much ;)
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You cant have been across the Irish sea on one then ! :)
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I felt queasy on a sight seeing cruise on the river Ouse in York :D so a proper full on cruise would be my idea of hell on earth[or should that be hell on water?]
+1. Went across to Lundy from Illfracombe, bit too choppy for me. :(. Think i'd get seasick on a duck pond. ;D
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According to my ex Navy Grandfather, you're only allowed to be seasick in two places...
Going round Cape Horn and crossing the Pentland Firth...
Can't speak for Cape Horn, but there are whirlpools on the Pentland Firth :D
A calm December day passing Swona and Stroma (https://photos.app.goo.gl/e5o7WYPPnfeEgtHs6)
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According to my ex Navy Grandfather, you're only allowed to be seasick in two places...
Going round Cape Horn and crossing the Pentland Firth...
Can't speak for Cape Horn, but there are whirlpools on the Pentland Firth :D
A calm December day passing Swona and Stroma (https://photos.app.goo.gl/e5o7WYPPnfeEgtHs6)
I do recall a Channel crossing on a Seacat - this was the time when I'd had an "interesting" 24hrs, having broken down, taken to a village in the arse end of nowhere, delays in a taxi to get me to Dijon, destroying a hire car by hitting a raven at 200kph, and missing the ferry - which was really, really rough. I wasn't too bad, until I saw other people chundering over the side and watching it splatter onto the life rafts. I had to go back inside, or else I would have had to join them ;D
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Cruises . . . .
I know people who go on cruises. Regardless of Covid19, I would not want to spend time locked inside a tin can with them or people like them.
Strangely, one can also meet some very nice people on cruises, perhaps it is like life, you get all sorts. ::)
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First time they used a Seacat on the Weymouth/Guernsey was such a poor crossing, one passenger suffered a heart attack and half the crew resigned ;D
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Dad was in the navy on minesweepers during WW2-he was in a reserved occupation so didn't have to go but volunteered anyway-and always wanted me to join the navy[probably to get rid of me for long periods :D] but boats/ships are the one form of transport I just cannot take so i didn't try to enlist.
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Cruises . . . .
I know people who go on cruises. Regardless of Covid19, I would not want to spend time locked inside a tin can with them or people like them.
Strangely, one can also meet some very nice people on cruises, perhaps it is like life, you get all sorts. ::)
I'm sure, and no offence intended.
It's just that I know a particular group of people who all go on cruises, who are boring as hell and seem to spend all of their time comparing cruises they've been on and will be going on. There seems to be some kind of one-upmanship game going on. I would not want to be locked on a boat with them with no escape. It's bad enough on any holiday when people try to "be friends" wanting to meet up when you get back, at least on land you can avoid them ::) :y
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All I would say is, having felt that cruising was not for us before trying a short one from Vancouver to Alaska in the '80's, don't knock it until you've tried it. We now like the smaller luxury ships of up to about 900 pax, and which take us to places we would not normally visit, particularly around Europe. Then if we find somewhere we particularly like, we may return there for a short break. It has worked very well for us over the last 30 years. :y
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I felt queasy on a sight seeing cruise on the river Ouse in York :D so a proper full on cruise would be my idea of hell on earth[or should that be hell on water?]
Big boats don't move as much ;)
Oh yes they do! It’s just that the passy boats have stabilisers.
Sometimes they work, sometimes not.
Just like airlines the driver upstairs always tries to avoid the storms and lumpy bits whilst on route.
Would I go on a cruise? No. As Billy Connolly said, it’s like being in jail with the added hazard of drowning....
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I felt queasy on a sight seeing cruise on the river Ouse in York :D so a proper full on cruise would be my idea of hell on earth[or should that be hell on water?]
Big boats don't move as much ;)
Oh yes they do! It’s just that the passy boats have stabilisers.
Sometimes they work, sometimes not.
Just like airlines the driver upstairs always tries to avoid the storms and lumpy bits whilst on route.
Would I go on a cruise? No. As Billy Connolly said, it’s like being in jail with the added hazard of drowning....
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Arriving in New York by sea is on my bucket list.
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I'm sure many on the Titanic said the same. :-X
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I'm sure many on the Titanic said the same. :-X
I never had you pegged as a snowflake...
Nothing ventured and all that ::) besides, nowadays it won't take decades to work out where the ship sank, although more chance of being hit by a bus or dying from Batflu than drowning on a cruiseship ;D
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Arriving in New York by sea is on my bucket list.
Actually, I can see some appeal in that. Anything is better than JFK
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The only appeal for me to go anywhere by boat as opposed to flying is that on a boat I could have a smoke where on an aircraft I can't and as I get terribly seasick the further chances of me sailing anywhere are zero.
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Arriving in New York Barbados or Antigua by sea is on my bucket list.
Better rum! :y
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How would you feel if on arrival for your two weeks in the sun, face masks in public were mandatory? Obviously not on the beach , pool and bar/restaurants.
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Actually all of this this is bit irrelevant to me , as I have no plans on going anywhere not local until I feel it is safe regardless of official rules. When I do it I will travel in my car where I do not have to be with other people (spouse excepted!). My wishlist is a simple trip to France, some vineyard visits.
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How would you feel if on arrival for your two weeks in the sun, face masks in public were mandatory? Obviously not on the beach , pool and bar/restaurants.
If you've to wear it for the 4+ hours you're on the plane for, then quite frankly I don't think you would actually care ???
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Personally I don't believe any of the nonsense being spouted about people " rushing to get away " & the " upsurge in bookings"
It's probably wishful thinking by the companies concerned, a lot more will undoubtedly bite the dust very shortly.
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Personally I don't believe any of the nonsense being spouted about people " rushing to get away " & the " upsurge in bookings"
It's probably wishful thinking by the companies concerned, a lot more will undoubtedly bite the dust very shortly.
Your hard paid taxes will be paying for it ::)
There are significantly more people who want to get back to work than have caught Batflu, let alone died from it. And countless more who have had their planned breaks cancelled without knowing when they might happen.
Regardless of what you may think, for some people a week or two in Benidorm or Florida or wherever is a big deal that they scrimp and save for all year for. To have had that taken away means alot. And I would wager that the majority of them have religiously locked themselves away since March.
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Personally I don't believe any of the nonsense being spouted about people " rushing to get away " & the " upsurge in bookings"
It's probably wishful thinking by the companies concerned, a lot more will undoubtedly bite the dust very shortly.
Your hard paid taxes will be paying for it ::)
There are significantly more people who want to get back to work than have caught Batflu, let alone died from it. And countless more who have had their planned breaks cancelled without knowing when they might happen.
Regardless of what you may think, for some people a week or two in Benidorm or Florida or wherever is a big deal that they scrimp and save for all year for. To have had that taken away means alot. And I would wager that the majority of them have religiously locked themselves away since March.
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We're all in the same position I simply don't like being fed utter bullshit by the media.
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Next week we are planning a trip to Uttoxeter.
That's as far as I'm going this year.
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Personally I don't believe any of the nonsense being spouted about people " rushing to get away " & the " upsurge in bookings"
It's probably wishful thinking by the companies concerned, a lot more will undoubtedly bite the dust very shortly.
Your hard paid taxes will be paying for it ::)
There are significantly more people who want to get back to work than have caught Batflu, let alone died from it. And countless more who have had their planned breaks cancelled without knowing when they might happen.
Regardless of what you may think, for some people a week or two in Benidorm or Florida or wherever is a big deal that they scrimp and save for all year for. To have had that taken away means alot. And I would wager that the majority of them have religiously locked themselves away since March.
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We're all in the same position I simply don't like being fed utter bullshit by the media.
Actually 'we're' not, although from a position of relative comfort it might look that way...
As for media bullshit, choose what you want to expose yourself to. There are those individuals and outlets who are speaking out against the leftie agendas. Only one person is responsible for what you read/watch ;)
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Next week we are planning a trip to Uttoxeter.
That's as far as I'm going this year.
Oh the glamour ;D ;D
Hope you are feeling better by the way ?
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We had a trip out to Stamford today & a stroll round Burleigh House grounds free parking as well can't be bad..😎
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Next week we are planning a trip to Uttoxeter.
That's as far as I'm going this year.
Alton Towers? :D