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[STEMO]

I managed Liverpool docks to Halstead, north Essex in 3 hours 20 minutes in 1980. The route left the M1 at junction 12 (iirc) and it was all single carriageway roads for (almost) the last 100 miles. I got chased by a panda car somewhere in Bedfordshire but I lost him.
Those were the days my friend, we thought they,d never end. 

Was this the time you stowed away on the ferry and illegally entered the country? 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Nope. Like all the other asylum seekers and refugees, I had been here a while but went back home on holiday. 
Anyway, there was no stowing away on that ferry. The crossing was always so rough, you would have to come out of hiding to seek seasick tablets or medical help. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

I got chased by a panda car somewhere in Bedfordshire but I lost him.

That was lucky, in those days and with your accent they'd have had you straight down to Paddington Green! 

[STEMO]

Nope. Like all the other asylum seekers and refugees, I had been here a while but went back home on holiday. 
Anyway, there was no stowing away on that ferry. The crossing was always so rough, you would have to come out of hiding to seek seasick tablets or medical help. 

Getting so drunk that you were barely conscious seemed to work for me. 

[Doctor Gollum]

Nope. Like all the other asylum seekers and refugees, I had been here a while but went back home on holiday. 
Anyway, there was no stowing away on that ferry. The crossing was always so rough, you would have to come out of hiding to seek seasick tablets or medical help. 

Getting so drunk that you were barely conscious seemed to work for me. 

Mice. The pair of you

There are officially only two places you are allowed to be sea sick... The Pentland Firth and going round Cape Horn

[TheBoy]

From next year they will be allowed to go on motorways during lessons. A recipe for disaster imo.
I think we should have a system where you pass your test, then have to take a further specific test, say a year later, before you can drive on motorways.      http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40905632

Will probably improve the standard of motorway driving, as I think learners are more likely to pay some attention as to what is going on around them.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Nope. Like all the other asylum seekers and refugees, I had been here a while but went back home on holiday. 
Anyway, there was no stowing away on that ferry. The crossing was always so rough, you would have to come out of hiding to seek seasick tablets or medical help. 

Getting so drunk that you were barely conscious seemed to work for me. 

Mice. The pair of you

There are officially only two places you are allowed to be sea sick... The Pentland Firth and going round Cape Horn

You have obviously never done the Belfast / Liverpool crossing, in winter, aboard the old cattle boat. It was horrific. 

[Andy B]

Nope. Like all the other asylum seekers and refugees, I had been here a while but went back home on holiday. 
Anyway, there was no stowing away on that ferry. The crossing was always so rough, you would have to come out of hiding to seek seasick tablets or medical help. 

Getting so drunk that you were barely conscious seemed to work for me. 

Mice. The pair of you

There are officially only two places you are allowed to be sea sick... The Pentland Firth and going round Cape Horn

It wasn't pleasant leaving Savannah into a force 12 after a skin full the day/night before ...... (30 some yrs ago)   

[STEMO]

If the weather was bad enough (not bad enough to stop the sailings) the Birkenhead ferry used to end up like a bucket of sick some mornings, and that was a only ten minute commuter journey.
A lot of people must have a heavy night before.

[Doctor Gollum]

Nope. Like all the other asylum seekers and refugees, I had been here a while but went back home on holiday. 
Anyway, there was no stowing away on that ferry. The crossing was always so rough, you would have to come out of hiding to seek seasick tablets or medical help. 

Getting so drunk that you were barely conscious seemed to work for me. 

Mice. The pair of you

There are officially only two places you are allowed to be sea sick... The Pentland Firth and going round Cape Horn

You have obviously never done the Belfast / Liverpool crossing, in winter, aboard the old cattle boat. It was horrific. 

Nope, but I have done the Pentland Firth in December... have also been on the old St Ola with waves over the bridge... that was fun

This crossing...

https://youtu.be/298bk2ysznA

On this ship...
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fc1.staticflickr.com%2F8%2F7329%2F11405793686_190d285b9b_b.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2F62532775%40N03%2F11405793686&docid=iX_T1iAe5oGdNM&tbnid=Voo8yteaRZ75RM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwis0s_TkN_VAhUkIMAKHZNfDUwQMwg4KAgwCA..i&w=1024&h=723&hl=en-GB&client=tablet-android-sony&bih=800&biw=1280&q=mv%20st%20ola%203&ved=0ahUKEwis0s_TkN_VAhUkIMAKHZNfDUwQMwg4KAgwCA&iact=mrc&uact=8

[Andy B]

Tsk .... that's nothing compared to when Michael Fish said we weren't having a hurricane ..... I ended up in the middle it. 

[Doctor Gollum]

Tsk .... that's nothing compared to when Michael Fish said we weren't having a hurricane ..... I ended up in the middle it. 

What hurricane?

https://goo.gl/images/7fw9EF 

[Andy B]

Tsk .... that's nothing compared to when Michael Fish said we weren't having a hurricane ..... I ended up in the middle it. 

What hurricane?

https://goo.gl/images/7fw9EF 

This one .....
https://youtu.be/NnxjZ-aFkjs

[Doctor Gollum]

I know... how else did MV Hengist end up there...

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I got chased by a panda car somewhere in Bedfordshire but I lost him.

That was lucky, in those days and with your accent they'd have had you straight down to Paddington Green! 

Or worse, Colchester barracks, where they could have got STEMO out of his cell to come and interrogate me !!