A place to have a chat.

Take care Phil, get well and out of that hospital.

All the best

Spongebob

Morning guys

Phil, I'm really sorry to hear that you're laid up in hospital. I hope you are on the mend now mate, and that they let you home today.

Spongebob, you are beating me on the allotment front. Managed to get mine cleared and rotovated, but with my son and his family having moved in for an extended stay, I haven't managed to get up there for the last few weekends.

We haven't travelled abroad since just before Covid arrived. The thought of sitting in a metal tube full of people sneezing and coughing all over us, put us off for a while, and we never really got back into it. Having bought the camper van, we intend to explore our lovely country thoroughly now!

Have a good day chaps.

Ian.

Oh Phil, 

Sorry to see you are in hospital, I hope the anti biotics are beginning to kick in. Thank goodness Angela was on the ball, us gals have our uses, or so I’m told. 
As for travelling, we’ve both done a fair bit, I lived in Palestine when I was a lot  younger, David toured America as a young Muzo.

We have backpacked around Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and Europe. Loved it, though carrying me rucksack in the jungle wasn’t always fun. I was out one evening at a bar in a tiny island, I asked hopefully if they had a loo, I was handed a  lit candle and was told the jungle loo was down this track. 
Off I went it was a small hut with a wonderful porcelain loo over a hole with a barrel of water to ‘ flush’ I positioned myself and then a loud croaking sound emerged from the corner, and it was the largest frog I’ve ever seen. 
Back at the bar I was advised if I licked the frog it would give me hallucinations! I ordered a small beer and pondered on how did they find this out. 

Loved backpacking around the Greek island, after day walking  I ended up in hospital with concussion after a fall, the doc at least had the manners to remove his fag before talking to David and telling him I had hurt my head, he had the aroma of brandy and cheap fags, he spoke English but never uttered a word to me,all conversations were with David 😂

Lots of stories about Palestine and my life there, nowadays it’s a simple life here in our valley, we have t been overseas for a few years now. 
My travel bug is still there, but times change. 

I hope you lads don’t mind me sharing a few travellers tales here. 
Leila 

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Hi 👋 Leila.

I loved reading your story.

Twenty eight years ago, in a Grimsby pub, my missus kissed a frog 🐸 which she'd  hoped would turn into a Prince.  🤴. She must have been hallucinating.

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Hi Phil, 

Sad news indeed. He was quite a character. 

I'm raising a glass too.

On the subject of motoring, I'm driving an automatic Corsa at the mo' (hire car), it's got those gear change paddles, I remember donkeys years ago when they first appeared (on F1 I think). I test drove a Scirocco with them a while back and didn't really get the hang of it so bought a manual, but then half hour isn't long enough. Having a bit more fun with this Corsa though, takes practice and I'll probably crack it just before I hand the keys back. 

Cheers, 

Kev.

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Hey Phil, 

Thanks for pointing out that I'm younger than you, the cheque is in the post mate 🤣👍🏻

Cheers, 

Kev.

Hi guys. 

Just a little travel tale. Not as adventurous as Leila but made us laugh as the time. 

Many moons ago, on our first holiday together me and the missus ( my 16yr old girlfriend then) my cousin and my Nan had ventured out down the coast to visit Benidorm. We were in a little (original) Fiat 500.

Was reasonably busy as we trundled along trying to work out where to park when my girlfriend started screaming and jammed both her legs into my lap . I managed to maintain control and got to the side of the road without mishap. As you may recall there isn’t much spare room in one of those cars. 

It turned out this massive cockroachy thing had dropped out of the dash onto her foot. I must admit it was pretty evil looking. Even I was frightened to get it out of the car. My Nan and my cousin were in hysterics in the back. 

I’ll see if I can recall any others. I travelled a lot in Europe for business early days so must be something lurking in my memory somewhere… 

Phil

We only had the little Fiat on our holibobs.. 

But my bosses were stingy. Had 3 weeks in Detroit in Jan 1985 troubleshooting at Pontiac. One of the bosses there gave us his own car as our rental was a shitheap. It was so cold there, I’d never experienced wind chill like that even in Germany in winter. Good experience though. One weekend we drove to Niagara and Toronto. Frozen falls in Niagara then breakfast at the top of the CN tower looking out over frozen lake. Then a 7 hour drive back to Detroit….

Hope you recover from your slight excesses last night. Was worth it though i presume. 

Phil

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