Rim Fire Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 13 hours ago, Bobba said: Booked so far Corfu, Prague, La Rochelle, Isle de Re, Australia. reached 80 last Sept and decided it’s better to sit back and say “glad we did it” rather than “wish we had” Australia is on my bucket list as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 1 hour ago, London Best said: ..... I find travelling on any form of public transport extremely stressful, even, or rather especially, planes. First class TGV is very pleasant and very affordable, compared to driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minky Posted February 15 Author Report Share Posted February 15 2 hours ago, London Best said: Travelling by bus is a punishment, not a holiday! I find travelling on any form of public transport extremely stressful, even, or rather especially, planes. Why is that then.? Do you suffer from agoraphobia or other condition.? Having that sort of problem must be very difficult and unfulfilled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 2 hours ago, London Best said: I find travelling on any form of public transport extremely stressful, even, or rather especially, planes. Trains, I can cope with. It isn't pleasant as they are often late and can be crowded so you end up standing a good part of the journey. Buses and coaches - I have no recent experiences. Planes - once in the plane I can manage, but airports are simply dreadful. Confusing, crowded, massive queues, noisy. I was lucky enough to do little relatively flying in my career and have the use of the business lounges when I did, but still awful in most (UK especially) airports. The best airport I have used was Oslo, which was a vast improvement on British airports. All Scandinavian airports were not bad. Flying seriously aggravates my tinnitus (air pressure changes?) which makes it even worse. One of the nice things about retirement is never having to fly again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 4 minutes ago, JohnfromUK said: One of the nice things about retirement is never having to fly again. I totally agree with this sentiment. Our last holiday abroad over 10 years ago now involved flying from Gatwick Airport and after that horrendous experience, vowed never to repeat it. Our best experience was when Manston airport was running with flights to Schiphol in the Netherlands. From landing back to Manston, it took just 15 minutes to get back home !! There are many lovely places in the UK to visit, the need, or wish, to fly again is certainly not on my list. OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 14 minutes ago, Old Boggy said: There are many lovely places in the UK to visit, the need, or wish, to fly again is certainly not on my list. Agreed. I can get in the car, take the dog, make my own itinerary, choose my own activities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 31 minutes ago, Minky said: Why is that then.? Do you suffer from agoraphobia or other condition.? Having that sort of problem must be very difficult and unfulfilled. The only thing from which I suffer is grumpiness when exposed to the public at large. As a child I was always sick when taken on a bus. I still hate them with a passion. Hanging about at bus stops and then travelling with people I don’t want to be with, and stopping every 400 yards cannot compare with personal transport. I simply do not use buses. When flying I cannot hear a word anyone says from take off to landing, just a whooshing noise. I do still fly though. Three hundred people crammed in an aluminium tube is not my idea of pleasant. And don’t anyone try to tell me they enjoy airports. I have made thirty two flights travelling with firearms, which sometimes does not help to smooth progress. 2 minutes ago, JohnfromUK said: Agreed. I can get in the car, take the dog, make my own itinerary, choose my own activities. Heaven! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 1 minute ago, London Best said: I have made thirty two flights travelling with firearms, which sometimes does not help to smooth progress. I have only made one (return) trip with firearms (my Beretta shotgun). Strangely, (and this is nearly 40 years ago) it hugely improved the experience as at Heathrow (which is my idea of hell on earth) you got priority VIP treatment and were escorted through immigration/customs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 Just now, JohnfromUK said: I have only made one (return) trip with firearms (my Beretta shotgun). Strangely, (and this is nearly 40 years ago) it hugely improved the experience as at Heathrow (which is my idea of hell on earth) you got priority VIP treatment and were escorted through immigration/customs. Yes, that can happen.......sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie to this Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 (edited) 8 minutes ago, London Best said: And don’t anyone try to tell me they enjoy airports ^^^this, airports are hell on earth. That being said, it will not stop me flying. Edited February 15 by Newbie to this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 3 minutes ago, JohnfromUK said: I have only made one (return) trip with firearms (my Beretta shotgun). Strangely, (and this is nearly 40 years ago) it hugely improved the experience as at Heathrow (which is my idea of hell on earth) you got priority VIP treatment and were escorted through immigration/customs. Arrived at Joburg from Bloem with no paperwork for the rifle in the hold 🤣. That cost me 😇 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 Just now, oowee said: Arrived at Joburg from Bloem with no paperwork for the rifle in the hold 🤣. That cost me 😇 In Costa Rica (years ago when I went) all they did was write in your passport a 'permission to carry Beretta serial number XXXX'. They didn't expect any paperwork. In Miami (halfway transit change) the customs/security guy was amazed that the UK 'paperwork' was so simple as he had heard we were really strict on gun laws - and (then) we only had a small card that didn't carry any gun details, picture or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 1 minute ago, oowee said: Arrived at Joburg from Bloem with no paperwork for the rifle in the hold 🤣. That cost me 😇 Arrived at Joburg from LHR once with two clients and wives and found NO rifles in the hold. SAA took five days to find a .30-06 and a .375. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minky Posted February 15 Author Report Share Posted February 15 We are very different. We Love it, love it, love it. All of it. From the time we leave home to leaving the car at my daughters, the taxi to the train station, getting the train tickets then on to the platform and waiting for the train. Then the experience of the train journey to Gatwick. The monorail, the crowds, the procedure of getting through the controls and baggage area. Waiting for the flight number and the flight lounge. Going through the tube tunnel to the plane and getting the seats. The moment that the engines flash start and the pushback. When the turbines start to spool up, your going on holiday now. The waiting for clearance and the sudden roar and the acceleration until the plane is away and airborne. The first stage of the holiday has begun. It's all part of it. The variation of people and the state of some. Happy, frightened noisy, introverted. It's âll part of the life experience. They're all living their life in coexistence. If you go on flight tracker the sky is like an ants nest of planes in the sky. They recon that there are over a million people in the air at any one time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 2 minutes ago, Minky said: We are very different. We Love it, love it, love it. All of it. From the time we leave home to leaving the car at my daughters, the taxi to the train station, getting the train tickets then on to the platform and waiting for the train. Then the experience of the train journey to Gatwick. The monorail, the crowds, the procedure of getting through the controls and baggage area. Waiting for the flight number and the flight lounge. Going through the tube tunnel to the plane and getting the seats. The moment that the engines flash start and the pushback. When the turbines start to spool up, your going on holiday now. The waiting for clearance and the sudden roar and the acceleration until the plane is away and airborne. The first stage of the holiday has begun. It's all part of it. The variation of people and the state of some. Happy, frightened noisy, introverted. It's âll part of the life experience. They're all living their life in coexistence. If you go on flight tracker the sky is like an ants nest of planes in the sky. They recon that there are over a million people in the air at any one time. I'd trade all that lot for a few hours standing knee deep in a nice stream/river, light fly rod in hand and a bit overcast, not too much wind, or (perhaps rather more when I was a bit younger!) a day walking with a few friends on a Scottish moor, gun tucked over my arm, walking, watching the pointers work looking for 2 or 3 brace of grouse in a day ........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 15 minutes ago, JohnfromUK said: I'd trade all that lot for a few hours standing knee deep in a nice stream/river, light fly rod in hand and a bit overcast, not too much wind, or (perhaps rather more when I was a bit younger!) a day walking with a few friends on a Scottish moor, gun tucked over my arm, walking, watching the pointers work looking for 2 or 3 brace of grouse in a day ........... Definitely with you on that one, John. I would never go on holiday to sit frying on a beach or by a pool. 24 minutes ago, Minky said: getting the train tickets then on to the platform and waiting for the train. Then the experience of the train journey to Gatwick. The monorail, the crowds, the procedure of getting through the controls and baggage area. Waiting for the flight number and the flight lounge. Going through the tube tunnel to the plane and getting the seats. They recon that there are over a million people in the air at any one time. I am always appalled at the incompetence of most people involved in these processes. I am always pleased when I can get off the plane. I spent thirty years watching folk put the engines together and I wouldn’t have let most of them wash my car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz45 Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 On 11/02/2024 at 21:06, Munzy said: Thought I’d ask just in case. Refreshing to hear a level-headed response from someone who has experienced it first hand 👍🏼 Have a great trip, I’ve travelled all over Spain but Andalucía for me is the most exciting region. I watched a fight about 50 years in Majorca and found it quite exciting but why kill I thought then, years later I thought why should enjoy myself shooting game birds etc. Today only I shoot clays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 I know I mentioned we’d be going to Venice, but was sworn to secrecy as to why. Anyhow, the secrecy is no more, and we’ll be exhibiting in the 2024 Venice Biennale, at Palazzo Bembo, opposite Rialto Bridge. This is a major International Arts venue and exhibition, and our work ( OH and me plus others ) will be there from April until November. A BIGGY! 🙂👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted March 1 Report Share Posted March 1 41 minutes ago, Scully said: I know I mentioned we’d be going to Venice, but was sworn to secrecy as to why. Anyhow, the secrecy is no more, and we’ll be exhibiting in the 2024 Venice Biennale, at Palazzo Bembo, opposite Rialto Bridge. This is a major International Arts venue and exhibition, and our work ( OH and me plus others ) will be there from April until November. A BIGGY! 🙂👍 That is wonderful. What a lifetime moment. I know nothing about your art but wow. Simply wow. There are some locations, some cultures, some activities that get beneath your skin. To be involved and a part of this is truly special indeed. Take a few moments to drink it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie to this Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 9 hours ago, Scully said: I know I mentioned we’d be going to Venice, but was sworn to secrecy as to why. Anyhow, the secrecy is no more, and we’ll be exhibiting in the 2024 Venice Biennale, at Palazzo Bembo, opposite Rialto Bridge. This is a major International Arts venue and exhibition, and our work ( OH and me plus others ) will be there from April until November. A BIGGY! 🙂👍 Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 10 hours ago, Scully said: I know I mentioned we’d be going to Venice, but was sworn to secrecy as to why. Anyhow, the secrecy is no more, and we’ll be exhibiting in the 2024 Venice Biennale, at Palazzo Bembo, opposite Rialto Bridge. This is a major International Arts venue and exhibition, and our work ( OH and me plus others ) will be there from April until November. A BIGGY! 🙂👍 Wow, that's truly fantastic. How long will you be in Italy. Better get the Duolingo out. Well done, great news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sussexboy Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 Well done Mr Scully! We stayed at the Rialto Hotel some years back. That is a real prime position for exhibiting your work. I hope it has a real benefit to you apart from visiting the most beautiful city in the world. We used to love having a post lunch siesta in our room, windows open and shutters closed, just drinking in the sounds of Venice. The shouts, the hustle and bustle, the boats and vaporetti, all magical as you just relaxed and looked forward to the evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 On 01/03/2024 at 21:55, Scully said: I know I mentioned we’d be going to Venice, but was sworn to secrecy as to why. Anyhow, the secrecy is no more, and we’ll be exhibiting in the 2024 Venice Biennale, at Palazzo Bembo, opposite Rialto Bridge. This is a major International Arts venue and exhibition, and our work ( OH and me plus others ) will be there from April until November. A BIGGY! 🙂👍 Congratulations, enjoy every moment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 On 01/03/2024 at 22:40, oowee said: That is wonderful. What a lifetime moment. I know nothing about your art but wow. Simply wow. There are some locations, some cultures, some activities that get beneath your skin. To be involved and a part of this is truly special indeed. Take a few moments to drink it in. Thank you. Yes, really looking forward to it. Venice does indeed get beneath your skin, with a painting around almost every corner. Will be savouring every moment. 👍 On 02/03/2024 at 07:30, Newbie to this said: Congratulations. Thank you. On 02/03/2024 at 08:29, islandgun said: Wow, that's truly fantastic. How long will you be in Italy. Better get the Duolingo out. Well done, great news Only the five days unfortunately to take in the two preview evenings, but it will be buzzing! Thank you. Am fluent in coffee! 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 On 02/03/2024 at 12:17, Sussexboy said: Well done Mr Scully! We stayed at the Rialto Hotel some years back. That is a real prime position for exhibiting your work. I hope it has a real benefit to you apart from visiting the most beautiful city in the world. We used to love having a post lunch siesta in our room, windows open and shutters closed, just drinking in the sounds of Venice. The shouts, the hustle and bustle, the boats and vaporetti, all magical as you just relaxed and looked forward to the evening. Thank you. We stay at the Hotel Gorizia ( spelling ) which is just off San Marco, on the main street to Rialto Bridge. You’re right, it is a wonderful city. This will be my fourth visit ( can’t recall how many times OH has been ) and we always manage to get the same hotel. I woke one morning to the sounds of Vivaldi coming through our open bedroom window. Magical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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