MilesA Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 21 hours ago, Nick Jones said: BA (bloody awful) returning to the old days of “Breakfast in London, dinner in New York”, (baggage in Bangkok)…. Back in the mad 90s that's what I would do. I would fly jumbos and occasionally Concorde, which was a real privilege. For two days I took only hand luggage in the form of an old family Globetrotter briefcase (very robust) with papers, laptop and phone. I took a spare shirt, underwear and socks and second tie in a clever pack called a Stuffed Shirt which also had small clip on wet bag. This also went in the briefcase. Brilliant bit of kit which I still have and use. On returning to Heathrow early morning, there were individual changing rooms and showers. They had a two way 'cupboard' in the door where you would hang your suit and while you were freshening up, it would be taken away and pressed ready for for the trip back to the office and a day at work. That was when BA was excellent and my first choice for any airline journey. Then around the Millennium, passengers became 'the enemy' and my boycott started. As you can imagine I had millions of airmiles which were supposedly for life but somehow were cancelled. So depressing that such a great company rapidly became and remains second rate. Miles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted August 10, 2022 Author Share Posted August 10, 2022 Day 220 Count myself very lucky to have these two as my original owners. Spent the day on a tour of Fraser Island with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted August 10, 2022 Author Share Posted August 10, 2022 Day 221 Hired a bike and punched out 50kms round Hervey Bay today. The 82 year old came with me for the first 12km. I truly hope I’ve inherited his longevity and joie de vivre, but not his dress sense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 That looks nice….. SM has some old uni mates who were smart enough to emigrate in the 90s and settle in Hervey Bay….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 Day 222 Saying goodbye for now to the Grey Nomads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 Day 223 Ever feel like just stopping and laying on the grass in the shade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Yes….. right now in fact! IIRC it is always between hot and very hot in Cairns…… and usually very humid with it. Mind you…. I’ve just mended our indoor/outdoor thermometer. Indoor says 26.5C (this with house in “cooling tower” mode) and outdoor (in the shade) says 32.3C. This is not usual for Somerset. It’s nearer 40C in the garage, so I’m not in there! Just come back from Yeovile…. Too bloody hot to be stuck in traffic in a convertible for absolutely sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Craig you deserve a lie down. Nice part of the world drove that east coast quite a bit. I spent time on haslewood island off airlie beach in 1990 only tents allowed then. Thanks for the reminders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 Day 224 Sunshine, happiness, and questionable fashion choices… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 3 hours ago, GT6MK3 said: Day 224 Sunshine, happiness, and questionable fashion choices… Ask your dad. He’ll dress you properly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Looks awful…. Don’t know how you can bear it (you could be safely in your windowless hutch staring at screens) Not going to comment on the fashion issue - I assume it’s from the boats emergency stores…. But is it really cold enough to need it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 Day 225 Finished my Advanced Open Water 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted August 20, 2022 Author Share Posted August 20, 2022 Day 226 More shenanigans 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted August 20, 2022 Author Share Posted August 20, 2022 Day 227 I think of this persona as “Travel Craig”. He’s quick, efficient, and takes no prisoners. Headphones on to block out the world, hat to save on hairdos, bag packed, its time to get home to work. (Mind you, with Senior Management currently visiting relatives in Mauritius, he’s just confirmed bookings on another adventure which did not go through the usual channels for approval …). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted August 20, 2022 Author Share Posted August 20, 2022 Day 228 Unwanted souvenir from my trip to the sunny north. I swear I spent less than an hour without sunscreen, but I go straight from neon white to red. I can’t imagine how my Irish Convict forebears survived. Putting these into shoes and socks for work pretty much sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted August 20, 2022 Author Share Posted August 20, 2022 Day 229 20 hour day at work, ouch. It’s a means to an end though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrookster Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 53 minutes ago, GT6MK3 said: Day 228 Unwanted souvenir from my trip to the sunny north. I swear I spent less than an hour without sunscreen, but I go straight from neon white to red. I can’t imagine how my Irish Convict forebears survived. Putting these into shoes and socks for work pretty much sucks. I can feel your pain. As someone who takes up advanced evangelical sun-worshipping every time I am onboard, and has as a result suffered the indignities of putting on a thick boilersuit and descended into the burning depths of a engine room, I feel your pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 5 hours ago, GT6MK3 said: Unwanted souvenir from my trip to the sunny north. I swear I spent less than an hour without sunscreen, but I go straight from neon white to red. Ah…. Sunburned feet is the worst, especially if forced to wear civilised footwear I am also somewhat somewhat prone to UV burns, though decades of practice seems to have evolved substantially increased tolerance in regularly exposed areas. Think “farmer tan”. Bad things soon happen if “less experienced” areas are exposed…. 5 hours ago, GT6MK3 said: which did not go through the usual channels for approval Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted August 20, 2022 Author Share Posted August 20, 2022 Day 230 Midnight in a transit lounge in Singapore, having hoofed it to the airport straight after work and jumped a jet. #noadultsupervision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Getting some air miles in there Craig enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 As airports go, Singapore is among the best…… Lets hope your responsible adult takes it calmly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, Nick Jones said: As airports go, Singapore is among the best…… Lets hope your responsible adult takes it calmly. Ha ha my carer would be really annoyed if I wondered off like that ……. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted August 20, 2022 Author Share Posted August 20, 2022 Day 231 What could possibly go wrong? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted August 22, 2022 Author Share Posted August 22, 2022 Day 232 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 Night 233 Patong’s infamous Bangala Road. 400 meters long, over 100 bars. Walking through it to get to my hotel I was offered the opportunity to buy coke 5 times, passed 5 dope dispensaries, countless bar girls, a large group of bar “not girls”, and touts for everything from ping pong shows to invites to meet nice Russian girls. If there’s a way to make a quid out of perversion, vice, or drugs, you’ll find it on Bangala Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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