[cite]Posted By: Chris_from_Sidcup[/cite]Just been told a story about a guy in one of our other offices. Him and 9 mates were off on a stag to Poland last thursday. He was however flying separately from the other mates (Northerners) who were all going from Manchester. He took off from London, arrived in Poland, rung the others to find out where they were. "We're still in Manchester mate, we weren't allowed to take off".
He's now on his 6th day on his own in Poland whilst the others came down to London and had the stag do down here all weekend.
ah i cant believe all his mates when and had a party without him.
Saw an Easy Jet landing at Gatwick at around 10.00a.m this morning but the airport is still very quiet and little movement of planes on the ground and none seem to be taking off at the moment (they usually try to take our chimney with them!)
Just seen the Wednesday Lunchtime news . a bit chaotic, people stuck in the states till May!, 100,000 brits abroad, so the Goverment send 5 coaches to madrid!...... where the other 25 are god knows!. People been complaining that they have been abandoned, no money health care , hotels...... Adonis on Newsnight last night seemed to a public apologist, who did not apologise....... As paxman said where are the boats and buses..... 'Oh they are on standby' came the feeble reply... That will be handy then, do the royal navy not know the way beetween France and England! look up guys, the white cliffs might give it away!..... How we ever won 2 world wars I will never know.......
All this chaos, families stuck abroad with nowhere to stay and running out of money, businessmen stranded with no flights home for weeks, people travelling here there and everywhere trying to catch boats/trains home and all we keep hearing about is Liverpool's "hell-ish" trip to Madrid. A journey where they travelled first class all the way and stayed overnight in a top Paris hotel. Poor little lambs! Hope Atletico smash them.
bet it wasnt cheap tho Falconwood to get on that quick. Spent a while trying to get my mate and her family out of morocco. the best i could come up with on sunday was 600 quid each via with 2 changes. They getting home monday now.
[cite]Posted By: Chris_from_Sidcup[/cite]All this chaos, families stuck abroad with nowhere to stay and running out of money, businessmen stranded with no flights home for weeks, people travelling here there and everywhere trying to catch boats/trains home and all we keep hearing about is Liverpool's "hell-ish" trip to Madrid. A journey where they travelled first class all the way and stayed overnight in a top Paris hotel. Poor little lambs! Hope Atletico smash them.
The BA flight is £400 for us four which is a touch. 2 couples took a minibus for £1,500 yesterday...I reckon my flight will cancel but cant afford this great food and red wine much longer!!
[cite]Posted By: falconwood_1[/cite]The BA flight is £400 for us four which is a touch. 2 couples took a minibus for £1,500 yesterday...I reckon my flight will cancel but cant afford this great food and red wine much longer!!
[cite]Posted By: Curb_It[/cite]bet it wasnt cheap tho Falconwood to get on that quick. Spent a while trying to get my mate and her family out of morocco. the best i could come up with on sunday was 600 quid each via with 2 changes. They getting home monday now.
Ferry to Tarifa, Algericias or Almeria then easyjet from Almeria/Malaga after a train/bus transfer?
[cite]Posted By: falconwood_1[/cite]Ive never drunk Red wine before.....havent stopped!
lol, better than I had tonight, only affordable wine was a Chinese Shiraz ... wished I hadn't bothered ... in fact I didn't after 2 mouthfuls and had a beer instead lol
"Thousands of people have turned up today, I've never seen queues this big. People have travelled by bus, cab or train to get here and are now faced with four to five hours' wait before they can get across the channel."
[cite]Posted By: stonemuse[/cite]1420 The BBC's Tim Willcox in Calais says:
"Thousands of people have turned up today, I've never seen queues this big. People have travelled by bus, cab or train to get here and are now faced with four to five hours' wait before they can get across the channel."
Enough about the illegals, what about the holidaymakers trying to get home!
From BBC website - that's got to be the worst yet!
I've been stuck in Nairobi since Monday, when I was supposed to fly to London and resume work. I almost got the shock of my life when the travel agent said he's re-booked me to return on 29th May!
On Channel 4 news last night it was reported that Gordon "I couldn't manage a piss up in a brewery" Brown had sent a Royal Navy warship to Calais with a capacity of...wait for it.......250 people. Nice one Gordy, why not go for broke and and tell all the Brits trying to get home to go and wait on the beach at Dunkirk and you'll send a few fishing boats over to pick them up.
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ah i cant believe all his mates when and had a party without him.
er will he make it back in time for the wedding.
People been complaining that they have been abandoned, no money health care , hotels...... Adonis on Newsnight last night seemed to a public apologist, who did not apologise....... As paxman said where are the boats and buses.....
'Oh they are on standby' came the feeble reply... That will be handy then, do the royal navy not know the way beetween France and England! look up guys, the white cliffs might give it away!.....
How we ever won 2 world wars I will never know.......
Its a Tuscan Manor house alone on the top of a hill overlooking 2 valleys....stunning area.
I have booked another flight for late tomorrow night with BA from Pisa. If its cancelled I'm relying on Sleazyjet on Monday.
This hopeless mob cant even get coaches to Madrid!!!!!
That knob Milliband telling everyone to head to Calais.
Honesty we are so poorly served by our system of government and the quality of people within it.
gotta agree with you there
Lucky sod ... Tuscan red wine, my favourite
Ferry to Tarifa, Algericias or Almeria then easyjet from Almeria/Malaga after a train/bus transfer?
lol, better than I had tonight, only affordable wine was a Chinese Shiraz ... wished I hadn't bothered ... in fact I didn't after 2 mouthfuls and had a beer instead lol
that seems fairly reasonable Falconwood good luck
"Thousands of people have turned up today, I've never seen queues this big. People have travelled by bus, cab or train to get here and are now faced with four to five hours' wait before they can get across the channel."
Enough about the illegals, what about the holidaymakers trying to get home!
I've been stuck in Nairobi since Monday, when I was supposed to fly to London and resume work. I almost got the shock of my life when the travel agent said he's re-booked me to return on 29th May!
or get the old hovercrafts out