Holidays Abroad

Reading today about all those spineless foreigners of spain and italy to name just two , bleating and begging for all the BRITS to come over this summer and start spending again they say i quote ;; "WE NEED THE BRITS "
Well i do appreciate people in our country desperately wanting to go on holidays again , as for i ,, I would just wish to tell them to go and get stuffed and multiply , these are the same countries who have opposed us wanting to leave the EU for the last god knows how many years , i know it will not happen but would n't be great to tell them no thanks we are staying home and spending our cash in our country even it be just for one year . G.B.

How much can you spend on umbrellas and raincoats?

YES it would be terrific if it happened, the two face Johnny Foreigners.

Posted by: peebee (550) [View peebee's page]
"YES it would be terrific if it happened, the two face Johnny Foreigners."

And there is a lot of them over here whom can't wait to board an aircraft to "Johnny Foreigners." country for a vacation in the sun.
Does that make them two faced?

I am not talking about holidays, it's the two faced EU members who are giving us sh*t about leaving their corrupt club but still want our money, they have ore faces than the town hall clock.

If its a stay at home holiday then lets stop in our own country, The Welsh and Scotland don't want us so to go to their countries now so when the restrictions are lifted I hope people say shove your countries and spend their money in England.

Myself and friends are booked on a four day cruise from Liverpool to the Scottish isles. No getting off the ship, so no spending ashore.

I’m booked for two cruises this month!
The first one, on the 16th, is from Plymouth to Santander. Then it’s Santander to Plymouth on the 24th. On the Pont Aven , a luxury cruise liner with a special crèche where lorries keep themselves entertained while we relax in the bar areas.
In between the cruises, we’ll be engaged in activities, including digging a large excavation, 10 x 5 x 1.5 metres, some concreting and, time allowing, building two tall gate posts! I can’t wait!

I’ve started repeating myself. It must be my age!

Done that trip a couple of years ago Tonks when we toured Europa mountains... Beautiful. Same boat too

Done a very similar trip to that many many years ago on a cruise ferry, Southampton to Bilbao, two and a half days on a ship, which was great, but if yoo are prone to seasickness, that Bay of Biscay can be a bugger

Not been to my static in Bolton-le-Sands yet due to Lockdown etc... But will be there when "normality" resumes.
A group of 8 of us from my local club have been saving for the past two years for a 3 week trip to Canada... Its all first class that's why it's taking us 4yrs to achieve 2023 (in the fall) is our target. Her indoors wants 4 days in New Orleans as well... Looking forward to it... Pending any further Covid or similar disasters. So I won't be bothering the Spaniards or Eye Tiddly Eye Ties for the foreseeable future.

Let me know your Canadian Itinerary nearer the time. Guess the Rocky Mountaineer with a night in Banff to board!!!!

Billings Biker, this is the third trip on the Pont Aven.
First trip, we hit a wave as tall as a house and it smashed the front windows.
Second trip, half the interior was destroyed. I thought my number had come up!
Hopefully, this one will be calm and I can enjoy it.

Will do broady... Yes the train trip is on the itinerary. It was like a mill-pond Tonks... There and back... Not a ripple. I have endured storms in the bay of biscay in my navy years... Not nice

Ryanair restarts in June. Prices have gone up! Who’d o’thouwt that laaaaike?

Tha'r avin us on. As if they would. !

Anne, my two very good friends are booked on the same trip, I think it was in July. If you see someone who looks like 'Peter Barlow' off Corrie and his missus , a bit like 'Abby' just go up to him and say "Hello Stig" and watch his reaction.

peebee..... I would find it difficult to recognise them, I don't watch Corrie. On the other hand I could stand in the middle of the dining room and shout "Any friends of Wigginers here?"

I loved my holidays in the sun. But I have neither the wish nor will to travel abroad. I don't relish the airport or the planes. So it's a staycation for the foreseeable future.

Anne, just stand up in the dining room and at the top of your voice shout "Which one of you is Stig".?, or "who knows 'Banksy' from Blackpool.?

In between the cruises, we’ll be engaged in activities, including digging a large excavation, 10 x 5 x 1.5 metres, some concreting and, time allowing, building two tall gate posts! I can’t wait!

Excellent news

alan i remember when i was in majorca in the early 90s & the then major of majorca did,nt want the british there & started shutting down bars & chippys that were there owned by british people . all the bar owners put their signs out written in german to attract them in but unknowing to them that the germans spend a lot of money on hotels but very little in the bars . after about 8-10yrs he came back on TV & was begging the british to go back because we blow our money when we are there . a lesson on how not to bankrrupt your own economy ? .

But abroad you are guaranteed sun, sand, and cheap food/drinks.

Not everywhere. That’s a fact. Benidorm etc. probably.

you should holiday at home says GOLDEN BEAR !!!! right Bollocks to Spain Greece and Italy holiday in good old blighted Blighty.
People should think twice about taking their holidays abroad, and look to stay here in the UK instead, in the pissing rain getting blown around at a shit seaside resort left to go to ruin for the last 30 years.
“Everyone knows that the UK is a great place to holiday, and you can really plan in advance, providing your plans include rain, and wind.
“Obviously the prices might be a little higher due to every single one in the country trying to book a tiny caravan that’s a three-mile walk from the nearest beach.

I was in Eilat / Jerusalem / Eilat in 1988. Seem to remember the street food was something you filled full of meat/veg very tasty. Jerusalem was a bit daunting but managed to tour and see the Wailing Wall. Fighting the day after in the Golden Dome. A lovely country.

Broady not many get down to Eilat were you coming over from sinai egypt a lot have changed since 1988 Take a look at this and the video
enjoy you were eating a pita In Search Of Falafel"

Costal Del Sol, in the south, is good value, and cheap.

peter israel,
I flew direct from Manchester to Ovda. I think if you were on the beach you could see ( and I am not 100% sure) Egypt, Jordan and one other. Maybe Saudi Arabia. I remember going underwater to see the fish and coral formation. Someone told me that thin width of water had divers patrolling all the time in case of terrorists going either way. I think I walked as far as the Egyptian border. Everything was so compact, country wise, down there.

I got an e-mail this morning, off Brittany Ferries, telling me that the sailings have all been cancelled until June due to “ongoing international uncertainty”.

BUGGER!

That's probably due to the issues off Jersey.

Yes, AW, it could well be, but I thought it was all sorted out?
That said, we only know what ‘them men’ want us to know!

That is because we are going to war with Frogland, because of the fishing, t will be the Cod War Mk2 with the French, invading the Channel Islands, and reopening the concentration camp on Alderney

The French have said it isn't sorted out. It's a case of give us fish or else we will cut off your power. Jersey have 2 power stations so they aren't worried.

That is right, they have to keep their power stations on standby, in case the undersea electric cables fail for some reason, such as a break in the cables, or the French throwing a tantrum and taking their ball home

Those islands stood firm when the French developed jelly legs. I don't think they will worry too much, not with the Navy on standby.

Yes, AW, it could well be, but I thought it was all sorted out?
That said, we only know what ‘them men’ want us to know!

I got an e-mail this morning, off Brittany Ferries, telling me that the sailings have all been cancelled until June due to “ongoing international uncertainty”.

BUGGER!

Have you got hiccups Tonker? :D

No. It’s because I’m using a phone as my laptop’s died. It has a mind of it’s own.

No. It’s because I’m using a phone as my laptop’s died. It has a mind of it’s own.

No. It’s because I’m using a phone as my laptop’s died. It has a mind of it’s own.

See!

Oh dear.

broady yes in the 80s you would have flown into Ovda. it was a old military base... About the divers patrolling there is a net along the border just under the water line and an Egyptian boat ....And yes you can see the lights from Saudi Arabia at night... There is now a new airport open 2years ago with planes coming from Europe it's a pity that when you were here there was not yet peace with Jorden you could have visited Petra what is just over the border. I never stop in Eilat I cross into sinai to get to Dahab for the diving

I didn’t know you were a diver, Peter.
It sounds like you’ve been to the Blue Hole?
Have you visited the Rosalie Moller?

I didn’t know you were a diver, Peter.
It sounds like you’ve been to the Blue Hole?
Have you visited the Rosalie Moller?

I didn’t know you were a diver, Peter.
It sounds like you’ve been to the Blue Hole?
Have you visited the Rosalie Moller?

Get another phone Tonks.

Tonker

Just press 'Post Message' once, and then leave it alone, even if the phone 'hangs'

That last post was done on an I-pad and, you know what?, it,s bloody hard work!
There’s NO standardisation anymore. The whole World seems to have collapsed in front of our very eyes!
There’s now three complete idiots on TV now, patting themselves on the back, their code-word seems to be “vaccine”, or it might be “variant”, it’s now changed to “Champions League”!

F.F. Sake! If war does break out with France, we’re done for! I’ve never heard as much shite spoken by such stupid folk in my life.
We’re doomed, I tell ye!

There’s two overlapping squares at the bottom right of the screen. I’ve discovered that clicking on them then pressing the x on wiganworld, gets rid of the site. If I don’t get rid of the site, after each post, it repeatedly posts every refresh.
I give in. Porsche engine rebuilds are easier than this! Or anything that involves a spade!

There’s two overlapping squares at the bottom right of the screen. I’ve discovered that clicking on them then pressing the x on wiganworld, gets rid of the site. If I don’t get rid of the site, after each post, it repeatedly posts every refresh.
I give in. Porsche engine rebuilds are easier than this! Or anything that involves a spade!

Greece, Italy, and Spain aren't on the list of countries which are quarantine free on return to England.

Drivers of goods vehicles are quarantine free, Anne. As are persons engaged in agriculture and water supplies. And ex-doormen.

However you can visit the Falkland or Faroe Islands.

This announcement is the traffic light system for holidaymakers

An odd situation. Singapore is on the UK green list allowing visits without having to quarantine on return to UK. BUT Singapore is not allowing UK visitors in.

Tonker..... there are two overlapping squares top right on my iPad. If I press them umpteen small past screen shots appear, if you are just getting one don't press the x, try just pressing the tiny screen. I am using an Apple iPad.

tonker been to the blue hole 20 years ago when it was still full of hippies but was not qualified for that deep !! and to day i have 3 disks on the way out so not aloud to carry weight no more so just Snorkeling i try to get down to Taba!!the border just opened again the last few weeks and then take the boat out to Marsa El Muqabila and Pharaoh's Island what is still free from tourists and still clean for now

if you've had both jabs do you still have to pay for tests?

Guidance

they shud all be banned for at least another year until we are well & truely safe from this virus.

Thanks, FM

We've changed our plans to Eurotunnel VP.
I've never seen vaccinations mentioned. The only mention is on the UK gov.co.uk website,and that only says "vaccinated, or not, you need to follow Covid Rules".
There's several forms you have to fill in regarding Covid, though. A 'locator form' and a 'no symptoms declaration'. No Covid test required now for France, but mandatory for Spain. It's free at Burtonwood Services.
We still have to fill the C88 S.A.D. 16 pager in, though, to declare the goods we are carrying.

I'm a bit worried about Spain, though, because them mossas can be funny buggers. They'll be stopping folk right, left and centre at the first town just over the Spanish border, Les, and they might pull us over, wanting to "leer documentos de trabajo" ("look at documents of work").
If they turn us back, we know a 'back road', behind a small train station, other side of Andorra, which is paso de banditos. It takes us through the campo and onto the Barcelona road!

I'll fetch thee some rock back!

Spend your money at home much safer.

I've been in touch with Customs and Excise this morning. I had to speak with a Chinese-sounding girl who advised me on the procedure of getting customs clearance for our goods on Sunday's trip under t'water. It's hard enough without having to decypher information given in broken English! What a bloody minefield!
Brext My Arse!

Tonker El-Bandito.... Has a ring to it.

Tonker

Have you ever watched "Breaking Bad"

No. I've heard of it, laaaaike.

Definitely worth a watch tonker. Though there is a lot of it: 5 series, thirty something episodes.

I like 'Better Call Saul' too

5 episodes? That would be torture to me!

I couldn't watch telly for more than ten minutes at a time, for fear of falling asleep!

So yoo don't like it, even though you have never watched it.

I never watch telly. Well, no, that's not really true. I'll watch boxing and motorcycle racing, should it ever be on. Stories, though, are crap. I can't be doing.

Just looked it up. 62 episodes. I got it very wrong.

He doesn't like it

Tonker slagging his hero O'Leary, what is the world coming too. It was a real surprise that Ryanair put prices up, do you think Michael the thief had owt to do with it. Short on winners this year at Cheltenham, needs money for a few more horses

TTS I did not think that I would like it. Don't usually like Americrap!

Someone online persuaded me that, "If you like films like 'The Godfather', or 'Pulp Fiction' etc you will probably like BB".

So I bought the complete Blu-ray set. Did not get time to watch till about twelve months back, when it was a diversion from first lockdown.

Utt Oleary is cutting back on his racing empire. Still keeping some of his better horses but he has said he's not as keen as he used to be?

I do hope tonker can get over there...I really do.

I'll make sure to keep my phone fully charged, then I can come on here every day to keep you all up to date!

No thanks, you don't have to.

It'll be no problem, honestly, I don't mind at all !