Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

HAMISH_MCTAVISH

silvercar wrote: »

Hamish, I'd say direct flights are a must if you only have a weekend.

Yes, I agree that's best, but tricky to do from here.

It's a real PITA living this far north for things like this.

For romance I would choose Paris. Here is a hotel that we once went to:

http://www.hotel-design-secret-de-paris.com/eng/

Paris is lovely but we've done it a fair bit. Likewise Amsterdam, thanks to them being the only direct flights from Aberdeen.

I'm looking at Edinburgh departures now as well, as it's only a 2 hour drive.

Or perhaps something with a tight connection time through Schipol or CDG.

vivatifosi

lostinrates wrote: »

I think we got off lightly here. No more fence damage ( not done repairs yet, seems silly to try in this wind). The pump we turned on last night to stop it being flooded, and that has worked, and tbh, seen the field its draining on to looking wetter, though the thing is filling up at a stonking rate, just a bit slower than we are emptying it.

Have now done a walk around. Nothing serious, but three broken tiles on roof. Round the corner there's a tree on top of a car, so have got off likely.

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

It is like the Emperor's new clothes. Nobody dared to mention boot camp, although I am sure that everybody was thinking the same as you. (Well, I was.)

My GP is in favour of people taking exercise but dead against people going to the gym. He reckons that they cause themselves lots of damage, which in the long run limits how much exercise they can do.

And another reason to use a PERSONAL trainer with a sports massage qualification imo.

lostinrates

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

Yes, I agree that's best, but tricky to do from here.

It's a real PITA living this far north for things like this.



Paris is lovely but we've done it a fair bit. Likewise Amsterdam, thanks to them being the only direct flights from Aberdeen.

I'm looking at Edinburgh departures now as well, as it's only a 2 hour drive.

Or perhaps something with a tight connection time through Schipol or CDG.

When is this for and how far is your idea of close. I would die of happiness is someone were to take me to morocco right now. Best time of year too. About the edge of short haul imo, but warm, just exotic enough to feel truely luxurious, opportunity to shop, be spoilt and eat amazingly well.

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

Have now done a walk around. Nothing serious, but three broken tiles on roof. Round the corner there's a tree on top of a car, so have got off likely.

Oooph, certainly no trees down here. One of my pears is leaning a little but, no surpirse.


The smoke alarm needs a new battery, but i don't want to drive in this much so might take it out.

Found enty of wood, had a few fires worth left in the pile, so will be snuggling down soon. Also...have started coughing, so looks like i might get a cold. Still, not comaining, have nopt had them this year at all.

zagubov

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

Or perhaps something with a tight connection time through Schipol or CDG.

If you could put up with the hasssle of a tight connection, you could manage a direct flight to loads of places.

I've heard Ljubljiana recommended as a kind of quieter Prague in miniature, but never been there myself. It's on my to-do list. Thought Malta would be interesting as well.

Big advantage of living on the South is getting trains to Europe. Makes flights seem like a load of hassle, comparatively speaking.

Spent my student days reading cheap travel guides to "Europe on $10 a day" and so on and wishing it was more do-able but never quite having the money for it. Looking back I now realise that about a quarter of my disposable income was spent on cigarettes - what a chump I was! :eek: I think it was Oscar Wilde who said youth is wasted on the young!

If we had more money and good childcare, we'd be taking weekend breaks in Europe a lot more often.

lostinrates

zagubov wrote: »

If you could put up with the hasssle of a tight connection, you could manage a direct flight to loads of places.

I've heard Ljubljiana recommended as a kind of quieter Prague in miniature, but never been there myself. It's on my to-do list. Thought Malta would be interesting as well.

Big advantage of living on the South is getting trains to Europe. Makes flights seem like a load of hassle, comparatively speaking.

Spent my student days reading cheap travel guides to "Europe on $10 a day" and so on and wishing it was more do-able but never quite having the money for it. Looking back I now realise that about a quarter of my disposable income was spent on cigarettes - what a chump I was! :eek: I think it was Oscar Wilde who said youth is wasted on the young!

If we had more money and good childcare, we'd be taking weekend breaks in Europe a lot more often.

Its the money that stops one. (even me, i would find first class travel bearable. I am sure. I would at least try and find out. Damn, must apply for that passport)

We got a picture of the rates nephew or neice to be this week, I think sibling in law is gonna have a rude awakening with money and planning ahead soon.

Edit: rates nephew or niece is beautifulso far. Will be cool when it has proper limbs.

misskool

GDB2222 wrote: »

It is like the Emperor's new clothes. Nobody dared to mention boot camp, although I am sure that everybody was thinking the same as you. (Well, I was.)

My GP is in favour of people taking exercise but dead against people going to the gym. He reckons that they cause themselves lots of damage, which in the long run limits how much exercise they can do.

I think it's pilates actually. I know it sounds weird but I've heard more people getting injured doing pilates than going to circuit training.

NHS wants me to keep moving but refuses to give me muscle relaxants, so I'm supposed to be stoically stretching in pain. The British and their stiff upper lip. I just want pain killers.

lostinrates

misskool wrote: »

I think it's pilates actually. I know it sounds weird but I've heard more people getting injured doing pilates than going to circuit training.

NHS wants me to keep moving but refuses to give me muscle relaxants, so I'm supposed to be stoically stretching in pain. The British and their stiff upper lip. I just want pain killers.

G0,s can be idiots imo.


He is right to say keep moving, but if the muscle is spasming and you keep moving, more and more of th eback risks bracing, over exerting and spasming.

Plan b, if you are not taking pain killers, get dh to cook something that deserves a good bottle of wine with a decent alcohol content and self medicate to relax.

Btw, this is not medical advice. Just what i do.:o

michaels

LIR your comments were much appreciated to the extent I decided I would reply with a PM but haven't quite got round to it yet....Also been meaning to send one to Nikki for a couple of weeks - where does the time go?

lostinrates wrote: »

Quoting myself, always a bad sign.

Relaised it sounded like i havye never tried to straighten with straighteners, i have, they do not work on my hair, its too determined.

I still caution against it, certainly pree teen, and early teen, personally.

I don't thing the world is so hostile now, but when i returned to uk with curly hair and skin nopt far off the colour of your kids from baking naked most of my life under the sun, brits were always trying to straighten my hair. Its the start of such negative self image.

We do not know where my hair came from, my guess is some ancestor got jiggy with a native somewhere colonial and it resurfaced in me.