Travelling On

edinburgher

£8 for a chap haircut in our neck of the woods, I tend just to give them a tenner as I hate having my hair cut and am just relieved to get out of there. That and they use a straight razor on my neck, so I figure it's best to keep them sweet :rotfl:

Suffolk_lass

I was walking back to Liverpool Street yesterday and noted that the clipper cut is £9.50 and a dry cut £19.50 at the Barber's in Devonshire Walk. That is 50p and £5 respectively more than my local chap! - speaking of razors, my man got his clippers out to do my neck and I stopped him - I said I would rather have the hair than a bristly bit like a chap's beard :eek:

Karmacat

:hello::hello::hello: I'm back. Erm, from the cruise, that is :rotfl: Hello!

Very different experience from the last one - levels of adrenaline because of flying, a creaky old boat that was starting to fall apart, five of us in the party, not two, and making port in once-tiny medieval cities that are now huge ports. All of that was completely fascinating and wonderful - all except the boat was so old that the creaking kept me awake :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: there were also new animals made from the towels each night

Couldn't do the French port because of the weather, so it was all Spain, which I loved, and I've just found out that the crap weather through which we flew was a named storm. I'm very proud of myself for not freaking out

And now, back to reality:
- unpacking today, as I did nothing yesterday I was so tired.
- spent very little on the cruise, no excursions at all, just incidentals.
- got to sort out my finances, as I'd planned - where is my money, how much do I have, what have I spent this year, whats my projected spend, what new investments are available, new utilities and telecoms contracts, that's my October taken care of.

Second breakfast now, my tastebuds are really confused

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Karmacat wrote: »

:hello::hello::hello: I'm back. Erm, from the cruise, that is :rotfl: Hello!

Very different experience from the last one - levels of adrenaline because of flying, a creaky old boat that was starting to fall apart, five of us in the party, not two, and making port in once-tiny medieval cities that are now huge ports. All of that was completely fascinating and wonderful - all except the boat was so old that the creaking kept me awake :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: there were also new animals made from the towels each night

Couldn't do the French port because of the weather, so it was all Spain, which I loved, and I've just found out that the crap weather through which we flew was a named storm. I'm very proud of myself for not freaking out

And now, back to reality:
- unpacking today, as I did nothing yesterday I was so tired.
- spent very little on the cruise, no excursions at all, just incidentals.
- got to sort out my finances, as I'd planned - where is my money, how much do I have, what have I spent this year, whats my projected spend, what new investments are available, new utilities and telecoms contracts, that's my October taken care of.

Second breakfast now, my tastebuds are really confused

Welcome back:beer:

Massive congratulations on weathering the storm, as it were, with the flights. Respect:A

Sounds like a really interesting and enjoyable week. Get you, KC, a serial cruiser:rotfl:

Karmacat

Thanks CBC :j Yep, serial cruiser, thats me

I was especially pleased with the flying thing, because the landing on the flight out was very rough, and lots of people shrieked in alarm. I didn't

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When I went to Norway with a student friend the summer we graduated she was really seasick on the voyage out. We weren't cruising, just took the Fred Olsen overnight ferry from Newcastle to Stavanger. We had an inside cabin which made things worse as it was a really rough crossing. I know now from other people's experience that being able to see the horizon is best for those prone to seasickness.

We were doing things on a strict budget and because the ship was only partially full (or maybe because a lot of people felt ill) there were several announcements over the tannoy inviting all passengers to dine in the First Class Dining Room at no extra charge. Music to my ears foodwise but I didn't like to leave my friend who definitely couldn't have eaten a single thing so we both arrived in Norway having not eaten anything since we left Newcastle:(.


As we were disembarking we overheard someone say that it was the calmest crossing he'd ever experienced:eek:. My friend spent the first 3 days of our trip recovering and all the last week dreading the homeward crossing in case it was even more rough. Also, being youth hostellers trying to see as much of Norway as we could we had to use a lot of local short-distance ferries. She was OK travelling on them though, thank goodness:j

Karmacat

Modern stabilisers are completely different from what we experienced back then, CBC, believe me. This ship is about to be scrapped, and it literally is failing and falling to pieces, but even I wasn't queasy at all - it's fantastic.


Right. I've bumbled about online (here) the entire morning. Time to get my act together, and at least put the washing machine on. See you later.

themadvix

Glad to see you're back safely Karma and had a good time. Rough flights are terrifying, aren't they? I'm not a particularly nervous flier, but when others start shrieking it can get a bit stressful!

beanielou

Glad you enjoyed yourself.
Well done on weeathering the storm & the flights

Karmacat

Hiya! Yes, I was actually more concerned that both my kindle and my phone were switched into flight mode :rotfl:


Done most of the washing, lots more house-sale chat, and thats about it, haven't even been stacking my dishwasher and oops, my sister's coming to my house tomorrow to do house sale contract stuff.
:eek: at the state of the house!
Never mind, she won't disown me :rotfl: But I have to get a grip, the second half of the month has a fair amount of admin to get done.