The Holiday thread

[PhoenixUnited]

Booked a week in Cyprus in April and the Iranians have just launched 2 missiles at it. The missus is a bit wary of going now, I’ll miss her.

I think the Foreign Office, The Airlines and Travel Insurance companies might kybosh your plans before she needs to intervene. Probably.......

[Barlow Boy]

I will happily buy a pint for any of my MOT friends.

Now you’re talking

[hector]

He's gonna suddenly find he has a lot of friends

[Muppet the Cat]

This photo made me smile, when my daughter sent it through earlier today.

They went on a trip to Vinicunca (the ‘Rainbow Mountain’), from Cusco today. Up at 5,000m altitude

[Jaydog]

This photo made me smile, when my daughter sent it through earlier today.

They went on a trip to Vinicunca (the ‘Rainbow Mountain’), from Cusco today. Up at 5,000m altitude


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I had £10 ew on the one on the left at Cheltenham.

[Muppet the Cat]

I had £10 ew on the one on the left at Cheltenham.

Was it first time running with his snazzy orange visors?

[Muppet the Cat]

When we were staying over in Olhão last week, we took a short ferry trip over to Ilha da Culatra (one of the Barrier Islands within the Ria Formosa National Park). It has one of the nicest, most pristine beaches I think I’ve ever been on anywhere…and, virtually deserted.

[Sean_Nile]

I had £10 ew on the one on the left at Cheltenham.

I Backed the other one at ten to one... it came in at a quarter to three.

[DDB220]

I have a week in Morrocco at the end of May. My Mrs is into Yoga I just play twister at Christmas occasionally if I have too much sherry.
Regardless I have avoided all her yoga club international retreats week as they were never anywhere I fancy. She goes on them with mostly women and the odd male yoga enthusiast.
However, I fancy Morrocco, the retreat is near Agadir. I will leave her to her headstands and go exploring. I may get myself a rental motorbike whilst out there.

I did a 6 week expedition back in the 80’s into the Atlas Mountains and I have fond memories of the place.

[DDB220]

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Roatan island, Honduras

Presumably you didn’t have to be onboard for the last picture

I have got a cruise in October around the Nordic Fjords. 6 nights get on and off in Southampton.

[Muppet the Cat]

I have a week in Morrocco at the end of May. My Mrs is into Yoga I just play twister at Christmas occasionally if I have too much sherry.
Regardless I have avoided all her yoga club international retreats week as they were never anywhere I fancy. She goes on them with mostly women and the odd male yoga enthusiast.
However, I fancy Morrocco, the retreat is near Agadir. I will leave her to her headstands and go exploring. I may get myself a rental motorbike whilst out there.

I did a 6 week expedition back in the 80’s into the Atlas Mountains and I have fond memories of the place.

Went to Marrakech in Feb '25, DDB and really enjoyed it (p.11 of this thread)

[GreennWhite]

Presumably you didn’t have to be onboard for the last picture

I have got a cruise in October around the Nordic Fjords. 6 nights get on and off in Southampton.

It was my first ever cruise , very enjoyable. Will have to look into doing another one at some point.

[DDB220]

It was my first ever cruise , very enjoyable. Will have to look into doing another one at some point.

Yeah so am I. Left it late in life as I have vivid memories of sailing down to the Falklands in an old North Sea ferry and going through a force 12 storm. Some fucker put on the Poseidon Adventure as the evening film.

It was grim to day the least.

The smell of puke down in the cattle class cabins lingered for days afterwards

[CUSSIE01]

This was in Cyprus earlier this week.

[Madron]

When we were staying over in Olhão last week, we took a short ferry trip over to Ilha da Culatra (one of the Barrier Islands within the Ria Formosa National Park). It has one of the nicest, most pristine beaches I think I’ve ever been on anywhere…and, virtually deserted.

We took a trip there a few years ago when we stayed in Olhao.
Very busy when we went, think it was a Sunday, so a lot of the locals went for the day as no beaches in the town.

[hector]

Yeah so am I. Left it late in life as I have vivid memories of sailing down to the Falklands in an old North Sea ferry and going through a force 12 storm. Some fucker put on the Poseidon Adventure as the evening film.

It was grim to day the least.

The smell of puke down in the cattle class cabins lingered for days afterwards

Norland???

MV Keren?

[hector]

The roaring 40's were great fun in a flat bottomed ferry

[The Subhuman]

The roaring 40's were great fun in a flat bottomed ferry

You mean landing craft don't you?

[hector]

You mean landing craft don't you?

No mate.... The MV Keren was a flat bottomed ferry from Harwich to Hook of Holland.... It was used to ferry us between Falklands and Ascenscion through the roaring 40's until the airport at Mount Pleasant was built

[hector]

Landing craft were a whole different version of sea sick.... In fact it was in a landing craft in Cyprus during a large military exercise in 1981 that I was actually sea sick for the only time in my life..... 2 hours in the bloody thing before landing at dawn on some god forsaken beach... The movement in the dark with the high sides and unable to see anything.... The whole bottom of the boat was "lumpy"