COLD DARK ROOM

[Tidgy's Dad]

We caught the 22:15 bus overnight to Tanger. About a six hour journey.
It's bad enough at the best of times, But we were in the front seats on the other side to the driver. These have no leg-room as you can't tuck your legs under the seat in front. Not normally a problem as I sit on the outside and can put my legs into the aisle. But this time the ticket inspector, who never bothered inspecting a single ticket sat there in the aisle so he could chat with the driver and another guy who was sat in the ticket inspectors cinema style seat up front.
The three of them jabbered constantly for the whole journey, i've never heard anything like it, not even a thirty second pause at any point, truly not exaggerating. So I was in agony, hadn't slept and was furious by the time we arrived in Tanger.
Still, at the bus station cafe in Tanger, while we were waiting for the ferries to start, I dd spot an interesting Panama hat.
See it between the two guys? What a big hat!

 

[JoesMum]

We caught the 22:15 bus overnight to Tanger. About a six hour journey.
It's bad enough at the best of times, But we were in the front seats on the other side to the driver. These have no leg-room as you can't tuck your legs under the seat in front. Not normally a problem as I sit on the outside and can put my legs into the aisle. But this time the ticket inspector, who never bothered inspecting a single ticket sat there in the aisle so he could chat with the driver and another guy who was sat in the ticket inspectors cinema style seat up front.
The three of them jabbered constantly for the whole journey, i've never heard anything like it, not even a thirty second pause at any point, truly not exaggerating. So I was in agony, hadn't slept and was furious by the time we arrived in Tanger.
Still, at the bus station cafe in Tanger, while we were waiting for the ferries to start, I dd spot an interesting Panama hat.
See it between the two guys? What a big hat!
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Huge!

 

[Gillian M]

Good mornoonevening roomies.

I am finally back with a signal. We have frequent sudden heavy downpours here in Kent interspersed with brief sunny spells.

We went down to The Big Cat Sanctuary and stayed the night - a gift that we have only just been able to use.

It’s not a zoo open to the public. They’re heavily involved in breeding and conservation programmes and do these stays as fundraisers.

I got to feed a cheetah and a Sumatran tigers - photos on the camera not my phone so you will have to make do with a photo of JoesDad feeding Kasanga, a male asiatic lion who is off to join a breeding programme in Uganda shortly
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Hi Linda. Nice pic though rather frightening.

 

[Gillian M]

We caught the 22:15 bus overnight to Tanger. About a six hour journey.
It's bad enough at the best of times, But we were in the front seats on the other side to the driver. These have no leg-room as you can't tuck your legs under the seat in front. Not normally a problem as I sit on the outside and can put my legs into the aisle. But this time the ticket inspector, who never bothered inspecting a single ticket sat there in the aisle so he could chat with the driver and another guy who was sat in the ticket inspectors cinema style seat up front.
The three of them jabbered constantly for the whole journey, i've never heard anything like it, not even a thirty second pause at any point, truly not exaggerating. So I was in agony, hadn't slept and was furious by the time we arrived in Tanger.
Still, at the bus station cafe in Tanger, while we were waiting for the ferries to start, I dd spot an interesting Panama hat.
See it between the two guys? What a big hat!
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Hello Adam and welcome back!

Hope you're all fine and that you had a great trip to Spain.

 

[Bee62]

We caught the 22:15 bus overnight to Tanger. About a six hour journey.
It's bad enough at the best of times, But we were in the front seats on the other side to the driver. These have no leg-room as you can't tuck your legs under the seat in front. Not normally a problem as I sit on the outside and can put my legs into the aisle. But this time the ticket inspector, who never bothered inspecting a single ticket sat there in the aisle so he could chat with the driver and another guy who was sat in the ticket inspectors cinema style seat up front.
The three of them jabbered constantly for the whole journey, i've never heard anything like it, not even a thirty second pause at any point, truly not exaggerating. So I was in agony, hadn't slept and was furious by the time we arrived in Tanger.
Still, at the bus station cafe in Tanger, while we were waiting for the ferries to start, I dd spot an interesting Panama hat.
See it between the two guys? What a big hat!
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What an adventure, your jorney to Spain. 6 hours in a bus with jabbering people is a torture, I believe.
And from Tanger ? You flown to Spain ?

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hello Adam and welcome back!

Hope you're all fine and that you had a great trip to Spain.

Hi, Gillian!
It was pretty good, thanks, but always nice to be home.

 

[Laura1412]

Good afternoon everyone I’m back up n running now my internet is finally sorted how is everyone

 

[JoesMum]

Good afternoon everyone I’m back up n running now my internet is finally sorted how is everyone

Welcome back Laura. It’s so frustrating when the internet is unavailable!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

What an adventure, your jorney to Spain. 6 hours in a bus with jabbering people is a torture, I believe.
And from Tanger ? You flown to Spain ?

No, we crossed the Med by ferry.
Here I am, trying to recover from the coach trip on the ferry to Tarifa. (Spain)

 

[Laura1412]

Welcome back Laura. It’s so frustrating when the internet is unavailable!

It is Linda it was on n off all time n nothing would load properly it was annoying so was easy to stop off it now tho at last bt have repaired the external fault how r u

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good afternoon everyone I’m back up n running now my internet is finally sorted how is everyone

Good afternoon, Laura.
Glad to have you back with us.
i'm happy, just come back from a mini-break to Spain.

 

[Laura1412]

Good afternoon, Laura.
Glad to have you back with us.
i'm happy, just come back from a mini-break to Spain.

How lovely did u n wifey enjoy

 

[JoesMum]

It is Linda it was on n off all time n nothing would load properly it was annoying so was easy to stop off it now tho at last bt have repaired the external fault how r u

Quite tired after a long morning gardening! Otherwise fine thanks

 

[Laura1412]

Quite tired after a long morning gardening! Otherwise fine thanks

Glad to hear

 

[Gillian M]

Hi, Gillian!
It was pretty good, thanks, but always nice to be home.

Good evening Adam, Wifey and Tidgy.

Glad to know it was good. Where was Tidgy when you lefft? if I may ask.

 

[Gillian M]

Good afternoon everyone I’m back up n running now my internet is finally sorted how is everyone

Good evening, Laura hope you are well.

 

[Laura1412]

Good evening, Laura hope you are well.

Evening Gillian I’m good thank you yourself

 

[Gillian M]

Evening Gillian I’m good thank you yourself

Glad to hear you're fine. Am so-so thanks.

 

[Big Charlie]

Good morning, Linda.
We don't.
Shared a double bed in Spain but not as big as the one we're used to.
A lot of beating each other, pushing, shoving and falling out of bed ensued.

When we travel, we always try to get a room with 2 beds. That is almost the best thing about traveling!

 

[Big Charlie]

I’d “personally” not go for something of this sort. I don’t like the idea of failing anything and I wouldn’t want to set myself up to.

When my grandmother was 100 or so, her body started to fail her and we had to make the terrible decision to place her in a, “home”.
Her Dr. said she couldn’t smoke there. Open mouthed we asked him why not, she could go outside and sit and smoke in the sunshine. His response for her no longer smoking was because it’s “bad for you” we all looked at him in disbelief pointing out that she’s 100, and at that age if she wanted to smoke opium it was his job to hook her up. She being 100 and in good health was lost on him.

That's ridiculous. If you make it to 100, you're doing something right and you have earned the right to do whatever you want.