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Yorick wrote: Thu May 02, 2024 8:18 am Trying to calm down from sheer panic.
Got to ferry dock for ferry from here (G.C.) to Huelva.
Nada. I'm not booked on. Showed him all my booking details, told me to go to office.

They had a ticket waiting for me. The boat has been diverted and now going to Cadiz. I booked thru a third party site and they hadn't told me.

I've booked a hotel in Huelva tmrw night, but this will save me 2 hours ride.
I'm staying in Cadiz anyway over the weekend.

Pen's gonna give them a bollocking and try to get refund on hotel

My heart sank and was in real panic as I've paid a lot for this weekend riding at Jerez.

And true to Canarian time, not started boarding yet. Ramps still up.
Supposed to sail in 12 minutes
It gets worse/dafter.

This ferry to Spain stopped putting onto our island so had to get little ferry to G.C.

This morning's change of destination also added another stop en route.

The bugger has just pulled into Arrecife port. 5 miles from our house.

Don't know whether to laugh or cry :obscene-birdiedoublered:


Just checked the website and this is planned stop on next ferry.

They changed it awhile ago to skip here, but it's changed back since I booked.
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One for the old VD lot.

Having a few beers at hotel near Jerez circuit.
I knew ScottyUK was here, but discovered earlier that RSVman is here. Chatted to him since 2001.

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Sitting in my friends kitchen drink some seriously horrid coffee!! How do they like this stuff?!! Next time I’m bringing my own beans :lol: :lol:

Coffee needed as still haven’t slept right in the spare bed and about to head to GVA to collect them 😁😁

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Watching the semi final of the Champions League in the hotel bar.

Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich.

It's no surprise that the locals around me are very vocal :D
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Yorick wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 9:05 pm Watching the semi final of the Champions League in the hotel bar.

Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich.

It's no surprise that the locals around me are very vocal :D
Thinking about it, there's bound to be 2 English players in the final :)
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Yorick wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 9:11 pm
Yorick wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 9:05 pm Watching the semi final of the Champions League in the hotel bar.

Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich.

It's no surprise that the locals around me are very vocal :D
Thinking about it, there's bound to be 2 English players in the final :)
About a hundred locals cheered for the equaliser and I screamed with them :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Yorick wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 9:45 pm
Yorick wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 9:11 pm
Yorick wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 9:05 pm Watching the semi final of the Champions League in the hotel bar.

Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich.

It's no surprise that the locals around me are very vocal :D
Thinking about it, there's bound to be 2 English players in the final :)
About a hundred locals cheered for the equaliser and I screamed with them :obscene-birdiedoublered:
It's insane now we're in the lead :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Just having a cheeky afternoon beer, right by the beach.
After the 3 days of insanity earlier this week, it's nice to have 3 days off before it all starts again Saturday :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Sat in a piazza in Rimini being serenaded by a children's choir.
Spent worse Sunday's!
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On the ferry at Cadiz, heading home to Lanzarote.

Well, sort of. For some unknown reason, the ferry is missing our island (as planned) and calling in at Puerto de Rosario on Fuerteventura. Doesn't normally stop on Fuerteventura

Then we wait a bit for ferry to take us to Playa Blanca. Then 40 mins ride home.
There's bigger problems in the world. Just wondering WTF caused this one :D
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Yorick wrote: Tue May 14, 2024 12:25 pm On the ferry at Cadiz, heading home to Lanzarote.

Well, sort of. For some unknown reason, the ferry is missing our island (as planned) and calling in at Puerto de Rosario on Fuerteventura. Doesn't normally stop on Fuerteventura

Then we wait a bit for ferry to take us to Playa Blanca. Then 40 mins ride home.
There's bigger problems in the world. Just wondering WTF caused this one :D
How your Spanish coming along, cos i reckon you're simply on the wrong boat! :lol:
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On the ferry from Fuerteventura to Lanzarote. It's a bloody huge catamaran but rocking and rolling like a rolly thing.
Never seen anything like it. Thought Cats were stable.

A few folk emptying their stomachs ;)

I'm just hoping they tied the bikes down properly. I suppose they're used to it.
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Just done a spin class with the choose to lose programme.....wot a lode of bollix...noisy "music", the leaders pa was inaudible....next person that suggests I do one of those will get a serious talking to. I honestly do not see much point in gyms.....I do plenty walking in my job and I know I drink too much....but spin class....yuk!!!!!
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Turned off a lot of railway for engineering work but about 90 minutes later than planned as an engineering train was running about an hour late!
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On a Shinkansen heading to Kyoto 5 days into our holiday.

What a lovely country and fantastic people. Just spent a night an a Ryokan (a bit overrated tbh)

The wife’s in her element because she loves fish but I’m already feeling the longing for a bacon buttie.
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Watching grown men playing with their model boats. I didn’t come here for that, it’s the view from my camper.


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Pissed off. Rained off. Supposed to be out on GasGas but rain all over the island. Never happened before

Now watching MotoGP instead.
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Yorick wrote: Sat Jul 06, 2024 10:10 am Pissed off. Rained off. Supposed to be out on GasGas but rain all over the island. Never happened before

Now watching MotoGP instead.
It's nice here! :thumbup:
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Yorick wrote: Sat Jul 06, 2024 10:10 am Pissed off. Rained off. Supposed to be out on GasGas but rain all over the island. Never happened before

Now watching MotoGP instead.
I so want to say it's sunny here - but it's not!! I turned down a lift to a beer festival as the forecast wasn't that bad. But it's drizzling - kinda have to go anyway :( :(
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