brian1

Hi all,thought we'd go to Basingstoke for a couple of days next week to see SIL and husband.Went to book car hire,£100 per day,no way Jose,back in May it was £250 for 7 days.Letting the train and freedom pass take the strain.Zone 6 to Basingstone return for 2 £72 and buses from there.Just a couple of cabs to Premier inn from SIL £12 per trip.No brainer,these firms are gonna go bust at those rates.Rant over,cheers, Brian.

Stansted is running like clockwork at the mo.In fact at passport control it only took 5 mins.Hopefully Bristol will be the same soon.

"Good moaning".

Hi all,caught the 6.30 airport bus,11.30 plane,3hr flight and were home indoors by 3.Surprised the only mandatory masks were on the Federico public bus service,everywhere else including airport and Ryanair plane is optional.

LOL,I thought Papa Johns was a pizza place.

Hi all,our last walk on the beach,30c at 9.00.Still not busy until next month.We catch the 6.30 airport bus tomorrow and fly back 6th August for 60 days.

Is that the latest puff.Must cost a fistfull of dollars.

Well,Thundersley is only up the road from you.

Yeah,old geezers do wear out in time Harry.

I heard Putin has the monopoly on white goods in Russia to make bits for his missiles.

LOL,reminds me of when I pulled into the 24hr Asda at Beckton early one wet morning.There was just 1 car parked right in the middle with a minimum 200 yard gap all around it.A car appeared and skidded and done a donut right next to it.Sideswiped it and drove off.True story,I thought I was on candid camera.

You might get a verbal battering now,lol.

We arrived on the 21st may but it seems regs have been relaxed from 1st june.The UK.gov site is the best source of info.Mask wearing does seem to be lapse though,perhaps with the no test or jab required they are enforcing the mask rule now.No big deal.

Just proof of booster at point of entry,but we were never asked to produce it by anyone which is unusual for Ryanair who ask for it b4 boarding normally.Masks not required anywhere now.

They've got a lot of catching up to do with PCness over here.

Hi all,it's been up to 38c most days now.Gelato time,coconut and pistachio with real coconut and pistachio bits.

I've never liked Mars bars,too sweet.

Yeah but,Ollie Smith says it's transformed with the classic pairing of a 1973 Blue Nun.

Octopus lovely rubbry but the company good last night.

Nice get together Thursday.

Perhaps it's called Daves clotted cream now.

Can't beat a good stinco.

High 30s again,sorting out bunting.Our neighbour Otto came over and gave us a bottle of wine "for your queenie".

Rushed dinner tonight with all the preps.Local corn fed chook and Brit beans but parboiled and baked chips a success.

It's 34c here at the mo.We're hosting a jubillee party for 9 expats in our front garden tomorrow.Last minute things to get are stincos on offer in a store called Conads,lol.Just pork shanks which we will shred with a bbq sauce.Got all the flags and Queen bunting to put round our fence.The locals are gonna love us mad Inglese.