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Post by tangent on Feb 27, 2013 13:34:44 GMT
I couldn't do that.
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Post by Shake on Feb 28, 2013 16:01:41 GMT
Shake, did you do all that in one go? No, Mrs Shake and I switched off very so often. Though I still did the majority of the drive. We stopped about 2.5 hours in for a gas/bathroom/lunch break, but I think the longest unbroken stretch was around 4 hours or so. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2013 18:35:11 GMT
We used to spend long hours in the car since my dad didn't mind driving for six or seven hours straight.
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Post by Moose on Feb 28, 2013 18:53:52 GMT
Sounds like a nightmare though I presume that was in a car and not on a motorbike  Still I hate long car journeys.. well can't do them at all atm as I get too panicky but never liked them even when I could. Maybe cos I am always a passenger .. is it better to be the driver? |
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Post by tangent on Feb 28, 2013 19:40:35 GMT
Infinitely better as a driver.
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Post by Moose on Feb 28, 2013 19:41:20 GMT
Even in this day and age of laptops and iphones?
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Post by Kye on Feb 28, 2013 19:42:44 GMT
I would so much rather be a passenger than a driver. I'd like to look out the window once in awhile rather than have my eyes always glued to the road.  |
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Post by Moose on Feb 28, 2013 19:45:36 GMT
I hate the feeling of being trapped in a car  |
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Post by Kye on Feb 28, 2013 19:46:42 GMT
It makes me sleepy and I find it comforting. The illusion of progress...
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Post by Moose on Feb 28, 2013 19:47:29 GMT
heh |
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Post by tangent on Feb 28, 2013 19:50:06 GMT
I would so much rather be a passenger than a driver. I'd like to look out the window once in awhile rather than have my eyes always glued to the road. Car drivers can look out of the window too. They often see more than the passengers especially when the passengers are burying their heads with fright! |
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Post by Moose on Feb 28, 2013 19:52:10 GMT
I suspect I'd make a lousy driver
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Post by Kye on Feb 28, 2013 19:53:33 GMT
None of my passengers ever bury their heads in fright!
I don't like driving, but among my friends and relations, I'm the only one who has a license. It's maddening.
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Post by Moose on Feb 28, 2013 19:56:57 GMT
I remember when we went to Eskdale you did not seem very happy .. I'd not realised that you didn't enjoy it sorry  |
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Post by Kye on Feb 28, 2013 19:59:05 GMT
It's okay, I'm used to it. But as I recall that was a particularly foggy day and I really did have to keep my eyes glued to the road. I just went on Google Maps and noticed that it's about a 6 hour drive from juju's to Jo's. I guess Genie and I will be breaking that up a bit when we come in June... |
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Post by Moose on Feb 28, 2013 20:00:10 GMT
I wonder how near Juju lives to Mark, our best man? He's somewhere in Wales
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Post by Kye on Feb 28, 2013 20:01:06 GMT
If he wants a lift to your place, we could probably accommodate him.
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Post by Moose on Feb 28, 2013 20:04:24 GMT
He'd prolly be happy to chip in for petrol as it would save him the train fare
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Post by Kye on Feb 28, 2013 20:07:08 GMT
I have to sit down with everyone at some point (figuratively) and make up a rational time line for the trip. I also have to figure out where we need to get accommodations and where we can just sponge off Efers. |
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Post by Moose on Feb 28, 2013 20:08:05 GMT
you're welcome to stay here if you don't expect much  |
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Post by Kye on Feb 28, 2013 20:10:38 GMT
I'd be delighted! And I already know what to expect.
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Post by Moose on Feb 28, 2013 20:13:17 GMT
haha and you're still prepared to come back? |
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Post by Kye on Feb 28, 2013 20:30:52 GMT
Yep!
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Post by Moose on Feb 28, 2013 20:34:34 GMT
the excess furniture is mainly gone at least. Well there is some but not as much so spare room is accessible |
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Post by juju on Feb 28, 2013 21:31:55 GMT
It is a very long drive from me to Jo, which is why I've never made it so far. Remind me Kye, where are you meeting Genie? |
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Post by Moose on Feb 28, 2013 21:34:46 GMT
why not come by coach? |
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Post by Kye on Feb 28, 2013 21:58:51 GMT
I'm meeting Genie at the Cardiff railway station in the afternoon on May 31st. We're still open about where to go from there. Juju, of course we want to come and see you. Are you open to putting us up, or should we be looking into hotel options? And the offer still stands for you to join us as we drive around the UK. |
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Post by tangent on Feb 28, 2013 22:51:54 GMT
We can provide a temporary bed, couch and/or floor with sleeping bag for an overnight stop (providing no more than two sexes are involved). We can also provide transport from Manchester to Cumbria.
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Post by Alvamiga on Mar 1, 2013 8:19:57 GMT
Mark is in the Wrexham area. I would prefer to be a passenger as I'd get to see the countryside and stuff. I commented to Mark's mum the other day when I was there that I must have missed a lot of nice scenery as I was having to all but stare at the strip of tarmac in front of me. Sleeping while driving a motorbike is also highly difficult! |
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Post by Kye on Mar 1, 2013 14:59:26 GMT
We can provide a temporary bed, couch and/or floor with sleeping bag for an overnight stop (providing no more than two sexes are involved). We can also provide transport from Manchester to Cumbria. That's fantastic, tangent! I'll have rented a car, so transportation is not an issue. And I can guarantee that no more than 2 sexes are involved! |
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Still I hate long car journeys.. well can't do them at all atm as I get too panicky but never liked them even when I could. Maybe cos I am always a passenger .. is it better to be the driver?
