Splashing out while we can! Kid Goat is going on a gap year and we got jealous!
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Didn’t make it but went to The Royal Oak at Hilltop.
Food surprisingly ok
The locals weren’t very good with parking their transport tbh
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In the middle there, isn’t that Dowie? 
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Well I’m joining the exodus, just booked my flights to Bangkok. Fly out at the end of November, returning in March, or maybe April if I decide to extend for another month. Bring it on!
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I reckon the saving on the winter fuel bill should cover the holiday.
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Five weeks today will be in Capetown, BA willing, for the start of an epic month’s trip through South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
Getting excited.
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DONT TAKE A SUITCASE!
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This is what I’m trying to explain to Mrs S! I have a very tough cargo bag that has straps like a rucksack but also an all-round zip for access. I guess I’ll be carrying most of the stuff for both of us, anyway. 
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There’s no guesswork involved mate, that’s as certain as death and taxes.
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Take a small rucksack each that’ll fit in the overhead lockers. Buy what extra you need out there and a bigger bag if Mrs_Shroppie want to bring back a load of tat - and she will.
I’ve plumped for one of these with a day lite rucksack which attaches to it.
I paid around half of this in the sale a while ago 
I read that and thought “why 60 wheels?”
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Well it will certainly cover a lot of it. I’ve just done a rough, back of a fag packet calculation and the fuel bill saving will easily cover the cost of the flight. Then there is the day to day stuff, food, drink, transport etc which is a lot cheaper than here. Then there are the health benefits, three months in Bangkok with the sun on my back, versus three of the coldest, most miserable months of the year in the UK. It’s a no brainer.
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Not forgetting the massive medical bill on your return to discretely cure those little itches and things in the gentleman’s downstairs department
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At my age! I’m flattered.The day’s of trawling the underbelly of the City of Angels and it’s legendary ‘entertainment’ establishments every night are now behind me. Sadly! I shall probably be tucked in with a mug of Horlicks when the action is just getting started. Although I may venture out occasionally and poke my nose round a few doors. Purely for research purposes you understand. 
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Calling @lifeintheslowlane - send the young man some of your special pills. Brown paper envelope delivery of course.
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He can get plenty just walking from Nana to Asok Skytrain stations.
All genuine Chinese fakes & much cheaper than prescription meds
Allegedly.
I’ll be interested in hearing about the new CBD culture they legalised recently though.
About the only stuff that helps my dodgy knees
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Really? My next door neighbour is 78 and spends half the year in Thailand with his lady friend
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You only speak for death taxes are not certain 
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Punctuation fixed.
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