Festival of Sante Maria (Virgin Mary day).
Massive event here for Catholics - seen lots of Pilgrimages etc. Also start of 4 day weekend.
So we were talked onto taking an outsourced river raft & mountain trip.
Cool I love that scenery.
Except we must follow their timings and route to the letter, plus they do not pre book the rafting tickets.
Traffic was insane, multiple accidents, their routine took 3.5 hours hours would have taken 2.
We get there no boats left. Ticket office shut for 3 hours mega pissed off clients.
Abandon acts go to mountains 10,000 people extra there for 1. A festival (Bednarek was playing) and 5,000 for a world mountain climbing championships. Carnage. You must take them on mountain railway 1 hour queue.
Anyway. We do the lunch thing & wooden villages.
American client with 80 year old parents great guy US Army based near the northern coast cool dude.
He asks to borrow phone to talk to the actual agent he booked through. Agent does the not our fault guv lineâŚ
Iâm an American citizen.
Iâm actually a Lawyer.
In fact, Iâm sure there will be no delay in expediting the refund, and you will pay your contractor in full.
Iâm a Colonel in the US Army JAG. I really dont want to have to make calls about thisâŚ
I smirked.
When a colleague has 4 weeks to do something, doesnât do it then plonks it on your desk before they go on annual leave demanding it be done by the end of the day because itâs important.
NoooooooooooooooâŚ
- A return to the rafting trip as a outsource driver tomorrow, agency have not booked tickets again
But worse. - The âBossâ called Mrs P_F and INSISTED she goes on the trip to have some fun, see the place etc.
Just as Iâd reached the point where the cute waitress at our lunch stop had asked me my name & introduced herself yesterday.
Dammit
The wifi on South Western Railway. Never works for me. Anyone else?
Scary neighbours. One of our next door neighbours died recently. One of his sons, never allowed to reside in the house while his dad was alive, has now moved in.
It has been an uncommonly productive weekend for us on the gardening front. Weâve been de-weeding, sorting out the patio (not in the Brookside sense, I must add). One of the tools weâve used is a cheap garden blowtorch.
This new neighbour has knocked several times to borrow it, even though he has no serious gardening imperative of his own. He has a worrying fascination with it. Says itâs one of the best experiences he has ever had. He has also said that heâd love to âburn someoneâs feetâ with it. He came around again today to borrow it. The missus claimed that we had no gas left.
About half an hour ago he was digging in the dark in his back garden. Hmm. May be time to consider a move.
Get out now!
Ever see âThe âBurbsâ? You need to take a leaf out of Tom Hanksâ book and go snoop around while heâs out 
You should tell everyone you know about this and then go off grid for a couple of weeks
It will freak everyone out
On the train back to London. The wifi is still rubbish.
Additionally I can smell someoneâs shoes/feet. I have too much stuff to move.
I was going to put this in the âmakes me laughâ thread. However, this doesnât. Iâd just want my icecream thanks and would end up grabbing that stick and shoving it somewhere.
Also hygiene. Way too much hand all over cones.
Itâs a no from me.
https://twitter.com/Gennefer/status/1163871847517020160?s=19
More like trying to get a straight answer from Boris Johnson.
Some bastard has stolen my wallet
The Ayatollah picks mine most days
@PhilippineSaint, your account has been hacked by @Fowllyd.
Please change your password.
(Hope it turns up).
Probably just left it in the pub, cough @Fowllyd cough
Edit : Just seen @saintbletchâs response, @BTripz slow off the mark againâŚ
What kind of dork books a 2* hotel online knowing they wont arrive until midnight yet forgets to tell them their arrival time?
They are currently sitting on wooden benches outside the locked hotel as the night porter isnât answering the phones.
Oh and means I get home close to 3am with a 7am start.
Cvnts
Visiting an aviation museum.
And finding an aircraft type on display that you flew when you had a licenceâŚ
