That's the jollies 2012 sorted.

[Old Cruser]

@K4, Were not going till August.

@Alsatian, that area is a bit out of town,
check the local buses for getting around.

@Old Cruiser and all 
Never been to Salou before, so already looking forward to it.

Hope you enjoy it, not far to fly either is it. 

[Fly]

That's why we like Spain. Only a couple of hours away.
Flying doesn't bother me, but it bores me.
Wouldn't be so bad if I could see out the windscreen LOL 

[Alsatian]

Caribbean ex Southampton on Oriana
You?

Oy! - this isn't a dating service you know! 

[Old Cruser]

Caribbean ex Southampton on Oriana
You?

Oy! - this isn't a dating service you know! 

Fellow cruisers like to natter and catch up you know especially in light of the Costa cruise ship accident Hasn't put me orfff 

[Fly]

It helps when the driver, (Captain Pugwash), sticks to the designated routes, apparently.

[Old Cruser]

It helps when the driver, (Captain Pugwash), sticks to the designated routes, apparently.

Yes 'pugwash' seems to be a good name for him as well, it's looking as if he will cop for it big time --- idiot!!

[Old Cruser]

That's why we like Spain. Only a couple of hours away.
Flying doesn't bother me, but it bores me.
Wouldn't be so bad if I could see out the windscreen LOL 

I pass the time reading, watch a film, play some games (can't sleep) but it does get boring doesn't it.
Worst we have ever had was a 14 hour flight to acapulco --- never again!

[Fly]

My mum's going to Sydney for Easter. Visiting my sister. 23 hrs of flying.
I don't think so. She's done it before, on her own 

Rock on mother, your a star 

[Pete]

Rather her than me. I'm like OC and Fly, not so worried about flying, but get bored easily and can get a bit claustrophobic.

Best destinations for me were Lyon, Barcelona and Gozo. Only an hour or two in the air and in Gozo's case another hour and a half from Malta to Gozo by ferry, but what a holiday!

TBH cruising always seemed a bit too laid back for me - don't you get bored?

[Fly]

Claustrophobia, I used to to work in the pit.
It wasn't that bad, as long as your lamp worked.

Turn your helmet lamp of in some areas of the pit and you couldn't see jack.
If your lamp failed, and you were in a tight restrained area, good luck.

Old argument.
What colour is a red scarf in 'total' darkness.
Answer, black.
You can't see it.
It's only red when light reflects off it.

If a spanner falls of a shelf in your shed (wind), and your not there,
does it make a noise.
Answer, no.
Only to the people who hear it fall.

[Old Cruser]

My mum's going to Sydney for Easter. Visiting my sister. 23 hrs of flying.
I don't think so. She's done it before, on her own 

Rock on mother, your a star 

My mums two sisters when in their 70's both flew to Aussie to visit a son of one of them. Not for me either. I do want to go but would ideally go on a ship, length of cruise for that not an option at the moment because of commitments, but it's on my list of 'to do's' Other than that it would probably be fly to dubai and have a couple of nights there both ways to break up the journey.
We used Dubai early last year to hop on a ship to get to India just to cut the flying time down.

[Old Cruser]

Rather her than me. I'm like OC and Fly, not so worried about flying, but get bored easily and can get a bit claustrophobic.

Best destinations for me were Lyon, Barcelona and Gozo. Only an hour or two in the air and in Gozo's case another hour and a half from Malta to Gozo by ferry, but what a holiday!

TBH cruising always seemed a bit too laid back for me - don't you get bored?

Bored ---- gosh no! It can be laid back if you want it too, but can also tiring. Ship berths in a different place every day so get off and either do our own thing (depending where we are) or book a tour. Don't do the full day tours these days unless it's a must for something we want to see as it's just far too tiring. sea days I swim and read. There is also the gym or table tennis,deck quoits, shows sometimes speakers are on the ship. There are also different interests classes being done ---- pool entertainment --- no never get bored.
By the way I love Malta - it's one of my favourite places and I would have liked to have retired there!!

[Old Cruser]

Claustrophobia, I used to to work in the pit.
It wasn't that bad, as long as your lamp worked.

Turn your helmet lamp of in some areas of the pit and you couldn't see jack.
If your lamp failed, and you were in a tight restrained area, good luck.

Old argument.
What colour is a red scarf in 'total' darkness.
Answer, black.
You can't see it.
It's only red when light reflects off it.

If a spanner falls of a shelf in your shed (wind), and your not there,
does it make a noise.
Answer, no.
Only to the people who hear it fall.

I salute you Fly as anyone who worked down the pits were/are incredibley brave! I had the opportunity to go down a pit back in the 70's and went. How any human was brave enough to work on that coal face which was just a hole bored into coal beats me the men were on the bellies, backs and sides. Going down in the lift alone was scarey (well I'm a wimp!) it went so fast i didn't think we were going to stop!

[Gerty Gumdrop]

Another cruise

Sure you want to?    ???

[k4blades]

Years ago I went to Maui, small island of Hawaii. Going there, not so bad as I stayed over in Chicago for a week. Coming back involved a flight from Maui to Big Island, then on to mainland US, then 10 hour flight back to Manchester, I think it should have taken well over 24 hours, but just to break it up again, when landing in the US I stayed overnight in a hotel, so that the whole journey wasn't done in one go.