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Old 08-12-2010, 02:59 PM #51
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LOL - how to wind us Scots up at the moment Lesson 1.01
I only ever venture North of the border in high summer.
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I only ever venture North of the border in high summer.
The annoying thing is, you probably STILL need to pack your wellies!!
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The annoying thing is, you probably STILL need to pack your wellies!!
I only walk from the car to the caravan. (I can do that in my bare feet)

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I only walk from the car to the caravan. (I can do that in my bare feet)
Hahah.. oh i see. Where abouts in Scotland do you go?
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I only ever venture North of the border in high summer.

North of the border and 'High Summer' are a complete contradiction in terms... you do realise that!! LOL

I agree with Happy..... wellies are always required !!
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Hahah.. oh i see. Where abouts in Scotland do you go?
Berwick.
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Berwick.
PMSL. BERWICK. !!! As in Berwick Upon Tweed, postcode TD15?

Berwick is still in England - the most northern town I'm sure, it's not in Scotland.

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You could mean North Berwick, up by Haddington way, but I suspect if you did mean that, you'd say...as North Berwick is what's it's known as.... not Berwick.

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PMSL. BERWICK. !!! As in Berwick Upon Tweed, postcode TD15?

Berwick is still in England - the most northern town I'm sure, it's not in Scotland.

waits to be corrected!

You could mean North Berwick, up by Haddington way, but I suspect if you did mean that, you'd say...as North Berwick is what's it's known as.... not Berwick.
Well its Scotland to me.
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Well its Scotland to me.
Ya muppet!!!!

Get yerself upto Elgin or somewhere !! Bliddy Berwick....
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Well its Scotland to me.
I always used to giggle about Southerners referring to anything North of the Watfard Gap as being some dark and unknown territory generically called "The North"
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Get yerself upto Elgin or somewhere !! Bliddy Berwick....
I might go a bit further up next year.
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I might go a bit further up next year.
If you like nice drives, I recommend the Trossachs up Perthshire: some stunning scenery up there, truly gorgeous. !
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My friend finally got home at 4.30am after 14 hours stuck on it.. the army eventually came with food supplied friom Asda..
Happyland... I totally missed this part of your post... sorry!!

Jezzus, that's one hell of a time: I thought I was bad, that's simply awful. Your friend didn't happen to be on the M80 Cumbernauld way at all? I heard that that, as well as parts of the M74 were simply horrendous. Poor souls..... good that Asda supplied the grub and the Army got it to them. It's unreal how cold you get, chilled right through,so very quickly - and how long it takes to warm up again.

Here's a wee 'You're having a laugh mate' moment. 5 of us were in the service station, knowing we were going to be stuck for quite some time, we bought several packs of sandwiches, crisps, choc, drinks, mags, newpapers, ciggies to take back to the cars, all of us spending about £30 per person (their prices were shocking!).

Whilst we were at the services, we had a few cuppas....... I went back up for another tea and asked if I could have 2 teabags. Young male assistant behind the counter said, "I'll need to charge you for 2 teas then...".

I looked at him as if he'd come off another planet and before I could challenge him, his 'colleague' lady assistant spun round, looked at him in the same way, saying, "You aren't being serious...that lady has been in here since first thing, she and her friends have been spending in here all day....how DARE you", then reached out to his till to amend the 2 teas, to 1 tea. Well done to the lady assistant for showing some common sense and good grace!!

Bloody cheeky.

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Happyland... I totally missed this part of your post... sorry!!

Jezzus, that's one hell of a time: I thought I was bad, that's simply awful. Your friend didn't happen to be on the M80 Cumbernauld way at all? I heard that that, as well as parts of the M74 were simply horrendous. Poor souls..... good that Asda supplied the grub and the Army got it to them. It's unreal how cold you get, chilled right through,so very quickly - and how long it takes to warm up again.

Here's a wee 'You're having a laugh mate' moment. 5 of us were in the service station, knowing we were going to be stuck for quite some time, we bought several packs of sandwiches, crisps, choc, drinks, mags, newpapers, ciggies to take back to the cars, all of us spending about £30 per person (their prices were shocking!).

Whilst we were at the services, we had a few cuppas....... I went back up for another tea and asked if I could have 2 teabags. Young male assistant behind the counter said, "I'll need to charge you for 2 teas then...".

I looked at him as if he'd come off another planet and before I could challenge him, his 'colleague' lady assistant spun round, looked at him in the same way, saying, "You aren't being serious...that lady has been in here since first thing, she and her friends have been spending in here all day....how DARE you", then reached out to his till to amend the 2 teas, to 1 tea. Well done to the lady assistant for showing some common sense and good grace!!

Bloody cheeky.
Sorry Pyrami.. yeah I just assumed it was the M8 but he was actually on the Cumbernauld road.

Thank god there's people with a little sense like the woman in the services!
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