South Africa holiday diary

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28 Oct 2025 20:56 #1 by THE BLACKBIRD
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It starts with me at last after a year or so deciding to go after being invited by Mary and Tony
So the next thing was to book my flights, which is no problem, normally so i get on the net and start looking, i have a little criteria like an airline i trust, the flying time, stop over time and the price
Now all flights seem to go eastwards and then down to SA, British Airways do a direct flight from Heathrow which is best in my opinion but the price was crazy money and i would have to fly from Manchester to Heathrow and wait 6 hours for the connecting flight to SA, the other thing i wanted was to fly on the Airbus 380
Anyway i found what i was after with Qatar airways 380 to Doha and a Boeing 781 to SA with an hour layover and the opposite on the return and booked it for the price of £760 and got confirmation back straight away, this was on a Friday evening 
The next morning i get a phone call from an Indian guy saying i have to pay another £420 on top of the 760 this was after i had deciphered what he was saying but the red mist was making it difficult to understand him, this argument went on for a couple of hours with no real progress, i then called it a day and hung up
The next morning Sunday another Indian rang me, now i dont like Indians at the best of times as i worked in their houses fitting kitchens for 4 years for a firm in Leicester 
Anyway it went on for a long time i lost my rag and had to get my son to speak to him, it finished up with me having to pay the extra to get my tickets, even though the £760 was the advertised price, i still think i should not have paid more even though i thought i had a good deal at £760, so now i travel on the 20th January and return on the 16th April
Maybe
To be continued 
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29 Oct 2025 07:56 #2 by Klipkopwildlife
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I might add that this is Tony's second attempt, he was going to come over about 2 years ago, that was stymied by his heart problems. Mary and I are really looking forward to his arrival, we're not very social people and don't get on very well with South Africans. In this case it's kindred spirits, and it has the feeling of 'last chance to'. Luckily we have enough room that Tony can always escape the area if he's had enough of us, we are strange to say the least.
Of course if he doesn't toe the line I have a Shotgun, a JCB and 2,000 acres!

Do it now, you may never get another chance
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29 Oct 2025 10:30 #3 by THE BLACKBIRD
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You may need the last 2 if the heart gives up 
I survived 9 months of that Turkish jail in Cyprus and it cannot be that bad
CAN IT ??
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29 Oct 2025 12:55 #4 by Klipkopwildlife
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Oh yes it can! The isolation gets to my sister, after a week here she has to go to town, you can see the difference when she gets back! It's like an addict getting a fix!

Do it now, you may never get another chance
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29 Oct 2025 14:20 - 29 Oct 2025 14:34 #5 by THE BLACKBIRD
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Oh  no it cant !!
I live my life mostly on my own since Ann died, even here i spend most of my time alone, iv never been much of a talker because of my deafness ( without the bionics in my ear i cannot hear a thing ) handy sometimes and a pain in the arse most others
So i like silence
I have to get a new passport now and the materials to make the box to ship the Bucker in, has to be strong enough and light with it as i have a limit of 22Kg and a length of 1580mm and the Bucker is a lot longer than that
With reference to the stripper you mentioned earlier iv got one organised and will be bringing her out with me in January, so that will be good for you Tony 
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31 Oct 2025 17:00 #6 by Klipkopwildlife
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Knowing how much Tony hates mess, I decided to show some video of the problem he'll face 

This area is known as the Boatyard.

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31 Oct 2025 17:05 #7 by Klipkopwildlife
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There's a full size Ping Pong table under there, somewhere.

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31 Oct 2025 17:25 #8 by Klipkopwildlife
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Stoop North

and on to the Garage
 

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31 Oct 2025 17:27 #9 by Klipkopwildlife
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More work areas tomorrow, hopefully I will clear at least some working space for when he arrives.

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31 Oct 2025 18:41 #10 by THE BLACKBIRD
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GULP  changed my mind 
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01 Nov 2025 06:46 #11 by Eric
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Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!

if you are calm and collected when all about you are going berserk - you've missed something important!
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01 Nov 2025 09:22 #12 by Klipkopwildlife
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Wait! I haven't shown you the workshop area yet!

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01 Nov 2025 09:38 #13 by Flytilbroke
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Mind you are supposed to be going on a HOLIDAY. Plus that really is quite tidy Hobby spaces                                             

Have a nice Day, unless I don't like you.
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01 Nov 2025 10:12 - 01 Nov 2025 10:15 #14 by Klipkopwildlife
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The workshop has a tin roof and is pretty much unusable in the full sun days.

The of course this is where Mary works if she's got a project on.

 

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01 Nov 2025 11:52 - 01 Nov 2025 11:56 #15 by THE BLACKBIRD
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 double gulp 
How dose one person have so much stuff 
Should be able to find a little space somewhere ? away from critters 
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