I'm in northern Spain

jonnyburgo

Crossed from Plymouth last night on overnight ferry with doggy on board. It's very nice, near San Vicente got a cabin drinking cheap red wine wi me feet up. Ah dis is Di life.

thomasross20

Damn, wish it was me
4 days in Dunoon - or rather, two... we left early!

Nitefly

Good for you, jonny - have a ball!

Clarky

how long did the crossing take… I'm thinking of doing the same trip..

RandallFlagg

sounds good

lustycourtier

I'll be driving through Runcorn within the hour. Don't say you're not jealous. 

MtB

The crossings to Northern Spain are from Plymouth or Portsmouth and either 24 or 36 hours iirc. 

Not cheap though for car or motorbike - the ferry companies have done the maths to work out how much it would cost you to do the alternative  routes. 

The big plus for me by going this route is that you have nothing to do for the sailing other than relax - which puts you in holiday mood / mode for when you disembark. 

lloyd

Nice, how's the dog coping?

jonnyburgo

Set out from Plymouth at 3.45pm and arrived at Santander next day at around midday dog hated the kennels but we sat out on the doggie deck most of the time with a beer or 4 until about 9pm, weather was warm on the crossing so no hassle really.kids spent the evening in the pool. if you book really early you can get a dog friendly room on the boat but very limited supply so he had to go on the kennel deck. 

Gassage

jonnyburgo said:

Crossed from Plymouth last night on overnight ferry with doggy on board. It's very nice, near San Vicente got a cabin drinking cheap red wine wi me feet up. Ah dis is Di life.

From that, I can only assume you're depping for a rap artist.

bingefeller

Cool.

Sambostar

Spanish are wank compared to the Greeks.  Culturally and aesthetically.  In fact they are only a few pence removed from being arabs.  Compared to a nice Athenian girl who could draw you in half with her looks.  Spanish suck balls.

Teetonetal

Sambostar said:7

Spanish are wank compared to the Greeks.  Culturally and aesthetically.  In fact they are only a few pence removed from being arabs.  Compared to a nice Athenian girl who could draw you in half with her looks.  Spanish suck balls.

Ah yet more "pearls of wisdom" from @sambostar.

I really wish the forum had a sambostar filter so that I'd never accidently stumble across reading this shit when checking out someone's nice holiday thread.

Anyway @jonnyburgo sounds lovely. Wasn't aware that ferries had dog decks!

jellyroll

Teetonetal said:
Wasn't aware that ferries had dog decks!

Usually referred to as the "poop deck"

LooseMoose

Teetonetal said:

Sambostar said:7

Spanish are wank compared to the Greeks.  Culturally and aesthetically.  In fact they are only a few pence removed from being arabs.  Compared to a nice Athenian girl who could draw you in half with her looks.  Spanish suck balls.

Ah yet more "pearls of wisdom" from @sambostar.

I really wish the forum had a sambostar filter so that I'd never accidently stumble across reading this shit when checking out someone's nice holiday thread.

Anyway @jonnyburgo sounds lovely. Wasn't aware that ferries had dog decks!

Ignore function? Works for me (until someone quotes or double quotes it)

Teetonetal

LooseMoose said:

Teetonetal said:

Sambostar said:7

Spanish are wank compared to the Greeks.  Culturally and aesthetically.  In fact they are only a few pence removed from being arabs.  Compared to a nice Athenian girl who could draw you in half with her looks.  Spanish suck balls.

Ah yet more "pearls of wisdom" from @sambostar.

I really wish the forum had a sambostar filter so that I'd never accidently stumble across reading this shit when checking out someone's nice holiday thread.

Anyway @jonnyburgo sounds lovely. Wasn't aware that ferries had dog decks!

Ignore function? Works for me (until someone quotes or double quotes it)

Wow! I never knew! I thought it just stopped notifications when the user posted on your own thread, not actually hid the content too. 

Life just got a tiny little but nicer.

Sambostar

That would also be a useful feature to use on myself for everything I post after 12pm.  I think what I meant to say is, I think the Greeks are generally friendlier than the Spanish, who are more like us.  Also Greek women are great looking.

fields5069

My wife is pretty friendly. Admittedly, when I lived there and had an "M" plate car, if I had taken it to the North then it wouldn't have survived the night. Some of the best food in the world in the North though, Basque chefs are world-renowned.

Edit: That was the late 90's though, when ETA was still very active.

fields5069

Greeks are more like us, and yet friendlier than the Spanish? LOL, we are one of the most self-centred populations on earth.

Evilmags

fields5069 said:

My wife is pretty friendly. Admittedly, when I lived there and had an "M" plate car, if I had taken it to the North then it wouldn't have survived the night. Some of the best food in the world in the North though, Basque chefs are world-renowned.

Edit: That was the late 90's though, when ETA was still very active.

I had an M plate vandalized by Basques. In London. They still have all the pro ettara shite up north, and despite it I still go their because its so nice. My Spanish Mrs suspects if our ginger friend ever got his hands on anyone as fit as her it cost him a lot of money...

fields5069

Definitely nicer than Madrid this time of year. 37 in the capital is not really much fun, my little Ibiza 1.4 spent all day in the sun and then I drove it a couple of miles home to the centre with a lovely cool face but a dripping wet everything else. It was the version with 8 little drawers for tapes, I loved it.

I went to Oviedo by coach one November and I remember it being a gorgeous place.