You were told not to mention the war. Don't blame me for the consequences.
> On 17 January 2020 at 20:50 Bob Pdml <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Oh. Nobody tells me anything. Is that some sort of Brexit thing? All the > Little Englanders will dress as Capt. Mainwaring and march up and down > Whitehall going Bong! like Big Ben? > > > On 17 Jan 2020, at 19:45, Chris Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The bank holiday has been shifted this year to 8 May to coincide with VE > > day anniversary celebrations. > > > > Chris > > > >> On Fri, 17 Jan 2020 at 19:35, Bob Pdml <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hi Stan, > >> > >> The Bank Holiday is May 4 - they are always on Mondays. Your fears are > >> justified. You can expect hotels and B&Bs to be booked well in advance. The > >> roads will be jammed, and delayed further by traffic accidents. The > >> railways will be packed, and delayed by strikes and unseasonal weather of > >> one extreme or the other. Airlines will be overbooked but it won’t matter > >> because the French air traffic controllers are on strike (but your airline > >> has gone bust anyway) and everybody has been camping in the airport for at > >> least a week. That is the traditional Bank Holiday. The only thing to do is > >> stay at home or cycle or walk to wherever you want to be. If you want to be > >> in Guernsey then a ferry would probably get you there and (one day) back > >> again. > >> > >> If things go to plan for me then by May I will be living somewhere on the > >> South Coast, most likely in exotic Worthing, planning to buy a small place > >> in France, and split my time between them. If that happens then a trip to > >> Guernsey would be great. But since it depends on somebody buying my house > >> pdq I will just have to wait and see. > >> > >> Hasta luego, > >> Bob > >> > >> > >> > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
