Wife and daughter need to get to Yorkshire - Simple?
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WonkeyDonkey said:
aarondbs said:
Much like London being full of people in Diesel Porsche’s who don’t know how to get two people 200 miles in summer in a country with a four lane M1 running all the way to Leeds. This being the case London must be bereft of common sense, ability to look after oneself without an Uber or an Oyster, and any idea of the real world!
It's just full of people that are academically smart but retarded in every other way.InitialDave said:
God, I hope your daughter has managed to avoid turning out as pathetic as your wife.
Tell her to f
king get on with it, it's not a long journey at all, and it's a dead easy run once outside the sthole that is London.
I think the comment about buying the daughter ‘another’ car probably tells you what you need to know. Tell her to f
king get on with it, it's not a long journey at all, and it's a dead easy run once outside the sthole that is London.This has not gone well, not gone well at all.
jflower said:
We once went for a wedding in Yorkshire and we met up in a pub for the evening before the wedding.
All the London mob had been moaning that it took them 3 hours to get to the "North".
We had driven down from Aberdeen and not one of them believed us when we told them we'd been on the road for 7 odd hours
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All the London mob had been moaning that it took them 3 hours to get to the "North".
We had driven down from Aberdeen and not one of them believed us when we told them we'd been on the road for 7 odd hours
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Nickbrapp said:
When I was 23 I rented a Skoda Octavia from enterpise, I had to pay a young driver suecharge if about £8, it can be done. Sounds like you’re being fussy
Don't be sensible. Couldn't possibly turn up to a family wedding in a Skoda. Just what kind of image would that portray?chrisga said:
Nickbrapp said:
When I was 23 I rented a Skoda Octavia from enterpise, I had to pay a young driver suecharge if about £8, it can be done. Sounds like you’re being fussy
Don't be sensible. Couldn't possibly turn up to a family wedding in a Skoda. Just what kind of image would that portray?If the wedding is in Bell Isle the Skoda will look flash.
If the wedding is in somwhere like Linton, Ilkley or Harrogate the Smoked Pork will not get a second glance.
jflower said:
We once went for a wedding in Yorkshire and we met up in a pub for the evening before the wedding.
All the London mob had been moaning that it took them 3 hours to get to the "North".
We had driven down from Aberdeen and not one of them believed us when we told them we'd been on the road for 7 odd hours.
There is no point in winding up Norverners unless they bite.All the London mob had been moaning that it took them 3 hours to get to the "North".
We had driven down from Aberdeen and not one of them believed us when we told them we'd been on the road for 7 odd hours
.Fortunately, they always do!
Whilst this appears a ridiculous non-problem, I empathise with OP to an extent. I used to have a grandmother who would refuse to ride in small or old cars (what will the neighbours think), and I have a mother who won't travel by train (it's filthy and people who travel by train are oiks), same person who wouldn't consider buying a Vauxhall Astra as it's a "working man's car". These are people from a Northumberland pit town.
Me? I've driven from Nottingham to Gibraltar in a 1.3 litre, 4 speed FIAT Regata, before there were many motorways in France and Spain. Twice. I love an old heap and I love a road trip.
Sadly, I see no solution to the OP's predicament outside of divorce.
Me? I've driven from Nottingham to Gibraltar in a 1.3 litre, 4 speed FIAT Regata, before there were many motorways in France and Spain. Twice. I love an old heap and I love a road trip.
Sadly, I see no solution to the OP's predicament outside of divorce.
jflower said:
The Mad Monk said:
cb1965 said:
the north of England is something akin to undiscovered parts of the Amazon jungle.
That's true.200 miles of motorway, that's bugger all. this whole thread is making me sad.
rxe said:
Let’s face it, no one in Yorkshire will be impressed with a diesel Porsche, but if you get the pilot to land in the cemetery next to the church, you’ll probably get a “man arrives for wedding in metal bird” write up in the local paper, and the villagers will worship you as a minor deity for at least a generation.
All depends. West Yorkshire, worshiped as a god. North Yorkshire, burnt as a witch.fk me this has to be a wind up ... Shirley?
Anyway, I am from North Yorkshire, and a Yorkshire lad through and through. I'd have more respect if they turned up in a mini than a pig Porsche school wagon. If the image thing is what you are worried about, don't go in a Chelsea taxi. The 10% of people who care will think "instant nobs" the other 90% couldn't give a flying fk.
Get a really st covered old disco or defender, then you will fit right in. Or a Disco 5 as everyone has them round here.
I am however intrigued as to where in Yorkshire? Bradford? Roherham? Doncaster? Hull? Selby? Batley? You may be in for a shock!
k me this has to be a wind up ... Shirley?Anyway, I am from North Yorkshire, and a Yorkshire lad through and through. I'd have more respect if they turned up in a mini than a pig Porsche school wagon. If the image thing is what you are worried about, don't go in a Chelsea taxi. The 10% of people who care will think "instant nobs" the other 90% couldn't give a flying f
k. Get a really s
t covered old disco or defender, then you will fit right in. Or a Disco 5 as everyone has them round here.I am however intrigued as to where in Yorkshire? Bradford? Roherham? Doncaster? Hull? Selby? Batley? You may be in for a shock!
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