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  1. Megabear2
    We British love a novelty Christmas record. Ernie The Fastest Milkman in the West by Benny Hill.being particularly big in my part of the world, but then there's other "gems" like Mr Blobby and Bob the Builder. Need I say more?
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    I personally travel by train most places here and in Europe but a sightseeing holiday, not a city break is best accomplished by car particularly at present with unreliable trains and strikes. I'm able to plan my journeys to avoid engineering works and strikes but anyone on a schedule may find that difficult and hence my suggestion car.
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    Vienna was actually 4 weeks at no.2 due to John Lennon being shot, then Shut Uppa Your Face" took number one at Christmas. He is also one of my all times musical heroes, very undervalued for his solo work and also an absolutely charming man.
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    His given name is actually James and he produced and wrote Do They Know it's Christmas. He is the real talent in the Live Aid partnership, a talented musician and producer of music. You'd approve - he wears a suit.
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    Car, but use the heritage trains if you can for days out. Trying to tie in with one of the Cathedral Expresses can give a good day out through some great countryside and you get to travel behind one of our great steam locomotive engines to boot. A couple of weeks back I travelled behind the Sir Nigel Gresley London to Chester and you can get a choice of destinations and full range of engines including the Flying Scotsman. Not exactly the Belmond Orient Express but you dine onboard and it's generally fun on a scenic route https://steamdreams.co.uk/full-day-journeys/
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    Loch Ness, watching the clouds roll in. Clear one way, the other ... But there is sun as well. A lovely little waterfall but I passed on the photographs as right in the middle a cluster of plastic bags.
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    The queue at stairway A has been far smaller both days. The midships B is being used by the more mobility impaired. It is also near some nice seating and on deck 2 is the excursions office and today in particular lots had weather related questions. On the latter so far so good as we are at our first stop and no rain.
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    How does Inverness look? My guide just told me it will be interesting as he looked at the sky ...
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    Yes, I had mine the day before yesterday in Sir Samuel's. Very nice but quite a lot of pay extra items, more than I've seen before.
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    Typical! I recently watched a wonderful film with Timothy Spall where he went from Scotland to Cornwall using his bus pass. In my case it was a joke but I do recall him not having money to pay a fare at one point. Actually down in my part of the world I've seen Scottish bus passes accepted, and to be truthful and non political as it's the UK government subsidising them to local authorities it seems totally correct. Incidentally I do use mine in Wales regularly. Shore experiences tell me the tour operators have "no information" on the exciting weather reports I showed him on the Internet, so it's on ... watch this space guys, it could be a wild ride!
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    Excellent choice I feel. However I've never been to Scotland, in fact nowhere north of Harrogate and that's been very rare so I said to myself let's have a go and see just what our Scottish friends get hurled at them by nature! The flash flooding risk is the most worrying though ... It's scheduled to be over by 6.00pm ha ha.
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    Berni Flint is a British icon, yes from a different age but rather his take on telling a story than the obsession the current wave of comedy acts have of telling us straight off their sexual persuasion or discussing farting, nose picking and other bodily functions. Cunard would be damned if they offered up one of these modern artists, what would you have them do? Comedy has always been edgey it needs to be a little riskae to make you chuckle, otherwise it's bland and boring. The "naughtiness" is the secret, the oooh did he just say that moment.
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    I've not ventured out of my nice quiet little cocoon yet, having just enjoyed a room service breakfast. However Accuweather, Weather.com and the BBC are encouraging me to believe I'm about to face the tempest with heavy rain all day and afternoon thunderstorms threatening 40mm of rain in an hour and a possible flood risk! This is going to be a VERY interesting day ... I'm on a ship's tour leaving 9.30am and returning 4.30pm which takes in Loch Ness and Inverness. Looking on the bright side if I get washed away on Loch Ness I might be able to thumb a lift back to the ship from Nessie. On the other hand, being a good ex Girl Guide I'm going prepared with my trusty OAP bus pass, you know just in case ....
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    My last employer refused to let me leave 30 minutes early to visit my mother in hospital and I therefore never saw her. I lived 100 miles away and had a long train journey involving crossing London and overhead trains. I'd worked there 13 years. I left shortly after, however my friend had cancer and was made to take holiday and unpaid leave to have her chemotherapy. This was a leading London lawyer. Employers unfortunately can be very cruel about absence.
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    Is that age related, medical grounds, something else? There are specialist companies but they aren't cheap. More information would help.
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    For fellow Orkney lovers (who's fan club I'm now an official member of) a few taster photographs.
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    The meet and greet people this morning told me there are two bands and the one sending us off we're the better of the two. I hope you enjoyed them.
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    Yes a six hour private minibus tour with Go Orkney. Really thorough, great knowledge and the minibus is normally the dial a ride for the islands. Unfortunately we were sharing with some passengers on Nieuw Statendam who had an earlier sailing- we're still here all onboard is 6.30pm - or we would gave an an extra hour or so. An absolutely unforgettable day, if every thins else is a washout today will be more than enough.
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    I'm trying to work out if Essex lies to the north or south of the Cathedral .. I'll come back to you when my slide rule gives a result. I quite fancy the uppies given the choice.
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    I'm sure he won't. He had major problems getting off the ship this morning - the story was quite horrendous. Unfortunately Queen Anne isn't proving very disability friendly.
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    Yes, I tried both and bought a small bottle if each. I gather Scappa is more for the locals. Highland Park Distillery closed to yours due to a new floor being laid at present. The weather is absolutely gorgeous, tee shirts apart from Scappa Flow where I popped a sweater on. I thought the whole place totally magical.
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    I think he's already wound up today unfortunately.
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    Oh and by the way, I bought these guys... vote time, shall I let them run free on Queen Anne???
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    Today has been truly spectacular and wonderful. Nothing else much to say, the pictures paint a thousand words to quote a wise man.
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    Not a lot to see in Scapa Flow - the fog came in! As for the rest, wow just blew me away.
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