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     Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.111.14.192 |
Not the Grave Jones record, but me and Michelle. We're heading off to Guernsey tomorrow, assuming the planes are working again. This is one island I've not been to before, so I'm looking forward to it. The virtual tour is worth a look if you've broadband: http://www.visitguernsey.com/guernsey.aspx We're flying Origney, one of whose pilots recently reported a giant UFO near the island: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PQLNblZNDEA Yikes! | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
Have a great time, mate! My best to M. | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.111.14.192 |
Cheers, mate. She says hi and hope you and your M are well, hopes we can come see you on the craggy Yarksheer coast some time. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
Yes, please do so. | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.111.14.192 |
Would love to. Fish'n'chips? | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.111.14.192 |
Do you get bits or scraps there, Gary? I remember we had a discussion about it with the women serving us in Huddersfield, how it differed in Bradford. Important stuff. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
I always ask for scraps, but I'm not sure what the natives call them. | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.111.14.192 |
You ask for a scrap where I grew up, you'd get a smack in the teeth. Funny old world. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
You ask for a bit where I grew up, you'd get arrested. Hilarious. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 85.158.137.195 |
Excellent Mark - I love Guernsey - a lot more laid back than Jersey and a lot less touristy... | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 89.168.184.170 |
Anywhere you'd recommend, Mick? We're there for just under two weeks. I'm looking forward to some downtime, to be honest. A stroll along a few beaches and cliff tops will do me. I don't know if there's anything like "le Huggy Bear" on Jersey on Guernsey, but I found it very moving -- more so than the German hospital/military tunnels, probably because of the scale. | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 89.168.184.170 |
By the way, Mick. I finally got around to finishing Robert Harris's THE GHOST recently. First of his I'd tried. Struck me as a traditional "master storyteller" type of novel, which is usually code for "can't write for toffee". But I found I quite enjoyed its old fashioned nuts and bolts storytelling. No linguistic flare, just a rattling ole tale. It's an underrated artform, so good luck to him -- even if I suspect he wears a cravat when he writes (and with no irony). The story was a sly one, nicely arch, and compelling in a Jack Higgins political thriller way. Funny role for Cherie Blair in it, and her sex scene isn't as horrific as you'd fear it to be . . . | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
Cherie Blair...sex scene... [shudder] | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.37.199.45 |
Hi Mark. Is this a literary visit? Thought you might be looking for a collaborator... | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.37.199.45 |
Sorry. | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 89.168.184.170 |
Yup. It was a thinkly disguised Cherie Blair in the book, but her all the same. By the way, the "bit" comment made me laugh earlier. Very amusing, sir! | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 89.168.184.170 |
>>Is this a literary visit? Nah, it's a distraction visit, Joel. Sorry. I'll take some pictures, see if the kindly Mister Mick will post them for us later. | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 89.168.184.170 |
Incidentally, if anyone does have an opening (so to speak) for a Robin Masters figure . . . ? | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.159.152.134 |
Mark - I'd certainly recommend the underground hospital on Guernsey, simply because unlike the one on Jersey, it's not been redecorated, and it still has stuff that was left there in the war, plus the walls are still bare, with water running down them, and it gives you a much better feeling for the tunnels than the clean, white one on Jersey does. St Peter Port is a nice town, quite old-fashioned but mostly in a good way. | ||
| Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233 |
I liked those newscasters on the clip above - much more pleasant to look and and listen to then any of the ones we have here... That poor pilot really seemed shaken up. | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.199.104 |
Have a good holiday at Guernsey, Gary. | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.110.221.167 |
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| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.110.221.167 |
Okay. Will try to do, Mick. I remember Peter Port featuring in a Saint adventure. THE SAINT AT SEA perhaps. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
I'm tied up in a Huddersfield basement. Mark nicked my airtickets. The bastard! | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.199.104 |
Sorry, Mark - I meant you, not Gary! Must be the new medicine I'm taking. I keep misspelling things too... | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.110.221.167 |
Hey, you take care, Huw. And don't worry about Gary -- he likes dark, confined spaces, and the water only rises to the ceiling after really heavy rain. The five-day forecast is good. I'm away two weeks, though . . .. | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.110.221.167 |
>>I liked those newscasters on the clip above - much more pleasant to look and and listen to then any of the ones we have here... Can't promise any TV presenters, A, but we'll send you some postcards, as we did from neighbouring Jersey the other year. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
...*glug*... | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.110.221.167 |
This one isn't as water tight . . . http://www.visitguernsey.com/panoramas/?id=16&res=max | ||
| Gcw (Gcw) Username: Gcw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.43.119.113 |
Have a great time in Guernsey Lynchy! We want piccies when you get back. gcw | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 88.110.221.72 |
Well, we're back. And if I can figure out the piccies, I'll try post a few. Had a lovely time, enjoyed the witchy beauty and Indian Summer striking Guernsey, popped over to Herm Island (passing the Barclay Brothers' private island on the way) when it was deserted and enjoyed empty beaches and sun the like of which I've only ever sen in a James Bond movie. Very lovely time indeed. All a bit flat when you come back to earth, though, isn't it? And I've just learned a neighbour of mine has died unexpectedly . . . Sigh . . . |