It's rainy, cold and I'm not going on a holiday this summer
tell me about your holiday plans so I can daydream my way out of this office.

Thank you.
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 27 May 2009, 8:47, 32 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

In a nutshell
Go to Sweden, fetch girlfriend, come back to UK, work three days, both of us go to france with parents for a couple of days, come back here, get stuff ready for festival, see Bill Bailey in Oxford, go to Bloodstock Open Air, backt o my house, next day back to sweden, then sleep for five days to recover.

Easy, really.
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Wed 27 May 2009, 8:52, Reply)

Sounds manic
but I'm still jealous.
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 27 May 2009, 8:57, Reply)

I've got a weekend in Switzerland
and a 10 day trip to visit friends in the US (almost) planned.

And it's nice and sunny here today too.

I feel your pain, Psyche. I'd hate not to be going away. I love travelling.

However, it has its environmental downside. I did the carbon footprint calculation on the direct.gov website. Mine is about 5 times the average UK citizen's...
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 27 May 2009, 8:54, Reply)

I wouldn't mind not going away
If I were promised sunshine here instead...

But it would seem that my wishes are not always given the respect that I'd like for them. Stupid weather gods.
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 27 May 2009, 8:58, Reply)

The last year
when I didn't have a proper holiday, was 1994. Since then they've been getting more frequent and further away. It's not just the weather, although that helps. And it's not for physical relaxation. I spend more time tramping around the place on holiday than I do at home.

It's just the break from normal daily routine that I like most. And the geographical separation from home, for a couple of weeks.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:02, Reply)

Actually, that's a point.
The last time I had a "proper" holiday was in 2007; before that it was 2002.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:03, Reply)

December 2009
One way ticket to Qaanaaq, Greenland via Copenhagen (bought already - December 7th, here we come); once there walk from Kap Alexandr to Craig Harbour, across Smith Sound initially and then south through Ellesmere Island. Once at Craig Harbour, walk ~122km to Grise Fiord for flight on Kenn Borek Air to Resolute, Resolute to Iqaluit, Iqaluit to Ottawa, Ottawa to UK (late January 2010).

February 2010: Auction gear on eBay to raise money for Combat Stress.

March 2010: Try to find something else interesting to do.

EDIT: if anyone's up for it, they're welcome to join me.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Wed 27 May 2009, 8:59, Reply)

OK ok
showoff.

*blows raspberry*
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:02, Reply)

Sorry :(
/accepts raspberry

/blows kiss
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:02, Reply)

Sounds very cool Mr Ed.
Hard, but looks like you'll have a fun (not really the right word though!) time.
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:06, Reply)

Thanks, Mr H_P
It should be cool. I've done a few trips before but in the interests of not raising my head above the parapet I'm not doing the trip for charity I'm just selling the gear afterwards and the sums raised will go to the charitable concern.

If you have a look at my blog (mentalhealthisoverrated.blogspot.com) you'll see some of the prep I've been doing to date :)
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:10, Reply)

Sounds interesting Ed
If ever I have the time and money to cross the Atlantic without flying, Greenland is definitely going to be one of my stops.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:29, Reply)

You can fly into greenland via CPH
but it still involves a fair bit of flying :(
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:48, Reply)

Oooh, missed one
Almost booked an impromptu trip to Australia on Sunday for Legless'. Rum = bad.
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:07, Reply)

Well I've got a week booked in
The Isle of Wight!

Woohoo.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:09, Reply)

It's away from home
And you can study the effects of inbreeding in depth as well.
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:11, Reply)

I've just
Got to look at the people in my office for that.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:17, Reply)

I'm going nowhere
Unless my infrequent trips to London bashes counts. *cries* Oh and I'm going to the Isle of Wight for 5 days in August *cries more*
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:14, Reply)

Badger
At least you get to be with people who you can relate to.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:18, Reply)

Inbreds?
*cries more*
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:19, Reply)

No
Not the inbreds. B3tans in London, and car owners in the Isle of Wight.

Just be thankful that it's a few weeks after I go.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:21, Reply)

I dunno
how much I relate to you B3tans, you're all very strange
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:26, Reply)

very well
by the sounds of it!
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:31, Reply)

hahah
thanks. I think...
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:31, Reply)

B3tans Strange?
Why thank you, you've just made my day.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:49, Reply)

My holidays
Off home to Blighty next week for a bit of relaxing and mother's cooking and then off to Dominican Republic in a few weeks! Yippeee....
(The Apeface Cherub is not a cunty-uber-cunt, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:18, Reply)

One of my friends might be going to South Africa
and if he does, I might be joining him. If not, may go somewhere in Europe, or if my friend who's getting married decides to have an extended stag-do, may go on a walking trip somewhere in the UK. Or I may just skip a holiday this summer and just use my holiday allowance for long weekends.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:25, Reply)

My (ex if the jealousy doesn't stop) best friend
is going to SA for FIVE WEEKS.

Sickening.
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:32, Reply)

Pah!
SA for five weeks? She'll pick up an accent, poor thing!
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:49, Reply)

Well
She is from there originally, but now she sounds like a Northerner, having lived here since she was 9.
(Psyche finishes work at the end of June! Yay!!!, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:50, Reply)

Hey
I like the Saffer accent, it's nasty.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:50, Reply)

HDL
I'm with you there ... I love the raspy nature of it
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Wed 27 May 2009, 9:53, Reply)