Have you heard they might be using Navy ships
to get British people home?
I chuckled at first but I'd rather be on a ship than sitting in an airport smelling.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 11:26, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

This actually sounds like it might be of use...
Last thing I heard from my sister, she was considering getting a coach to Brussels, which would at least give her the option of heading to a ferry port or similar...do you know whether this is likely to go ahead?
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 11:30, Reply)

Hmm, it would appear they will only be able to help you if you can get to Spain
Madrid or a Spanish port to be announced.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 11:34, Reply)

Problem solved, I think.
I've just heard she's managed to book herself onto an overnight coach which will be heading all the way to Blighty. (I know she spends about 5h on one of these when she comes down to visit from Manchester, but 24h seems quite an ordeal)

In many ways, this is a bit of a shame as the idea of her coming home on HMS Ark Royal would have made a wonderfully dramatic end to this little escapade. But then I get the impression she's had quite enough excitement this week...
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 11:51, Reply)

Now you won't get to throw streamers
:(
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 11:55, Reply)

More's the pity
I received the news from my father, who told me about the coach and then finished his email with
"Either that, or expect to see your sister in a flak jacket wearing even stranger make-up than usual,"
which is an image I would have found entertaining. Especially if they told her to sit in the crow's nest.
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 19 Apr 2010, 11:59, Reply)