The Worst Journey in the WorldAspley Cherry Garrard was the youngest member of the Scott Polar Expedition when he and two others lost their tent to the winds of a night-time snowstorm. They spent hours in temperatures below -70°F stumbling about the ice floes hoping they'd bump into it as it was their only hope of survival.
OK, so that was bad, but we reckon you've had worse. We know how hard you lot are.
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chthonic, Thu 7 Sep 2006, 12:40)
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Skint road tripI had driven to the south of France in my elderly cavalier to visit relatives, and somehow managed to screw up my finances for the trip. My creditcard hit its max and stopped working. I thought I would have enough cash to get home but was rather mistaken. I drove north through france avoiding toll roads, paying for petrol using what cash ihad left and the change in the ashtray and arrived at calais with less than 1 euro in change. No food all day and no-where to sleep. A very, very cold night spent in the car munching on a dry baguette was had.
The ferry ticket was pre-booked so I got back to england early in the morning without problem and found myself in Dover with an empty petrol tank, a journey to aberdeen ahead of me and no money at all. I filled up at a petrol station just outside of town and my credit card was unsurprisingly refused. Police were contacted and I was allowed to go on my way if I promised to send money when i got home. Sadly 1 tank of petrol wasnt enough for the journey so unwilling to go through the same rigmarole again, I stopped in a layby and used black tape to modify my numberplate (changed a 3 to an 8 and a G to an O ) filled up and skipped off without paying.
Glad to be home, i forgot all about my promise to pay the station in dover until 2 weeks later the police phoned me up and politely reminded me.
Thats quite a lame story. sorry.
(, Thu 7 Sep 2006, 13:22, Reply)
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