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[ady]

Not too sure how many of you guy's know but I adore Spain and Hate flying..

Now can you see why!

Attachment IS suitable for family viewing (more funny than anything) it isn't sick nor offensive just damn funny I think....but should you Fly with these I suggest you even give the Year 4 kids a large Scotch before take-off and erm especially during landing...or was that what the Pilot had done!

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[mocochoco]

You showed me this yestarday and iv watched it a fair few times since then lol....... classic!!

I think the lesson learnt here is never offer to buy the pilot a drink, until he already LANDED the plane

[Gazeyre1966]

Jesus H Christ!!! No wonder I hate flying too!!!!...lol

Judging by those trees and the rain looks as if the pilot was trying to land in a hurricane...lol. I think he did a bloody good job

[Zoltar]

hmmm. I'm Alicante bound myself in 13 days and by plane too.

I've been watching plenty of 'Plane Crash Investigation' and other plane disaster type stuff. A drunk pilot is the least of mt worries lol.

[mangolio]

I used to love flying to bits but after a dodgy flight when the captain told us the plane had something broken in the tail which meant we had no power on the ground so wew were sat in 30+ degrees packed into a plane with no lights on waiting for a manual engine start as they could not start them with no poer themselves. When they were started thety attempted to show us the safety video and as the screens were lowering they suddenly went back up then down again then halfway back up where thety stayed for the rest of the flight. Anyway I proceded to sit there shitting my pants for the entire 4 hour flight listening to every little bump and noise waiting for us to drop from the sky. Luckily we never and on my return to blighty I watched every single air crash investigation which did very little to calm my flying nerves. Since that I have never flown again and never will unless someone does a BA from the a team to me. They may say it is the safest way to travel which it is but in my eyes if something does happen to go wrong you have had it.

I have thopught of driving abroad and want to try it in august when im off work so how long does it take and how much does it cost? Any advice guys on how to go about it?

[cashcards]

i too am terrified of flying,we get a coach from sunderland,to costa brava every year which takes 30 hours. getting more bearable though .... before i scatter,i was playing addams family,25p £25 jp won a jackpot,got music and DIED this is surely illegal....anyone.

[ady]

I have thopught of driving abroad and want to try it in august when im off work so how long does it take and how much does it cost? Any advice guys on how to go about it?

When I drive I stick to the Toll Roads..Brighton to Benidorm via Eurotunnel or Ferry.

I'd reccommend the Tunnel as it far less messing, thats say £110 off-peak. The Journey is 1200 miles and took 3 tanks of fuel 50euros a shot (France's fuel is no cheaper than here--Spain it's half price) £200 (return) and the Toll amounted to 90euros £120 (return) and takes 17 hours with 2 drivers...so with Two people thats around the £200 each mark.

It may sound a lot of money, but a flight is around that mark anyway....and you arn't restricted to 22kg's!

The RAC and www.mappy.com provides a good euro driving guide, there are Two routes North to South--One to the left of Paris and the other to the right...the One to the left is far better as you joing the A75 at Paris and head for Toulouse/Perpignan (A9) basically stay on that to the Spanish boarder....drive over the Pyrenees and cross the boarder and that road alters to the A7/AP7 (P=toll) this runs the whole East coast or turn off onto the N332 (single lane road thats non-toll and runs alongside)

All along the French Autoroute are small Travellodge kinda hotels........so if you can't or don't want to do it in One day for 24euros you can sleep over somewhere.

The roads are Quiet (compared to UK motorways) and driving on the Right is far easier than it seem's......You see SO much more than at 38000ft....
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[skabaz]

i'm really bad at going up ladders but i love flying.

was coming back from london last year and we were delayed on the runway for about 20mins and then we took off.15 mins into the flight and a burning smell came from the front of the plane.pilot announed we were heading back to gatwick.

as we were coming into gatwick all you could see at the side of the runway was fire engines and amulances.

never did find out what the matter was.

baz

[Gazeyre1966]

as we were coming into gatwick all you could see at the side of the runway was fire engines and amulances.

never did find out what the matter was.

baz

I think yer plane might have been fecked mate and if it hadn't turned around they would be still searching for you....lol.

[mangolio]

Cheers Ady. I think I will give it a try. Do you stay in the normel resorts as most package holidays but booking a hotel in advance ?

[bro]

hi newbie here,also hate flying but been with a good few coach companies to spain,personally i would reccomend ww*.ferriscoachholidays.co.uk

or ww*.siestaholidays.co.uk/ i went in september last year with my 4 year old daughter and my wife and it cost £630 for a 3 star hotel,,,,,,not bad saving,,,,if you go by ferriss book your holiday and pay extra for the platinum coaches as the seats recline more and you get more legroom

[Jimbob219]

I've hated flying ever since the 9/11 incident.

But nothing has actualy gone wrong on a flight I was on, I'm just scared of it happening.

[ady]

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or ww*.siestaholidays.co.uk/ i went in september last year with my 4 year old daughter and my wife and it cost £630 for a 3 star hotel,,,,,,not bad saving,,,,if you go by ferriss book your holiday and pay extra for the platinum coaches as the seats recline more and you get more legroom

I have used both of these, when I used Ferris (which only goes as far as Costa Blanca, Lloret de mar, Blanes etc), whereas Siesta and Shearings/Wallace Arnold goes all the way to Costa Brava (Benidorm)...and I agree the coaches are comfortable.

Another way (which I have done several times) is by Eurolines...though this ISN'T a family mode of transport, the following is the mode i'm doing in October.

London>Lyon>Barcelona (Nort) for £63 return..

Cab from Barcelona Nort (North) to Barcelona Sans (South) is a 8 euro journey, then I use Alsa (Spains version of National Express) to continue to Benidorm for 36euros return.

[CrAzYbAr]

Well I'm going to Turkey on Mon and I'll be on a BA...Probably a 767...Well very little has been bad on a plane so its been an ok experience, unless its a crash where normally everyone dies.
I'm looking forwrd to it IMO...Except the food

[ady]

Well I'm going to Turkey on Mon and I'll be on a BA...Probably a 767...Well very little has been bad on a plane so its been an ok experience, unless its a crash where normally everyone dies.
I'm looking forwrd to it IMO...Except the food

CB I think you didn't read the thread lol

[Toddyuk]

With the weather wa having at mo why bother go abroad £9.50 sun holidays Berwick Holiday Centre Sorted !!

Maybe am sad but hey ya cant beat an english hol in my eyes ..