On 08/05/15 09:13, Nightjar "cpb"@ wrote:
On 08/05/2015 09:04, The Medway Handyman wrote:
On 08/05/2015 09:02, Jonno wrote:
The Medway Handyman scribbled


SWMBO and I are off for a day out on Sunday. ?Captain Ridley's
Shooting
Party?. Can't say anymore, bit hush hush old chap.

Looking forward to it!


Going north. Don't get lost crossing the river.

Coach trip old chap.

I avoid those. IME they either don't give you enough time at your
destination, or leave you standing around, usually, it seems, in the wet
or the cold, for far too long.


Try a chinese tourist coach trip. Up at 6am, off by about 7.30 after
breakfast. You do get to see a lot though - but it is not "relaxing".

I did 2 trips to the same place (Wu Tai Shan, a place full of mountains
and buddhist monsteries) - first time we took ourselves with my brother
in law as guide. The second time on a coach trip.

The 2nd packed in the sights, but the first was way more relaxing and we
actually saw mo

1) We bumped into a nun who spoke English and got an impromptu mini tour
of a nunnery and saw some very interesting things;

2) Cable car ride over the valley - by cable car, think "ski lift" - by
feck that was scary.

3) Saw a snake by a ford where a bloke was washing his motorbike.

4) I learnt how to assess hotels and that only certain hotels have a
"foreign guest" license.

and quite a lot of other random stuff...