Sorry for being such a bore tonight

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  1. arabian_ian

    arabian_ian Well-Known Member

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    But I’m on the Lerwick to Aberdeen ferry.
    Just passing Fair isle.
    Thankfully seas relatively calm. I have experienced worse especially in January.

    Could be bed quite soon. 7am arrival in Aberdeen.
     
    arabian_ian, Jun 10, 2024
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    arabian_ian Well-Known Member

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    You could have just said "but I'm Scottish" :p
     
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    Could you call and get me a jumper
     
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    Fair Isle, top of my bucket list. Hopefully they’ll have rebuilt the observatory accommodation by next summer. Off to Orkney again this summer. Britain gets better the further North you go.
     
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    I use to live on the Orkney Islands and remember that ferry for Aberdeen to Kirkwall
     
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    My wife once had a possible job in Lerwick, it came to nothing.
    All I remember was the frighteningly horrific cost of the journey from Aberdeen,
    What is the price now?
     
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    Sparky Well-Known Member

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    Knowing Ian as I do he most likely uses his bus pass
     
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    We once took one of the Scotch Sealink ferries, from Stranraer to Llarne, for the day. :)
     
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    My bill.
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    arabian_ian Well-Known Member

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    The £119 is for a cabin. So only £22.75 if you were prepared to rough it for the 14 hours. I have done this in the past but getting too old now for it.
     
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    I never realised, until this year, that Lerwick was so far north of the Orkneys… can’t be that far from Norway !
     
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    arabian_ian Well-Known Member

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    Nearer Norway than London.
     
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    I used to catch that ferry monthly when i worked in Shetland on the gas plant up near Brae.

    Is a really wild experience if the seas are rough, loved walking in to the canteen and seeing everything nailed down in case of choppy weather and sometimes they didn't even open it!
     
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    I'd rather have got a flight to the med.....
     
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    arabian_ian Well-Known Member

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    Yes I know it would have been much cheaper and warmer to spend a week in Benidorm.
    But unfortunately my grand daughter lives in Shetland.
     
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    Gordon Owen Well-Known Member

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    I wouldn't go to Benidorm if you paid for my flight....

    She needs to move to a different island, possibly Sardinia :D
     
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    Just been watching YouTubers ‘ Bald and Bankrupt’ & ‘Backpacker Ben’ recent vids on that very trip. Not very comfy those pods apparently :)
     
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    arabian_ian Well-Known Member

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    Yes I watched that but I got a 4 berth cabin. Shower and tea making facilities.
    The pods are just rows of reclining seats and like you say not very comfortable.
     
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    fitzytyke Well-Known Member

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    Yeah it looks like a good idea for a few days away.
     
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