London

[al' Sporrano]

Hi Al, I know what you mean, I think life got in the way a bit. Even my friends who live quite close to me have been shamefully neglected, hopefully I'll be able to catch up with everyone soon. Hope things are good for Al and the 'force' is strong within you
The scary thing is this, I assume that my life will slow/calm down but it just gets faster and more hectic

Hi mate,

Happy to say the mediclorian thingies are fit and well. Had great fun with a Section 3 escapee the other week which I must tell you about sometime.

We must have a meet sometime in 2005. I'm sure we could persuade my new found pal Martin to join us - and there are others we could tempt I'm sure.

Lets see if we can manage something

Al

[Derek]

Just to let you all know that tomorrow (monday) Elaine and myself are meeting up again with Ham in London for the day. No doubt we will take lots of pics. This time were travelling by train and not the bus .. I've never travelled on British Rail kilted before... so this is a first .. Derek

[Freelander Sporrano]

Letting "The Train take the Strain" hey !

A nice bit of "Chrimbo shopping" Thats just the thing and kilted with it.

Have a great time Derek and don't forget to say hello to Hamish for me.

[Hamish]

Letting "The Train take the Strain" hey !

Yup! I'll be doing that too. Anyone who drives anywhere near London thesedays must be mad! Looking forward to meeting up with Derek and Elaine again - we 'clicked' from the start!

A nice bit of "Chrimbo shopping" Thats just the thing and kilted with it.

That's not our joint intention, but who knows! We're meeting at the Natural History Museum. I'd rather like to pop into the "Floris" perfumery shop in Jermyn Street (the Company I spent 32 years with!), if there's time!

Have a great time Derek and don't forget to say hello to Hamish for me.

You just did it yourself, David , but I'll let Derek do so again. Oh! "Hello David", by the way

[Graham]

What fun you'll have, I am so jealous, I love London.

When I was a young man, Carnaby Street was my favourite place, I'd walk there in my lunch hour from Selfridges, where I worked.

Last year I met an "internet" friend in London, walked from St.Pauls, across the Thames and along the embankment to Tower Bridge and back, what a lovely city, full of history and life!

Have a great time together, show Londoners that kilts are the way to go!!

Last week i was in St.Kilda, Melbourne, a place considered to be quite far out, perhaps Bohemian, where one can see the most radical of people in terms of fashion and appearance.

Yet, this was a place a got the most "looks". weird eh?

Sorry, I digress. Hope to get to see your old haunts Hamish!

[Rhino]

Yeah I think the effort must be made.
Lets get christmas out of the way and have a few dates sorted for the New Year. A couple of the guy's round here will be up for it I'm sure.
Just out of interest I learned today that the Peak district is so named due to a corruption of the word Pict, as it was a favourite route for Scots to come into England.
Something new every day.....
Cheers Rhino

[al' Sporrano]

You just did it yourself, David , but I'll let Derek do so again. Oh! "Hello David", by the way

....and while we're on the subject Ham, a quick hello from me as we've not said Hi for a while. I see you're your usual self and up to your usual tricks!!

Regards

Al

[Rhino]

Hamish wrote

. Anyone who drives anywhere near London these days must be mad!

Thanks Hamish I did just that some 4 weeks and felt quite sane
It was worse on British rail when we met up in summer
Cheers Rhino

[Hamish]

....and while we're on the subject Ham, a quick hello from me as we've not said Hi for a while. I see you're your usual self and up to your usual tricks!!

Regards

Al

Meaning WHAT pray? I'll 'ave you know that I'm a good boy, I am! Ghaaaarrrrn!

Oh, and "Hello Al." No news is good news, I hope?

[Hamish]

Hamish wrote

. Anyone who drives anywhere near London these days must be mad!

Thanks Hamish I did just that some 4 weeks and felt quite sane
It was worse on British rail when we met up in summer
Cheers Rhino

Ah, but it's all relevant, Rhino. I mean, you're a man of the world; always tearing about. Driving across the moors one minute and crawling your way through a snarled up city the next. You're experienced!!!!! (or so I am led to believe ).

Me, I'm a country boy. I don't understand city, or even town, driving. When I go to Brighton, I park on the outskirts (Oooops! sorry guys! ) and walk in to the centre. If I drive into Chichester to the shops, it takes me three days on tranquilisers to recover from the trauma!

Apart from anything else, I'm only a poor ol' pensioner and, wiv me Senior Rail Pass, I gets a nice discount on the rail fare. It's much cheaper for me to take the train than to drive.

A year of saving the rail discounts and I can order a new kilt!!!