Xmarks Burns Supper @ Ferintosh 2007!

**Niblox** · 18th December 06, 01:01 PM

Originally Posted by starbkjrus

Robin and Robertson, I'm surprised at the two of you. Do you really think I'm the kind of person that irrationally, on the spur of the moment (sober even) decide to give British Airways

$1200.00 of my hard earned Kilt Kash just so I can be subjected to the horrors of 4000 miles of airtravel?? All so I can eat,

int: and be merry with a rabble o' kilties that I haven't even met?? Well I'm not....

BUT.....

I"m doing it anyway. I arrive in Glasgow around 10:30 on the 25th and will drag my weary body towards the train station.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Laird and Lady of Ferintosh have graciously consented that I may have dinner on a stool in the kitchen and sleep in the garden shed. So for those of you attending - I will see you there!

Hope you get there safely... I recommend our local airline, Aer Arann, which started off in 1969 (the year of the first moon landing) doing pleasure flights over Galway: now they fly to a dozen UK cities and all the major cities in Ireland. I can get to Edinburgh in one hour - and the airport is 10 minutes drive from my flat!

:beer:

**Niblox** · 18th December 06, 01:04 PM

I just hope you are NOT actually travelling on BA....

.....BUT travelling steerage on the Atlantic at this time of year can be pretty chilly - and rough! You will need a lot of TLC from the good folk at Ferintosh if you actually arrive. Thankfully Emma is a nurse and Robertson will dose you with several drams: a sure cure for the travel blues.

**porrick** · 18th December 06, 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by starbkjrus

I arrive in Glasgow around 10:30 on the 25th and will drag my weary body towards the train station.[/SIZE]

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Laird and Lady of Ferintosh have graciously consented that I may have dinner on a stool in the kitchen and sleep in the garden shed. So for those of you attending - I will see you there!

Excellent! My good lady and I will be arriving Newcastle in the late afternoon the same day. Have a lie-down and be ready for a(nother) dram...

**Hamish** · 18th December 06, 07:20 PM

Well, I hope you early arrivees don't drink the house dry before Derek and I arrive in the evening of Friday 26th January!! We are staying on after the weekend for a day or two to explore the area (weather permitting) which neither of us has visited before.

Looking forward to meeting all you good friends - some for the first time and others for the second.

**starbkjrus** · 18th December 06, 07:33 PM

Ham,

Somehow I don't think that Patrick and I can drink Ferintosh dry in 24 hours. BUT you never know.... We'll be there a day early and under the staggering influence of Robertson we will certainly need to visit the local apothecary for a cure. In the mean time I'm sure that we'll be able to stop off and do some replentishing of the Ferintosh stock.

Something tells me though that nothing in Dumfries will be safe that weekend. Oh well. :rolleyes: I'm sure Robertson and Emma's neighbors are used to it. :beer:

**Pour1Malt** · 19th December 06, 01:17 AM

Originally Posted by starbkjrus

...

BUT.....

I"m doing it anyway. I arrive in Glasgow around 10:30 on the 25th and will drag my weary body towards the train station.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Laird and Lady of Ferintosh have graciously consented that I may have dinner on a stool in the kitchen and sleep in the garden shed. So for those of you attending - I will see you there!

aye... there is a word fur folk like ya....

DAFT!

(Emma an ai flew tae Scotland frae 'merica fur 4 days fur the Millennium... DAFT!)

**starbkjrus** · 20th December 06, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by Niblox

I just hope you are NOT actually travelling on BA....

.....BUT travelling steerage on the Atlantic at this time of year can be pretty chilly - and rough! You will need a lot of TLC from the good folk at Ferintosh if you actually arrive. Thankfully Emma is a nurse and Robertson will dose you with several drams: a sure cure for the travel blues.

Niblox, I AM traveling British Airways....er....what do you mean if I actually arrive?! :eek:

**McClef** · 22nd December 06, 04:48 PM

Just hope there isn't any fog then! :rolleyes:

**cessna152towser** · 23rd December 06, 05:16 AM

what do you mean if I actually arrive?!

BA cancelled all domestic flights in and out of Heathrow the last three days; fewer landing slots available due to poor visibility, and many of their aircraft aren't equipped with cat.3 autoland; Sadly, BA, which was once Britain's national airline, is now perceived as a bit of a joke due to its poor reliability, with frequent cancellations due to fog or industrial disputes. When I flew to Bristol on Easyjet in November on a foggy day, almost every BA flight was cancelled or diverted while the low cost airlines such as Easyjet and Ryanair kept flying as normal.