Don the Don
Legendary Knight
Understandable, but if you ever do come all the way to the Highlands make sure you let us all know be a shame to come this far without a welcome meet up
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Capt D is a normal size human. But he may still struggle with a Fiat 500
Capt. Drunkey
King Of The Schnitzelwiesels
I actually did a test-ride couple of years back in one of them Abarth-thingies… Great fun. Cool ride. And it is more roomy inside than you would anticipate!Capt D is a normal size human. But he may still struggle with a Fiat 500
I decided to go for a Mini Cooper S though. A much more refined car, tbh…
(Our local “highlands”
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With views like that, why bother with Jockistan? Other than the change of scenery of course.
MartytheMartian
Legendary Knight
Totally 'bugshit' crazy. Hmmm that sounds like me on a 'normal' day and it's the only way to be!
To be honest @DD67 my dear old Jockistan as a land beats anywhere else in the world as a place to be. Our 'mountains' are big enough to be majestic without being overpoweringly huge, our coasts are rugged and beautiful, our Glens and lochs are hidden and tranquil and, outside of Bombay(Glasgow) or Mogadishu(Edinburgh) the towns are generally pleasant enough as long as you don't leave your armoured vehicle without donning your body armour.
To be honest @DD67 my dear old Jockistan as a land beats anywhere else in the world as a place to be. Our 'mountains' are big enough to be majestic without being overpoweringly huge, our coasts are rugged and beautiful, our Glens and lochs are hidden and tranquil and, outside of Bombay(Glasgow) or Mogadishu(Edinburgh) the towns are generally pleasant enough as long as you don't leave your armoured vehicle without donning your body armour.
Capt. Drunkey
King Of The Schnitzelwiesels
To be honest (and I really love Scotland), after posting the picture I asked myself the same question, Jez.
And there is one thing that goes missing in Marty‘s list: the absolutely delicious food and wine in Südtirol.
It definitely is my choice of „home“ away from home…
Erm, delicious food???
That looks like a salad & fruit cordial
Get yourself to Jockistan for some beer & fried food
Capt. Drunkey
King Of The Schnitzelwiesels
Sorry, I am not at all into food-porn …Erm, delicious food???
That looks like a salad & fruit cordial
Get yourself to Jockistan for some beer & fried food
This is the only pic I had on food from down there…
(But even on this picture you can see that the tomatoes will actually taste LIKE tomatoes…
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MartytheMartian
Legendary Knight
I'm not really that big on food in general and certainly not Tomatoes that haven't been boiled down to a sauce of some description and, of course I prefer the green stuff to be fed to my dinner rather than be my dinner.
Sarky B’stard
Legendary Knight
That's Italy for you! The tomato capital..... whatever the Spanish say.
Whatever, if I was fly driving to the Highlands I would arrive in Inverness rather than Glasgow. The Cenatural Belt is worth a miss and the tourist belt around Loch Lomond is worth a miss in season!
Capt. Drunkey
King Of The Schnitzelwiesels
Yes, Inverness would be my first choice as well but flying out of Frankfurt, I’d have to swap planes in London, or Amsterdam which is even more of a hassle…
Capt. Drunkey
King Of The Schnitzelwiesels
You know, Marty, when push comes to shove, I will be most content surviving Scotland on Sandwiches, Cigars and Single Malt… With the occasional beer to quench the thirst.
You'll be needing a sensible adult to keep you in checkYou know, Marty, when push comes to shove, I will be most content surviving Scotland on Sandwiches, Cigars and Single Malt… With the occasional beer to quench the thirst.
Fly to Luton & pick me up on the way to the land of the deep fried salad
Don the Don
Legendary Knight
That is a very nice starter you have pictured @Capt. Drunkey , now for the main course something to stick to your ribs or something fried that will leave you with more oil than the motor you drive
Capt. Drunkey
King Of The Schnitzelwiesels
Nothing but an in-between-snack it was…
When I stay there, I always have a 4-course-menu booked with my room for dinner. It is only 17€ added to the room-price.
So when I am having lunch, I usually tend to choose something light. On other days, the Knödel (dumplings) or Pasta are just too tempting.
But meanwhile I am pretty sure that those Tyrolleans must have invented the stretchable waist at the pants
MartytheMartian
Legendary Knight
Someone ought to render their bleeding legs unusable! I see the buggers have been trying to foul things up for the ordinary man in the street up here too, at a Clydebank fuel depot. I'm surprised that they weren't murdered in Clydebank. The Police must have been keeping the locals from getting at them. The statement from Police Scotland (summed up pretty much as 'We an inclusive organisation for the protection of woke tossers taking the piss out of ordinary Scots at the expense of the ordinary Scots') is feckin' sickening. They used to be a 'Police Force' for maintaining order (when they weren't taking backhanders) and not some even more useless division of the Social Work department.