Head Rambles Away
Grandad August 25th, 2008
A very very long time ago, deep in the mists of time [actually, it was last February], I got the mad notion of searching the Interweb for wee cottages to rent in France.
The weather was awful at the time, cold wet and windy [much like it is these days] and we had a strong urge to enjoy a drop of sunshine.
The finances are a bit tight, with the pension and all, so we had to think long and hard before coming to a decision. Five minutes later, I started looking in earnest.
We found a nice little place and I booked it.
I also booked hotels en route and the ferry. It’s amazing what you can do on the Interweb.
We didn’t want to go in the height of the season, as everywhere tends to be overrun with loud little brats, all running around and getting under our feet. Their children are worse.
So we had a choice of May or September. We decided on September purely because we wanted the anticipation, not the memory.
The problem with booking a holiday in February is that you tend to forget about it. I never really gave it a second though for the last few months. But now I suddenly realise that we are due to travel this week.
This is fine by me. I need a holiday. You need a holiday. You have been reading this site for too long, and I have been writing it too long.
But what are you going to do in my absence?
Do I care?
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GD
of course you care… i give you eh.. the boat journey?!! before you next post. you love us all too much. Plus you will want to stop by beaut.ie [and darrens site but of course] to see what new on the pampering front!!
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peter
Peter - I shall, of course miss my hourly visit to Beaut.ie but no matter how much that pains me, a man has gotta do what a man’s gotta do. As for the rest of you………..
Oh, it looks so warm and sunny and absolutely gorgeous.
Excuse me now, while I go have a tantrum about it for my husband’s benefit…
meanwhile, Bon Voyage Grandpere! Amusez-vous bien!
Grandad, I’m sure we will all enjoy tour holiday. I, for one, am really looking forward to it.
When you get back, I would love to know if the place ACTUALLY looks like it does in the pictures.
I think it’s a trap. Better arm yourself just in case.
Susan - Merci beaucoup!
Stipes - I will take that as a personal insult. Luckily for you I have a thick skin. You will miss me, and I guarantee you will be screaming for more from Head Rambles long before I return. Withdrawal is not an easy or glib matter.
Cranky - I will be bringing the camera, and doubtless will take one or two photos, if it stops raining long enough. I hope to write about my little adventures on my return.
@stipes theres always the crabbling otter blog - where is that legend Darren recently… over at beaut.ie i suppose!!
“theres always the crabbling otter blog”
OY!! May your armpits be infested with greenfly and may your extremities suffer from black spot.
Ahhh, la France… le soleil… le bon vin et le fromage… thought I’d get you used to the language as an aperitif, so to speak
We will wait patiently, looking out at the rain, collecting rain indeed, and thinking of all the tourists suddenly swarming around Ireland unimpeded. Or are you leaving someone in tourist chasing duty?
well…you better get to writing then, before you go so we won’t have to go through complete withdrawal…i’d hate to have to come hunt you down and interrupt your holiday just to get my fix…
Good for you Grandad thinking ahead and all.. Nice little bonus in September when the rest of the world (with children I mean) return to the sanity of having peace in their houses for a couple of hours. It looks lovely. (France I mean, not the prospect of having the house to myself, although that looks lovely too..). Bon Voyage. While you’re gone I’ll be getting back into a blessed routine and starting to have a little life again and maybe a few minutes a day to write..
Have a great time
no worries there - turns out we all forgot we’d booked a holiday in a cottage in France as well - and it looks like the one in yer photo above.
see you there - I’ll bring a notepad so you can write stuff and we can read it.
…or did I dream it.
In your absence, I will open presence.
The photographs of those biscuit tin lids have come out extremely well onscreen I must say.
You never heard of laptops? I shall be expecting a daily travel log and report. (Pssst…No need to include anyone else.) Bon voyage mon vieux. A bien tot.
GD
as always… thank you!
peter
ps just laughed my socks right off!!
A bientot, hairy one. Have a jolly trip. We’ll miss you beaucoup until you come back.
[Hmmm...I wonder how you get those little accent thingies on this keyboard....]
Bonnes vacances! xxx
Cathy - The Irish Tourist Shooting Association never sleeps. Others will fly the flag in my absence.
Prin - If you think I’m going to sit here for the next couple of days writing twenty to thirty articles just to keep you lot amused, think again…..
Tricia - Are you claiming that I am distracting you from writing? Or are you blaming the children? I’d put my money on the children.
Kae - I know my fans would think like that. That is why I put up a false photograph. I hope you all enjoy your holiday in Basra.
Sixty - I’m still present. For now….
Spaghetti - Don’t knock holidaying in a biscuit tin. At least we can float off if there are floods.
TT - I shall be bringing the laptop, as I need somewhere to store photographs. Have you not heard of Interweb Connections? I won’t have one….
Peter - Please put those socks back on. The smell is killing me.
E Mum - Hold down Ctrl and Alt, and then hit the vowel [a becomes รก]. That’ll give you an acute accent. I could tell you how to get a grave accent, but then I’d have to kill you.
I’m going to hack in and invade your page, stick a flag in it and claim it as part of Maxiland.
If the vacancy is still open for Minister of blogging when you get back, I’ll see you for an interview.
Maxi - Piss off. I am in the process of mining the server, so any attempt at hacking will result in you meeting your seventy virgins or however many it’s supposed to be.
Can I have seventy slappers instead?
I heard that you already had?
That would explain the itching
Have a good holiday grandad. Leaving the Dutch city myself this friday, for the Scottish mountains, och aye the noo! (Whatever that means). You’ll probably have better weather than me but I’m looking forward to the highland views and fresh air! Take care. xx
Well, find an internet cafe dammit!
Well absence is supposed to make the heart grow fonder . . then again, out of sight, out of mind. Maybe you’d better write a few advance posts to ensure you’re still in virtual existence upon your return. Pretty cottage by the way . . .for a moment, I thought it might be Headrambles Manor then I saw the sunshine!
Have a good time my friend!! my new job starts tomorrow so I will be busy too!!!! Enjoy
Geri - I’ve never been to Scotland, which is strange as it sound like my sort of place [full of mountains]. I expect a full report.
TT - I have better things to be doing.
Baino - No chance. Unless of course my server tries to stage a coup as it did last year, but I doubt that’ll happen this year. It has been warned. Surely you aren’t so fickle that you’d forget about me in a couple of weeks?
Kate - Best of luck with the new job. Are you about to drop off the top of my Top Commentators list?
A food blog maybe.
What will I do while you’re gone?
Save a couple of minutes each day not reading a new post each day… Other than that I can’t think of much…
* goes back to massive 300-strong feed inbox backlog *
Well I think it is time I gave someone else a chance don’t you?
14 weeks off would have been a terrible time without my daily cheer up read.
Have a good time and bring me back some sunshine!
How weird - I’m heading off too, do you think people might think we have eloped?
Popeye - There are too many of them already.
TheChrisD - 300 sites at two minutes each is ten hours. Do you have a life?
Kate - I hope to be back in less than 14 weeks. It depends on the weather.
Flirty - Jayzus!!! I told you not to say anything in public.
@ Grandad: Not really, no…