16-10-16, 11:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 17-10-16, 12:05 AM by tommyardin.)
Great story Tommy, character building! It illustrates what I think- the last couple of generations of the country's young Men have gone a bit soft. No technical skills, no staunch can do attitude, rather punch a keyboard than do manual graft. It's the old 'uns that get drafted in to fix a leaking tap, tinker with a car or assemble flat pack furniture for them. I got a socket set for my 21st birthday, beats a manbag and a beard grooming kit every time.
It was an great adventure but it was also very taxing and have to admit to wanting to die on more than one occasion on that trip, We had both been at work on the building site at 7-30 on the Friday morning and
worked till 5-30 that afternoon and left Fernhurst around 7pm that evening off on our adventure, crashed off to sleep on the Saturday evening about 8 pm, so 7-30 am on Friday to 8 pm on the Saturday that is 36 hours or more without kip, as I said earlier a couple of points through that period death would have been welcomed. LOL! what a tart. :'(