Posted by Dave Hill on October 1, 2011, 1:44 pm
Good evening everyone from a warm South Wales
Managed to get to Longleat despite the directions supplied by Google
Maps, their directions were giberish. .
After the boat trip we did the safari park by car. Not Bad, but not as
good as my safari in East Africa in the mid 60's, but a lot more
condensed.
Left Longleat and despite Googles directions we eventualy found our
stop for the night, Travel Lodge about 7 miles from the nursery I was
visiting today,Pan Global Plants.
Had to eat in the atached Little Chef, What a farce, wanted a drink
with our meal, and they were out of half the brands on their list, "We
only get 1 delivery a week, so nothing for another 3 or 4 days.
I ordered the pie with Mashed potato, Sorry we are out of mash till
the next delivery, same for baked potatoes, just 1 delivery a week.
When I asked why? I was told "They don't like us holding to much
stock.
Very bad night a lot of noise from the room above, then it was like an
oven and no way to cool the room down.
Add to that the wife,s arm was giving her a lot of pain, so I ended up
geting around 2 to 3 hours sleep only.
At around 7am I decided to have a nice relaxing bath........ I hadn't
realised that in the Handicapped rooms the bath is shallow, raised and
just long enough for me to sit in with my legs out straight, or have
them half way up the wall to getr my upper body into the water. So no
soak.
Mrs Taffy went in for a shower and geting out fell and hit her bad arm
and her backside, and was badly shaken. Great start to the day.
Left to get to the nursery 7 miles away aided yet again by Google
maps." turn left from the Hotel, drive 1/2 a mile and at the
roundabout take the 3rd turning onto the A391"....UH! the 3rd turning
is onto the motorway, and so it went, I just went by instinct and took
an extra 3 miles to get to the nursery.
Ouch! So much I wanted, stuff I had never seen any where else. We
spent just over £200, but have come home with some real treasures, I
have 9 Species dahlias from seed collected by Nigel in Mexico a
couple of years ago, a couple of species Impatiens, a lovely Abutilon,
and a couple of other things.
The wife got 2 Monkey Puzzles, not the ordinary one, one is a hybrid
from Argentina.
Posted by Jake on October 1, 2011, 2:09 pm
On Sat, 1 Oct 2011 10:44:48 -0700 (PDT), Dave Hill
>Good evening everyone from a warm South Wales
>Managed to get to Longleat despite the directions supplied by Google
>Maps, their directions were giberish. .
>After the boat trip we did the safari park by car. Not Bad, but not as
>good as my safari in East Africa in the mid 60's, but a lot more
>condensed.
>Left Longleat and despite Googles directions we eventualy found our
>stop for the night, Travel Lodge about 7 miles from the nursery I was
>visiting today,Pan Global Plants.
>Had to eat in the atached Little Chef, What a farce, wanted a drink
>with our meal, and they were out of half the brands on their list, "We
>only get 1 delivery a week, so nothing for another 3 or 4 days.
>I ordered the pie with Mashed potato, Sorry we are out of mash till
>the next delivery, same for baked potatoes, just 1 delivery a week.
>When I asked why? I was told "They don't like us holding to much
>stock.
>Very bad night a lot of noise from the room above, then it was like an
>oven and no way to cool the room down.
>Add to that the wife,s arm was giving her a lot of pain, so I ended up
>geting around 2 to 3 hours sleep only.
>At around 7am I decided to have a nice relaxing bath........ I hadn't
>realised that in the Handicapped rooms the bath is shallow, raised and
>just long enough for me to sit in with my legs out straight, or have
>them half way up the wall to getr my upper body into the water. So no
>soak.
>Mrs Taffy went in for a shower and geting out fell and hit her bad arm
>and her backside, and was badly shaken. Great start to the day.
>Left to get to the nursery 7 miles away aided yet again by Google
>maps." turn left from the Hotel, drive 1/2 a mile and at the
>roundabout take the 3rd turning onto the A391"....UH! the 3rd turning
>is onto the motorway, and so it went, I just went by instinct and took
>an extra 3 miles to get to the nursery.
>Ouch! So much I wanted, stuff I had never seen any where else. We
>spent just over £200, but have come home with some real treasures, I
>have 9 Species dahlias from seed collected by Nigel in Mexico a
>couple of years ago, a couple of species Impatiens, a lovely Abutilon,
>and a couple of other things.
>The wife got 2 Monkey Puzzles, not the ordinary one, one is a hybrid
>from Argentina.
And greetings back from another warm part of South Wales (where last
evening and this evening have been the same - it's as if someone up
above suddenly pressed down heavily on us. Suddenly so humid and
oppressive).
I dunno, after your experiences of Google Groups I'd have thought that
Google Maps was that last thing you'd trust for a long journey! You
must be a glutton for punishment.
I'll be particularly interested in how the species impatiens perform.
Are they non-susceptible to that disease? Must admit that whilst my
bedding impatiens have long since bitten the firey dust, the new
guineas are still flowering profusely with lots of buds yet to open
(maybe).
Hope SWMBO recovers from her fall quickly.
Cheers, Jake
=======================================================
URGling from the less wet end of Swansea Bay in between
sweeping up leaves by the cubic metre!
www.rivendell.org.uk
Posted by kay on October 1, 2011, 6:37 pm
Jake;938258 Wrote:
>
> I dunno, after your experiences of Google Groups I'd have thought that
> Google Maps was that last thing you'd trust for a long journey! You
> must be a glutton for punishment.
>
But if you work out your own route, Google maps with Street View is a
great help - you can take a look at the awkward junctions, see which of
the various possible villages that tiny lane is signposted to, see what
the nearby buildings are so you don't overshoot.
--
kay
Posted by Pam Moore on October 2, 2011, 4:12 pm
>On Sat, 1 Oct 2011 10:44:48 -0700 (PDT), Dave Hill
>>Good evening everyone from a warm South Wales
>>Managed to get to Longleat despite the directions supplied by Google
>>Maps, their directions were giberish. .
>>After the boat trip we did the safari park by car. Not Bad, but not as
>>good as my safari in East Africa in the mid 60's, but a lot more
>>condensed.
>>Left Longleat and despite Googles directions we eventualy found our
>>stop for the night, Travel Lodge about 7 miles from the nursery I was
>>visiting today,Pan Global Plants.
>>Had to eat in the atached Little Chef, What a farce, wanted a drink
>>with our meal, and they were out of half the brands on their list, "We
>>only get 1 delivery a week, so nothing for another 3 or 4 days.
>>I ordered the pie with Mashed potato, Sorry we are out of mash till
>>the next delivery, same for baked potatoes, just 1 delivery a week.
>>When I asked why? I was told "They don't like us holding to much
>>stock.
>>Very bad night a lot of noise from the room above, then it was like an
>>oven and no way to cool the room down.
>>Add to that the wife,s arm was giving her a lot of pain, so I ended up
>>geting around 2 to 3 hours sleep only.
>>At around 7am I decided to have a nice relaxing bath........ I hadn't
>>realised that in the Handicapped rooms the bath is shallow, raised and
>>just long enough for me to sit in with my legs out straight, or have
>>them half way up the wall to getr my upper body into the water. So no
>>soak.
>>Mrs Taffy went in for a shower and geting out fell and hit her bad arm
>>and her backside, and was badly shaken. Great start to the day.
>>Left to get to the nursery 7 miles away aided yet again by Google
>>maps." turn left from the Hotel, drive 1/2 a mile and at the
>>roundabout take the 3rd turning onto the A391"....UH! the 3rd turning
>>is onto the motorway, and so it went, I just went by instinct and took
>>an extra 3 miles to get to the nursery.
>>Ouch! So much I wanted, stuff I had never seen any where else. We
>>spent just over £200, but have come home with some real treasures, I
>>have 9 Species dahlias from seed collected by Nigel in Mexico a
>>couple of years ago, a couple of species Impatiens, a lovely Abutilon,
>>and a couple of other things.
>>The wife got 2 Monkey Puzzles, not the ordinary one, one is a hybrid
>>from Argentina.
>And greetings back from another warm part of South Wales (where last
>evening and this evening have been the same - it's as if someone up
>above suddenly pressed down heavily on us. Suddenly so humid and
>oppressive).
>I dunno, after your experiences of Google Groups I'd have thought that
>Google Maps was that last thing you'd trust for a long journey! You
>must be a glutton for punishment.
>I'll be particularly interested in how the species impatiens perform.
>Are they non-susceptible to that disease? Must admit that whilst my
>bedding impatiens have long since bitten the firey dust, the new
>guineas are still flowering profusely with lots of buds yet to open
>(maybe).
>Hope SWMBO recovers from her fall quickly.
>Cheers, Jake
>=======================================================
>URGling from the less wet end of Swansea Bay in between
>sweeping up leaves by the cubic metre!
>www.rivendell.org.uk
Dave your story sounded like a nightmare until you reached the
nursery. Glad the trip was worth it.
Jake ditto the impatiens, My New Guinea hybrids are doing fine.
Pam in Bristol
Posted by Bob Hobden on October 2, 2011, 4:00 am
"Dave Hill" wrote ((huge snip))
>Good evening everyone from a warm South Wales
>Managed to get to Longleat despite the directions supplied by Google
>Maps, their directions were giberish. .
I have used Google Maps to find places and then see them in "Street View" so
I know what to look for when I get there and find that very useful. Their
directions are probably OK if you stop and check them every junction but a
good SatNav is the way to go.
A SatNav that is clear and concise map is better than those all singing
things which show a fancy picture and therefor make it difficult to
understand at a glance, they also need voice commands. I have used them
since they first came out when all they had was arrows etc, and no map,
probably easier to see/understand too.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
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>Managed to get to Longleat despite the directions supplied by Google
>Maps, their directions were giberish. .
>After the boat trip we did the safari park by car. Not Bad, but not as
>good as my safari in East Africa in the mid 60's, but a lot more
>condensed.
>Left Longleat and despite Googles directions we eventualy found our
>stop for the night, Travel Lodge about 7 miles from the nursery I was
>visiting today,Pan Global Plants.
>Had to eat in the atached Little Chef, What a farce, wanted a drink
>with our meal, and they were out of half the brands on their list, "We
>only get 1 delivery a week, so nothing for another 3 or 4 days.
>I ordered the pie with Mashed potato, Sorry we are out of mash till
>the next delivery, same for baked potatoes, just 1 delivery a week.
>When I asked why? I was told "They don't like us holding to much
>stock.
>Very bad night a lot of noise from the room above, then it was like an
>oven and no way to cool the room down.
>Add to that the wife,s arm was giving her a lot of pain, so I ended up
>geting around 2 to 3 hours sleep only.
>At around 7am I decided to have a nice relaxing bath........ I hadn't
>realised that in the Handicapped rooms the bath is shallow, raised and
>just long enough for me to sit in with my legs out straight, or have
>them half way up the wall to getr my upper body into the water. So no
>soak.
>Mrs Taffy went in for a shower and geting out fell and hit her bad arm
>and her backside, and was badly shaken. Great start to the day.
>Left to get to the nursery 7 miles away aided yet again by Google
>maps." turn left from the Hotel, drive 1/2 a mile and at the
>roundabout take the 3rd turning onto the A391"....UH! the 3rd turning
>is onto the motorway, and so it went, I just went by instinct and took
>an extra 3 miles to get to the nursery.
>Ouch! So much I wanted, stuff I had never seen any where else. We
>spent just over £200, but have come home with some real treasures, I
>have 9 Species dahlias from seed collected by Nigel in Mexico a
>couple of years ago, a couple of species Impatiens, a lovely Abutilon,
>and a couple of other things.
>The wife got 2 Monkey Puzzles, not the ordinary one, one is a hybrid
>from Argentina.