What's the shorest length of time you have ever spent in a town or city? (1 Viewer)

Otis · Jun 19, 2018

Not talking about waiting at airports or anything of that ilk. Destinations you have actually wanted and chosen to go to, but didn't stay long.

Obviously poping to the shops or city centre of your home city doesn't count either.

Just went to Birmingham and stayed 11 mins. New record I think for me. Got the train, went to get the gift card for the place I wanted (so 5 mins walk. Got served, 5 mins back and straight back on the same train.

Otis · Jun 19, 2018

Previous record was 30 mins in St Ives and 30 mins in France.

bezzer · Jun 19, 2018

Southend. Cycled there from Rugby over a couple of days with friends. Arrived, met the families, quick photo, in the car and drove home. Spent less than 20 minutes there.

jimmyhillsfanclub · Jun 19, 2018

Cork.....I only popped in....

Otis · Jun 19, 2018

The St Ives one wasn't deliberate, while today's was.

St Ives was one of those horrible Harry Shaw type holidays where they would keep stopping at some wool outlet store on the way down and it took forever. 8 and a half hours I think.

Supposed to have a half day in St Ives, but by the time we finally arrived (right up the top the hill looking down on the bay) we got off the coach the driver said we had only got half an hour tops Absolutely nowhere for us to go and nowt to do, other than just look down on the bay.

Looked for about 15 mins and got back on the coach.

olderskyblue · Jun 19, 2018

5 minutes in York. Went up for the day, but as we parked, my 3 yr old son threw up. He wasn’t well so the wife insisted we went home....

eastwoodsdustman · Jun 19, 2018

about half a hour in Glasgow. Our flight got redirected from Tenerife so hung around in the airport for half an hour in my England shirt getting dirty looks from them all.

skybluetony176 · Jun 19, 2018

Western Supermare. 30 minutes. Thought it would be a nice day out, soon found out we were wrong. I’m proper council but my god what a scum filled shit pit that place is.

Otis · Jun 19, 2018

skybluetony176 said:
Western Supermare. 30 minutes. Thought it would be a nice day out, soon found out we were wrong. I’m proper council but my god what a scum filled shit pit that place is.

Yep. Even the water looks like someone's pooed in it.

ovduk78 · Jun 20, 2018

My son's just joined the cadets so I had to take him to get some boots from a shop in Glasgow. The shop is next to Queen Street station so we got the train, went to the shop & bought the boots and whilst in there we could hear music from outside so I asked the guy in the shop & he said it was the start of the marching season and it was an orange parade. That was the end of our plans to spend some time & get lunch in Glasgow so we got back on the train & came home.

rob9872 · Jun 20, 2018

Exmouth - arrived in the middle of the night about 25 years ago. First time away with the Mrs and nothing planned just filled the car and said lets go away for a few days and drive until we've had enough. Got there looked about said not much here and nothing open at that time so decided to drive along the coast to Weymouth instead. Middle of the night pre sat-nav and dark - really dark, praying we didn't breakdown on awful hilly roads. Fortunately made it and had a great hols, still together so can't have been that bad

bringbackrattles · Jun 20, 2018

In my wild youth got nicked in Wolverhampton before a match, had only stepped off the train 20 minutes prior to getting into a scuffle with some Wolves fans. Coppers grabbed a few of us gave us some slaps and put us back on a train !

jimmyhillsfanclub · Jun 20, 2018

bringbackrattles said:
In my wild youth got nicked in Wolverhampton before a match, had only stepped off the train 20 minutes prior to getting into a scuffle with some Wolves fans. Coppers grabbed a few of us gave us some slaps and put us back on a train !

Ha ha.........the old bill certainly knew how to keep the paperwork to a minimum back then.....

bringbackrattles · Jun 20, 2018

jimmyhillsfanclub said:
Ha ha.........the old bill certainly knew how to keep the paperwork to a minimum back then.....

None of this banning order back then, you'd take a few digs,get lobbed out, be back in next match !
I recall a hard copper in the 70's think he was PC Jenkins ? He loved a punch up at games, he once called me over at some "disturbance " and I had Mungo Jerry sideboards, he grabbed them and lifted me off my feet ! My mates in the West End cracked up laughing, as tears poured down my face. But as tough as he was he secretly liked us all !

Otis · Jun 20, 2018

bringbackrattles said:
None of this banning order back then, you'd take a few digs,get lobbed out, be back in next match !
I recall a hard copper in the 70's think he was PC Jenkins ? He loved a punch up at games, he once called me over at some "disturbance " and I had Mungo Jerry sideboards, he grabbed them and lifted me off my feet ! My mates in the West End cracked up laughing, as tears poured down my face. But as tough as he was he secretly liked us all !

There would be a lot to grip on to be fair.

richnrg · Jun 20, 2018

Oxford - about 15 minutes.

When I was about 16 my mum got me a new coat for my birthday. I proudly wore it that night when going for a bit of underage drinking in town with my mates, and (which would become a habit in later years) prompty left it behind on the floor of whatever pub/club we ended up in, as I didn't want to waste money paying for the 'cloakroom'.

To save getting murdered by my mum the next day I got the bus into Coventry to buy a replacement without her finding out - the only problem is, the Cov branch of 'Burtons' didn't have any left, so I ran to the train station, got a train to Oxford (not sure why I chose Oxford), ran from Oxford staion to Burtons, bought coat, back on train, and home in time for tea. Mission successful - mum none the wiser!

(I think I lost it again about a month later after leaving it on the floor in some club again and had to walk home freezing.)

robbieray · Jun 20, 2018

Doncaster

Houchens Head · Jun 20, 2018

Lymington in Hampshire. Driven through many times on the way back up to Cov (via IoW ferry), but last year, my step daughter, who lives in London, phoned us a week before to say she would come to see us for Mother's Day, but could we get the ferry over and she would meet us at the port in Lymington. We booked the tickets as foot passengers and caught the ferry at the appropriate time. Just as it was leaving Yarmouth, my wife got a text message from her daughter saying she had over-slept and was still in London. Could we make it another day? Needless to say, we weren't too pleased. Ferries ain't cheap! So we had to disembark at Lymington then join the small queue of foot passengers for the same ferry back to the island! What a waste of a day!

no_loyalty · Jun 20, 2018

When I borrowed a company car once, the missus fancied some proper fish and chips from a seaside town, so I drove to Weston Super Mare, she ate the fish and chips on the sea front, I then drove home

no_loyalty · Jun 20, 2018

Houchens Head said:
Lymington in Hampshire. Driven through many times on the way back up to Cov (via IoW ferry), but last year, my step daughter, who lives in London, phoned us a week before to say she would come to see us for Mother's Day, but could we get the ferry over and she would meet us at the port in Lymington. We booked the tickets as foot passengers and caught the ferry at the appropriate time. Just as it was leaving Yarmouth, my wife got a text message from her daughter saying she had over-slept and was still in London. Could we make it another day? Needless to say, we weren't too pleased. Ferries ain't cheap! So we had to disembark at Lymington then join the small queue of foot passengers for the same ferry back to the island! What a waste of a day!

I'm driving to Lymington next Friday, as the missus has booked us a week away in the Isle Of Wight

rob9872 · Jun 20, 2018

no_loyalty said:
When I borrowed a company car once, the missus fancied some proper fish and chips from a seaside town, so I drove to Weston Super Mare, she ate the fish and chips on the sea front, I then drove home

We did that too lol. Atlantic fish bar about half a mile back from sea though big orange front. Best F&C ever.

Houchens Head · Jun 20, 2018

no_loyalty said:
I'm driving to Lymington next Friday, as the missus has booked us a week away in the Isle Of Wight

Festival or holibobs?

Otis · Jun 20, 2018

no_loyalty said:
When I borrowed a company car once, the missus fancied some proper fish and chips from a seaside town, so I drove to Weston Super Mare, she ate the fish and chips on the sea front, I then drove home

Shame she didn't also ask from a proper seaside town.

Otis · Jun 20, 2018

Houchens Head said:
Festival or holibobs?

Please don't ever use 'holibobs' again.

You have been suitably warned.

Houchens Head · Jun 21, 2018

Otis said:
Please don't ever use 'holibobs' again.

You have been suitably warned.

Oh yeah??
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no_loyalty · Jun 21, 2018

Houchens Head said:
Festival or holibobs?

Lollipops. Isn't the festival this weekend?

chiefdave · Jun 21, 2018

Not shortest amount of time but there's plenty of cities I've visit while on tour with various bands that I've seen nothing of. Especially when its a band playing arenas. You wake up on the tour bus already in the arena, at the end of the gig you get back on the tour bus and get driven overnight to the next arena. Sometimes you don't even set foot outside the building.

Its a bit odd to have travelled all round Europe multiple times and gone to places like Japan and Australia without really seeing anything.

Ashdown · Jun 21, 2018

bringbackrattles said:
In my wild youth got nicked in Wolverhampton before a match, had only stepped off the train 20 minutes prior to getting into a scuffle with some Wolves fans. Coppers grabbed a few of us gave us some slaps and put us back on a train !

I got threw out of Wolves back in the 80's ! Oh we had such fun goading them yam yams........good job I could run then, we had to leg it back to the train station ahead of a chunk of the 'Tubeway Army'

Houchens Head · Jun 21, 2018

no_loyalty said:
Lollipops. Isn't the festival this weekend?

Yeah. Unofficial start today. Main stuff tomorrow until Sunday. I just leave my windows open. I can hear it all from my place! Whereabouts will you stayin'?

no_loyalty · Jun 21, 2018

Houchens Head said:
Yeah. Unofficial start today. Main stuff tomorrow until Sunday. I just leave my windows open. I can hear it all from my place! Whereabouts will you stayin'?

Thorness bay

Houchens Head · Jun 21, 2018

no_loyalty said:
Thorness bay

That a nice part of the island. If you come into Newport anytime give us a shout and we can meet for a pint if you like. I also know the island like a local so if there's anything you need to know, just ask me.

bringbackrattles · Jun 21, 2018

Houchens Head said:
That a nice part of the island. If you come into Newport anytime give us a shout and we can meet for a pint if you like. I also know the island like a local so if there's anything you need to know, just ask me.

I met my mate on the rail station today he's just out at the nick I took to the pub, we drank for hours, he was hyped up. He hasn't been home for 3 years, he loves Cov !

Otis · Jun 22, 2018

Houchens Head said:
Oh yeah??
Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs Hollibobs

Now you're just being childish.

wingy · Jun 22, 2018

Otis said:
Now you're just being childish.

What is that modern day equivilent of the old tongue out retort /insult?
The middle finger?
Love the two examples here, it's the ultimate!
Go away ,leave me be! !

no_loyalty · Jun 22, 2018

Houchens Head said:
That a nice part of the island. If you come into Newport anytime give us a shout and we can meet for a pint if you like. I also know the island like a local so if there's anything you need to know, just ask me.

Ok, will PM you if I get over there

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