Staff Training it HERE..

[CAMPFRIEND]

Well kids its time for me to start training my staff.. I hope that all of you have a great summer and I will talk to you all very soon..

[laurathistle]

Have a great summer!

[Smudge]

Have a fab summer

[Possuumm]

Have a GREAT summer :)

[campnerd99]

Hope your summer gets off to a great start at training! =)

[Angel_Jenny]

Have fun!! Love to hear everyones stories later :D

[ArtisticEric]

Have a Grrrrrrrrreat one ! ^_____^

[Possum]

Have fun and have a great summer!

[camper]

have an awesome summer!

[sarahuk]

Have a super summer!!!

[CAMPFRIEND]

Well we are half way done with week one and I have a great staff. I can't wait for the camper to see what my staff can do. I hope that all of you have a great summer..

[these.city.lights]

Cant wait for the camper?
Is this just a single camper camp? :D

Well done on training up your staff good and proper!

[Angel_Jenny]

lol Chris u don't half pick up on the smallest things!! :-p It was obvious what they meant hehe!
I thought u had a little longer than Laura till camp but u are both on 3 days!! WOW

[these.city.lights]

Ahh Angel_Jenny how you made me laugh just then!! That was a good post!
I only said it as a joke :D
I just had a vision in my head of all these staff and just one camper looking at about 50 staff ahahaha!

Yep we both set off on our journeys this monday. Hers is a little longer than mine I think.
I think she has more to do before she's out of the country whereas all I have to do is drive along the M4 to heathrow, wait 3 hours and I'm out.

[laurathistle]

Yes, you are right Chris. I need to get the train from Glasgow to Manchester where I am staying over night because I need to check in at 6.30am.

Incidentally, who's heard of MegaBus? Did you know there is now a MegaTrain? Well, I booked through MegaTrain(same website as MegaBus) but it is actually a Virgin train.

[Angel_Jenny]

Thats cool! I heard of Megabus and was tempted to use it but then decided will use it when I don't have much baggage etc because it's supposedly not very comfy! They have it in the US too according to website! Never knew about train though!

[laurathistle]

I used MegaBus alot when I lived in Inverness before I passed my driving test. The buses were always brand new. Ok, they don't have a toilet on board, but I would never use a toilet on a bus anyway.

[Smudge]

I have used Megabus - it is ok but I wouldn't use to travel to or from London cos the coach station they use is sooooooo sketchy cos it isn't the main victoria bus station.

I am staying at an airport hotel when I fly too cos I have a 6.10am check, ICK.

[these.city.lights]

I've "mega-bussed" it to London from Bristol before. Wasnt bad at all and neither was the station in Victoria but this was during the day time so I dont know what its like in the evenings/late at night.
It was more of a mega "coach". It had toilets and everything but the seats had no leg room.
I havent done the mega train yet, but there's only 2 trains a day I think. From my city anyway. And the one coming home from London leaves London before the one TO London has arrived. So you can't ever "Mega-train" it to London and back in the same day.

Good Luck with your early check-ins, Smudge and Laura!
Mines a nice plumpy time of 1pm. Which is in exactly 36 hours as of me typing this.

[Smudge]

Yeah, thats right rub it in - but at least it means that I am arriving in boston at a reasonable time of day, and hence getting to camp at a reasonable time - hopefully while it is still light so that I can explore it while eating the ice-cream sandwich that will be waiting for me when I get to camp as payment for the games file I have compiled and am giving a copy of too my friend when I get to camp.

[these.city.lights]

Sorry Smudge, am I making you jelous cos my counter is down to ONE DAY!!!!!
Ice cream sandwich sounds good to me.
I've not tried it but I have had a curly wurly sandwich before.
The bread kinda ruined it.

[Smudge]

Yes you are but it isn't long until I go to camp.

An Ice-cream sandwich is great - it is vanila ice-cream between 2 layers of chocolate sponge that is more like biscuit than sponge. They are GOOD! specially when you haven't had one for 3 years.

[these.city.lights]

No you've only got just over 2 weeks left!
Enjoy the wait! The excitement is great!

Ice cream sandwiches! I'm going to have me one of those!

[Smudge]

At the moment I am gonna need every one those days i have been now and when I leave to finish my mending (or should I say for my mum to finish it cos I can't see well enought to do it), to complete some cards I have been commissioned to make and other stuff I need to do, oh and I get to go and see my baby nephew next weekend for the first time.

[these.city.lights]

Ohh its all happening now!
I quite enjoyed the "rush" towards the end of my wait.
I had a lot to do and yeah so maybe I didnt get it all done but it sure was fun to keep me busy.

[Smudge]

Yeah - I plan to keep as busy as possible cos otherwise i will stress about losing things or leaving them at home (my second year at camp I packed a single pair of socks - but that was my mothers fault - she was hoovering and eventually took over cos of course I can't possible know what I am doing etc and didn't pack them).

[these.city.lights]

One pair of socks?! :O
I packed 10!
Wow yeah I'd really worry that I'd be on the plane and then my heart just stop cos I've forgotten one REALLY important thing.
Something thats almost stupid to have forgotten.

[Smudge]

what like you passport?

that is the kind of thing i would do! That is why I use lists - if I can ever get around to writing this years.

[laurathistle]

Well I check in at 6.30am, fly at 10.30pm, land in Minneapolis at 16.50pm (Us time) get two buses that will get me to Duluth at 22.10pm then a van to take me to camp, but I don't know how long that will take. alls I know is that it will be dark and feel like 6am my time by the time I get to camp!

[laurathistle]

An Ice-cream sandwich is great - it is vanila ice-cream between 2 layers of chocolate sponge that is more like biscuit than sponge. They are GOOD! specially when you haven't had one for 3 years.

Have you ever had a maxiboine (sp) ice lolly? Is it like that?

[these.city.lights]

Arr thats a long day, Laura!
Luckily my journey tomorrow only consists of:
3 hour drive
3 hour wait
6 hour flight
1 hour drive

Actually putting it that way my day seems pretty long. Especially that 3 hour wait! Not as long as your journey, though, laura.
Are you going to be posting on talkcamp through-out your summer?

[Smudge]

Laura i have never had one of those ice-lolly things you were talking about so can help you I'm afraid - all I can suggest is you try one when you have a chance!

I hope that both your flights go well.

[these.city.lights]

I hope that both your flights go well.

Thanks Smudge! So do I! I've not been on plane since 2001 so dont know whether I'm going to be a little worried.

[Smudge]

I am sure it will be fine - you are less likely to be involved in an plane accident/inncident than you are in a car or walking. Since 9/11, and more so since 7/7 and the incident last year they have been working really hard to make air travel even safer. I have flown loads of times since 9/11 and have never had a problem!

[these.city.lights]

No its not that I'm worried about.
Its just the whole taking off thing. Some people are scared of flying in general. I doubt I will be. I'll be LOVING it if anything.

[Smudge]

Ah.

The only thing I don't like about flying is the landing but that is cos I get terrible ear pain (even when I use ear planes I get some pain).

But other than that I love flying - specially with Virgin cos you get loads of choices of what to watch, a goody bag and the food is OK (I have nothing to compare it with cos they are the only company I have ever flown long haul with).

[these.city.lights]

I'M WITH VIRGIN!!
Do I get a tv in the headrest? Can I fiddle with it and change what I watch?

[Smudge]

Yes you can. You will prob have 4 movie channels with 2 diff movies on each, music channels, commedy, kids and games, and radio channels. And a cool thing that lets you keep track of the flight.

And you get a goody bag with an eye mask, ear plugs, notepad, pen and toothbrush, plus a charity donation envelope for any change you have in your wallet (nearly typed purse!)

[these.city.lights]

I may have a purse! You never know!
Wicked! the flight sounds awesome!
Although I should talk to the person next to me for a bit haha!
Dont want to be rude now do i!

[Smudge]

No you dont - but you will prob be sitting by other people going to camp so you will so busy talking about your diff camps that you will not think about the movies until the first one is first is hald over.

[Angel_Jenny]

hehehe I was reading all these posts I missed and was thinking an ice-cream Sandwich sounds like half the Maxibon but Laura beat me too it!! So yes Laura you're right lol :D

I flew with Virgin last year and u can even pause the film when u go to the loo lol! I had a front seat so lots of legroom and was next to window which I like :D! The 2 people sat with me didn't talk and I gave up after a while because it was like pulling teeth! Hope it's better this year hehe though I managed to keep myself entertained! One of them slept alot of journey and the other was an old man and I'm sure he managed to read the same Newspaper the WHOLE flight hehe so hopefully u have more luck!

[Smudge]

WOW he is a slow reader!

I have usually ended up sitting beside some interesting people.

[these.city.lights]

Ahh I cant wait for the flight.
I'll seriously be fiddling with the TV screens the entire way.
Purposly going to the toilet even when i dont need it just so i can pause it!

[Smudge]

You have fun doing that!

[CAMPFRIEND]

Well we are in week two of camp and things are going great. I hope all of you have a good training and a great summer!

[collissimon]

Glad to hear everything is going ok! Am off myself tomorrow... still not started packing yet though!

[CTarantine]

Have a wonderful time at camp. Good luck with packing.

[CAMPFRIEND]

Collissimon- I hope that you have a great summer!