Summer is here!

[Headsnap]

After many long months of pissing rain and fucking horrible weather, summer has finally arrived in the Highlands of Scotland. The clouds have lifted from the mountains and across the loch, and what was once a dull and dreary hellhole of a village has suddenly become a paradise nestled within the rugged beauty of Britain's last true wilderness (Exmoor doesn't count because the army use it to test weapons and it is a shitty Cornish smellhole), the imposing peak of Ben Nevis, Britain's highest mountain, looming large and daring silly middle-class Americans to attempt the ascent in shorts and t-shirts, leading to the sound which all the locals call the "first bells of summer"; the chop-chop-chop of the Mountain Rescue helicopter as it is dispatched to remove such idiots from "the hill".

Summer does strange things to me. Usually it simply fills me with the compunction to go out, take a lot of drugs and a lot of drink and sleep with the first hoofer that topples onto me at the end of the night. This year, however, it is different. I don't know if it's some new mature appreciation of the natural surroundings that I've seen every summer since I was 4, the fact that I'm getting fitter, or simply the knowledge that work will soon be getting busy with the onset of tourist season combined with my work-shy desire to escape such toil, but whatever it is for some reason I feel myself compelled to go backpacking. Not just here either; I've found myself increasingly looking at backpacking websites and adventure holiday shite, stuff I'd never normally think twice about doing because it's for snot-faced greasy-haired university students, but stuff which I am this year inescapably drawn to this year. There isn't much point because I am skint and I've got my pre-selection for the Marines coming up in less than a fortnight, and if that goes well I'll be off to basic training before I get chance to do anything, but that's the way my interest seems to be drawn at the moment.

That, plus a general diminishing of my desire to antagonise and annoy people both online and in real life AND the lightening of my mood, is starting to scare me. I think I'm finally growing up and turning into a functional adult human being. Anyone who has advice on how to reverse this terminal decline please enlighten me

Anyway I just wanted to make a big long elaborate post about summer and my plans for it, such as they are. Anyone else who has plans for the summer may feel free to post them here for a small fee.

That is all. Have a nice summer

[Azrael]

Let's see, my summer plans. Well, I was thinking about...

...the imposing peak of Ben Nevis, Britain's highest mountain, looming large and daring silly middle-class Americans to attempt the ascent in shorts and t-shirts, leading to the sound which all the locals call the "first bells of summer"; the chop-chop-chop of the Mountain Rescue helicopter as it is dispatched to remove such idiots from "the hill".

Uh, no. Nope. No plans.

[slap'n'ticklee]

Great post Headsnap.. all the best with what you wanna do over the summer months.

I've already started getting ready for summer, I've started jogging and hopefully very soon I'll be running, its improving each day I go out so it won't be long.

Another plan for the summer is a holiday in Italy which I can't wait for after working extra hours at work and weekends be lovely to finally get a proper break from it all, its much much needed

[Headsnap]

Oooh Italy. Land of pasta and mafias. Which part are you thinking of going to?

[slap'n'ticklee]

Oooh Italy. Land of pasta and mafias. Which part are you thinking of going to?

LOL we've booked Lake Garda but the location is Limone, hopefully we will go up to visit the Dolomite mountains and of course the themepark, water rides, great fun (I hope lol). I've never been to Italy, wanted to go for a long time, finally get my arse out there

Wonder if its true that the Italian men out there pinch ladies bums hehe lol

[Headsnap]

I think it's true to be honest. They'll pinch anything that's not nailed down according to my xenophobic WW2 veteran great-uncle. Still, always nice to go somewhere you've always wanted to go but never been, sounds like a nice little holiday.

[Knox The Hatter]

Snappy, my dear friend, I have just the ticket for you. My friend has a Samurai sword, booty taken home by his father while he was serving in MacArthur's occupation forces. The day you ever find yourself morphing into a normal, compassionate human being, you can have the sword so that you can be the latest using it to commit the most solemn act of Seppuku. Use it well, mate.

[red indian]

Blimey snappy! sounds like you have been drawing deep on the old piece pipe of late!

Not sure it suits you, and whats this about joining Her Majesties Royal Marines!!?? blimey! dont leave me to fight all these colonials by myself please!

[Bugman]

Not sure it suits you, and whats this about joining Her Majesties Royal Marines!!?? blimey! dont leave me to fight all these colonials by myself please!

Greetings from the (former) colonies. LOL. My only firm plans for the summer involve my first NEST .And perhaps,a road trip to Ohio to see someone i very much want to meet.

[steph]

OMG, lucky you!
(And yes it's true.) Don't bother running to the cops, they look at you like you're insane and won't do jack about it.
And the locals gas the trains and rob tourists so if you take one, be sure and lock your car. The conductors will have a cow but oh well.
XOXO

LOL we've booked Lake Garda but the location is Limone, hopefully we will go up to visit the Dolomite mountains and of course the themepark, water rides, great fun (I hope lol). I've never been to Italy, wanted to go for a long time, finally get my arse out there

Wonder if its true that the Italian men out there pinch ladies bums hehe lol

[slap'n'ticklee]

OMG, lucky you!
(And yes it's true.) Don't bother running to the cops, they look at you like you're insane and won't do jack about it.
And the locals gas the trains and rob tourists so if you take one, be sure and lock your car. The conductors will have a cow but oh well.
XOXO

LOL I won't be doing any running to cops

Thanks for the advice about the trains, muchly appreciated

[subZer0]

Good stuff, headsnap. Hope the selection goes well, let us know how you do, I've got mates in the RM, selection is tough, Basic is fucking solid.