Another lockdown… another commute

[bsnub]

If you came here in hot season in April you would really be shocked. March-May is 85 for a low and 105+ for a high each and every day.

I would be dead.

I spent time in Georgia on business, and it was 101 degrees and 99% humidity and was utterly miserable. The reality is that I tolerate cold much more than heat, especially with the summers here being so much hotter recently and the forest fires that fill the air with smoke. Something that never happened when I was a kid. Makes me appreciate fall and winter even more.

[hallelujah]

Hey when you have not felt below 80F in the mornings and 95+ mid day to sunset you get a different perspective on cold. If you came here in hot season in April you would really be shocked. March-May is 85 for a low and 105+ for a high each and every day.

Kanchanaburi, Ayutthaya and other places nearby in April. Dear God, that is some fucking heat.

I was in Bagan in Burma too one April and that was fucking insane. More of a dry heat I thought though.

[bsnub]

More of a dry heat I thought though.

I can handle dry heat, it is the humidity that kills me. I am fine in Vegas or even Death Valley.

[Saint Willy]

Kanchanaburi, Ayutthaya and other places nearby in April. Dear God, that is some fucking heat.

And the mad Thailand Tigers AFL footy team always play a game at 2.00pm in Kanchanaburi!

[hallelujah]

I can handle dry heat, it is the humidity that kills me. I am fine in Vegas or even Death Valley.

Yeah, me too. There have been times in Thailand when the heat and humidity have quite literally taken my breath away.

Stepping out of the car just after Hat Yai, close to the border with Malaysia, in late March was another one of those occasions.

If you ever make it over there, make sure you time it for this time of year and head for Korat so you can snuggle up with Mendip and the gardener when the temperatures are going the other way.

[hallelujah]

And the mad Thailand Tigers AFL footy team always play a game at 2.00pm in Kanchanaburi!

I used to go running at that time when I first arrived like a proper newbie. I soon wised up to that though.

[Mendip]

If you ever make it over there, make sure you time it for this time of year and head for Korat so you can snuggle up with Mendip and the gardener when the temperatures are going the other way.

Yeah, come on up in March Snubs... you'll be begging me for some silk wicking underwear before you know it!

[malmomike77]

Abour 14 years ago went to Leemworl outside bkk. Actually had a laugh but the funniest was santaworld or whatever it was called. A small warehouse with various snow attractions that had turned to ice. All thias were issued puffa jackets freezing their little selves, bkk being hot and humid i walked in to a comfortable 6c in me T shirt, was bliss. Then creamed all the kids on the petrol gokart track. Ahhh the memories

[bsnub]

If you ever make it over there, make sure you time it for this time of year and head for Korat so you can snuggle up with Mendip and the gardener when the temperatures are going the other way.

HAHAHA! It will be for sure!

Yeah, come on up in March Snubs... you'll be begging me for some silk wicking underwear before you know it!

If I do come to LOS you and Ant, Norts, LT, Stumpy/Jp, and AO would be at the top of my list!

[Saint Willy]

Then creamed all the kids on the petrol gokart track. Ahhh the memories

My hero!

[malmomike77]

Thanks it was a glorious memory, the kids and their dads crying, were you crying along. I found i had an advantage over the far fvcks.

[Mendip]

Speaking of which, how long will you be quarantining in BKK?

With this new Omricon variant there is a new 4 day quarantine requirement. It's a bit inconvenient but better safe than sorry.

It's that damn incessant drizzle that cheeses me off.

That's the trouble... down this way it's either mild with the constant drizzle or dry but brass money cold. When I first started working offshore the boats were small and so the work was much more weather dependent... I worked between March and October to cram enough work days in and then had the winters off when there was no work. It wasn't long until I headed SE Asia-wards to avoid the long winters.

Who wants 4 months off in this? Today it has been driving drizzle coming in from the west... all day long. A reminder why I left the UK in the first place.



Still, it was a good day to cross another outing off the list, a trip that didn't need good weather.

It's not everywhere that cider gets it's own road sign.



Just follow the signs...



And today the shop was open!



The Holy Grail.



All of the Thatchers Cider you see anywhere in the world comes from Myrtle Farm in Sandford, Somerset.

All of those bottles of Green Goblin sold in The Robin Hood on Sukhumvit by the Phrom Phong BTS station and all of those tins of Thatchers Gold that HeadHunter and meself get in Korat started life at Myrtle Farm. It makes you think.

I've discovered that the cider farm tours will be starting up again... so there's a family day out for the planned visit with the wife and daughter next summer.

Thatchers Cider

The shop...

I wouldn't mind getting snowed in here for 3 days!



I thought about getting the gardener a Thatchers bucket for his Christmas present but I don't think he would really appreciate it.



I'd normally get a gallon (4 litres these days) of dry/medium mix scrumpy but lately my wind has been so bad with all the boiled cabbage my mum has been feeding me on I thought it unwise. Besides, my diet continues.



What a view!



I always tend towards the 'dry' end of the scale.



Green Goblin is probably my favourite cider. Despite my calory watching I took a couple of bottles, with a mixture of others. A nice round 8 bottles seemed like a good number.



Here is the main range chilled in a fridge. I thought about some cheese but will get that in Cheddar later in the week. I'm taking 3 check-in bags back to Bangkok next week and will do a practice pack soon... any available weight will be used up with cheese.



Pickles and chutneys... I couldn't resist a personalised Piccalilly!



And a few souvenirs. I'd normally resist the tat but couldn't seem to stop meself today.

Still, T-shirts are always useful and the daughter needs a water bottle for school. A bar mat can always come in handy as well!



A nice little haul. I'm already regretting only buying 8 bottles as I seem to have drunk 2 while typing this damn post.



At least I saved this bottle of Green Goblin the hassle of being transported to Sukhumvit!

[David48atTD]

I can handle dry heat, it is the humidity that kills me. I am fine in Vegas

It's not often I agree 100% with snubbie, but, in regard to this ...

[Joe 90]

I remember travelling from a 45oC Mildura in Victoria, Oz back to the UK in winter and the UK was -14oC at the time.

59oC temperature difference, was a weird old shock to the system.

Any more sightseeing plans before you return back to Thailand Mendip?

[Loy Toy]

I remember travelling from a 45oC Mildura in Victoria, Oz back to the UK in winter and the UK was -14oC at the time.

59oC temperature difference, was a weird old shock to the system.

Any more sightseeing plans before you return back to Thailand Mendip?

Reminds me of the time I spent a day in Boulder Colorado at the weekend market and it was quite hot at 32 degrees C.

Back at the hotel in Denver, the next morning I woke up and it was snowing and minus 5 degrees.

I froze my nuts off.

[Joe 90]

What's your luggage allowance when you fly back Mendip?

you might want to get some luggage scales..

[Mendip]

^^ I remember one time going from +30 ish in Korat to -25 ish in Trondheim for work in a day. It's amazing how quickly your body adapts.

Unless you're Thai of course... when it's either too hot or too cold.

Any more sightseeing plans before you return back to Thailand Mendip?

To be honest matey not really, I've had enough now. It's been a long old haul since I left home in August and I'm all sightseeinged out now. I just want to get back.

It looks like I'll probably pop over to the Thatchers shop again, and maybe nip into the local Coop, but that's about all I want to do. I can get everything done between the two.

I am so looking forward to that first evening in Thailand, sitting on my Bangkok quarantine hotel balcony with a big slug of whisky and knowing that I'm back home.

That'll be me... a week today!

Edit: I've got luggage scales... 3 check-in bags as well!

I'm taking back a fantastic haul!

Edit again: Mint Aeros just added to my list... good shout!

[Loy Toy]

It looks like I'll probably pop over to the Thatchers shop again

When you are there please check the price of their large bar mats/ runners.

I am going to order a dozen from Selina the Thatcher's lady here and it would be handy to know the local price.

Thanks mate.

[Joe 90]

I am going to order a dozen from Selina the Thatcher's lady here and it would be handy to know the local price.

You customise and order your own on line, my eldest bought this one with our bar name on and city chant, was only a tenner delivered...

[Joe 90]

Only took a minute...howzatt?

[Loy Toy]

^ Cheers mate. Good to know!

[Joe 90]

You can even get get personalised bar towels and coasters at a similar price to new mainstream brands.

[malmomike77]

Show us your thatch

[armstrong]

You can even get get personalised bar towels and coasters at a similar price to new mainstream brands.

Whats the website?

[Joe 90]

Whats the website?

There's loads , google is your friend.