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[tchgrin] All aboard for the GN virtual Christmas Beano (It's just for fun[tchgrin])

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boheminan Wed 16-Dec-15 19:07:40

Plans for the Virtual Christmas Sleigh Ride/Beano are being cobbled together. As it's a Christmas Day event, I'd suggest 25th December would be a good day for it?tchgrin
To pull the sleigh, so far I've managed to enlist Paxo and Stuffing, two chickens from next door, they desperately don't want to be next door on Christmas Daytchhmmroastchicken but I do feel a few more little beasties would be beneficial, so if you know of any who wouldn't mind being harnessed up to do a bit of pulling, please bring them along (or perhaps you'd like to give it a go yourself)?

Elves are being difficult to enlist. None of them will work on a minimum wage and are demanding triple wages (what with it being Christmas). Any suggestions here? tchhmm

Shall we break the journey up into sections? Perhaps starting at Inverness c12.00am, stopping off at a hostelry 12.15pm (followed by a communal wee stop (after around 5 miles - c12.18pm)? Using this criteria throughout, I reckon we'd hit Lands End at around 11.00pm 30th December, just in time for New Years Eve celebrationstchwink.

These are just my thoughts to what I hope will be the beginning of a madcap Christmas Day journey, that only the likes of us GN'rs can achieve, all suggestions (mostly) gratefully receivedtchgrin

EVERYONE'S WELCOME TO JOIN IN AT ANYTIME. WE'LL BE PICKING UP THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, THROUGHOUT THE DAY...COME AND JOIN USwine

boheminan Fri 25-Dec-15 11:58:22

NINATHENANA WHERE ARE YOU? I need someone to navigatetchshock

boheminan Fri 25-Dec-15 12:01:42

I managed to hitch everyone up to the sleigh, apart from the TE, who'll be snatched off the washing line on our way past (hopefully minus saxaphonegrin.

Right! "cluck, cluck, he-haw, woof, neigh, grumble".....WE'RE OFF!tchgrin

ninathenana Fri 25-Dec-15 12:25:15

So sorry bohemian spud peeling called Slow down I'm right behind you!!!!!

ninathenana Fri 25-Dec-15 12:26:39

Puff pant puff pant, pass the vodka, right, programing santanav now.

boheminan Fri 25-Dec-15 12:46:14

This is slow ninathenana - I can't find 3rd gear....it's the bloody blooming hens, I gave them too much corn this morning, now they think they're swallows...give 'em an inch and they take a Mi.......Oh No! there's a mountain coming up

Pittcity Fri 25-Dec-15 12:58:07

Can we turn the radio up because the NHS Choir is the Christmas number one and is a lovely song for travelling?

boheminan Fri 25-Dec-15 13:03:04

What radio Pittcity? sorry, the sleigh's not that advanced. Perhaps we can have a singla-longa? How about 'I wish it could be Christmas every day'?
Are you looking out for the inflatables?

ninathenana Fri 25-Dec-15 13:21:19

No got mme eyes on the santanav, I'll leave that to someone else.
BARE LEFT AT THE NEXT PYLON........

boheminan Fri 25-Dec-15 13:23:44

What pylon? I left my glasses at home..."Are you hanging up your stocking on..." HOLD TIGHT!

winifred01 Fri 25-Dec-15 13:26:49

No that's Etruria- just like Italy!

Pittcity Fri 25-Dec-15 13:42:03

"...Do you ride on down the hillside
On a buggy you have made
When you land upon your head
And you've been 'Slade'" ?

boheminan Fri 25-Dec-15 13:53:55

(Calling winifred01 - do you need a hand up? Erm, I don't think we're in Italytchhmm.
"SO HERE IT IS, MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY'S HAVING FUN...
WE'RE ON A SLEIGHRIDE....SO WHERE IS EVERY ONE.....UUUU..UNNN???

ninathenana Fri 25-Dec-15 14:05:33

Plenty of room left, I think they're all to busy stuffing their faces or had to much wine already

boheminan Fri 25-Dec-15 14:10:52

I reckon it must be coming up to wine-'o'-clock? Pit stop???

wotanuisanceABC123 Fri 25-Dec-15 14:35:18

Lots of love and best wishes for everyone on Gransnet for Christmas. Gransnet is the best thing since sliced bread. Love Jo x x

Nelliemoser Fri 25-Dec-15 14:39:14

Tegan That is Etruria.

wotanuisanceABC123 Fri 25-Dec-15 17:12:04

Well, I must admit that I expected more comforting and loving messages!

Ana Fri 25-Dec-15 17:19:29

Have some tidings of comfort and joy from me, wot - hope you're doing OK tchsmile

ninathenana Fri 25-Dec-15 17:30:15

Best wishes wot hope you're having a good day. Is the pit stop over, are we ready to fake off again ?

boheminan Fri 25-Dec-15 17:37:52

Hictchshock

boheminan Fri 25-Dec-15 17:39:16

blimey...they sure know how to party here (what's it called Balmoral'?)

boheminan Fri 25-Dec-15 17:40:49

where's wotanuisanceABC123? Where's the sleigh? is that the time???

Nelliemoser Fri 25-Dec-15 18:03:54

We could have a great time at Balmoral her Maj spends Christmas at Sandringham. I think.

boheminan Fri 25-Dec-15 18:09:09

Right! Where's the sleigh??? Where's everyone? ninathenana? Perhaps we could have a sneaky look round Balmoral tchgrin

Nelliemoser Fri 25-Dec-15 18:22:01

We better silence the bells on the sleigh. Who has the booze?