JamesMcVean
30-Jul-08, 12:15
Last Week the good weather kicked in...I was standing on the Oil Rig looking at the horizon. The Apprentice, Kyle was depressed, whenever the weather is really good, he misses the crack in the Bar - Siberia ( A Vodka Bar in Aberdeen, where he works on his time off)
"This good weather...It doesnt bode well for Friday..." I said to him ominously.
"Wot?" He said.
"Fog...always follows good weather out here..."
This was only Kyle's fourth trip offshore and he had never experienced the doom that is - Boop Boop Booooooooooop - The Foghorn on a rig...
The day before we were due to finish our trip... weather - Hot...Lunch time....FOG...
There was a five flight back log from the Thursday...
Up at 0500 packed bags on Friday morning... the fog was still there...we should have hit Aberdeen by 9am...by 1430pm we were waitng on the rig for the flight to arrive...
By the time we did get back on land, the last train left aberdeen...so I ran to the airport to try and get on the 1645 flight to wick...The lassie at the desk said that they did not accept the Air Discount Card and the full price of the flight would be 187 pounds!!!!!! FOR A ONE WAY FLIGHT TO WICK!!!
So I got a few pound coins and went on the internet...booked my ticket with the discount...£130...but atleast I was getting home....
Then when I returned to the desk with my number...the flight to wick was cancelled due to fog...and they were going to organise a bus to wick!!! This was at 1530...
I ran and grabbed a sandwich and waited to see the crack...
By 1730 we were still there...
We eventually left in a people carrier...5 of us...and a huge pile of luggage...you could not move in there!!
By 2300 we arrived in Wick...the taxi driver rubbed her hands together at the 540pound fare!!!!!!
I made it through the front door at 2330 -
exhausted from a day wasted!!!
So please spare a thought for the lads offshore in this time of good weather...LOL
James
"This good weather...It doesnt bode well for Friday..." I said to him ominously.
"Wot?" He said.
"Fog...always follows good weather out here..."
This was only Kyle's fourth trip offshore and he had never experienced the doom that is - Boop Boop Booooooooooop - The Foghorn on a rig...
The day before we were due to finish our trip... weather - Hot...Lunch time....FOG...
There was a five flight back log from the Thursday...
Up at 0500 packed bags on Friday morning... the fog was still there...we should have hit Aberdeen by 9am...by 1430pm we were waitng on the rig for the flight to arrive...
By the time we did get back on land, the last train left aberdeen...so I ran to the airport to try and get on the 1645 flight to wick...The lassie at the desk said that they did not accept the Air Discount Card and the full price of the flight would be 187 pounds!!!!!! FOR A ONE WAY FLIGHT TO WICK!!!
So I got a few pound coins and went on the internet...booked my ticket with the discount...£130...but atleast I was getting home....
Then when I returned to the desk with my number...the flight to wick was cancelled due to fog...and they were going to organise a bus to wick!!! This was at 1530...
I ran and grabbed a sandwich and waited to see the crack...
By 1730 we were still there...
We eventually left in a people carrier...5 of us...and a huge pile of luggage...you could not move in there!!
By 2300 we arrived in Wick...the taxi driver rubbed her hands together at the 540pound fare!!!!!!
I made it through the front door at 2330 -
exhausted from a day wasted!!!
So please spare a thought for the lads offshore in this time of good weather...LOL
James