martoon Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 On 29/07/2020 at 08:04, JL47 said: Five of us come up from Swanage in Dorset when we can. Basil Fawlty's hometown, iirc. 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Slim Stylee Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Well I would have been traveling from USA a couple of times as per but seeing as I’m still ****ing stuck here for the foreseeable it’ll be more like Ferry Road 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Boy Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, Big Slim Stylee said: Well I would have been traveling from USA a couple of times as per but seeing as I’m still ****ing stuck here for the foreseeable it’ll be more like Ferry Road 😀 You still be here in October do you think? Meet you for a curtain raiser libation if you are. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Boy Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 15 minutes ago, martoon said: Basil Fawlty's hometown, iirc. 😁 Thought it was Torquay? Although my English geography is dreadful, so for all I know they might be next door to each other. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CARDIFFBOY Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 Awesome support from far and wide, now all we need is for fans to be allowed back in! Gotta get Tynecastle rocking next season and make it so intimidating for away teams and fans. HHGH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martoon Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Just now, Special Officer Doofy said: Thought it was Torquay? Although my English geography is dreadful, so for all I know they might be next door to each other. 😄 They are close. Basil's hotel was, indeed, in Torquay but he was originally from Swanage which is just up the coast. Manuel mentions it in an episode. The odd things you discuss on Kickback. 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramagio87 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Live in Chelteham and try to get to at least 3/4 games a season. Got family in Glasgow and North Berwick which makes it nice and easy based on where/who we are playing. Dying to get to a game as soon as possible, already looking to book flights for the Inverness game as i can get a return from Bristol for £50! When do people think crowds of any kind will be allowed back in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazzas right boot Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 On 29/07/2020 at 09:07, sassenach said: Although I only live in North Yorkshire I think my journey might take a bit longer than some on here who live lot further away. I like to get the train that arrives at Haymarket at about 10.30 so that I can get a full Diggers session, so I pick up the main line train from Darlington at about 8.10. To catch this I need to get a bus from my home at 5.15 and get a local train from Middlesbrough, so including time waiting for connections I've already been travelling for the best part of 3 hours before I even hit the main line. It would be quicker for me to drive, but I enjoy a drink as part of the day. Do you get that train that's on the james Cook line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CARDIFFBOY Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, Ramagio87 said: Live in Chelteham and try to get to at least 3/4 games a season. Got family in Glasgow and North Berwick which makes it nice and easy based on where/who we are playing. Dying to get to a game as soon as possible, already looking to book flights for the Inverness game as i can get a return from Bristol for £50! When do people think crowds of any kind will be allowed back in? Hi there Ramagio87, seems like our paths may be crossing as I will also be flying from Bristol; now the fixtures are released I have pencilled in 10 home games next season which I will do my best to attend once fans are allowed back in which hopefully will be in time for the new season. Terry. HHGH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Boy Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 17 minutes ago, martoon said: They are close. Basil's hotel was, indeed, in Torquay but he was originally from Swanage which is just up the coast. Manuel mentions it in an episode. The odd things you discuss on Kickback. 😁 I missed that! I just watched the whole series a couple of weeks ago too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwindonJambo Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 (edited) Live in a village just inside Oxfordshire, over the border from Swindon where I (usually) work. Came here with my parents and 2 younger siblings aged 14. It’s way too far for a day trip, so I travel up by coach or occasionally train a minimum of 3 times a season and stay a long weekend with my cousin in my hometown of Hamilton, travelling through to Edinburgh by train on match day. I usually add pre match breakfast and a pre and post match social which enables me to plug into the chit chat and mood of the match attending fans and feel connected to it all despite being 400 miles away. Tynecastle and Gorgie in general has always had a magical matchday buzz about it, something which, as a non local, helped attract me to the club 35 years ago. For me it’s an essential part of the whole Tynecastle experience which you cannot get by simply going to the game for kick off and leaving straight after the final whistle. Edited July 30, 2020 by SwindonJambo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 50 minutes ago, CARDIFFBOY said: Awesome support from far and wide, now all we need is for fans to be allowed back in! Gotta get Tynecastle rocking next season and make it so intimidating for away teams and fans. HHGH. Aye bud, brilliant that we have fans from all over, i feel blessed being only 3 miles from Tynecastle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazzas right boot Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 44 minutes ago, sassenach said: Do you mean the Whitby to Middlesbrough line? No I don't, I don't actually live on the railway. I'm from an area known as East Cleveland, a collection of former ironstone mining villages between Redcar and the North York Moors. My 5.15 bus gets me to Middlesbrough for 6, and then it's a slow train from Middlesbrough at 6.45 to Darlington. If this train doesn't arrive I can use a slow train at 7 to Newcastle via Hartlepool, arriving in Newcastle at about 8.20. The 8.42 from Newcastle has never let me down, but I'm desperate for a pint or five by the time I arrive at Haymarket. Yeah Just, that train is a nightmare, takes longer to get from Newcastle to James cook than it does from Edinburgh to Newcastle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minturn Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Chicago, US. Dont think I'll be making a match this year though, the restrictions are hampering our international travel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Gilbert Wauchope Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 On 28/07/2020 at 20:16, wheatfield to sheffield said: Used to be able to get to to quite a lot of games from Sheffield, sometimes with AGW. In that London now and didn't get to a single game last season, was about to travel for the Motherwell game in March but had to go into quarantine. Very sad to have a blank season. Even managed one or two games in each of the two seasons when we were living in Kathmandu You need to time your meetings better in future. You managed it with the CIfA conference, didn't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambofaerugby Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Down in Warwickshire for the last 22 years and always try to get a game or two in if we are up visiting family in the Borders. Great now that the wee fella likes to go too. Can’t wait to get back up again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 2 hours ago, Harry Potter said: Aye bud, brilliant that we have fans from all over, i feel blessed being only 3 miles from Tynecastle. You should write a book about it. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo-Fox Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 , Harry Potter said: Aye bud, brilliant that we have fans from all over, i feel blessed being only 3 miles from Tynecastle. 20 minutes ago, davemclaren said: You should write a book about it. 😄 That would be a magic book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Section Q Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I travelled over from Sydney when Vlad was planning on knocking down the old stand just for one last seat in it before it bit the dust. Then he changed is mind and the wife turned nasty claiming I knew all along it was a hoax....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maple Leaf Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I used to make a point of getting over for at least one game per year, but circumstances changed and I've missed the last two years. Maybe next year!! It's an incredible experience walking into Tynecastle, with all the wonderful memories. I took my oldest granddaughter with me the last time I was there, and she cried when she saw how moved I was just being in the stands, surrounded by thousands of my fellow Hearts supporters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheatfield to sheffield Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 2 hours ago, Andrew Gilbert Wauchope said: You need to time your meetings better in future. You managed it with the CIfA conference, didn't you? It's important to time meetings in Edinburgh just right. For the CIfA thing last season I was up for the Scotland - San Marino game, but no JTs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T.F.Robertson Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 On 29/07/2020 at 02:27, sandyk said: Probably took you as long to get from GY to Peterborough as it did to get from Peterborough to Edinburgh!! With the stops and the changing, more than likely you're right. The last leg was about four hours, if I remember. I'd leave GY around Friday lunchtime and be in Edinburgh about nine. Was many many moons ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Jambo-Fox said: , Harry Potter said: Aye bud, brilliant that we have fans from all over, i feel blessed being only 3 miles from Tynecastle. That would be a magic book! Aye guys 🙂. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poultry Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 24 minutes ago, Maple Leaf said: I used to make a point of getting over for at least one game per year, but circumstances changed and I've missed the last two years. Maybe next year!! It's an incredible experience walking into Tynecastle, with all the wonderful memories. I took my oldest granddaughter with me the last time I was there, and she cried when she saw how moved I was just being in the stands, surrounded by thousands of my fellow Hearts supporters. Christ Maple am nearly greetin reading this. Well done to you all great support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nijambo Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Ex Season Ticket Holder in Old Main Stand and was in the Rainbow Hearts SC. Normally head over from Saintfield, Co. Down for my Birthday every year in November - it’s normally Motherwell at home for some reason. Did my stag do in Edinburgh around the derby. HHGH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMJ_1874 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 5 hours ago, sassenach said: Do you mean the Whitby to Middlesbrough line? No I don't, I don't actually live on the railway. I'm from an area known as East Cleveland, a collection of former ironstone mining villages between Redcar and the North York Moors. My 5.15 bus gets me to Middlesbrough for 6, and then it's a slow train from Middlesbrough at 6.45 to Darlington. If this train doesn't arrive I can use a slow train at 7 to Newcastle via Hartlepool, arriving in Newcastle at about 8.20. The 8.42 from Newcastle has never let me down, but I'm desperate for a pint or five by the time I arrive at Haymarket. My family on my mothers side all hail from Stockton. Used to go there on school holidays. They were all Boro fans and my first ever senior football game was Boro v Everton at Ayresome Park 1974. Still got a soft spot for them. I’m sure Graeme Souness played that game. Later on I delivered his old mans EEN in saughton mains. We used to have day trips to Redcar as a kid. I thought it was the Mecca of the English riviera.....I was only 7 though 😂. Later on as an adult I went to Redcar races😳. It’s funny how things change in 40 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo-Fox Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 3 hours ago, Saughton Jambo said: My family on my mothers side all hail from Stockton. Used to go there on school holidays. They were all Boro fans and my first ever senior football game was Boro v Everton at Ayresome Park 1974. Still got a soft spot for them. I’m sure Graeme Souness played that game. Later on I delivered his old mans EEN in saughton mains. We used to have day trips to Redcar as a kid. I thought it was the Mecca of the English riviera.....I was only 7 though 😂. Later on as an adult I went to Redcar races😳. It’s funny how things change in 40 years. I saw Hearts play at Middlesbrough in the mid / late ‘70s, it was Stan Cummins their superstars game, all I remember was it was really cold (it was winter), we drank Newcastle Brown pre match and my friends windscreen wipers froze up on the way there! At least I can say I was at Ayresome Park, so much better than the Riverside in atmosphere but not facilities! PS no idea what the score was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwidoug Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 When I lived in London I used to love getting the train to Edinburgh on a Friday night and returning on a Sunday night. Couldn't afford it all the time but did it as often as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmfc_liam06 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 What an amazing thread, love reading all your stories. You're all an absolute credit to Heart of Midlothian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWF Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 9 hours ago, Kiwidoug said: When I lived in London I used to love getting the train to Edinburgh on a Friday night and returning on a Sunday night. Couldn't afford it all the time but did it as often as possible. Kia Ora KD Watched a Joanna Lumley programme on TV, when she travelled by train from HK to London (12 days). HK is only a 12 hour flight from NZ, so what are you waiting for. With a huge number of Jambos on both North and South Island, you could organise a "Trans Siberian/ Antipodean Hearts Supporters Club. Spectacular thought????😎😎😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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