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Don't forget the LDS and the AADD!I notice my question has "been moved to a different forum"... Would it be asking too much just to have my own section?
Regards
Andy Wild III CBE, PhD, BBC, LSD.
Totally agree, Sabine! I hope this thread keeps on keepin' on!Oh this thread already is priceless!!
Love it!
You’ll have to watch out for him, as he won’t be watching out for you.I'm "considering" the Vdlp/Sanabres or another route in April. If I decide on the Vdlp I will watch out for the hoity toity Lord with the big red beard riding on a horse.
So true...his noseYou’ll have to watch out for him, as he won’t be watching out for you.
"Downton Abbey goes Camino
Ever read "The Ascent of Rum Doodle" ?Don’t worry, bring as much as you need, you are just honoring traditions. On the British Kabul expedition in 1839, one brigadier was said to have had no fewer than sixty camels to transport his personal camp equipment and the officers of one regiment had two camels assigned just to carry their supply of cigars. So why worry about a detail like a 42 piece Victorian tea-set….
Ever read "The Ascent of Rum Doodle" ?
Don’t worry, bring as much as you need, you are just honoring traditions. On the British Kabul expedition in 1839, one brigadier was said to have had no fewer than sixty camels to transport his personal camp equipment and the officers of one regiment had two camels assigned just to carry their supply of cigars. So why worry about a detail like a 42 piece Victorian tea-set….
Everyone shouldNo, should I?
I read "The Great Game" by Peter Hopkirk.
I vote for Barrow. My guess is that he couldn’t care less what the rest of us do, and we would be left in peace. Carson would be horrified left, right and centre.Which butler goes with: Carson or Barrow?
I enjoyed watching the lives of the DA servants..they were as interesting as the hoity toity's!I wonder if some of those below stairs employees felt this way?
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Of course this question has been asked many times before. You really need to ask your Executive Assistant to do some research!!! BTW, I always take my butler with me, you need someone hold the door of the Albergue when you come in exhausted at the end of he day. You will need your scullery maid too - there is washing to be done every day. Other than that, perhaps a footmanHi all, I'm considering doing the VDLP in April and will be away from home for a few weeks. My question is this,
Do I give my butler and both maids the 6 weeks off or should I have them pop in occasionally to dust the chandeliers etc..
I don't really want to come back to a dusty mansion like "common" people do.
Thank you
Andy
xxx
Of course!!! There is a long tradition of the rich paying the poor to carry their sins! Easiest way to buy a stairway to heavenAndy, my dear chap, you've got the wrong end of the stick. Us proper toffs send one of our minions to do this walking business and have them use one's name on that compostela thingy.
Leaves more time for a spot of shooting and fishing dontcha know.
Nonsense madam! The truly rich do not have "sins" - only eccentricities....Of course!!! There is a long tradition of the rich paying the poor to carry their sins! Easiest way to buy a stairway to heaven
I can always house sit (as long as your mansion is in a nice place).Hi all, I'm considering doing the VDLP in April and will be away from home for a few weeks. My question is this,
Do I give my butler and both maids the 6 weeks off or should I have them pop in occasionally to dust the chandeliers etc..
I don't really want to come back to a dusty mansion like "common" people do.
Thank you
Andy
xxx
On second thoughts I see you live on the East coast of U.K. That’s just one notch up from Lancashire so I retract my offer!I can always house sit (as long as your mansion is in a nice place).
Ouch??On second thoughts I see you live on the East coast of U.K. That’s just one notch up from Lancashire so I retract my offer!
Only if you are holding your map the wrong way round.On second thoughts I see you live on the East coast of U.K. That’s just one notch up from Lancashire so I retract my offer!
I noticed you did not fall into the social faux pas of suggesting the Butler be employed to do the valet's job. After all Jeeves was always described as a personal man servant or valet and never incorrectly a "Butler". The Butler is responsible for the household and staff.It is a tricky question. Your valet will travel with you of course - someone has to do the laundry, keep you well shaven, lie in your bed for an hour before you go to bed to feed the bedbugs, and carry your rucksack .... but your butler may feel that he also deserves a break and as it is worth keeping him onside, a good butler being such a rare thing, even if they all do quietly steal from us, I would give him a holiday.
This would leave two maids and who knows what shennanigans they would encourage each other to get up to so I would just sack them - they are easily replacable after all. If you don't give them references they will still be unemployed when you return and they will be so grateful to get their jobs back - and if they start the day before you return the house will be prepared and fresh for you.
To keep the estate safe I would hire a security guard to live in, not necessary for him/her to bring their own dog as I assume that he/she will be looking after your own hounds.
There - problem solved, well, apart from the horses but I assume that they will go into livery?
Oh, well then, Barrow definitely gets the job.I noticed you did not fall into the social faux pas of suggesting the Butler be employed to do the valet's job. After all Jeeves was always described as a personal man servant or valet and never incorrectly a "Butler". The Butler is responsible for the household and staff.
Hi all, I'm considering doing the VDLP in April and will be away from home for a few weeks. My question is this,
Do I give my butler and both maids the 6 weeks off or should I have them pop in occasionally to dust the chandeliers etc..
I don't really want to come back to a dusty mansion like "common" people do.
Thank you
Andy
xxx
SW1A 1AAWhat is your address and what dates are you going?
SW1A 1AA
21st April
Bring a cake. With lots of candles.Buck house, nice!
Thank you.
Fancy a party?
Davey
Nonsense madam! The truly rich do not have "sins" - only eccentricities....
Is this the "Not a serious thread"?Bring a cake. With lots of candles.
Bring a cake. With lots of candles.
Is this the "Not a serious thread"?...maybe should be!
I can verify that Andy is a wild man. I recall his original avatar photo...he definately had a long red beard. If he was a lady I think he would be in the circus, not walking Caminos!Ok, I am a bit lost on the date bit......
BUT does this mean Andy is a secret Royal? Could be! He (or she) is wearing a mask in his pic. Is it Andrew? Could even be Lizzy off on a jolly.... You never know.....
I can verify that Andy is a wild man. I recall his original avatar photo...he definately had a long red beard. If he was a lady I think he would be in the circus, not walking Caminos!
Ruff, ruff!Could be the queen with a sticky-on beard.
If you was the queen, you would need a disguise to walk the camino.
Has he ever mentioned Corgis by any chance?
I'll have you know the east coast of UK isn't a notch above anything!! It's often said that if God were to give the UK an enema this is where he'd stick it !On second thoughts I see you live on the East coast of U.K. That’s just one notch up from Lancashire so I retract my offer!
I've decided to send them for retraining, two of them wouldn't know an ivory shoe-horn if you hit them with one (which I often do). And I've decided that it's best all round if the one that's developed a limp is put out of his misery. You're more than welcome to attempt to pilfer the objets d'art but you'll have to get past the corgis...ehemm, I mean attack dogs first..Sack them all and buy new ones when you return. What is your address and what dates are you going? Cos then your pad will be empty and I can pop round to nick your paintings. After we have free-partied the place that is.
Ta, Davey
Kind Ladies and gentlemen,I've decided to send them for retraining, two of them wouldn't know an ivory shoe-horn if you hit them with one (which I often do). And I've decided that it's best all round if the one that's developed a limp is put out of his misery. You're more than welcome to attempt to pilfer the objets d'art but you'll have to get past the corgis...ehemm, I mean attack dogs first..
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