The Longship Voyage!

[Fullangr]

Planning thread for the Longship jaunt in conjunction with the DF Tour.


Points to consider:

Which gigs are easily accessible from water?
Is motorising the longship a viable alternative for inland gigs?
Preferred ales for the journey.
Sourcing and fitting of horned helmets.
Warpaint?

 

[Thraxas]

Cardiff has to be a good bet. Being right by the sea and having its own docks an' all. Southampton, Glasgow and Belfast all look promising too. And having Birmingham right at the start of the tour could be a good thing. Get used to rowing in the canals before we hit the high seas!

As for beer, I can provide homebrew, but rowing could quickly become very confusing on that stuff. How about this?

I'll leave the helmet-sourcing to you, but you just know that the warpaint is an absolute must!

 

[Fullangr]

Yessss! Viking beer! *dances*

Helmet sourcing will be fun, and I'm sure I can lay my hands on some greasepaint in the relevant colours.

 

[Thraxas]

Now, as for motorising the thing. I still favour the idea of attaching it to the top of a car. I have a fairly long car that may be suitable, but no damn way am I gonna be in the driving seat on this voyage, so we'll need a driver.

 

[Fullangr]

We could try and recruit the Stig?

 

[Thraxas]

Now there's an idea! And put horns on his crash helmet!

 

[Fullangr]

Can we get the Hamster as well?

 

[Thraxas]

Can't see him being much use when it comes to rowing.

 

[Fullangr]

Who said anything about rowing?

He'd be the totty

 

[Thraxas]

No excess totty baggage allowed! If he comes he's gonna have to find a way to get that camper van boat thing working for once.

 

[Fullangr]

Oi!

Tis mine and Katie's voyage, WE decide if there's room for totty!

And in the case of the Hamster, there definately is

 

[Thraxas]

Nope. If he comes he's going straight overboard.

 

[Fullangr]

Oh come on. It's not like he'll take up a huge amount of space!

 

[Thraxas]

You could get a fair number of cans of beer in the space he'd take up. There have to be priorities. And supercar-obsessed rodents are not on the list.

 

[Fullangr]

*pouts*

*goes off to sulk, bottom lip wobbling*

 

[Thraxas]

Never mind, if you're very good we'll let you carry a photo of him.

 

[Fullangr]

*still upsetted*

 

[Thraxas]

Look on the bright side. He'd probably have crashed another jetcar just before the voyage began and the BBC would have sent James May as a replacement.

 

[Fullangr]

I can deal with that, as long as Clarkson doesn't turn up

 

[Thraxas]

That's another problem. You just know if he found out Hammond or May were going on a longboat voyage he'd have to come along in an atomic powered speedboat to race us.