Queen Elizabeth II has passed away - keep posts civil and respectful

Alice In Wonderland · 12 Sep 2022 at 14:32

Kronos said:
Oh yes it is certainly very much uphill.
The Royal Mile is packed, would love to have gone up myself but health issues prevent me doing so.

Thankfully it's not raining though but the cobbles can be really slippy too.

ic1male · 12 Sep 2022 at 14:33

Kronos said:
Were you knackered.

No, just sweating absolute buckets.

Ahleckz · 12 Sep 2022 at 14:46

I forgot about the hill! as said, as it’s a fair walk. Whenever I’ve done it I stopped at The Worlds End pub for a breather and a pint.
Be interesting to see if Andrew is sweating at the top…

robfosters · 12 Sep 2022 at 14:48

More phones and video cameras ffs

Ghouls

ic1male · 12 Sep 2022 at 14:50

LOL at that yobbo getting yanked back.

Robbo · 12 Sep 2022 at 14:52

ic1male said:
LOL at that yobbo getting yanked back.

I hope he gets a good kicking. Nutcase.

xaldub · 12 Sep 2022 at 14:52

ic1male said:
LOL at that yobbo getting yanked back.

He got well and truly hooked !

Cosimo · 12 Sep 2022 at 14:53

So glad the sun is shining and making a somber day a little better!

Trusty · 12 Sep 2022 at 14:54

The yobbo was shouting at Prince Andrew rather than the queen i believe

Ahleckz · 12 Sep 2022 at 14:54

xaldub said:
He got well and truly hooked !

Up here, we’d say “the **** got well and truly huckled”

ic1male · 12 Sep 2022 at 14:57

Trusty said:
The yobbo was shouting at Prince Andrew rather than the queen i believe

Yeah, it did look like he was commenting something about all that palaver.

godinman · 12 Sep 2022 at 15:05

God, those phones. Do people really not think about how they look doing that? Ugh.

Alice In Wonderland · 12 Sep 2022 at 15:07

Just read that some people have been leaving marmalade sandwiches for the Queen!

Unsurprisingly they have now had to be told not to! :cry:

Robbo · 12 Sep 2022 at 15:13

godinman said:
God, those phones. Do people really not think about how they look doing that? Ugh.

The modern world unfortunately. It's like when there's a terror attack or similar, phones out recording...

Alice In Wonderland · 12 Sep 2022 at 15:15

I thought I recognised one of the Archers on the front left.

Don't remember his name but think he did one of those, SAS Are You Tough Enough, programme's.

ic1male · 12 Sep 2022 at 15:20

Anyone seen any sign of Fergie anywhere yet?

jpaul · 12 Sep 2022 at 15:22

The r4 Archers!

Chives said:
Anyone else getting a poor quality stream on iPlayer? Using that to watch some of the coverage and the resolution is really rather poor, 960x540 by the looks.

Iplayer in opera 5Mb 1280*720 full screened, 960x540 embedded ... chrome 512*288

Voltar · 12 Sep 2022 at 15:27

I’m going to give queuing a miss. From the sounds of it you’d have to commit for double figures hours in a queue. I’d like to go, even queue for four or five hours but that’s probably unrealistic.

Andrew_McP · 12 Sep 2022 at 15:27

I'm finding this all a bit too close to home.

We follow in the footsteps
Of our parents every day
Pacing out our lives
In their shadows all the way
Until one day we're found
Blinking in the light
Thinking we'd be sure
But not knowing which way's right

Orphans all
Miss love's beauty
Stumbling on
With sense of duty

Feek · 12 Sep 2022 at 15:30

Alice In Wonderland said:
Just read that some people have been leaving marmalade sandwiches for the Queen!

Unsurprisingly they have now had to be told not to!

Just the thought of people doing this has made me well up. I can totally see why they'd do it and of course, can totally understand why it's not a great thing to do.

I bought this print just after the jubilee celebrations.