Re: Passport delays : Mon Jun 23, 2014 9:16 am  

fun time frankie wrote:

I remember the one year passports you got at the post office the lads used to get them before we hit Spain 8.50 I think they were

They were stopped years ago.

Re: Passport delays : Mon Jun 23, 2014 12:22 pm  

my mate finally got through today, the passport is in durham...looks like he will have to have a trip up north!

Re: Passport delays : Mon Jun 23, 2014 12:58 pm  

How's he gonna get into t'North without a passport though?

Re: Passport delays : Mon Jun 23, 2014 4:28 pm  

JerryChicken wrote:

To be honest that really doesn't bother me anymore, there are lots of places in the UK that I haven't seen properly yet including any part of Scotland thats north of Stirling, disgraceful I know.

Staggering, that's the best bit.

JerryChicken wrote:

As for the usual "Ah but we don't get the weather..." well we do, the weather is what makes this country so fascinating

We are in the middle of a heatwave here, if it were London you'd see the "cor what a scorcha" headlines, as it is they just burn and get on with it here.

JerryChicken wrote:

The only slight snag will be when my company send me to a job on a nuclear power station again as you need a passport as proof of ID and they have to pre-book you using your passport number, in fact I'm looking forward to seeing if the combination of private security and British armed police can spot that my passports expired

Your company needs it then invoice them for it. But I'm guessing no

Re: Passport delays : Mon Jun 23, 2014 6:17 pm  

Big Graeme wrote:

Staggering, that's the best bit.

I have to sort this out, the furthest north Ive been was when I went to Andy Murrays hotel nr Stirling earlier this year and the scenery was building up nicely then, worse still my wife works for a group of Scottish hotels and she gets a decent staff discount - and we STILL havent taken advantage yet - I could organise a really nice 7 day round trip around the highlands ending up on Skye, all at half price!!

Re: Passport delays : Thu Jun 26, 2014 12:40 pm  

my mate has had to pay £68 to get it fast tracked and delivered tomorrow morning before 9am.... looks like he will be coming afterall!

Re: Passport delays : Sat Jun 28, 2014 7:30 pm  

It took 6 weeks for my grandson's first passport to be produced. My daughter knew not to book the holiday until she'd got her hands on the passport but she'd booked time off work, wouldn't have been able to re-arrange it. Hence she travelled to Durham to pick it up before booking the holiday and flying the following day. They tried to charge her for fast tracking it but when she pointed out how long they'd been waiting they backed down.

Re: Passport delays : Sun Jun 29, 2014 9:48 am  

my mates passport arrived friday morning... flying out tomorrow

he paid the £68 for fast track but sure he qualified to get it done for free but thats his problem...hes just happy to get it now!