R U wanting a travel companion ?

coastalong · Member

R U wanting a travel companion ?

Sheba · Guru

Hi Kate.
You mentioned your age group, then didn't say what it was.

Cheers,
Sheba.

Ma · Guru

Do I need new glasses Sheba? I can't see any reference to age group. I don't think it matters all that much anyway as long as you hit it off together and enjoy the company.

DeBe · Guru

Ma, you need to look at coastalongs white board to make sense of Shebas reply. Daryl

Ma · Guru

Thanks D. Confusion arrested. And here's me thinking I had a good excuse for some new glasses......

Sheba · Guru

Sorry about that Ma. I just assumed people would check out Kates' Profile, as I did.

Cheers,
Sheba.

-- Edited by Sheba on Sunday 10th of October 2010 09:31:14 PM

coastalong · Member

Hello people. Thank you for your replies.
Age is 50 mumble mumble ( smile ) although how it happened.. I don't know !
I bet your weather's warmer there than here.. As, we got snow last night. Thus, I can't wait to get there & feel you wonderful sunshine.
Kate.

Dougie · Veteran Member

I know a 55yo lady in Toowoomba who is looking for a travel companion setting off next March around Oz. She has Toyota Landcruiser & 5yr old caravan. Private message me & I will put you in touch. Sounds a nice person.

coastalong · Member

Hello again and thank you to those who have replied both through the forum & the PM's I've received.
However, it's become clear I have the need to state, that I "did not" post with any intention of it appearing that I was doing so with any intention that it "could or would" be misconstrued as an attempt to facilitate a search for relationship.
Thanks.

lilly · Senior Member

hi coastalong .... i didnt think that ..just thought you were looking for a travel buddy ... but i say from your repley that you have received more offer then travel buddy offers......

coastalong · Member

Hi Lilly. Ummm ( smile ) yes a bit sad really as I'd been thinking a person who replied & whom I had ended up spending a lot of time exchanging emails with (if your like me, typing emails take forever to cover the distance in written form after being used to talking on the phone ) "Had" replied because he "did" want a travel buddy... But sadly... Yes.. he only wanted to consider it if it were to lead to more. And in my naivety I didn't catch on to that till well into our emails. Thus my post & my having put my "big girls blouse on" & saying what I have.
Thanks for your hands up.

lilly · Senior Member

Well i suppose it takes all kinds to make a world Coastalong ... some still dont get it that us ladies and lots of gentlemen on here to are looking to meet up with TRAVEL BUDDY NOTHING MORE ... if you are in my part of the world let me know we can catch up ..... other then short trips i wont be on road full time time next year sometime ....

Happywanderer · The Master

Ooh you lucky devil. I've never been propositioned on here. Sorry just joking. Don't take it too personally. Just some randy old B.........r can't keep himself in check by the sound of it.

Good luck with finding a travel companion, there will be genuine ones out there.

lilly · Senior Member

You never know Happy Wanderer ...Coastalong might have started new forum on here .. Traveling Budies with Benefits ..... lol .... sorry coastalong no pun .intented im am sure there are a lot of people looking for genuines people to travel with and u will find them

Can i asked why you are not wanting to travel solo

-- Edited by lilly on Thursday 14th of October 2010 05:15:00 PM

coastalong · Member

That's ok ladies.. I'll laugh with you as I know your not laughing "at me" .
Umm .. And I'd better say.. That the gentleman in question was not making "inappropriate" suggestions in what he had expectations of my "doing"... But was looking for a "relationship", ie. couple partnership... before his comfort zone could stretch to having someone travel with him... Which wasn't disclosed till many emails & many hours had been spent in typing the emails.
You ask why "this time" I want to travel with someone else.. Well 1st reason is when I drive long distances I get a sore back..
And 2nd is... That I have been very much a hermit & doing solo things since loosing my family in an accident... And, it's time I changed that before it becomes an unbreakable habit.
And, yes.. I think it's great that there are ladies on the road burning up rubber under there own power.. and I say.. "go girls" all power to you.
Who knows.. I may still end up being one of you yet !
Thank you all.

jonathan · Guru

Hi Folks ..

.. that person that has been communicating with Coastalong is me. At no time have I given her any reason to make certain insinuations ..
The best way to prove it , is for you Coastalong, to upload all the emails and let the viewers decide .. you have my permission to do so !

Jon

Happywanderer · The Master

Coastalong, I am quite happy to travel along side you sometime next year, but my van will be only big enough for one. We all have to start somewhere and being alone on a long trip will be the same for all of us bad backs and all.

Jonathon, I won't comment as only know what I have read here.

coastalong · Member

Jon. Settle Petal. Me thinks you need to get on the road again as a means to cure your boredom. Re your suggestion, You get the consent of the forum moderator and go for it to your hearts content. Better let him know there are as many pages as there are though !

lilly · Senior Member

Sorry to hear about your family coastalong ..... but we all travel the way we do for all sorts of reasons ...myself i need bit of alone time been busy for last 30 years working long hours .. raising kids alone ........ so now it time for me i figger ..time to see this wonderfull country and read as many good books as i can and meet lots of like minded people like myself ..already have done few short trips bigest one was 6 weeks up the coast of qld and love it .... heading of in 3 week time for 2 weeks to go where my nose take me think i heading in to central qld this time have friends at springsure that want me to say hi.. then from there who knows lol ..i have intrest in older country pubs grathering information so i can maybe write a book about all the different ones .. they are a dieing business so i like to find as many as i can before they all go
So if any good free camp out there let me know people will be mosy grateful ....i know there is camp at Nindigully Pub so i bee checking out pub and camp spot

-- Edited by lilly on Thursday 14th of October 2010 08:27:44 PM

jonathan · Guru

Gee Kate .. you got that wrong too .. as thats not what I said .. please dont misconstrue what I say ..

Sorry folks .. I'm leaving it there .. it's not worth the effort !
Jon

PS .. thats ok Marj ..

Beth54 · Guru

lilly wrote:

Sorry to hear about your family coastalong ..... but we all travel the way we do for all sorts of reasons ...myself i need bit of alone time been busy for last 30 years working long hours .. raising kids alone ........ so now it time for me i figger ..time to see this wonderfull country and read as many good books as i can and meet lots of like minded people like myself ..already have done few short trips bigest one was 6 weeks up the coast of qld and love it .... heading of in 3 week time for 2 weeks to go where my nose take me think i heading in to central qld this time have friends at springsure that want me to say hi.. then from there who knows lol ..i have intrest in older country pubs grathering information so i can maybe write a book about all the different ones .. they are a dieing business so i like to find as many as i can before they all go
So if any good free camp out there let me know people will be mosy grateful ....i know there is camp at Nindigully Pub so i bee checking out pub and camp spot

-- Edited by lilly on Thursday 14th of October 2010 08:27:44 PM

Hi Lilly,

We camped at Lake Nuga Nuga, about 2 hours south east of Springsure. It's a National Park with no facilities, but a beautiful spot for photography..sunsets over the water and amazing bird life. We spent a couple of days there. It's a dirt road in, so may be too boggy after all this rain we've had in Qld. Maybe check with RACQ before leaving Springsure.

No pub nearby though. haha

lilly · Senior Member

Thanks beth .. yer been very wet every where and more today here so wet summer on the way .. i normally check with local in area where i travel they seem to now wot roads are safe and not my friend up there live 40 ks our on dirt road so i might be getting a ride in on there 4wheel drive anyway lol

Allara · Senior Member

Gee...... we need a new thread... call it....umm.."Peyton Place" ?

What ever happened to 'Flossy Flannel Drawers' ?.. she was looking for a man, I think.

Very entertaining.

Cheers
Allara

Cruising Granny · Guru

We singles are not all out here looking for a relationship beyond friendship.
Some of us are a bit too sensitive and take things a little too seriously and personally.
I'd like to have a travel pal from time to time, but in their own rig. It would be a special person to share my tug.
I have many good, close friends through travel, male and female, but I wouldn't necessarily want them in my tug and van, let alone bed.
There are some blokes out there, I'm not referring to anyone specific, but there are blokes out there who perceive any contact, and it can be just talking, with a woman, makes her a partner/lover.
Others wouldn't consider sharing their travels in their vehicle without being closer than friends, just because that's the way they are.
I have shared my bed with some friends, male and female, because it's the only place to sleep. It didn't make me their lover. And we're still friends.
Let's respect each others individuality and space, and lighten up.

Happywanderer · The Master

I couldn't have said it better myself cruisin granny. I have heard personal stories that match what you are referring to.
Best to just be friends and don't jump to assumptions just because someone has been polite to you and shared a bit of your time. We can all travel the highway and bump into each other for a short time then move on when we feel like it. Thats the way it should be.

jimbo · Guru

I am very married and have been a single Grey Nomad for the last three Months( Shirls could'nt come ) Meet heaps of single Ladies and had wonderful cups of coffe and chats.with them and formed good healthy feelings...Even dog sat for one whilst she went out for a cruise to the Reef......

Ps I think it great to want to have a travel buddy for awhile.........So ladies go on out and let your hair down

BigBadBruce · Member

I'd like a travelling companion with associated perks. However, my child bride might complain. Hang on a minute, if I take her, problem solved. (All tongue in cheek, so no offence intended. I'll now retire into my own quiet corner.)

Beth54 · Guru

BigBadBruce wrote:

I'd like a travelling companion with associated perks. However, my child bride might complain. Hang on a minute, if I take her, problem solved. (All tongue in cheek, so no offence intended. I'll now retire into my own quiet corner.)

It's a shame some people have no sense of humour, and you have to explain it's a joke.

Cruising Granny · Guru

I think some of the comments made here would have been best left in PRIVATE Messages and dealt with in PRIVATE.
Airing a misunderstanding only served to embarrass and compromise the reputation of a fellow GN.
It's best to keep an open mind, and the sense of humour active at all times.

Happywanderer · The Master

Also CG there is an edit button up to the right. Some posts could have had some of the content edited out by the poster rather than leave it there for more to come in and wonder.