Skydiving update! :D

nel

Well just to let anyone know who's interested im still determined to become a qualified skydiver and get my A licence. However due to the sh*t UK weather my progress has been limited to an amazing 2 jumps so far ha!! so ive decided to go to Madrid for 10 days to go and do the fast track course called the AFF! woohoo! should be completed in a few days with my 10 additional jumps, so i'll be taking a look around the city and staying there for the champions league final too, so i cant wait for the atmosphere! hopefully barcelona will go all the way and win it at the bernabau just to stick it to them!

Has anyone been to madrid before? any recommendations on site-seeing, things to do etc from personal experiances?

Ahriakin

'Fast Track' and jumping out of a plane sounds like a bad mix to me

laidbackfreak

nice one mate
Madrid is on my list to visit, I've been to a fair bit of spain(aside the british side of things lol) and still not been to Madrid. My bro in law went there last year for a gig and said the place was stunning, I'd ask him for some info but I doubt he'd be much use given his short stay there.
Let me know what you think of it when you get there.

nel

laidbackfreak wrote: »

nice one mate
Madrid is on my list to visit, I've been to a fair bit of spain(aside the british side of things lol) and still not been to Madrid. My bro in law went there last year for a gig and said the place was stunning, I'd ask him for some info but I doubt he'd be much use given his short stay there.
Let me know what you think of it when you get there.

no problem mate, will do! i'll be getting my AFF onto DVD so may upload it for you to have a quick peek at . only 1 month to go

AlanJames

why don't you do it in Australia may be cheaper!
I did a sky dive in Cairns, it's gorgeous up there

mrmcmint

That sounds excellent Nel! Let us know how you get on

nel

AlanJames wrote: »

why don't you do it in Australia may be cheaper!
I did a sky dive in Cairns, it's gorgeous up there

haha, that would be just wishful thinking. i'd probably never come back to the UK and just stay there as an illegal immigrant!

laidbackfreak

nel wrote: »

haha, that would be just wishful thinking. i'd probably never come back to the UK and just stay there as an illegal immigrant!

no need to be illegal, stay two years on working holiday visa, if your under 30 then apply for perm residency while your at it

nel

laidbackfreak wrote: »

no need to be illegal, stay two years on working holiday visa, if your under 30 then apply for perm residency while your at it

You can actually do that? can you pick up any type of work you wish too? i know a few people who have went over on a working visa but work on farms and places like that! if thats the case i know where im heading!

laidbackfreak

nel wrote: »

You can actually do that? can you pick up any type of work you wish too? i know a few people who have went over on a working visa but work on farms and places like that! if thats the case i know where im heading!

In theory you get a 1 year visa and do whatever work you like\can get. You then apply for an extension for the second year I believe they want you to work picking fruit etc, it's tough work and no one wants to do it hence the stipulation. I don't know how rigorously enforced this is tho, but gotta be worth a look.

bertieb

The sky diving sounds very cool indeed!

nel wrote: »

You can actually do that? can you pick up any type of work you wish too? i know a few people who have went over on a working visa but work on farms and places like that! if thats the case i know where im heading!

You would miss your beloved football team too much fella

Ahriakin

And (relatively) uncensored internet, and M rated games.....where's the fun

Paul Boz

Me and Dynamik (and my wife of course) are going skydiving at the end of the summer. It should be pretty fun

shaqazoolu

Paul Boz wrote: »

Me and Dynamik (and my wife of course) are going skydiving at the end of the summer. It should be pretty fun

I guess that means I'm uninvited then. Jerk. I didn't want to go anyway.

dynamik

I have to admit, it would be kind of funny if we all died and wiped out the majority of our team...

AlanJames

nel wrote: »

haha, that would be just wishful thinking. i'd probably never come back to the UK and just stay there as an illegal immigrant!

Well I think brits and irish make up the mijority of illigal immigrants here. if you do 3 months picking fruit you can stay another year

BradH

I have only done gliding with a parachute, never had the urge to throw myself out of a perfectly working aeroplane.

Gold Coast however has a very good sky diving record. Might be another place you want to hurl yourselves to the ground if you head out this way!

Paul Boz

shaqazoolu wrote: »

I guess that means I'm uninvited then. Jerk. I didn't want to go anyway.

I didn't know you were in! You are now! You can strap to dynamik. He loves hot grinding with other dudes' backsides.

nel

AlanJames wrote: »

Well I think brits and irish make up the mijority of illigal immigrants here. if you do 3 months picking fruit you can stay another year

Fruit picking seems much more fun than my current job! highlight of my day so far is eating a pack of skittles!! i have come to the conclusion that a combination of the red and blackcurrent ones are my favs! haha

nel

Paul Boz wrote: »

I didn't know you were in! You are now! You can strap to dynamik. He loves hot grinding with other dudes' backsides.

Paul, you guys will love it! you've gotta get it filmed! its well worth it imo!