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Getting time off work for Europa aways??

Already booked in provisional annual leave for all the dates in the league stage and will cancel the ones for the home fixtures once they are announced.

I’d already told them last week that I’ll take unpaid leave if I run out of annual leave and we get to the late stages
 

Along with getting married this year, we've had quite a busy one - so annual leave is gone or accounted for!

I'm confident I can wrangle some more, shift some bits about or take unpaid leave (for at least one trip in 2026), OR just hold on for 2027!
 
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Hmmmmmm returns said:
Ha’way then . . .

Who else has little to no chance of getting time off work for the away games??

This is the one sad part for me!! Definitely going to try and make one or two of the away ones but it’ll be some task getting it over the line.
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I have a voluntary redundancy application pending, so I could fritter away the lump sum recklessly or invest it wisely into taking my son and I to the away games.
Ferryhill Exile said:
Along with getting married this year, we've had quite a busy one - so annual leave is gone or accounted for!

I'm confident I can wrangle some more, shift some bits about or take unpaid leave (for at least one trip in 2026), OR just hold on for 2027!
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You could get divorced to free up some time/money depending on the financial settlement?
 
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Hmmmmmm returns said:
Exactly my plan. When I see the fixtures I’ll pick.

Worked out mileage and driving times to Northern Europe ones - a couple could be done with just the Thursday off work.
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I drove to Copenhagen last summer. Oh look at me, pathetic etc.

You need at least 2 drivers per car, but probably 3, if you're thinking of driving down to Eurotunnel and then out into Europe after you get off the train, then back again all in 24hrs. I was stuck in traffic at Antwerp for nearly 3hrs for example, and that's not uncommon, and the rush hour around Hamburg was particularly horrendous.

Even on the higher speed foreign motorways the journeys are exhausting as you feel fatigued quicker because you're concentrating more, watching for lambos and beast mode Mercs flying up your arse, flashing their lights to get past you. And the daft bastards drive on the wrang side of the road too!
 
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