I always found the natives very friendly-especially when the fishing fleet was out
LOL, had a similar fate befall one of my/our lads, to cut an excellent story short he ended up on a night ferry to Newcastle as the noggie 'wimmen were on an M&S run and he ended up "tagging" along......
....AND he was back on shift on time on Monday morning.
But he was there BEFORE us LOL.
Great days when you were allowed a bit of slack now and then.