Summer Holiday Thread

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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For my wife’s 50th and a sort of belated honeymoon (we married during lockdown two years ago after 25 years of courtship lol) we are off to Bali and Singapore in five weeks time. Really looking forward to it. We won’t have many holidays like this in our lifetimes so we are going to make the most of it. Can’t wait.

You should have refused to marry her

Are you taking your reading top ?

[OurManFlint II]

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For my wife’s 50th and a sort of belated honeymoon (we married during lockdown two years ago after 25 years of courtship lol) we are off to Bali and Singapore in five weeks time. Really looking forward to it. We won’t have many holidays like this in our lifetimes so we are going to make the most of it. Can’t wait.

That's nice.
Did my honeymoon in a tent with 2 children aged 13 months and a 3 years old, no stag do either! We did an interail last year for her 50th and combined "proper" honeymoon, kids still in tow at 13 and 16 now but it was a great experience.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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That's nice.
Did my honeymoon in a tent with 2 children aged 13 months and a 3 years old, no stag do either! We did an interail last year for her 50th and combined "proper" honeymoon, kids still in tow at 13 and 16 now but it was a great experience.

Stag nights are dreadful

I am of the age that they are very rare now

But I hated them back in the day

[Organ Morgan.]

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Stag nights are dreadful

I am of the age that they are very rare now

But I hated them back in the day

Cobblers. Bring back proper stags!

These days they are held a fortnight before in somewhere like Prague where the only drinks consumed are poncy cocktails, and few of them are necked because they are more interested in fiddling with their mobiles than getting bladdered.

Mine was on the eve of the nuptial, as was tradition. I awoke at half six in the morning sat on a bench at Newport train station starkers but for wearing a stupid hat the like of Mexican Pancho Villa may have worn.

[Pearcey3]

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You should have refused to marry her

Are you taking your reading top ?

On current form I will give the mighty Reading FC top a swerve.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Cobblers. Bring back proper stags!

These days they are held a fortnight before in somewhere like Prague where the only drinks consumed are poncy cocktails, and few of them are necked because they are more interested in fiddling with their mobiles than getting bladdered.

Mine was on the eve of the nuptial, as was tradition. I awoke at half six in the morning sat on a bench at Newport train station starkers but for wearing a stupid hat the like of Mexican Pancho Villa may have worn.

Getting leathered the night before was always popular in Scotland

[Pearcey3]

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That's nice.
Did my honeymoon in a tent with 2 children aged 13 months and a 3 years old, no stag do either! We did an interail last year for her 50th and combined "proper" honeymoon, kids still in tow at 13 and 16 now but it was a great experience.

I had two stag nights two years ago in the back garden in a large scouts tent with lighting, music and booze. It was at the time of rule of 6. The one on the Friday night was brilliant. The one on the Saturday night was cut short at midnight by the PoPo visiting. One of the neighbours had complained that we were breaching covid regs. The PoPo said we were fine but asked us to tone it down.

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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Has it settled down again after the trouble a year or 2 ago?
We went the year before the tsunami hit. It's a wonderful place and Sigirya rock fortress is worth the trip if thats all you do.

I stayed in southwest Sri Lanka, Bentota, just months before the tsunami struck. I visited the city of Galle in late July 2004 for a day trip - on December 24th, thousands were killed in that city by the huge tidal wave.

I remember having my photo taken with two school girls, who, despite the poverty, were dressed absolutely immaculately in their pristine school uniforms. I often wonder about them and just pray that they are okay. Hopefully, they are safe and well, perhaps with children of their own now.

[Des Parrot]

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June, 3 week Driving loop before we return home
Poland, Germany, Czech, Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Hungary, back to Poland.

August 2 week’s Thailand. Swim, eat, drink, sleep, repeat

[dembethewarrior]

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Cobblers. Bring back proper stags!

These days they are held a fortnight before in somewhere like Prague where the only drinks consumed are poncy cocktails, and few of them are necked because they are more interested in fiddling with their mobiles than getting bladdered.

Mine was on the eve of the nuptial, as was tradition. I awoke at half six in the morning sat on a bench at Newport train station starkers but for wearing a stupid hat the like of Mexican Pancho Villa may have worn.

You slept? Ponce.

[goats]

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Has it settled down again after the trouble a year or 2 ago?
We went the year before the tsunami hit. It's a wonderful place and Sigirya rock fortress is worth the trip if thats all you do.

Some friends of mine went recently said it was amazing. Quite quiet, cheap because general tourists haven’t come back en mass yet, plenty of choice for accom and eating. Might go Christmas or Easter not sure yet. Def going to Ella.
Btw I was sitting on a beach in India Boxing Day 2004 when that tsunami hit, fortunately it wasn’t so severe where I was in Gokarna but weird watching the sea go in and out half a mile a few times…..new something bad had happened

[IanD]

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Stayed in Lucca for a few week some time back, lovely place and area.
Love Menorca, beautiful place, especially September (still be hot but not as busy), sister-in-law lives there, visit often.

Mallorca 10 days mid-july. 300 euro for 4, house swap no accommodation fees. Staying in Binissalem (wine region)

Teixeira (Seia) Portugal. A week, family holiday/reunion. Not paying accommodation either, just flight and car hire (which is proving extremely expensive lol).

We mainly stay in Es Grau, Menorca. Idyllic location. Right on the Cami de Cavalls and Albufera. I've now walked the whole of the Cami. Some sections several times over. Always up for a repeat walk of the best sections. Stunning, largely empty beaches in September, warm seas, blue skies....but you know that! The idea now is to take a ferry from either Cuitadella or Mahon across to Mallorca. A week on each island.

[dembethewarrior]

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We mainly stay in Es Grau, Menorca. Idyllic location. Right on the Cami de Cavalls and Albufera. I've now walked the whole of the Cami. Some sections several times over. Always up for a repeat walk of the best sections. Stunning, largely empty beaches in September, warm seas, blue skies....but you know that! The idea now is to take a ferry from either Cuitadella or Mahon across to Mallorca. A week on each island.

Whats mahon like? Was looking at that the other week for a break on my tod.
Not arsed about pubs, just somewhere decent to chill and get out and about and explore..oh and some decent grub. Always done Majorca so fancy a change

[SOXY BOY]

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Off to France in August on my motorbike, first time abroad on it, going to visit the Normandy beaches. Then in November, off to South Africa taking in Kruger National Park and then down to Cape Town. Might do the shark trip in a cage and also visit Robben Island.

[IanD]

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Whats mahon like? Was looking at that the other week for a break on my tod.
Not arsed about pubs, just somewhere decent to chill and get out and about and explore..oh and some decent grub. Always done Majorca so fancy a change

Mahon is OK for a few nights. Fish market is good for tapas type food and beers/wines. Buses are reliable and take you all over the island June 15th to September 15th. Otherwise, outside the main tourist season you can get to the main towns easily. That said, apart from Cuitadella there isn't much in the other towns. There's harbour tours in glass-bottomed boats, trips to see the forts. Generally, Mahon is a chilled kind of place. Palma has much more to see and do.