The Great British Holiday Getaway Nightmare

Watching the scenes from Dover today explains why I can't be arsed to travel abroad and would rather go on holiday in West Wales

Staffing levels disaster
Motorway closed due to a lorry crash
Everyone decides to piss off as soon as the schools break up .....you daft idiots
Delays expected anyway due to covid and brexit checks

7 hour delays

Why do people put themselves through so much stress ?

Kids get your bucket and spade your uncle is taking you to Tenby for fish and chips

Sorted

I drove 75 miles to Bluestone earlier in around 90 minutes and that included 15-20 minutes in traffic at the roadworks between Backs to Glyneath Bank. Here til Monday then flying to Croatia for a week on Tuesday.

In a lodge with the in-laws. Had an argument with her step father over politics. He thinks Boris is great. Clown.

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Originally Posted by J R Hartley

I drove 75 miles to Bluestone earlier in around 90 minutes and that included 15-20 minutes in traffic at the roadworks between Backs to Glyneath Bank. Here til Monday then flying to Croatia for a week on Tuesday.

In a lodge with the in-laws. Had an argument with her step father over politics. He thinks Boris is great. Clown.

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The pub there isn’t too bad…..never been in the summer holidays mind

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Originally Posted by J R Hartley

I drove 75 miles to Bluestone earlier in around 90 minutes and that included 15-20 minutes in traffic at the roadworks between Backs to Glyneath Bank. Here til Monday then flying to Croatia for a week on Tuesday.

In a lodge with the in-laws. Had an argument with her step father over politics. He thinks Boris is great. Clown.

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Where's bluestone ?

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Where's bluestone ?

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Narbeth

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Where's bluestone ?

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In between Greenstone and Yellowstone.

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Originally Posted by RichardM

Narbeth

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Ah it's like centreparks ...but it's Welsh?

That's noted

I made a pledge about ten years ago to only spend my money in Wales

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Watching the scenes from Dover today explains why I can't be arsed to travel abroad and would rather go on holiday in West Wales

Staffing levels disaster
Motorway closed due to a lorry crash
Everyone decides to piss off as soon as the schools break up .....you daft idiots
Delays expected anyway due to covid and brexit checks

7 hour delays

Why do people put themselves through so much stress ?

Kids get your bucket and spade your uncle is taking you to Tenby for fish and chips

Sorted

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You've morphed into the board's Victor Meldrew. Moan, moan, fecking moan.

Mind, I prefer reading compaints about this topic instead of the weather.

I swear had you messaged me with one more update concerning how sweaty your scrotum had become then I'd have visited yours to summarily dropkick you over your garden fence into next door's cabbage patch.

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Ah it's like centreparks ...but it's Welsh?

That's noted

I made a pledge about ten years ago to only spend my money in Wales

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Why?

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

In between Greenstone and Yellowstone.

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fair play, thats decent

always fancied bluestone, but never managed to get there, doesn't help that we live 20 mins from center parcs and you cant beat that short drive

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Ah it's like centreparks ...but it's Welsh?

That's noted

I made a pledge about ten years ago to only spend my money in Wales

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When it was being built I worked for the company that built their website and integrated it with the booking system. They got very upset when we said like Centreparks.

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

Why?

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You got to put a little bit back

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Originally Posted by RichardM

When it was being built I worked for the company that built their website and integrated it with the booking system. They got very upset when we said like Centreparks.

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West Walians

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

In between Greenstone and Yellowstone.

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Greenstone would be between Bluestone and Yellowstone though.

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Ah it's like centreparks ...but it's Welsh?

That's noted

I made a pledge about ten years ago to only spend my money in Wales

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It’s full of kids sludge

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Originally Posted by blue matt

always fancied bluestone, but never managed to get there, doesn't help that we live 20 mins from center parcs and you cant beat that short drive

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I used to take my family all over the UK for holidays.
It always amused me when, say, on the Isle of Wight, lots of people were holidaying there who lived in Portsmouth.
Similarly lots of Yorkshire folk holidayed in... Yorkshire!

Why go on holiday to somewhere you can visit on a day-trip?
We always tried to go far afield to different areas.

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Where's bluestone ?

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narbeth ,my grandkids go there often looks lovely for a break

I drove to Cardiff from Bristol yesterday leaving about 4 PM.
The queue to go through the Brynglas tunnel started just after J19 of the M4, It's crazy.

Welsh government plans for the roads, speed limits tolls etc. and their need to put everything past Cardiff taxi drivers will result in empty factories all over south Wales

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Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie

Greenstone would be between Bluestone and Yellowstone though.

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Artistic licence....

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Originally Posted by xsnaggle

I drove to Cardiff from Bristol yesterday leaving about 4 PM.
The queue to go through the Brynglas tunnel started just after J19 of the M4, It's crazy.

Welsh government plans for the roads, speed limits tolls etc. and their need to put everything past Cardiff taxi drivers will result in empty factories all over south Wales

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Taxi drivers love the 20mph limits. They were barely doing 20 in the city before - now it's more like 15mph, as their meters go 'tick tick tick...'

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Originally Posted by goats

The pub there isn’t too bad…..never been in the summer holidays mind

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Yeah had a couple of pints and kids had a bite to eat im the beer garden yesterday afternoon, it was decent. Not as expensive as I thought. £5.30 a pint of Moretti.

We staying right by the central village in a 12 berth lodge.

I’m just off out for stroll down one of the trails, I can’t sit in the lodge talking politics at 9am.

We are holidaying in the UK next week and train strike affected. Glorious

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Originally Posted by bobh

I used to take my family all over the UK for holidays.
It always amused me when, say, on the Isle of Wight, lots of people were holidaying there who lived in Portsmouth.
Similarly lots of Yorkshire folk holidayed in... Yorkshire!

Why go on holiday to somewhere you can visit on a day-trip?
We always tried to go far afield to different areas.

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:thumbup:

This was Center parcs though, we would park the car on the Friday and it wouldnt move, kids would spend hours in the pool, go for a bike ride, and one of the following per day crazy golf, geo caching or rock climbing
get in car on the Monday afternoon after another day in the pool

Last couple of years have holidayed in the Suffolk/ Norfolk area.

Stunning coastlines, relatively uncrowded and great value.

Bit of a trek from just about everywhere but very relaxing once there.

Locals are a slight worry , think Forest of Dean but even more isolated, but once you get past their Jeremy Clarkson should be running the country mindset they are ok.

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Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish

Taxi drivers love the 20mph limits. They were barely doing 20 in the city before - now it's more like 15mph, as their meters go 'tick tick tick...'

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Not so. When moving the meter works on distance not time, it only works on time when the vehicle is stationary.

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Ah it's like centreparks ...but it's Welsh?

That's noted

I made a pledge about ten years ago to only spend my money in Wales

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You only get one life, seems a bit of a waste to spend it all in one tiny country if you can afford to see other places. Just my opinion obviously

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Originally Posted by delmbox

You only get one life, seems a bit of a waste to spend it all in one tiny country if you can afford to see other places. Just my opinion obviously

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Why do you hate Wales so much Delmbox?

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Originally Posted by J R Hartley

Yeah had a couple of pints and kids had a bite to eat im the beer garden yesterday afternoon, it was decent. Not as expensive as I thought. £5.30 a pint of Moretti.

We staying right by the central village in a 12 berth lodge.

I’m just off out for stroll down one of the trails, I can’t sit in the lodge talking politics at 9am.

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My current favourite pint; £4.95 in my local.

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Originally Posted by delmbox

You only get one life, seems a bit of a waste to spend it all in one tiny country if you can afford to see other places. Just my opinion obviously

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Absolutely spot on. The World is your oyster.

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Watching the scenes from Dover today explains why I can't be arsed to travel abroad and would rather go on holiday in West Wales

Staffing levels disaster
Motorway closed due to a lorry crash
Everyone decides to piss off as soon as the schools break up .....you daft idiots
Delays expected anyway due to covid and brexit checks

7 hour delays

Why do people put themselves through so much stress ?

Kids get your bucket and spade your uncle is taking you to Tenby for fish and chips

Sorted

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Go to Rhoose and fly somewhere nice.

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

Why do you hate Wales so much Delmbox?

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I know you're teasing but I like Wales. I don't like everything about Wales but I love the rolling hills everywhere, and the beaches in West Wales and the mountains in the North. I like the football team and the cheap cinemas and the way people let each other out on the roads. There's lots of nice people too and I love the fact we've got our own language and that healthcare is free. And all my stuff is here.

It's an absolute sheer fluke where you're born (something a lot of people seem to forget) and I consider myself very lucky to be born somewhere that can give me a good quality of life, better than a hell of a lot of countries.

Would I rather have been born somewhere with nice weather though? Yeah probably.

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Originally Posted by delmbox

Would I rather have been born somewhere with nice weather though? Yeah probably.

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Give it another couple of years...

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Watching the scenes from Dover today explains why I can't be arsed to travel abroad and would rather go on holiday in West Wales

Staffing levels disaster
Motorway closed due to a lorry crash
Everyone decides to piss off as soon as the schools break up .....you daft idiots
Delays expected anyway due to covid and brexit checks

7 hour delays

Why do people put themselves through so much stress ?

Kids get your bucket and spade your uncle is taking you to Tenby for fish and chips

Sorted

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Weather can be crap, if you go away for a fortnight, which I usually do it can rain for ten of the fourteen days you are away. I hate the rain, we get enough of the damn stuff over spring, autumn and especially winter

Accommodation is extortionate in this country. Have you booked a hotel or a decent B&B in Tenby during July or August? For what you pay here you can get a decent holiday in one of the Med countries, or the Canaries

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Originally Posted by Mr Soul '68

Weather can be crap, if you go away for a fortnight, which I usually do it can rain for ten of the fourteen days you are away. I hate the rain, we get enough of the damn stuff over spring, autumn and especially winter

Accommodation is extortionate in this country. Have you booked a hotel or a decent B&B in Tenby during July or August? For what you pay here you can get a decent holiday in one of the Med countries, or the Canaries

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Exactly, guaranteed weather abroad, which is the main ingredient of a summer holiday. Even though prices are rocketing, you can still get a decent bargain if you look hard enough, the UK, no chance. Hotels, entertainment, food, drinks etc are way over the top here. Many overseas resorts you can find a cold beer for €1 a pint on the stroll back from a day on the beach, good luck finding the equivalent in the UK.

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Originally Posted by delmbox

I know you're teasing but I like Wales. I don't like everything about Wales but I love the rolling hills everywhere, and the beaches in West Wales and the mountains in the North. I like the football team and the cheap cinemas and the way people let each other out on the roads. There's lots of nice people too and I love the fact we've got our own language and that healthcare is free. And all my stuff is here.

It's an absolute sheer fluke where you're born (something a lot of people seem to forget) and I consider myself very lucky to be born somewhere that can give me a good quality of life, better than a hell of a lot of countries.

Would I rather have been born somewhere with nice weather though? Yeah probably.

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I was, as you say, only messing.

Agree entirely, I am a big fan of Wales. I wish our summers were more reliable but in the grand scheme of things I wouldn't change much else.

:wales:

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Originally Posted by J R Hartley

Yeah had a couple of pints and kids had a bite to eat im the beer garden yesterday afternoon, it was decent. Not as expensive as I thought. £5.30 a pint of Moretti.

We staying right by the central village in a 12 berth lodge.

I’m just off out for stroll down one of the trails, I can’t sit in the lodge talking politics at 9am.

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Down camp Smokey way was ok if I recall…..had some decent times there with the kids when they were very young.

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Originally Posted by Dorcus

My current favourite pint; £4.95 in my local.

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Same hear about £4.50/£5.00 around Cardiff….in fact I’m having one in a few

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Originally Posted by NYCBlue

Go to Rhoose and fly somewhere nice.

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Do they fly anywhere from Rhoose bar Dublin , Paris and Amsterdam?

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Originally Posted by goats

Do they fly anywhere from Rhoose bar Dublin , Paris and Amsterdam?

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Wizz Air have been flying from Cardiff from the start of April. Hey are budget airline with some cheap flights to a lot of places in Europe. Went to Lanzarote and back last two weeks of May for £65. Lanzarote and back last week of Jan/first week of Feb for £25 return