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The Great British Holiday
Can't be doing with going abroad , passports , flights and all that cobblers
Bung some clothes in the car , drive to West Wales , Devon or Lake District
Week away
Drive home
Sorted
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Originally Posted by
SLUDGE FACTORY
Can't be doing with going abroad , passports , flights and all that cobblers
Bung some clothes in the car , drive to West Wales , Devon or Lake District
Week away
Drive home
Sorted
Weekend in Tenby, B and B, sorted
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Originally Posted by
SLUDGE FACTORY
Can't be doing with going abroad , passports , flights and all that cobblers
Bung some clothes in the car , drive to West Wales , Devon or Lake District
Week away
Drive home
Sorted
Have you ever done any wild camping?
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Tuerto
Have you ever done any wild camping?
I have been to Minskys a few times if thats what you mean
I was confused
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Can't be doing with going abroad , passports , flights and all that cobblers
Bung some clothes in the car , drive to West Wales , Devon or Lake District
Week away
Drive home
Sorted
There’s some lovely spots in Wales and England but a holiday for me is guaranteed sun and baking hot temperatures where I can just crash out in the warm for a few weeks.
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Harry Paget Flashman
There’s some lovely spots in Wales and England but a holiday for me is guaranteed sun and baking hot temperatures where I can just crash out in the warm for a few weeks.
I would opt for tenerife in November or January
Cardiff seems hotter than the med some summers !
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Maybe if it's linked to a nice pre-season tour but I like a bit of culture and architecture and you don't really get that in Paignton.
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Bluebirdman Of Alcathays
Maybe if it's linked to a nice pre-season tour but I like a bit of culture and architecture and you don't really get that in Paignton.
Bridgend
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Bridgend
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Might stop there while inter-railing, and then take in Maesteg and Port Talbot.
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Bridgend
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Civilisation....
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Originally Posted by
SLUDGE FACTORY
Can't be doing with going abroad , passports , flights and all that cobblers
Bung some clothes in the car , drive to West Wales , Devon or Lake District
Week away
Drive home
Sorted
If you down Llandovery way next week call in for a cuppa :thumbup:
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This year is a big chance for the " great British holiday " to sell itself again and maybe recreate the feelings of years gone by and people will forget going abroad in the future :thumbup:
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SLUDGE FACTORY
I would opt for tenerife in November or January
Cardiff seems hotter than the med some summers !
No chance.
High 30's or 40's for me. Just crashed out like a Richmond sausage sizzling away.
It's probably why I'm a bronzed God.
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Harry Paget Flashman
No chance.
High 30's or 40's for me. Just crashed out like a Richmond sausage sizzling away.
It's probably why I'm a bronzed God.
Dreadful, twenty is plenty, I work in hot climates a lot, wouldn't dream of going abroad unless I had to. Sunbathing, boring and pointless. Each to their own though.
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elytillidie
Dreadful, twenty is plenty, I work in hot climates a lot, wouldn't dream of going abroad unless I had to. Sunbathing, boring and pointless. Each to their own though.
Totally agree about sunbathing being boring and pointless.
I live in a sub-tropical region, it's not very seasonal. We get hot weather from April to October. I miss the seasonal weather of the UK and the food (I never thought I'd ever say that).
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elytillidie
Dreadful, twenty is plenty, I work in hot climates a lot, wouldn't dream of going abroad unless I had to. Sunbathing, boring and pointless. Each to their own though.
Nothing more boring than just sitting on a beach these days, maybe if I was 21 with a good book and a hangover. 26/27 degrees is a nice temp anything over is a pain in the butt. I’m down west now, seems quite quiet but maybe we’ll see tomorrow when the sun is supposed to come out a d it warms up. Kids don’t care mind, they ran in the sea as soon as we got here.....
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elytillidie
Dreadful, twenty is plenty, I work in hot climates a lot, wouldn't dream of going abroad unless I had to. Sunbathing, boring and pointless. Each to their own though.
I'm addicted to the buzz of travelling to strange places with a different culture, language, food, architecture, history etc. - and having the challenge in getting around. The more alien the better. Last year I had to cancel flights to locations including Kazakhstan and Argentina and trips abroad for me are the antithesis of sitting on a tourist beach. Each to their own, of course.
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The sooner we can holiday abroad again the better.
Rather stay at home than holiday in the UK.
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Maxim
If you down Llandovery way next week call in for a cuppa :thumbup:
Is that your home town ?
Went to Newcastle Emlyn many years ago , went into a pub and there were two cardiff city framed replica shirts on the wall
I felt a sense of belonging
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Bluebirdman Of Alcathays
Might stop there while inter-railing, and then take in Maesteg and Port Talbot.
stay away from lewistown
They don't like outsiders
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blue matt
This year is a big chance for the " great British holiday " to sell itself again and maybe recreate the feelings of years gone by and people will forget going abroad in the future :thumbup:
Bingo
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Originally Posted by
Harry Paget Flashman
No chance.
High 30's or 40's for me. Just crashed out like a Richmond sausage sizzling away.
It's probably why I'm a bronzed God.
too hot for me
If there's one thing you have got mate , its god like status
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Originally Posted by
elytillidie
Dreadful, twenty is plenty, I work in hot climates a lot, wouldn't dream of going abroad unless I had to. Sunbathing, boring and pointless. Each to their own though.
21 , 22 then I begin to get clammy
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Hilts
The sooner we can holiday abroad again the better.
Rather stay at home than holiday in the UK.
Depends on what type of holiday you're after. If it's involving small kids and you're after some good weather for them to do the seaside thing, then forget it, unless you get really lucky. If you're travelling with another adult or adults, then walking, exploring an area is fantastic if you're into that kind of thing. The UK landscape and the history is fantastic, although if, like me, you've been bringing up kids for the last 26 years, then an 'adult' holiday is an alien concept. I can honestly say that i wouldn't know what to do if i had to spend a week or so with just my missus, without any kids, as all of our holidays have sort of been their holidays if you know what i mean.
Can't stand Caravans or caravan parks, they remind me of my time growing up on council estates with little privacy and i've stayed in so many caravans while digging it with work, the smell of them turns my stomach :hehe: Plenty of British B and B's and small hotels are 'royston Vasey' weird little set ups, i'd rather stay in a Travelodge. The UK is expensive for what you're getting, i do like Northern Spain and the Basque region, it's not so hot and i like the food and Culture of the region, the people are lovely as well.
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goats
Nothing more boring than just sitting on a beach these days, maybe if I was 21 with a good book and a hangover. 26/27 degrees is a nice temp anything over is a pain in the butt. I’m down west now, seems quite quiet but maybe we’ll see tomorrow when the sun is supposed to come out a d it warms up. Kids don’t care mind, they ran in the sea as soon as we got here.....
where down west are you mate , I rarely venture further than Tenby
Newquay is nice
Went water skiing down there once , managed to get up on the skis , saw a fin , thought it was a shark , shit myself and fell off
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SLUDGE FACTORY
where down west are you mate , I rarely venture further than Tenby
Newquay is nice
Went water skiing down there once , managed to get up on the skis , saw a fin , thought it was a shark , shit myself and fell off
He's loaded Sludge, lives in a lovely area as well, bang in the middle of Heath Park :hehe:
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Hilts
The sooner we can holiday abroad again the better.
Rather stay at home than holiday in the UK.
I don't think we're going anywhere abroad for a while.
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Tuerto
Depends on what type of holiday you're after. If it's involving small kids and you're after some good weather for them to do the seaside thing, then forget it, unless you get really lucky. If you're travelling with another adult or adults, then walking, exploring an area is fantastic if you're into that kind of thing. The UK landscape and the history is fantastic, although if, like me, you've been bringing up kids for the last 26 years, then an 'adult' holiday is an alien concept. I can honestly say that i wouldn't know what to do if i had to spend a week or so with just my missus, without any kids, as all of our holidays have sort of been their holidays if you know what i mean.
Can't stand Caravans or caravan parks, they remind me of my time growing up on council estates with little privacy and i've stayed in so many caravans while digging it with work, the smell of them turns my stomach :hehe: Plenty of British B and B's and small hotels are 'royston Vasey' weird little set ups, i'd rather stay in a Travelodge. The UK is expensive for what you're getting, i do like Northern Spain and the Basque region, it's not so hot and i like the food and Culture of the region, the people are lovely as well.
Holidays for me were mumbles , when we lived in neath , so about 45 minutes drive at most , in a static caravan , the gower was for posh people
Devon , Minehead usually
Or over to Guernsey to see my mothers sister , odd people that lot
My mates who had more money than us were at the start of the UK package holiday boom and their parents would be taking them to Greece, Spain, Majorca , Crete , Portugal , Tenerife etc
But it was uk holidays for me and it kind of stuck
I can get to Tenby in an hour and a half , no passport , no poncing about with watches , arriving at airport 2 hours before flight
The weather is never a certainty of course but there you go
There is so much of Wales I have never seen without worrying about back packing around Austria
Rugged West Wales is just two hours away
Lovely beaches around Broad Haven , Newgale , etc
All you have to do is hold your nose as you drive past Swansea
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Originally Posted by
Tuerto
Depends on what type of holiday you're after. If it's involving small kids and you're after some good weather for them to do the seaside thing, then forget it, unless you get really lucky. If you're travelling with another adult or adults, then walking, exploring an area is fantastic if you're into that kind of thing. The UK landscape and the history is fantastic, although if, like me, you've been bringing up kids for the last 26 years, then an 'adult' holiday is an alien concept. I can honestly say that i wouldn't know what to do if i had to spend a week or so with just my missus, without any kids, as all of our holidays have sort of been their holidays if you know what i mean.
Can't stand Caravans or caravan parks, they remind me of my time growing up on council estates with little privacy and i've stayed in so many caravans while digging it with work, the smell of them turns my stomach :hehe: Plenty of British B and B's and small hotels are 'royston Vasey' weird little set ups, i'd rather stay in a Travelodge. The UK is expensive for what you're getting, i do like Northern Spain and the Basque region, it's not so hot and i like the food and Culture of the region, the people are lovely as well.
I had never stayed on campsites before last year. I bought a modest campervan to use when walking the South West Coast Path and the sites I stayed at were very civilised, I have to say. As my trips involve 5 friends joining me for each weekend concerned I have looked into alternative accommodation but a room at a Travelodge in Devon can exceed £100 a night in the coming months.
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I love a caravan holiday down West Wales in the drizzle - really enjoy every time I go
But when a trip to Centreparks costs more than a week in an all inclusive in Spain I think **** that.
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If the option to go abroad isn't there I'll probably give a holiday a miss altogether this year.
If everyone is holidaying in the UK then prices will shoot up. I'd rather save the money and go when it is better value
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Rjk
If the option to go abroad isn't there I'll probably give a holiday a miss altogether this year.
If everyone is holidaying in the UK then prices will shoot up. I'd rather save the money and go when it is better value
But a year of your life will have slipped away.....
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Considering how often me and the missus usually go abroad, I haven't missed it too much over the last 12 months. I've missed seeing the grandchildren far more.
My missus has severe arthritis and the dry heat you get on the continent is so beneficial for her well being. Cardiff has a damp, maritime climate which is particularly bad for arthritis sufferers so it's holidays abroad for us, although if had to have a week away in this country, it would be Cornwall every time.
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Booked 2 holidays this year. A week in Cornwall in June which will probably happen and a fortnight in Zante in August which probably will not. Need some meals out, preferably in the sun!
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Is that your home town ?
Went to Newcastle Emlyn many years ago , went into a pub and there were two cardiff city framed replica shirts on the wall
I felt a sense of belonging
No Swansea.I got two holiday homes on wheels up there.
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Taunton Blue Genie
But a year of your life will have slipped away.....
the year of my life will still occur whether or not I have an overpriced holiday in the uk
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Holidaying in the UK has got too expensive, looking at some options recently and the prices are way too much for what you get, not just this year either. Massive problem is our climate too, so many shite days that you’re often indoors spending whereas the guaranteed weather abroad allows you to be outdoors constantly, whether strolling about, sun bathing, whatever. We found this out years ago, our lot used to have a Blackpool blow out 2nd weekend of October for over 20 years but Blackpool got greedy and expected everyone to turn up regardless, the cost became ridiculous. We swapped to Benidorm, same time of year but for a week rather than the Blackpool Fri-Mon for less. Weather was still lovely so we spent less on the piss in the day and had a ball every night. UK establishments will see this ‘holiday at home’ thing as a means to squeeze every drop out of the holidaymaker, those rainy days in cafes & (if they’re open) pubs will have people pining to get on a plane again.
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Taunton Blue Genie
I had never stayed on campsites before last year. I bought a modest campervan to use when walking the South West Coast Path and the sites I stayed at were very civilised, I have to say. As my trips involve 5 friends joining me for each weekend concerned I have looked into alternative accommodation but a room at a Travelodge in Devon can exceed £100 a night in the coming months.
Some of the more 'real' campsites are really nice and well maintained. I think that there are plenty of like minded people that use them and dare i say it, punters who take their holidays quite seriously, in terms of preparation and what they expect out of a campsite. They're not usually mugs. Have you considered travelling into europe in your Van? Some of the french and Spanish sites are incredible, they cater for every type of person, and they're spotless. I've driven down to southern france and spain about 6 times and camped at independent campsites. Fantastic experience.
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Rjk
the year of my life will still occur whether or not I have an overpriced holiday in the uk
God willing.
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SLUDGE FACTORY
where down west are you mate , I rarely venture further than Tenby
Newquay is nice
Went water skiing down there once , managed to get up on the skis , saw a fin , thought it was a shark , shit myself and fell off
Little/broad haven....it’s really quiet despite Mark Drakeford saying it will be busy. It won’t get busy until the English are allowed here in the 12th April.