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Summer Holiday Thread
Tenby
3 nights , hotel
June
Coach from Bridgend
180 quid
Have it
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Enjoy. Your going for it this year. Trecco fully booked?🤣
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Skiing ⛷️
Five nights
£79
Self Catering
Fairwater
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I'm off backpacking in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
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Italy...including Lucca/Barga to see where my gggrandfather came from. Plus some walking in the lakes, Como and Maggiore.
Normandy...DDay beaches walking tour. Will finally get to see where a guy I knew in my youth came ashore. He was 1st Dorsets, lived up Rhiwbina Hill. One of the first ashore. 3 left alive at the end of June 6th from 30 on his landing craft as he recalled it.
Menorca/Mallorca two centre for some walking. Nothing booked yet but looking at end of August/start of September.
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Now you're talking.
Cliff was superb in it.
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Tenby
3 nights , hotel
June
Coach from Bridgend
180 quid
Have it
Clarence hotel, £2.50 a pint last time I was there, pre-covid mind.
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Mid April for 3 weeks walking our last section of the SW Coastal Path (Plymouth to Poole - 210 miles): B&Bs with two 'rest days', one in Lyme Regis fossil hunting.
September in mainland Greece for the first time. Hotels and a bit pricey!
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IanD
Italy...including Lucca/Barga to see where my gggrandfather came from. Plus some walking in the lakes, Como and Maggiore.
Normandy...DDay beaches walking tour. Will finally get to see where a guy I knew in my youth came ashore. He was 1st Dorsets, lived up Rhiwbina Hill. One of the first ashore. 3 left alive at the end of June 6th from 30 on his landing craft as he recalled it.
Menorca/Mallorca two centre for some walking. Nothing booked yet but looking at end of August/start of September.
Wow
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jon1959
Mid April for 3 weeks walking our last section of the SW Coastal Path (Plymouth to Poole - 210 miles): B&Bs with two 'rest days', one in Lyme Regis fossil hunting.
September in mainland Greece for the first time. Hotels and a bit pricey!
That sounds like hard work
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Taunton Blue Genie
I'm off backpacking in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
what's wrong with Turkmenistan?
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Originally Posted by
SLUDGE FACTORY
Tenby
3 nights , hotel
June
Coach from Bridgend
180 quid
Have it
I envy you, having it almost on your doorstep.
Funnily enough, I recently happened to come across images of Tenby on the Internet, truly beautiful place!
I haven't been there for about 25 years, I would imagine it's hardly changed much?
Would love to visit there again in the not too distant future.
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jon1959
Mid April for 3 weeks walking our last section of the SW Coastal Path (Plymouth to Poole - 210 miles): B&Bs with two 'rest days', one in Lyme Regis fossil hunting.
September in mainland Greece for the first time. Hotels and a bit pricey!
As you may be aware, I'm doing the SWCP but in smaller chunks and won't finish it until next year (and I'm not looking forward to completing it). My next stretches are Plymouth eastwards too. Give me a shout if you want the benefit of some local knowledge when you are in SE Devon.
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Saundersfoot, lovely 4 bed house including hot tub and 1 dog allowed….whenever guests aren’t using it.
Feel free to message for details ;0)
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IanD
Italy...including Lucca/Barga to see where my gggrandfather came from. Plus some walking in the lakes, Como and Maggiore.
Normandy...DDay beaches walking tour. Will finally get to see where a guy I knew in my youth came ashore. He was 1st Dorsets, lived up Rhiwbina Hill. One of the first ashore. 3 left alive at the end of June 6th from 30 on his landing craft as he recalled it.
Menorca/Mallorca two centre for some walking. Nothing booked yet but looking at end of August/start of September.
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).
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Taunton Blue Genie
I'm off backpacking in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Nice!
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OurManFlint II
Nice!
I'm actually off to Nice for a weekend next month :-)
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Camper van trips
Dorset
Porthcawl
Somerset
Devon/Cornwall
Anglesey
Gower
Aberystwyth
North Coast 500
Loch Ness
And Norway if the missus lets me
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IanD
Italy...including Lucca/Barga to see where my gggrandfather came from. Plus some walking in the lakes, Como and Maggiore.
Normandy...DDay beaches walking tour. Will finally get to see where a guy I knew in my youth came ashore. He was 1st Dorsets, lived up Rhiwbina Hill. One of the first ashore. 3 left alive at the end of June 6th from 30 on his landing craft as he recalled it.
Menorca/Mallorca two centre for some walking. Nothing booked yet but looking at end of August/start of September.
That sounds great. :ayatollah:
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Originally Posted by
jon1959
Mid April for 3 weeks walking our last section of the SW Coastal Path (Plymouth to Poole - 210 miles): B&Bs with two 'rest days', one in Lyme Regis fossil hunting.
September in mainland Greece for the first time. Hotels and a bit pricey!
Fossil hunting in Lyme Regis? Dirty bugger.
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Original poster might want to invest in a better car than spending his wedge on dogging expeditions to Tenerife next month and Tenby during the summer.
His crappy Astra shakes, coughs, splutters and backfires its way to Cardiff and back while he grips the steering wheel for dear life.
He and that shed is a menace to other road users.
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Tuerto
Fossil hunting in Lyme Regis? Dirty bugger.
I'm hoping to bump into Kate Winslett doing her Ammonite thing! :thumbup:
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Originally Posted by
Taunton Blue Genie
As you may be aware, I'm doing the SWCP but in smaller chunks and won't finish it until next year (and I'm not looking forward to completing it). My next stretches are Plymouth eastwards too. Give me a shout if you want the benefit of some local knowledge when you are in SE Devon.
Thanks.
We did Bude to Penzance in 2019; Penzance to Plymouth in 2021 and Minehead to Bude in 2022. This will be the longest segment.
The SW Coastal Path is usually described as 630 miles - but we have already done about 20 miles more than the official distance because of high tide detours, MOD live firing detours, and storm damage (fallen trees blocking path) detours.
But we are not doing The Salt Path - more The Comfort Path with B&Bs/hotels all booked in advance, and daily luggage transfers for the cases. Hopefully not too much rain.
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bluesp
Saundersfoot, lovely 4 bed house including hot tub and 1 dog allowed….whenever guests aren’t using it.
Feel free to message for details ;0)
Hot tub sounds ok but I draw the line at sharing it with a dog!!!!
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jon1959
Thanks.
We did Bude to Penzance in 2019; Penzance to Plymouth in 2021 and Minehead to Bude in 2022. This will be the longest segment.
The SW Coastal Path is usually described as 630 miles - but we have already done about 20 miles more than the official distance because of high tide detours, MOD live firing detours, and storm damage (fallen trees blocking path) detours.
But we are not doing The Salt Path - more The Comfort Path with B&Bs/hotels all booked in advance, and daily luggage transfers for the cases. Hopefully not too much rain.
What happened to a backpack and off you go?
"Daily luggage transfers" sounds so middle class :D
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splott parker
Hot tub sounds ok but I draw the line at sharing it with a dog!!!!
:hehe:
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Originally Posted by
Rock_Flock_of_Five
I envy you, having it almost on your doorstep.
Funnily enough, I recently happened to come across images of Tenby on the Internet, truly beautiful place!
I haven't been there for about 25 years, I would imagine it's hardly changed much?
Would love to visit there again in the not too distant future.
Tenby is great for a philistine like me
Beach and nice walks nearby but also plenty of chippys , kebab and curry houses
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Tenby is great for a philistine like me
Beach and nice walks nearby but also plenty of chippys , kebab and curry houses
Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour yet?
Fall to thy knees to repent while you can for your moral turpitude at Castell Coch's car park and elsewhere when you fornicated with scrubbers galore.
The dark back lanes and bushes and knocking shops where you sinned were not private affairs: He witnessed it all.
:old:
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Booked a week in Portal Nous, Majorca.
Booked flights and hotel myself. The price on package holiday with the likes of TUI for a family of 4 absolutely crazy money in school holidays.
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dembethewarrior
What happened to a backpack and off you go?
"Daily luggage transfers" sounds so middle class :D
I think old(er) age happened.
There is still a backpack - but a suitcase transferred by local taxi as well. When we started doing this type of long national trail walk years ago most people carried all their stuff in a pack. But in recent years I would say that 80%+ use luggage transfers for cases and just carry the day pack.
Changing times! All pre-booked and the transfers account for about 10-15% of the cost with the rest mostly on accommodation.
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Away in the caravan in Dolgellau at the moment.
A long weekend in the caravan near Bromyard at Easter (daughter lives there, so combining it with a visit to her).
Another long weekend, this time near Malvern, for the walking festival in June.
Nothing else booked, but more nights away in the caravan over the summer then my wife is talking about a Greek island in October.
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jon1959
I think old(er) age happened.
There is still a backpack - but a suitcase transferred by local taxi as well. When we started doing this type of long national trail walk years ago most people carried all their stuff in a pack. But in recent years I would say that 80%+ use luggage transfers for cases and just carry the day pack.
Changing times! All pre-booked and the transfers account for about 10-15% of the cost with the rest mostly on accommodation.
I was pulling your leg, I'd do exactly the same!
Walking is something I've always said I'd do but NEVER get around to..
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RichardM
Away in the caravan in Dolgellau at the moment.
A long weekend in the caravan near Bromyard at Easter (daughter lives there, so combining it with a visit to her).
Another long weekend, this time near Malvern, for the walking festival in June.
Nothing else booked, but more nights away in the caravan over the summer then my wife is talking about a Greek island in October.
Spent time in that area (Harlech), lovely stunning place, the whole area is absolutely beautiful. Loved Dolgellau, however Barmouth had me on my toes on Saturday nights, even for a harden Cardiff boy!
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About 12 days in France in the summer including a couple of days at this place.
https://www.puydufou.com/france/en
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Tuerto
Fossil hunting in Lyme Regis? Dirty bugger.
Pop over to Charmouth..more fossils there
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Quite fancy Sri Lanka this year, good exchange rate still, beautiful place.
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The Bloop
I worked a summer season on a campsite on the Vendee in 2007 and the customers who visited Puy du Fou thought it was great. Long time ago mind.
I'm of to Extremadura in Spain for a week in April (walking and birdwatching) followed by 5 nights in Hondarribia in the Basque country (eating and drinking).
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Grievous Angel
I worked a summer season on a campsite on the Vendee in 2007 and the customers who visited Puy du Fou thought it was great. Long time ago mind.
I'm of to Extremadura in Spain for a week in April (walking and birdwatching) followed by 5 nights in Hondarribia in the Basque country (eating and drinking).
We've went to Puy du Fou a few years ago. It's a fairly unique place and fantastic day out.
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OurManFlint II
Spent time in that area (Harlech), lovely stunning place, the whole area is absolutely beautiful. Loved Dolgellau, however Barmouth had me on my toes on Saturday nights, even for a harden Cardiff boy!
Took a works van down the steep hill in Harlech. Was night time and the lad driving had absolutely zero confidence, was a great laugh as he tried to get all the way down from top to bottom, parked cars making it really hard for him...
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Giving it a miss this year as planning to redecorate the house and sort out the garden,all of which are going to take time and money.
Mr exciting, me!