The Great British Holiday Getaway Nightmare

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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

[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.

[goats]

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.

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

[J R Hartley]

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

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.

[goats]

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.

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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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.

Where's bluestone ?

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Where's bluestone ?

In between Greenstone and Yellowstone.

[blue matt]

In between Greenstone and Yellowstone.

fair play, thats decent

[Taunton Blue Genie]

In between Greenstone and Yellowstone.

Greenstone would be between Bluestone and Yellowstone though.

[poc]

Where's bluestone ?

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

[RichardM]

Where's bluestone ?

Narbeth

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Narbeth

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

[Tuerto]

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

Why?

[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

[bobh]

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

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.

[blue matt]

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.

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

[goats]

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

It’s full of kids sludge

[delmbox]

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

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

[JamesWales]

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

Why do you hate Wales so much Delmbox?

[delmbox]

Why do you hate Wales so much 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.

[nomad blue]

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

Give it another couple of years...

[JamesWales]

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.

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.

[Bobby Dandruff]

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

Exactly.

[Organ Morgan.]

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

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.

[RichardM]

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

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.