the last engineer Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 its got a craking F1 circuit :good: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Mongrel- Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 its got a craking F1 circuit :good: It's got several cracking race circuits...Catragena, Almeria, Valencia, Aragon, Ricardo Tomas etc etc as well as Catalunya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last engineer Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 It's got several cracking race circuits...Catragena, Almeria, Valencia, Aragon, Ricardo Tomas etc etc as well as Catalunya. great, more reasons to go to Spain,,,,,, plus the fact that the Machine shop building my new machine doesnot seem to be so at the speed I'd like........ TOO MANY RACETRACKS maybe Martin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 (edited) Taking this off topic a bit, My mate Gordon has a place in Spain, he has had it for over 20 years and he paid £4,000 for it and its a big place. His family are over there and they have a business over there. In recent times he has given what turned out to be good advice to people wanting to buy property out there. The advice basically was don't do it. Put the money in the bank and rent instead. He said there is no way a British person dealing with the "British speaking estate agents" can ever get to see property at a fair price. Some prices were just ridiculously inflated. His other reason was not to get tied down because most British don't stay more than a few years, thats if they don't drink themselves to death first. Good advice as it turned out. There are now abandoned properties on the Costas where people have just walked away, can't sell them. But even the tourists are drying up, people used to go there because it was cheap, you could eat out etc very reasonably buy a few bits and pieces in the supermarket. The real truth is that the Spanish package holiday industry from the 70s onward was built on cheap booze and chips. Now its too expensive. We were in Barcelona a few months back, prices made you flinch. Compared to that New York is an absolute bargain Edited February 3, 2012 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKPoacher Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Taking this off topic a bit, My mate Gordon has a place in Spain, he has had it for over 20 years and he paid £4,000 for it and its a big place. His family are over there and they have a business over there. In recent times he has given what turned out to be good advice to people wanting to buy property out there. The advice basically was don't do it. Put the money in the bank and rent instead. He said there is no way a British person dealing with the "British speaking estate agents" can ever get to see property at a fair price. Some prices were just ridiculously inflated. His other reason was not to get tied down because most British don't stay more than a few years, thats if they don't drink themselves to death first. Good advice as it turned out. There are now abandoned properties on the Costas where people have just walked away, can't sell them. But even the tourists are drying up, people used to go there because it was cheap, you could eat out etc very reasonably buy a few bits and pieces in the supermarket. The real truth is that the Spanish package holiday industry from the 70s onward was built on cheap booze and chips. Now its too expensive. We were in Barcelona a few months back, prices made you flinch. Compared to that New York is an absolute bargain Vince, you can see the same in Cyprus and France. People go over and buy with little or no idea of what they are letting themselves in for. As you say, three years later and they want out with little or no hope of selling. The whole Eurozone has become too expensive whereas a few years ago the cost of iving in France, Spain and Cyprus was a fraction of the UK. I also have seen plenty of evidence regards your comment about ex-pats drinking themsleves to death. I think many of that pursuaion are attracted by cheap booze and being in similar company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 (edited) Vince, you can see the same in Cyprus and France. People go over and buy with little or no idea of what they are letting themselves in for. As you say, three years later and they want out with little or no hope of selling. The whole Eurozone has become too expensive whereas a few years ago the cost of iving in France, Spain and Cyprus was a fraction of the UK. I also have seen plenty of evidence regards your comment about ex-pats drinking themsleves to death. I think many of that pursuaion are attracted by cheap booze and being in similar company. Yes its very much the same in Florida, why buy? its an eight/nine hour flight away. And rentals are so cheap. Apart from the flight times the US is so much better value. Just take this as an example. August, we had a meal in "The Stage" a famous restaurant on 7th Avenue in New York just off Broadway. Inside its covered in pictures of famous people, John Wayne, Marilyn Munro, Bogart etc all of whom have eaten there apparantly. We had a nice meal and it came to about £20 a head*. You would pay more than that for oily fish and chips in some tatty Greek Taverna these days. * thats for what we had, we could have ordered a lot of stuff that would have cost a lot more than that. Edited February 3, 2012 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 I have a theory. When a holiday destination starts getting direct flights from Newcastle, Manchester, Edinburgh or Glasgow it's time to vacate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 I have a theory. When a holiday destination starts getting direct flights from Newcastle, Manchester, Edinburgh or Glasgow it's time to vacate. what about norwich and leeds.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 what about norwich and leeds.... Does Leeds have an airport? I know Norwich does but will those elastic bands enable the planes to fly further than Suffolk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Where can't you get a direct flight to out of Manchester? I could understand it if you said Liverpool instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKPoacher Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 (edited) Does Leeds have an airport? I know Norwich does but will those elastic bands enable the planes to fly further than Suffolk? Certainly does: Edited February 3, 2012 by UKPoacher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Does Leeds have an airport? I know Norwich does but will those elastic bands enable the planes to fly further than Suffolk? yes it does Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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