Old Boggy Posted May 30, 2020 Report Share Posted May 30, 2020 7 hours ago, Retsdon said: A couple of years ago I took a holiday back in the UK. We rented a house (they called it a cottage but it was really a semi) on the Gower in Wales. OK, I grew up there, so for me it was coming home again, but even if the place had been completely new to me it would still have been brilliant. The best part was being able to entertain the kids all day with no effort. One morning we'd go crabbing, another day we'd go to the Leisure Centre, in the evenings we could take a cycle along the cliffs and try and spot rabbits. I bought second hand wetsuits and boogie boards for the kids off Ebay before we arrived and we spent days and days at the beach. I couldn't get them out of the water. Even got in some mackerel fishing. It was two weeks of bliss. Where I stay in Thailand when I"m not in Saudi is a tourist town. But what's there to do if you visit there? Nothing really. Look at temples, drink in bars, and eat the local food. Riding an elephant will maybe kill a morning. But for the rest, it would just be looking at things. There's no open space. You can get someone to walk you around a bit of secondary growth jungle for a day or so, but it's all just tourist stuff these days. I suppose if you'd never been there it would probably be a bit different, but the world is becoming more and more the same. Subways, KFC, TK Max, etc.etc. What's the point in travelling halfway around the planet for that? As for beaches, there's hardly anywhere left that hasn't been wrecked by unregulated development....maybe possibly Myanmar. And the majority of tourists are from China and they are something else! No, two weeks in Wales, boy! Can't beat it! So the UK isn't so bad after all. Your first positive post. Well done OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted May 30, 2020 Report Share Posted May 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Old Boggy said: o the UK isn't so bad after all. Your first positive post. Well done 🤣🤣🤣 To be fair to @Retsdon it is another thorough, honest post. As always it is a post exactly as he/she sees it, rather than towing the party line. It is good to see the richness of opinion through difference rather than people afraid to voice their dissent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retsdon Posted May 30, 2020 Report Share Posted May 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Old Boggy said: So the UK isn't so bad after all. I never said it was. If I could get Mrs R in, I'd be back tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted May 30, 2020 Report Share Posted May 30, 2020 Apart from the poor value it’s the unreliable weather that kills it for me. Not cold enough in winter for skiing (plus lack of mountains of course) and very rarely do you get nice hot, dry weather in the summer. Despite the nice weather we have had in May you know that July and August will inevitably be a washout. And then when it is hot there is not enough aircon around! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted May 30, 2020 Report Share Posted May 30, 2020 10 hours ago, Retsdon said: A couple of years ago I took a holiday back in the UK. We rented a house (they called it a cottage but it was really a semi) on the Gower in Wales. OK, I grew up there, so for me it was coming home again, but even if the place had been completely new to me it would still have been brilliant. The best part was being able to entertain the kids all day with no effort. One morning we'd go crabbing, another day we'd go to the Leisure Centre, in the evenings we could take a cycle along the cliffs and try and spot rabbits. I bought second hand wetsuits and boogie boards for the kids off Ebay before we arrived and we spent days and days at the beach. I couldn't get them out of the water. Even got in some mackerel fishing. It was two weeks of bliss. Where I stay in Thailand when I"m not in Saudi is a tourist town. But what's there to do if you visit there? Nothing really. Look at temples, drink in bars, and eat the local food. Riding an elephant will maybe kill a morning. But for the rest, it would just be looking at things. There's no open space. You can get someone to walk you around a bit of secondary growth jungle for a day or so, but it's all just tourist stuff these days. I suppose if you'd never been there it would probably be a bit different, but the world is becoming more and more the same. Subways, KFC, TK Max, etc.etc. What's the point in travelling halfway around the planet for that? As for beaches, there's hardly anywhere left that hasn't been wrecked by unregulated development....maybe possibly Myanmar. And the majority of tourists are from China and they are something else! No, two weeks in Wales, boy! Can't beat it! That does sound like bliss, about 20 years ago we spent a few days in a rural house in Wales with friends and that too was an absolute eye opener, the owner/farmer didn’t mind me shooting either, shame I’d left everything home. When we go abroad we mostly don’t bother leaving the resort, it’s all about relaxation and the all inclusive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyn2233 Posted May 30, 2020 Report Share Posted May 30, 2020 15 minutes ago, Hamster said: That does sound like bliss, about 20 years ago we spent a few days in a rural house in Wales with friends and that too was an absolute eye opener, the owner/farmer didn’t mind me shooting either, shame I’d left everything home. When we go abroad we mostly don’t bother leaving the resort, it’s all about relaxation and the all inclusive. I’m the opposite it would kill me to stay at the resort relaxing doing the all inclusive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted May 30, 2020 Report Share Posted May 30, 2020 1 hour ago, martyn2233 said: I’m the opposite it would kill me to stay at the resort relaxing doing the all inclusive I’ve been there and done that, just hate being grabbed and tossed into certain shops by the mini bus driver who is on commission. At least with the resort I know exactly what we went there for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted May 30, 2020 Report Share Posted May 30, 2020 3 hours ago, Hamster said: I’ve been there and done that, just hate being grabbed and tossed into certain shops by the mini bus driver who is on commission. At least with the resort I know exactly what we went there for. Same for us. We have been going to the same resort in Mauritius for the past 16 years. We know it intimately. We know the staff, they know us and we get treated very well. We often don't venture outside the gates all the time we are †here. I find it blissful although I accept that other would go mad at the thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strimmer_13 Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 Any body seen durdle door yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 On 30/05/2020 at 09:00, martyn2233 said: I’m the opposite it would kill me to stay at the resort relaxing doing the all inclusive Me too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 Been to St Ives about 40 times and had rain on about three days. Brilliant area, with so many places to see. Due to the crisis, I have had to cancel holidays in North Wales, Devon, Dorset and St Ives, but just booked same holiday / same time for next year in St Ives and Wales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 We tend to have a week abroad then the rest in our touring caravan in the uk. Small sites in Norfolk, Dorset and Cornwall. I would say it is what you make it, if you enjoy lots of outdoors then They are all fantastic. The caravan makes life easy and we rarely pay more than £30 a night for 2 of us two children and two dogs. You just tailor activities to the weather, in ten years going to Cornwall in July/ August we have never failed to spend a fair proportion on the beach. We will see what happens this year and if it is too rammed to be worth it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 1 hour ago, strimmer_13 said: Any body seen durdle door yesterday So much for social distancing😵 I bet they will be the first to whinge when there is a second spike and lock down is re-imposed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 5 minutes ago, Yellow Bear said: So much for social distancing😵 I bet they will be the first to whinge when there is a second spike and lock down is re-imposed That’ll be depending upon how much furloughed money is available for them easy to be a **** if you’re having wages paid you’d have thought that after 8/10 weeks most of the population could work out 2 meters distance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Heron Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 I love the UK I have travelled abroad a lot but I just prefer the UK for all it's faults the typical Spanish holiday with its ****** up parents and their grotty off spring is not for me last year I had a cottage in Anglesey just me the wife and dog it was the best holiday I have ever had next to that just me and my rifle up in Scotland will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 (edited) I think we are all jumping on the band wagon now ( lets all holiday in the UK ) as it’s been the 2nd best spring on record, if it had been ******* down like normal during lockdown the feedback to this thread would be totally different, it all depends what you enjoy doing on your holidays. The way we look at it is try & see as much of the world when we are relatively young & health as nobody knows what’s round the corner then holiday in the UK when we are older, as Heron said about typical Spanish holidays I am with him 100% the way many British people behave when abroad is a bloody embarrassment. Edited May 31, 2020 by blackbird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strimmer_13 Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Yellow Bear said: So much for social distancing😵 I bet they will be the first to whinge when there is a second spike and lock down is re-imposed 3 ***** were jumping off the cliffs and got badly injured. But shows when the emergency services comes in it all gos to pot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 My favourite holidays have been in Ireland and the Highlands, going with extended family for 2-3 weeks in a cottage, fishing gear, small dinghy, smoker, local crab and mussels.. pub within walking distance...sorted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 (edited) The beach image of the crowd is after they had cleared two landing areas for air ambulances. We have no details yet but a typical injuring for young men ‘tombstoning’ to impress young women is permanent paralysis. 1 minute ago, islandgun said: My favourite holidays have been in Ireland and the Highlands, going with extended family for 2-3 weeks in a cottage, fishing gear, small dinghy, smoker, local crab and mussels.. pub within walking distance...sorted We go to the highlands every year. Gorgeous beaches and no one else in sight. Edited May 31, 2020 by WalkedUp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washerboy Posted May 31, 2020 Report Share Posted May 31, 2020 The last 3 years we have done adults only, all inclusive. This October I'm 50 so it's a special year long save and going to jamaica. https://images.app.goo.gl/cbCrLjyumzjw9uqL6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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