harkom Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 14 hours ago, Dave at kelton said: You boys need to get to Scotland wild camping and free. Perhaps not such a good idea to promote extensively - in view of the volumes of trash, litter and excrement being spread around. You want the wilder countryside to look like a lay-by on a main road? ...carry on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Shot Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 Most of the west of Wales (all of the parts that rely heavily on tourism at least) spent most of last year telling us 'city folk' that we weren't welcome and to not even dare set foot in their lands. God forbid you spoke with a posh accent and happened to own some sort of property there. (I do not FYI). I'm not too keen on going there now that furlough is ending, their tourism based businesses are failing and they're begging people to go there for their 'staycation'. In the brief period last summer that restrictions were relaxed Italy welcomed us with open arms. I'd quite like to go back to Italy when allowed rather than be gouged by people who spent the last year telling us we weren't welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Poor Shot said: Most of the west of Wales (all of the parts that rely heavily on tourism at least) spent most of last year telling us 'city folk' that we weren't welcome and to not even dare set foot in their lands. God forbid you spoke with a posh accent and happened to own some sort of property there. (I do not FYI). I'm not too keen on going there now that furlough is ending, their tourism based businesses are failing and they're begging people to go there for their 'staycation'. In the brief period last summer that restrictions were relaxed Italy welcomed us with open arms. I'd quite like to go back to Italy when allowed rather than be gouged by people who spent the last year telling us we weren't welcome. Interesting point, much of Cornwall and Devon did the same. A lot of complaining about non-locals coming to visit with their caravans and holiday homes. Holidays in the U.K. have always been fairly expensive compared to what you can get abroad. Most people’s standard of a “good holiday” is sitting at a poolside, hot weather, and drinking themselves into oblivion. You can get a flight on a budget airline to many places for less than £100… a cheap room in a so so hotel on an all inclusive deal, or just digs, and basic (chips and a pint) type food in most foreign towns for not a lot of money. There are massive areas of Spain etc that have nothing in that area except for nice weather and a bit of sea. I imagine most people would prefer this mind to spending a week in the rain in a tent in West Wales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 18 minutes ago, Lloyd90 said: I imagine most people would prefer this mind to spending a week in the rain in a tent in West Wales. Lol I am having a week off, it's been great weather and today is another scorcher,, wife is packing up a picnic, I am getting the mesh jackets out and we are off out to somewhere nice and quiet on the gloriously sunny Pembrokeshire coast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 (edited) Try again Midge vid Edited June 30, 2021 by islandgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 41 minutes ago, welsh1 said: Lol I am having a week off, it's been great weather and today is another scorcher,, wife is packing up a picnic, I am getting the mesh jackets out and we are off out to somewhere nice and quiet on the gloriously sunny Pembrokeshire coast. I spent the weekend in Northumberland and travelled back down through Yorkshire. Very similar and very nice. But you can almost guarantee the sun, sea and cheap booze in Spain, you can’t compare it to the U.K. where you get predicted a heat wave and it rains torrentially for 2 weeks just when they say it’ll be stunning … makes it hard to plan. I have always said if you catch the U.K. at the right time of year I’m not sure why you’d want to go abroad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokersmith Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 Two breaks away this year … not with the family though😮😳🎣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 (edited) Flip side is use them or lose them is what I'm thinking, popular UK locations are at a premium price and then some. Its probably fair to say anyone who ploughed their life savings and spare time into setting up dwellings/sites for holidays in popular UK location location locations only to not be able to recoup their investments in a shorter season due to lock downs will do better to sell the property and further reduce holiday availability because they are treated as rip-offs. Sounds like the UK holiday industry is on a lose - lose path to me. Edited June 30, 2021 by Dave-G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 (edited) In Cornwall the number of people actually making money from the tourists is comparatively small, most of the bigger hotels and caravan sites (for example) are owned by remote companies so the profits don't stay in Cornwall. All the locals get in the main are seasonal minimum wage jobs. Compare that to the massive amounts of disruption endured by ordinary folk just trying to get on with their day to day lives and the reason why there is hostility. One local pointed out to me that a few years ago a motor caravan was a transit van with an elevating roof. Now they are three times as long and sometimes towing a car. Driven by a septuagenarian with thick glasses who has never driven anything bigger than the family car. They still use ordinary sat navs instead of the specialist satnavs for trucks and coaches. So they get stuck trying to get down narrow lanes and it snarls up the school runs and people trying to home etc. When this happens all the time there is bound to be resentment Edited June 30, 2021 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave at kelton Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Vince Green said: Yes but they are having to make laws to ban wild camping in parts of Scotland because of all the idiots. Much the same happening in Cornwall Assuming we have no such idiots on here🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave at kelton Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 7 minutes ago, Vince Green said: In Cornwall the number of people actually making money from the tourists is comparatively small, most of the bigger hotels and caravan sites (for example) are owned by remote companies so the profits don't stay in Cornwall. All the locals get in the main are seasonal minimum wage jobs. Compare that to the massive amounts of disruption endured by ordinary folk just trying to get on with their day to day lives and the reason why there is hostility. One local pointed out to me that a few years ago a motor caravan was a transit van with an elevating roof. Now they are three times as long and sometimes towing a car. Driven by a septuagenarian with thick glasses who has never driven anything bigger than the family car. They still use ordinary sat navs instead of the specialist satnavs for trucks and coaches. So they get stuck trying to get down narrow lanes and it snarls up the school runs and people trying to home etc. When this happens all the time there is bound to be resentment I can sympathise with a lot of this. Ours is a tourist area to a small extent. We have though tried to make some provision for motor homes and ask that they both use our local businesses and make a donation to our community if they stay over night. Many do and it is the only income our community association gets. It is reinvested in the community, allotments, Playpark, grass cutting etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 59 minutes ago, Smokersmith said: Two breaks away this year … not with the family though😮😳🎣 Is that a trout stream in Lincs or are fishing for dace/chub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokersmith Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 It’s a tributary of the Itchen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 We have been going to Venice on a yearly basis until the pandemic obviously, and even if we could go now, having two dogs has put paid to that for a while. We do however, go up to Carrick Bay in Dumfries and Galloway on a fairly regular basis, so are more than happy just to do that. The new dog hasn’t been yet but she’ll love the beach and sea just as the old one does. Can’t wait to get her up there actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 20 hours ago, Smokersmith said: Two breaks away this year … not with the family though😮😳🎣 Hello, now that looks nice 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 14 hours ago, Smokersmith said: It’s a tributary of the Itchen. God's good country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 14 hours ago, Smokersmith said: It’s a tributary of the Itchen. Hello, have you fished the rivers in Salisbury ? there's some good trout fishing even on a day ticket, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokersmith Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 We were based on the Wylye, Avon and had an afternoon on the Itchen on the way back. Next trip is already planned … some beautiful water down there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deker Posted July 1, 2021 Report Share Posted July 1, 2021 (edited) 22 hours ago, Dave-G said: Flip side is use them or lose them is what I'm thinking, popular UK locations are at a premium price and then some. Its probably fair to say anyone who ploughed their life savings and spare time into setting up dwellings/sites for holidays in popular UK location location locations only to not be able to recoup their investments in a shorter season due to lock downs will do better to sell the property and further reduce holiday availability because they are treated as rip-offs. Sounds like the UK holiday industry is on a lose - lose path to me. The thing is they're trying to make all their losses back in a very quick time by fleecing the possible return visitors, they can't see that small increases may pay off better in the long run. I've just had friends over from the USA and after a 5 day quarantine (test to release scheme) at my place we travelled around the UK and to be honest the prices weren't bad, I just used booking.com and could find hotels for less than £70/night (including Edinburgh, Oxford & London). I'll be heading to the USA as soon as we're allowed in as I work from home so the quarantine (if any) isn't a problem for me. Edited July 1, 2021 by Deker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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