Holidaying in England

a_stanley · 05-02-2008, 15:21

I love where I live. I also like travelling abroad but I'm wondering if I've missed out a bit with what's on offer in England.

I've barely been south of the Midlands! Without being anti-southerners I read a post on the Enjoy England forum about Bournemouth I was thinking to take my girlfriend down there for a few days over Easter. I don't know much at all about Dorset, but am drawn to visiting the New Forest.

It's a long way to drive but if we went for 4 or 5 days then would be worth it. Either that or take the train. What do you think? Bit too ambitious?

MargaretR · 05-02-2008, 15:26

It is a long time since I went to Bournemouth, but recall that it was a bit like Scarborough without hills.

Eastbourne and Isle of Wight are for geriatrics -so avoid them.

Any English resort is going to be grim for a visit any time before easter and maybe even then unless we get an early warm spring.

blazey · 05-02-2008, 15:28

Skegness is my favourite, though I haven't been for ages. Whats wrong with Blackpool? I keep asking my boyfriend to take me to blackpool but I got a swift no

he offered to take me to Ireland but its just not the same is it?

MargaretR · 05-02-2008, 15:39

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Originally Posted by blazey

Skegness is my favourite, though I haven't been for ages. Whats wrong with Blackpool? I keep asking my boyfriend to take me to blackpool but I got a swift no

he offered to take me to Ireland but its just not the same is it?

I have heard that Dublin is a lively place to visit and has plenty of classy shops

blazey · 05-02-2008, 15:43

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I have heard that Dublin is a lively place to visit and has plenty of classy shops

We werent going to Dublin, we were going to somewhere in the middle of nowhere.

Margaret Pilkington · 05-02-2008, 15:43

Well, I am off to the Isle of wight in a couple of weeks, and was there this time last year. The days were cold but sunny and bright.......and yes there are a lot of the older clientele about, but that does not detract from the beauty of the place.
At least these geriatrics(as you call them) are not lager louts and respect their surroundings...at least that has been my experience of them anyway.

blazey · 05-02-2008, 15:45

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Well, I am off to the Isle of wight in a couple of weeks, and was there this time last year. The days were cold but sunny and bright.......and yes there are a lot of the older clientele about, but that does not detract from the beauty of the place.
At least these geriatrics(as you call them) are not lager louts and respect their surroundings...at least that has been my experience of them anyway.

Whats a geriatric?

MargaretR · 05-02-2008, 15:46

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Well, I am off to the Isle of wight in a couple of weeks, and was there this time last year. The days were cold but sunny and bright.......and yes there are a lot of the older clientele about, but that does not detract from the beauty of the place.
At least these geriatrics(as you call them) are not lager louts and respect their surroundings...at least that has been my experience of them anyway.

I went 2 years ago - there were coachloads of oldies everywhere you went
and I was in one of them

West Ender · 05-02-2008, 16:00

South of the Midlands but to the West you've got South Wales. The Gower peninsula has beautiful scenery and good beaches. Across the Severn there's Somerset - Weston-Super-Mare - where you can (or you could when I was last there) take your car on the beach like at Southport.

Devon is very nice, Exeter is an attractive town and there are some lovely seaside places. Cornwall is the IN place, these days, and it is lovely. I last went to Bournmouth about 20 years ago and enjoyed it immensely. What all these places have is warmer weather, generally, than we get in the North West.

Nice coastline all the way round Kent and Sussex and then into East Anglia you've got good beaches and nice flat countryside.

There's loads to see. Stick a pin in the map and go for it.

davo69 · 05-02-2008, 16:06

pontins in april prstatyn country and western festervil for one week

mrskitty · 05-02-2008, 16:06

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Originally Posted by a_stanley

Without being anti-southerners

I definately wont be anti-southerners......

If you dont mind travelling for a bit longer than 5 hours i highly recommend Kent-but i would wait until after Easter,we are going before but were only there for one attraction,our new nephew.
The Kent coast is gorgeous-as much as i love Blackpool (and i really do),its not a patch on southern beaches-although has better arcades.
It really depends on how you want to spend your holiday though-are you after particular tourist attraction/historical stuff or chill out time?

The only downside is it costs MORE to stay in England than to go abroad these days

flashy · 05-02-2008, 16:08

i'll probably just be going on my usual jaunts up and down the country

cashman · 05-02-2008, 16:08

Newquay takes some beating, more so if yer under 50, great beaches, great pubs n nightlife,surfing, loads of places handy to visit, have done most of southern end of britain, including bournemouth n newquay wins by a mile for me.

Margaret Pilkington · 05-02-2008, 17:02

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Originally Posted by blazey

Whats a geriatric?

I can't believe you asked that.

Geriatric is an old fashioned term for someone who is elderly.

jaysay · 05-02-2008, 17:08

One of my favourits is Great Yarmouth, because its flat, a bit lke Blackpool, only clean

Torquay aint bad either but its a long time since I've been. I did have an advantage in the travel stakes as I used to travel the length and breadth of the county, including Scotland, with my work, but its not quite the same as being on holiday, although you do get to see a lot of the country side