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Holidaying in the UK v abroad
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 6:49 pm
by Broccers
I feel for people with kids who have little windows over Summer to get away. Now choosing a caravan near Filey would not be my ideal hols but they have stuff for the little folks - even so - 1400 notes for a static caravan per week before anything else is a shit ton of money.
We're in Ulcinj at the moment and it's so cheap I creamed my tight northerners briefs. Food is lovely and for next to nothing. They are a bit keen on speeding tho around this country which is a slight bummer as the roads are superb.
Anyway might have to leave forever when the country goes down the toilet
Where we all off to this Summer?
Re: Holidaying in the UK v abroad
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:00 pm
by JLv3.0
Durban for the Sardine Run* on Friday then riding from Durban to Cape Town starting the weekend after. Garden Route etc, should be ok. Unless I get brutally tribe-raped by the natives.
*
http://sardinerunsouthafrica.com/sardin ... hotos.html
Anyway shouldn't you be looking to stay in the UK forever under its own sovereignity and fishing or whatever?
Re: Holidaying in the UK v abroad
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:13 pm
by Broccers
Sounds awesome, the holiday not your anal rapage.
Happy to live somewhere sunny and cheap where I can speak loudly in english in the coming years. Altho fags are 2 quid 50 here so might smoke myself into an early grave
Re: Holidaying in the UK v abroad
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:37 pm
by JLv3.0
Should be spectacular diving - they shared sea space with this chap yesterday, for example:
A motherfucking WHALE.
Re: Holidaying in the UK v abroad
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:55 pm
by mik
We chose staycation this year as rescue dog is still only with us 8 months and we thought putting her into a kennel would totally freak her out (man).
Edit : itās good you explained what that pic was JL - epic experience I am sure, but I thought it was an image of a storm cloud.
Re: Holidaying in the UK v abroad
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:02 pm
by Swervin_Mervin
Did the Cadiz side of Andalucia again at Conil de la Frontera. Nice place and really cost effective. And until this year few Brits and Krauts. But now Easyjet are doing packages from Stanstead so there was the odd maaaarfy southerner heard.
Hopefully they'll hate the very Spanish food and the fact that very little english is spoken and not go back.
Re: Holidaying in the UK v abroad
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:07 pm
by Rich B
Recent years weāve been to Madagascar, Sri Lanka, New York.... this year we are going to Torquay!
Should be fun, weāve got a big cottage on a farm with some mates and their kid.
I donāt fancy flying with the little un quite yet, but we are intent on going to Costa Rica in term time with him within the next few years (we had to cancel our flights to CR a few years back because of the Zika crap, so it owes us).
Re: Holidaying in the UK v abroad
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:11 pm
by Swervin_Mervin
Rich B wrote: āMon Jul 09, 2018 8:07 pm
Recent years weāve been to Madagascar, Sri Lanka, New York.... this year we are going to Torquay!
Should be fun, weāve got a big cottage on a farm with some mates and their kid.
I donāt fancy flying with the little un quite yet , but we are intent on going to Costa Rica in term time with him within the next few years (we had to cancel our flights to CR a few years back because of the Zika crap, so it owes us).
Any particular reason?
Re: Holidaying in the UK v abroad
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:17 pm
by NotoriousREV
We go away in static caravans all the time. We usually pay around Ā£200 for a week away. For our summer hols weāre paying Ā£400 for a top of the range caravan in Cornwall. The Haven brochure price might be Ā£1400 but no one pays that. Sun Holiday Vouchers and private āvans ftw.
Re: Holidaying in the UK v abroad
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:35 pm
by Rich B
Swervin_Mervin wrote: āMon Jul 09, 2018 8:11 pm
Rich B wrote: āMon Jul 09, 2018 8:07 pm
Recent years weāve been to Madagascar, Sri Lanka, New York.... this year we are going to Torquay!
Should be fun, weāve got a big cottage on a farm with some mates and their kid.
I donāt fancy flying with the little un quite yet , but we are intent on going to Costa Rica in term time with him within the next few years (we had to cancel our flights to CR a few years back because of the Zika crap, so it owes us).
Any particular reason?
tbh, weāre still having enough trouble, even with all the amenities of home. heās a proper lively little chap, hates sleep as heās too interested in everything thatās going on. he wonāt (and hasnāt once so far in nine months) just fallen asleep on his own through being tired (except in the car) so the possibility of pacing Up and down the aisles of a plane with him writhing round in my arms to get him to sleep (Or arriving to a total melt down when heās had none) doesnāt appeal quite yet!
Then again, He might be great on a plane because of the droning noise, and the timings might work out perfectly, but weāll stick to Torquay this year - itās the English riviera!!!
Re: Holidaying in the UK v abroad
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:33 pm
by Broccers
NotoriousREV wrote: āMon Jul 09, 2018 8:17 pm
The Haven brochure price might be Ā£1400 but no one pays that. Sun Holiday Vouchers and private āvans ftw.
Yes they do. Nics brother has an 80k one at Flamborough head they rent out and people do actually pay that.
Cornwall is the biggest ripoff in recent years and I've been every year more or less forever. Eating out especially lots. I understand why but they don't half milk seasons.
All inclusive places with kids abroad are a better deal imo unless they can't do planes.
Re: Holidaying in the UK v abroad
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:45 pm
by DeskJockey
JLv3.0 wrote: āMon Jul 09, 2018 7:37 pm
Should be spectacular diving - they shared sea space with this chap yesterday, for example:
A motherfucking WHALE.
That's AMAZING. Not jealous at all. Nope! Not one bit. Because I saw whales on my last dive too. And when I say whale I mean some little fish about the size of my index finger.
Re: Holidaying in the UK v abroad
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:48 pm
by NotoriousREV
Broccers wrote: āMon Jul 09, 2018 9:33 pm
NotoriousREV wrote: āMon Jul 09, 2018 8:17 pm
The Haven brochure price might be Ā£1400 but no one pays that. Sun Holiday Vouchers and private āvans ftw.
Yes they do. Nics brother has an 80k one at Flamborough head they rent out and people do actually pay that.
Cornwall is the biggest ripoff in recent years and I've been every year more or less forever. Eating out especially lots. I understand why but they don't half milk seasons.
All inclusive places with kids abroad are a better deal imo unless they can't do planes.
OK, no one
sensible actually pays that.
Iād never go all inclusive anywhere. Fuck being forced to eat in the hotel for every meal.
Re: Holidaying in the UK v abroad
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:53 pm
by Broccers
But they do tho. I was astonished at the ownership costs involved of static vans. The site charge 5k a year for the pitch after you've bought the thing for 70/80 grand depending on spec / view. They then charge 500 a week to manage the letting inc clubhouse pool etc passes. Honestly I don't get it either but they have m2s/4s parked up outside the things and people with money do go there.
Re: Holidaying in the UK v abroad
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:58 pm
by NotoriousREV
Yeah, Iāve got a couple of mates with them. They know we go to a lot and are always suggesting I buy one. I just donāt get it. I donāt want to keep having to go back to the same place for every holiday, never mind the cost and hassle of renting it out to scumbags.
Re: Holidaying in the UK v abroad
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 10:12 pm
by Swervin_Mervin
Rich B wrote: āMon Jul 09, 2018 8:35 pm
Swervin_Mervin wrote: āMon Jul 09, 2018 8:11 pm
Rich B wrote: āMon Jul 09, 2018 8:07 pm
Recent years weāve been to Madagascar, Sri Lanka, New York.... this year we are going to Torquay!
Should be fun, weāve got a big cottage on a farm with some mates and their kid.
I donāt fancy flying with the little un quite yet , but we are intent on going to Costa Rica in term time with him within the next few years (we had to cancel our flights to CR a few years back because of the Zika crap, so it owes us).
Any particular reason?
tbh, weāre still having enough trouble, even with all the amenities of home. heās a proper lively little chap, hates sleep as heās too interested in everything thatās going on. he wonāt (and hasnāt once so far in nine months) just fallen asleep on his own through being tired (except in the car) so the possibility of pacing Up and down the aisles of a plane with him writhing round in my arms to get him to sleep (Or arriving to a total melt down when heās had none) doesnāt appeal quite yet!
Then again, He might be great on a plane because of the droning noise, and the timings might work out perfectly, but weāll stick to Torquay this year - itās the English riviera!!!
Fair enough. Ours slept through take off on his first flight (at 1yr old) but that was it. He's worse at 2. The flight home this last time was utter hell. LOTS of noisy agitated kids, which turned to screaming on the bumpy approach back into Manchester. The last 10mins I just wanted it all to end as quickly as possible. And he's a pretty good kid behaviourally
Re: Holidaying in the UK v abroad
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 11:48 pm
by scotta
NotoriousREV wrote: āMon Jul 09, 2018 9:58 pm
Yeah, Iāve got a couple of mates with them. They know we go to a lot and are always suggesting I buy one. I just donāt get it. I donāt want to keep having to go back to the same place for every holiday, never mind the cost and hassle of renting it out to scumbags.
Her sister had one in Peebles. I just totally didnāt get it. It offered nothing that staying in your house for the weekend didnāt do better. Less comfy bed. Shitter shower. Tiny kitchen. Shitty small TV. No Sky connection. Zero internet and fuck all phone signal so Netflix was out. The park itself didnāt have much facilities other that a pub and a park - which weāve got better ones at home. Nah you can keep that.
Re: Holidaying in the UK v abroad
Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 11:49 pm
by scotta
mik wrote: āMon Jul 09, 2018 7:55 pm
We chose staycation this year as rescue dog is still only with us 8 months and we thought putting her into a kennel would totally freak her out (man).
Edit : itās good you explained what that pic was JL - epic experience I am sure, but I thought it was an image of a storm cloud.
Same because puppy.
Re: Holidaying in the UK v abroad
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 12:47 am
by Mito Man
People who buy static caravans are weird. Thereās a massive site in Hythe stretched across a few miles. In front of it is a 40-50 mph main road. In front of that is a 8 metre grass bank and finally at the seaside thereās a very large military firing range. Which is active most days.
Every time the weather is slightly warm and sunny all the idiots who own them rush back causing a 30 min traffic jam. Spend all day lying in a lounger looking out across the view of the main road/grass bank. Until lunch or dinner time where they trundle to one of the terrible food establishments in Dymchurch and then entertain their sprogs at the godawful āAmusement Parkā.
The price for this slice of heaven? Ā£99,000 but Iāve seen them advertising upwards of Ā£120,000. That kind of money would buy you a lot of actual nice holidays. The people who frequent them donāt seem normal either, bit like travellers who have decided to settle down as the farmer puts it. Whenever theyāre round thereās constant police visits to the pubs and the surrounding area looks like a tip.
Re: Holidaying in the UK v abroad
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 4:54 am
by JLv3.0
Rich B wrote: āMon Jul 09, 2018 8:07 pm
I donāt fancy flying with the little un quite yet, but we are intent on going to Costa Rica in term time with him within the next few years (we had to cancel our flights to CR a few years back because of the Zika crap, so it owes us).
Costa Rica is beautiful - the retirement plan of me and a mate is to buy a big house there with plenty of space to park toys out front, and be the creepy old guys trying to hump young Latina chicks until our hearts give out