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Post by sk5countyfan on Jul 30, 2020 14:38:29 GMT
Having just come back from a few days on the Fylde coast in a caravan.the weather was fantastic last Tuesday.but cold and rainy the other four days.guess that's why people book foreign holidays
A little reductive there. For a lot of people, holidays aren't just about going to sit by a pool / beach somewhere much the same as England, only sunnier, hence backpacking around Vietnam / safari in Tanzania / driving down the California coast etc.
And for a lot of people.Vietnam Tanzania and California.are a bit out of our price range
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Post by HTC on Jul 30, 2020 15:08:43 GMT
Fair point with my examples.
I’m not sure you can say the whole concept of a foreign holiday that doesn’t involve Little England in the sun though is necessarily too expensive though.
I’m thinking of things like long weekends in Prague / Driving through Normandy as well as more exotic options.
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Post by vicar on Jul 30, 2020 18:36:46 GMT
A little reductive there. For a lot of people, holidays aren't just about going to sit by a pool / beach somewhere much the same as England, only sunnier, hence backpacking around Vietnam / safari in Tanzania / driving down the California coast etc.
And for a lot of people.Vietnam Tanzania and California.are a bit out of our price range And rubbish if it rains for two weeks.
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Post by suedehead on Aug 12, 2020 18:49:25 GMT
Why are people rushing to go away? What’s the appeal? I’ll not be going anywhere for the foreseeable and I appreciate others will have a different opinion but I’d be interested to understand why. We booked end of last year to go Majorca in September. Got a big villa on our own, own pool and garden. First holiday as a family of four (had a son in February). I still want to go, I really do. We’ve had a shite 12 months. My mum died in November, then we were in hospital for too long with the baby and then lockdown. My wife’s parents didn’t meet their grandson until he was nearly four months old. We’ve had a newborn and a toddler with zero support for four months. Not a single person to watch them for an hour while we can nip out. We stayed at her parents this weekend and last night was th first time my wife and I had left the house without one of the kids with us since early February. Almost six months. Plenty of people have suffered much more than us throughout the pandemic but it has been a very tough few months. And being honest, it’s not what we signed up for when we decided to have kids. That makes us sound like we don’t want to care for them but with our first, we were out every day with her and made a big point of getting her mixing with other kids and our friends from day one. With the littlest, he didn’t see anyone other than maybe two or three of our friends pre-lockdown when he was a week old until he was four months old. Zero interaction with any other human, aside from me, Mrs suedehead and his sister. That’s not what having kids is about. Anyway, I’m rambling. Had a shite year and if I can lie by a pool in a private villa for ten days and not have to worry about anything besides what I’m having for tea, I shall be doing that. This isn't happening now, sadly. Air Bnb offered a full refund on the villa so would be daft not to take it. In a stroke of luck, our flights are still going ahead but have been moved back on the say day by four hours so means we're entitled to a full refund, which we wouldn't have got if we just decided not to go. So not our of pocket at all. Booked to go up to Northumberland in November for a week instead. Said it before but we love it up there and will retire on the coast when we're older so always enjoy time up there, especially at the end of the year when it's quiet and you get the huge grey skies.
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Post by scfc73 on Aug 12, 2020 19:50:31 GMT
We booked end of last year to go Majorca in September. Got a big villa on our own, own pool and garden. First holiday as a family of four (had a son in February). I still want to go, I really do. We’ve had a shite 12 months. My mum died in November, then we were in hospital for too long with the baby and then lockdown. My wife’s parents didn’t meet their grandson until he was nearly four months old. We’ve had a newborn and a toddler with zero support for four months. Not a single person to watch them for an hour while we can nip out. We stayed at her parents this weekend and last night was th first time my wife and I had left the house without one of the kids with us since early February. Almost six months. Plenty of people have suffered much more than us throughout the pandemic but it has been a very tough few months. And being honest, it’s not what we signed up for when we decided to have kids. That makes us sound like we don’t want to care for them but with our first, we were out every day with her and made a big point of getting her mixing with other kids and our friends from day one. With the littlest, he didn’t see anyone other than maybe two or three of our friends pre-lockdown when he was a week old until he was four months old. Zero interaction with any other human, aside from me, Mrs suedehead and his sister. That’s not what having kids is about. Anyway, I’m rambling. Had a shite year and if I can lie by a pool in a private villa for ten days and not have to worry about anything besides what I’m having for tea, I shall be doing that. This isn't happening now, sadly. Air Bnb offered a full refund on the villa so would be daft not to take it. In a stroke of luck, our flights are still going ahead but have been moved back on the say day by four hours so means we're entitled to a full refund, which we wouldn't have got if we just decided not to go. So not our of pocket at all. Booked to go up to Northumberland in November for a week instead. Said it before but we love it up there and will retire on the coast when we're older so always enjoy time up there, especially at the end of the year when it's quiet and you get the huge grey skies. Sorry to hear that suedehead, sounded like you & your family deserved a break in the sun but at least you got your money back no quibbles. Enjoy your break in Northumberland, like you say beauty isn't always a blue sky & sunshine
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Post by vicar on Aug 13, 2020 10:19:08 GMT
Fair point with my examples. I’m not sure you can say the whole concept of a foreign holiday that doesn’t involve Little England in the sun though is necessarily too expensive though. I’m thinking of things like long weekends in Prague / Driving through Normandy as well as more exotic options. I've been to Africa and India many times but with kids it was Greece or Spain with the food they like and a pool, it costs very little and they loved it.
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Post by ebbs on Aug 13, 2020 11:59:33 GMT
We booked end of last year to go Majorca in September. Got a big villa on our own, own pool and garden. First holiday as a family of four (had a son in February). I still want to go, I really do. We’ve had a shite 12 months. My mum died in November, then we were in hospital for too long with the baby and then lockdown. My wife’s parents didn’t meet their grandson until he was nearly four months old. We’ve had a newborn and a toddler with zero support for four months. Not a single person to watch them for an hour while we can nip out. We stayed at her parents this weekend and last night was th first time my wife and I had left the house without one of the kids with us since early February. Almost six months. Plenty of people have suffered much more than us throughout the pandemic but it has been a very tough few months. And being honest, it’s not what we signed up for when we decided to have kids. That makes us sound like we don’t want to care for them but with our first, we were out every day with her and made a big point of getting her mixing with other kids and our friends from day one. With the littlest, he didn’t see anyone other than maybe two or three of our friends pre-lockdown when he was a week old until he was four months old. Zero interaction with any other human, aside from me, Mrs suedehead and his sister. That’s not what having kids is about. Anyway, I’m rambling. Had a shite year and if I can lie by a pool in a private villa for ten days and not have to worry about anything besides what I’m having for tea, I shall be doing that. This isn't happening now, sadly. Air Bnb offered a full refund on the villa so would be daft not to take it. In a stroke of luck, our flights are still going ahead but have been moved back on the say day by four hours so means we're entitled to a full refund, which we wouldn't have got if we just decided not to go. So not our of pocket at all. Booked to go up to Northumberland in November for a week instead. Said it before but we love it up there and will retire on the coast when we're older so always enjoy time up there, especially at the end of the year when it's quiet and you get the huge grey skies.
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Post by ebbs on Aug 13, 2020 12:03:06 GMT
Where do go in Northumberland?. We go up for a week straight after Christmas and spend new year up there. Usually around Seahouses, but stayed near Bamburgh last year. As you say, it's staggeringly beautiful up there. Wouldn't mind ending my days there myself.
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Post by suedehead on Aug 13, 2020 12:55:27 GMT
Where do go in Northumberland?. We go up for a week straight after Christmas and spend new year up there. Usually around Seahouses, but stayed near Bamburgh last year. As you say, it's staggeringly beautiful up there. Wouldn't mind ending my days there myself. Anywhere north of Alnwick really. We’ve stayed in Falstone on the edge of Kielder a few times, Alnwick itself but not really keen as it’s too busy, over near Amble, and then last year we were just outside Wooler in Fenton. In November we’re staying at Chatton, between Wooler and the coast. I think we’re gravitating to somewhere between Wooler and Berwick for a long term plan. Berwick is a lovely town with everything you need and only 20 mins away. The beach at Middleton, the spur pretty much right beneath Holy Island, is our favourite. You walk across the sand dunes to get to it and then there’s the beautiful beach with nobody else on it. In November/December time its stunning.
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Post by ebbs on Aug 13, 2020 13:32:02 GMT
The beaches up there are amazing to walk, the one from Seahouses to Bamburgh is really beautiful. Interesting about Berwick, in all the times we've been going up there, about 10 years, we've never made it to Berwick. Must put that right this time. Been to Alnwick and like it a lot, but we mostly walk with the dog although he's getting too old now. Great place.
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Post by leicesterhatter on Aug 13, 2020 13:36:40 GMT
We love it up that way too, have used Alnwick as a base. As Sue says, Berwick is a nice town as well, walking the walls is decent as well.
We love the walk from Low Newton-by-the-sea to Dunstanburgh Castle as well if you've not done that. The Ship Inn is a decent pre/post-wander pint stop too.
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Post by ebbs on Aug 13, 2020 16:33:11 GMT
Oh yeah the ship inn at Low Newton. Go there everytime we go up. A walk along that beach and then a decent pint and crab sandwich in the Ship, fantastic.
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Post by Jack on Aug 14, 2020 11:13:13 GMT
A whole load of new countries added from tomorrow.
I'm just watching the news at 12, and people are complaining about it. The government should have given more notice? I know this is a rhetorical question but how stupid can people get?
You are taking a huge risk by leaving the country during a pandemic, do they think that we should give three weeks notice to let everyone finish and go on their holidays?
I get people are losing out, but this hasn't come out of the blue has it?
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Post by vicar on Aug 14, 2020 12:17:30 GMT
A whole load of new countries added from tomorrow. I'm just watching the news at 12, and people are complaining about it. The government should have given more notice? I know this is a rhetorical question but how stupid can people get? You are taking a huge risk by leaving the country during a pandemic, do they think that we should give three weeks notice to let everyone finish and go on their holidays? I get people are losing out, but this hasn't come out of the blue has it? 3 days would have done but to say people have got to be back within 24 hours will lead to chaos at Calais and people will be driving tired from southern France to get back in time, our hospitals are coping fine now and a few days notice wouldn't have caused a surge.
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Post by Jack on Aug 14, 2020 13:21:07 GMT
Surely whenever the cut off there will be a surge of people coming back. People will try and get the most all the time regardless of the advice
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