Holidays 2024.

[Gramaisc]

La Palma today.View attachment 15638

Is there somebody with you, to push you back home?

 

[Trumpet]

Is there somebody with you, to push you back home?

 

[Trumpet]

Currently in Santa Cruz. Mrs T gone to check out the shops, I'm currently checking work E-mails with a local spiced beer with lemon.

 

[c0tt0nt0p]

Going to Florida in August with the daughter for 10 days. Other than 1 day it's going to be non-Disney water park themed. Flying into Tampa as it's so much cheaper than Orlando (hate that airport).

 

[Jonah]

Visited The Himalayan Garden & Sculpture Park yesterday. It’s about 15 miles north of Harrogate.

 

[staffordjas]

Looking for somewhere to stop off for a couple of days on our way back from Torquay this week...... any ideas folks?

Done Weston-Super-Mare last year and not keen on going back there.

Any thoughts on Burnham-on-Sea ?

 

[Stoofer34@]

Wells ,Cheddar or Bath?

S

 

[Mudgie]

Wells ,Cheddar or Bath?

From my three nights there five years ago I'd recommend Bath, and especially the four pint jugs of Bass in the wonderfully historic Star Inn.

photo by Martin Taylor

 

[Thehooperman]

Looking for somewhere to stop off for a couple of days on our way back from Torquay this week...... any ideas folks?

Done Weston-Super-Mare last year and not keen on going back there.

Any thoughts on Burnham-on-Sea ?

Exmouth or Exeter are nice but not very far along your journey.

We stayed at Lynmouth a few years ago but it takes ages to get across to from the M5.

Cheltenham, Chepstow, Gloucester docks or as previously suggested Bath would make good stopovers.

Tewkesbury is also a nice little town but not far from Worcester.

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[PeterD]

Looking for somewhere to stop off for a couple of days on our way back from Torquay this week...... any ideas folks?

Done Weston-Super-Mare last year and not keen on going back there.

Any thoughts on Burnham-on-Sea ?

I only pass through Burnham on my way back from Brean but it always looks lovely and I would like to spend some time there.

 

[staffordjas]

Exmouth or Exeter are nice but not very far along your journey.

We stayed at Lynmouth a few years ago but it takes ages to get across to from the M5.

Cheltenham, Chepstow, Gloucester docks or as previously suggested Bath would make good stopovers.

Tewkesbury is also a nice little town but not far from Worcester.

.Thought about Tewkesbury but hubby says too near home.

Cheers.
Looked at Premier Inn Gloucester Quays as says parking. ( although reviews say if lucky to get a space ) Son says that's in a good part to go for shops , restaurants & bars etc ???.
Is Gloucester Docks the same as Gloucester Quays?

Rang Queens hotel in Cheltenham & asked about parking etc. Receptionist sounded so stuck up it put me off.

As you say don't want a big trek across country from the M5. And want a bit further along journey than Exeter really.

I'll have a look at Bath tomorrow .

 

[staffordjas]

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I only pass through Burnham on my way back from Brean but it always looks lovely and I would like to spend some time there.

Does it look ' a vibrant resort/town ' with plenty to do , as described on their tourist info?

 

[Mudgie]

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Does it look ' a vibrant resort/town ' with plenty to do , as described on their tourist info?

Yes, 'more life in a tramp's vest' as they say.

 

[Gramaisc]

Laycock, near Chippenham, is nice, if you like that sort of thing.

 

[staffordjas]

Laycock, near Chippenham, is nice, if you like that sort of thing.

Just googled that , never thought that area Chippenham Bath before.

Also just talked hubby into booking another night in this hotel as its so fantastic. They had our room available earlier. BUT...hubby being hubby has to think about it..... I've just asked at reception. Room been taken for that night now .

 

[Thehooperman]

Cheers.
Looked at Premier Inn Gloucester Quays as says parking. ( although reviews say if lucky to get a space ) Son says that's in a good part to go for shops , restaurants & bars etc ???.
Is Gloucester Docks the same as Gloucester Quays?

Rang Queens hotel in Cheltenham & asked about parking etc. Receptionist sounded so stuck up it put me off.

As you say don't want a big trek across country from the M5. And want a bit further along journey than Exeter really.

I'll have a look at Bath tomorrow .

Yes Gloucester docks is the same as the Quays.

There are good bars and restaurants around that area and as you head up Southgate towards the town centre. I would recommend the Hop Kettle, Robert Raithes House, Gloucester Brewery warehouse and Cafe Rene pubs and Aroma and Greek at the Docks for restaurants.

There's a food festival at the docks on Saturday and Sunday if that's when you're heading back.

The town is a bit 70s style concrete buildings as you head towards the station but you don't really need to wander that far.

Hotel du Vin in Cheltenham has limited parking but I think it's first come first served. There's loads of good pubs and restaurants in Cheltenham but they can be a little spaced apart as you move away from the centre.

Bath is lovely but I've not stayed there for years. The open topped hop on/hop off bus is a great way to get your bearings as well as being very interesting.

 

[Mudgie]

The open topped hop on/hop off bus is a great way to get your bearings as well as being very interesting.

Some of the buses in the Lake District are open topped, hop on and hop off, free with a oldies bus pass*, mostly half hourly from early to late seven days a week, with much much nicer scenery than going round a big town or city and excellent for getting to plenty of proper pubs. I used them over four days a week ago between Kendal, Windermere, Bowness, Ambleside, Grasmere, Keswick, Longthwaite and Seatoller.

* And even without a oldies bus pass my ten journeys capped at £2 would be less than a day on an open topped hop on and hop off bus round Bath.
Buses. Use them or lose them.

 

[Thehooperman]

Some of the buses in the Lake District are open topped, hop on and hop off, free with a oldies bus pass*, mostly half hourly from early to late seven days a week, with much much nicer scenery than going round a big town or city and excellent for getting to plenty of proper pubs. I used them over four days a week ago between Kendal, Windermere, Bowness, Ambleside, Grasmere, Keswick, Longthwaite and Seatoller.

* And even without a oldies bus pass my ten journeys capped at £2 would be less than a day on an open topped hop on and hop off bus round Bath.
Buses. Use them or lose them.

I agree about the scenery and the fares but the town/city hop on/hop off buses are a good way to familiarise yourself and plan where you want to go in a new environment.

 

[Thehooperman]

Yes Gloucester docks is the same as the Quays.

There are good bars and restaurants around that area and as you head up Southgate towards the town centre. I would recommend the Hop Kettle, Robert Raithes House, Gloucester Brewery warehouse and Cafe Rene pubs and Aroma and Greek at the Docks for restaurants.

There's a food festival at the docks on Saturday and Sunday if that's when you're heading back.

The town is a bit 70s style concrete buildings as you head towards the station but you don't really need to wander that far.

Hotel du Vin in Cheltenham has limited parking but I think it's first come first served. There's loads of good pubs and restaurants in Cheltenham but they can be a little spaced apart as you move away from the centre.

Bath is lovely but I've not stayed there for years. The open topped hop on/hop off bus is a great way to get your bearings as well as being very interesting.

Just remembered that Boogie (sadly no longer with us) really enjoyed the open top bus and earphones commentary around Bath.

 

[Gramaisc]

It occurs to me that I have never been on an open-topped bus in my whole life, but one of my earliest memories is of an open-floored bus in Malta, when the rear suspension gave up trying, on the way up the hill from Mellieha Bay.