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Post by christiebhoy on Feb 9, 2009 22:34:49 GMT
Anyone planning for hols this year, where, when and what type of holiday suites you.
After a long spell of not going anywhere I have started taking the family away in the summer. Last year was Torremolinos in the Costa Del Sol. This year in August we return to the same region but a bitty further down the road near Marbella.
We like doing the beach/pool thing with stuff thrown in for the kids to enjoy. One thing we plan this year is Fuengirola zoo with the kids.
We have went for the all inclusive package with no worries about the kids eating as they can get stuff all day, as long as they get something in them, theyre not great eaters at times.
Not sure about next year yet so may pick up some ideas from here, we have thought of Turkey or Bulgaria, but I quite like Spain.
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Post by JennyWrenn on Feb 10, 2009 7:34:24 GMT
If I go away this year it will be to Holland or Belgium on a biking holiday
I try to go to Spain each year too if I can and if possible this year will go to Costa Adjeje in Tenerife - have been here think 3 or 4 times now
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Post by Ruthie on Feb 10, 2009 20:45:01 GMT
Well, I've got 3 breaks planned so far. We've got a Weekend canal trip on the Grand Union/Oxford canals in March (are we MAD!!!). End of April I'm off to Portugal (Algarve) with my sister and some friends. Never been there before but the others have. Then in June OH, dog and I are off to sc with fishing lakes in Lancs (Forest of Bowland). Oh and me and Sis will be going to France at some point to see our other Sis!
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Post by JennyWrenn on Feb 10, 2009 21:00:26 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2009 22:32:52 GMT
Definately not Gran Canaria again. I had 2 weeks of hassle from Timeshare reps and it spoilt the holiday for me i came very close to slapping a few. Im only 5 mins from Dublin airport Anywhere hot will do for me.
As it happens i was just there trying to get some dollars but the bureau was closed one of my daughters is off to new york on sat with the school for a few days
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Post by andy on Feb 11, 2009 5:42:07 GMT
Can't see us getting away this year, we're having lots of work done indoors (walls knocked down, new brick firsplace, new flooring etc) so cash will be tight. It's also my daughters last year at primary school so she'll have lots going on and i can't afford to go away in the holidays/ Might see if we can get away camping for the odd weekend.
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Post by JennyWrenn on Feb 11, 2009 7:11:36 GMT
I get pestered with the African ladies asking me if they can braid my hair - they sometimes follow me too INSISTING - get used to it after a while but it is a nuisance
Not had any time share touts tho - maybe they think I look too poor ;D
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Post by Plocket on Feb 11, 2009 9:36:34 GMT
We can't think about holidays until we hear whether OH gets a bonus  |
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Post by Biggles on Feb 11, 2009 11:36:33 GMT
My life is one big holiday now--so nothing planned that is different ;D
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Post by snowowl on Feb 11, 2009 13:57:34 GMT
Definately not Gran Canaria again. I had 2 weeks of hassle from Timeshare reps and it spoilt the holiday for me i came very close to slapping a few. Im only 5 mins from Dublin airport Anywhere hot will do for me. As it happens i was just there trying to get some dollars but the bureau was closed one of my daughters is off to new york on sat with the school for a few days I would never go back to Gran Canaria either Steve it is the worse place i have ever been on holiday. i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/sad.gif |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2009 17:52:23 GMT
iam off to cyprus in september
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Post by JennyWrenn on Feb 11, 2009 18:33:05 GMT
Ooo you will love Cyprus - been a couple of times
The food is delicious and the Cyprus beer yum yum - I ate a lot and came home two lbs lighter ;D
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 12, 2009 8:50:13 GMT
Cyprus is indeed smashing, one of my best holidays was there. Also a lovely place to go is Malta, small island and lovely people.  I'll be spending most of my holidays as usual visiting either Carlow and my Daughter Jenny or Lancaster and my Daughter Ruth and their families. WE're all going to mainland spain Benalmedina (sp) for a big family holiday together, we've got 2 apartments and I'm so looking forward to just sharing our days with each other. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2009 12:00:08 GMT
i went to cyprus (protaras) a couple of years ago and loved it, always wanted to go to malta too!!
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Post by Mowhay on Feb 12, 2009 13:00:18 GMT
Have a holiday booked for the first week in June down in Cornwall, I love the place and go twice a year at least and have been lucky to have good weather ( for England). Enjoy going to the gardens like Heligan, Trebah, Eden Project, Trewithen as well as sitting on the beach in St Ives, worth the 470 mile drive.
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Post by nightowl on Feb 12, 2009 13:12:00 GMT
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Post by farmersboy on Feb 12, 2009 16:36:31 GMT
Have a holiday booked for the first week in June down in Cornwall, I love the place and go twice a year at least and have been lucky to have good weather ( for England). Enjoy going to the gardens like Heligan, Trebah, Eden Project, Trewithen as well as sitting on the beach in St Ives, worth the 470 mile drive. At last someone who holidays in the UK, ive never been abroad,except when doing my National Service,and i have no wish to,theres so much beauty in these islands,i never tire of Scotland or Wales,and all down the SW of England,Those places you have mentioned,Mowhay,and of course no airport hassle,just get in the car,and go,people will say they go abroad for the sun,well i dont like hot weather,and ive been .lucky enough not to have had too much rain,where am i going this year,not sure yet,prob down Dorset or New Forest in the spring,and maybe Lake District in Sept. |
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 12, 2009 21:17:05 GMT
The lake district is so beautiful FB, we often go when I'm over with Ruth and her family. Her husband comes from Cumbria and they live near the border so it's not far. |
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Post by farmersboy on Feb 13, 2009 8:33:05 GMT
Yes it is lng,we last went there about 3 yrs ago,in Sept,and we had wonderful weather,i wore shorts the whole week,i love driving through the passes,Hard knot,Wrynose,and Kirkstone,wonderful scenery,also we had a boat trip on Lake Windermere,im getting excited just thinking about it i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/grin.gif |
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Post by Mowhay on Feb 13, 2009 8:35:13 GMT
farmersboy, I have taken two of my daughters boyfriends down to St Ives with us and they both said "it's just like sitting on a beach in the south of France". I know you cannot guarantee the sunshine but it is a different climate than up here in the North East and such beautiful scenery, been going for fifteen years now and I still get excited when its time to go there
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Post by Spruance on Feb 13, 2009 11:26:36 GMT
I love Cornwall, and often think that I could happily retire there, having spent many happy weeks there on holiday over the years. Having said that it's seven years now since we were last down that way. We used to stay in a self-catering bungalow situated alongside the dunes at Holywell Bay just south of Newquay, but despite it's close proximity to the latter it was very peaceful and virtually the antithesis of Newquay in fact. Then again I suppose with just two country style pubs, one general store and not much else in the way of entertainment for the younger generation it was never going to be anything other than quiet. I thought it was heaven! i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/grin.gif The bungalow we stayed in had direct access from the back garden onto the dunes so you could happily walk barefoot from the house to the beach and back without coming anywhere near a road or for that matter a paved footpath. Sadly the bungalow in question is no longer available for holiday lets but it's still a very nice area. |
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Post by maggy on Feb 13, 2009 15:42:48 GMT
We travel in our motorhome, last yea we had 6 weeks traveling abroad the first time with van, we had to get Teddy his pets passport which I did worry about as I wasn't sure about the rabies jab! anyway everything was fine, we traveled through the tunnel into France then through Holland (I was bitten by a big Russian Terrier in Roermond) I had to take antibiotics and NO Alcohol for two week!! i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/undecided.gif and we were traveling through the Moselle Valley!! staying at sites and M.H. stops called stalplatz which you can top up with water and empty facilities, we ten went through the Black Forest and along Lake Constance then the Loire Valley in France we traveled to our Sons holiday home near Montlucon and stayed outside his house for three days before returning vie Bologna avoiding Paris to Calais were we stayed for a few days to be near the Vet and get Teddy sorted before coming back through the Tunnel. This year we are doing the Moselle again but were only having four weeks as six weeks entailed too much driving. We intend to have a week in April probably Edinburgh or the Lakes. We do like this country but we find the roads so much quieter in France and Germany if you avoid motorways and you see more of the country that way. We used to fly before we got dogs to places like Yugoslavia Greece Portugal Turkey the Spanish islands Dominican Republic ! but I much prefer now to amble about staying where we fancy, we have to make the most of it as O.H. is now 71 and although I am 7 years younger he wont let me drive the motorhome he says I wouldn't be able to manage it i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/rolleyes.gif he,ll never know will he if he doesn't let me! but I'm not arguing Ill just sit back and be driven until the day that we downsize. |
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Post by JennyWrenn on Feb 13, 2009 18:42:34 GMT
Oh Maggy how lovely that your doggy got his passport - I had to smile - thinking of him going thru customs with nothing to declare ;D
Having dogs is very tying; one of mine is 16 and difficult to know what to do - cant put him in kennels - he has bad eyesight too so has to be around familiar objects
I have to say I love the UK - there are so many beautiful places - Cornwall especially - and the Lakes and North Wales too ;D
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 13, 2009 19:30:37 GMT
Jenny, we had to put our dog into kennels for the first time back at new year and I cried when I dropped her off. (Sorry to go off the holiday theme but what to do with your pets is a real issue for owners who want to go on holiday). She is 13 and deaf and can only see to about 8 feet now. My mum and dad had always had her before they emigrated and then a friend had her but when she began to get up really early in the morning I couldn't ask my friend anymore. I looked at quite a lot of kennels and then found one about 2 miles away run by a dear old man and Jess came home with a real 'boing' in her step. When I went to pick her up she came out of the little bungalow that was the kennels and waited by the elderly man for him to put her lead on - it was so sweet to watch. I think she was very spoiled with treats and attention and we are leaving her there again when we go and visit mum and dad soon. Think I might be able to drop her off this time too without getting too upset! |
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Post by maggy on Feb 13, 2009 22:52:50 GMT
Oh Maggy how lovely that your doggy got his passport - I had to smile - thinking of him going thru customs with nothing to declare ;D Having dogs is very tying; one of mine is 16 and difficult to know what to do - cant put him in kennels - he has bad eyesight too so has to be around familiar objects I have to say I love the UK - there are so many beautiful places - Cornwall especially - and the Lakes and North Wales too ;D Oh I agree Jenny i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/smiley.gif and I know we put off going abroad with our last dog he only got to 13 and half though he had a heart murmur and started having seizures I wouldnt hae put him through all the travelling! but when he went and I got another I thought well hear goes now or never! but we do travel allover the U.K. and this will probably be the last time abroad dont know!! we have been camping in one way and another for over 40 years we started in a ridge tent and we have taken our 4 children even when in nappies, we love the outdoors you cant beat it. |
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Post by maggy on Feb 13, 2009 22:59:45 GMT
Jenny, we had to put our dog into kennels for the first time back at new year and I cried when I dropped her off. (Sorry to go off the holiday theme but what to do with your pets is a real issue for owners who want to go on holiday). She is 13 and deaf and can only see to about 8 feet now. My mum and dad had always had her before they emigrated and then a friend had her but when she began to get up really early in the morning I couldn't ask my friend anymore. I looked at quite a lot of kennels and then found one about 2 miles away run by a dear old man and Jess came home with a real 'boing' in her step. When I went to pick her up she came out of the little bungalow that was the kennels and waited by the elderly man for him to put her lead on - it was so sweet to watch. I think she was very spoiled with treats and attention and we are leaving her there again when we go and visit mum and dad soon. Think I might be able to drop her off this time too without getting too upset! They are heart breakers alright i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/grin.gif that is why we went back to camping when I got my first dog after losing my MuM and Dad I was soo depressed I was 48 and never had a dog i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/grin.gif I always told my kids when they wanted one that I was allergic i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/embarassed.gif I couldnt bear to leave him so we went out and bought a caravan. i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/grin.gif mad or what.still I couldnt be without one now. |
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Post by Essexgirl on Feb 14, 2009 12:37:29 GMT
Like FB, I've never been abroad either and have no wish to.
I have been camping all over England, Wales and Scotland. It's all beautiful even in the rain. I even spent a long weekend camping in the snow in Devon.
I especially love the Norfolk broads and go there every year.
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Post by maggy on Feb 14, 2009 17:34:39 GMT
Like FB, I've never been abroad either and have no wish to. I have been camping all over England, Wales and Scotland. It's all beautiful even in the rain. I even spent a long weekend camping in the snow in Devon. I especially love the Norfolk broads and go there every year. We used to camp at The Bosons Nest down by the lighthouse at Lowestoft in the late 60s early 70s we were right on the sand dunes and the bairns used to play making sandcastles, we used to sit otside the tent watching them i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/grin.gif it has changed now though the last time we went to have a look they were static vans there. And we occasionally had a static at Yarmouth which was luxary to us after being in a tent most years. I like Oulton Broad ( I think that was it) in fact we must have done just about everywhere there over the years! as most places we have seen or been just about the lot (have tent will travel). LOL |
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Post by farmersboy on Feb 15, 2009 7:24:06 GMT
When the kids were young we tented all over the place,started off with a small tent,then gradually got bigger,and better ones,now theres just the two of us,we use static caravans,or cotts,or bungalows,but we did have fun while tenting,and the smell of eggs and bacon frying in the morning was great
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Post by maggy on Feb 15, 2009 18:36:38 GMT
When the kids were young we tented all over the place,started off with a small tent,then gradually got bigger,and better ones,now theres just the two of us,we use static caravans,or cotts,or bungalows,but we did have fun while tenting,and the smell of eggs and bacon frying in the morning was great Im with you there farmersboy i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/grin.gif there is nothing more relaxing than eating outside in the fresh air and bacon and eggs have a taste of there own. |
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