Summer Holidays

[LeverEnd]

I've got a weekend in Freiburg booked, where I studied and worked for over a year in the late 90s. Beautiful city in a great location on the edge of the Black Forest, plus £68 return to Basel from Manchester is a bonus.

[Worthy4England]

I've got a weekend in Freiburg booked, where I studied and worked for over a year in the late 90s. Beautiful city in a great location on the edge of the Black Forest, plus £68 return to Basel from Manchester is a bonus.

Aye - been to Freiburg. Lovely place, decent beer, good food. What more could you ask?

[Bruce Rioja]

I've got a weekend in Freiburg booked, where I studied and worked for over a year in the late 90s. Beautiful city in a great location on the edge of the Black Forest, plus £68 return to Basel from Manchester is a bonus.

Aye - been to Freiburg. Lovely place, decent beer, good food. What more could you ask?

Nudie ladies, of course. Tsssk.

[Worthy4England]

I've got a weekend in Freiburg booked, where I studied and worked for over a year in the late 90s. Beautiful city in a great location on the edge of the Black Forest, plus £68 return to Basel from Manchester is a bonus.

Aye - been to Freiburg. Lovely place, decent beer, good food. What more could you ask?

Nudie ladies, of course. Tsssk.

Tsk, they were in Munchen in the Englischer Garten, swimming in the Kleinhesseloher See. Not far from the cricket field.

[Athers]

Id avoid the Colosseum, Vatican etc. They look no different to the postcards.

Maybe spend half a day on an open top bus so you can say you've seen them, then get on with enjoying real Rome.

I would always try to go where the romans go, rather than the tourists.

The tourists (mainly American) were rather annoying but I couldn't have not seen the Colosseum. Sistine Chapel is unlike anything I've ever seen but the rest of the Vatican was a bit like an ode to the money the Popes have spent on their own hobbies down the years.

There were amazing things everywhere and yes the best food we had was in the restaurants with the highest proportion of Italians inside.

Tell you what though, the chaps selling 'selfie sticks' weren't half making a killing. People were taking 100 pictures of the 2,000 year old Colosseum, except all of them out of focus in the background because their own face was in the way, amazing.

[Beefheart]

Whatever happened to asking a stranger to take a photo for you?

[General Mannerheim]

in Rome? you might as well chuck your camera down a grid.

[Bruce Rioja]

Got the 'Err, use your holidays up' email today, so I've booked off w/c 3/11/14.

I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to do with it. Might have a bunch of UK days out, maybe the odd stopover.

Any ideas welcomed.

[Montreal Wanderer]

Got the 'Err, use your holidays up' email today, so I've booked off w/c 3/11/14.

I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to do with it. Might have a bunch of UK days out, maybe the odd stopover.

Any ideas welcomed.

Given it was November I was going to suggest an all-inclusive somewhere warm. I checked out Cuba and found a week in November, including airfare, cost $600 per person from Montreal. I then checked the same thing though Virgin in the UK - a week from London was GBP 1100. That's about four times the cost - what a ripoff. So I have no suggestions....

[William the White]

Got the 'Err, use your holidays up' email today, so I've booked off w/c 3/11/14.

I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to do with it. Might have a bunch of UK days out, maybe the odd stopover.

Any ideas welcomed.

Wrap up warm, two pairs of socks, and get to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park...

In fact, invite me along!

[bobo the clown]

Cotswolds. Can't be beaten.


... or let me help Bish overcome his shyness and I invite you down to Torquay !! The restaurants in Dartmouth are cracking.

You're welcome.

[General Mannerheim]

Got the 'Err, use your holidays up' email today, so I've booked off w/c 3/11/14.

I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to do with it. Might have a bunch of UK days out, maybe the odd stopover.

Any ideas welcomed.

Given it was November I was going to suggest an all-inclusive somewhere warm. I checked out Cuba and found a week in November, including airfare, cost $600 per person from Montreal. I then checked the same thing though Virgin in the UK - a week from London was GBP 1100. That's about four times the cost - what a ripoff. So I have no suggestions....

Cuba via Montreal then? sounds alreet

[General Mannerheim]

Got the 'Err, use your holidays up' email today, so I've booked off w/c 3/11/14.

I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to do with it. Might have a bunch of UK days out, maybe the odd stopover.

Any ideas welcomed.

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or

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[bobo the clown]

Cotswolds. Can't be beaten.


... or let me help Bish overcome his shyness and I invite you down to Torquay !! The restaurants in Dartmouth are cracking.

You're welcome.

Though, thinking about it .... advice on a week travelling in the UK. Dan's your man, Shirley.

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Cotswolds. Can't be beaten.


... or let me help Bish overcome his shyness and I invite you down to Torquay !! The restaurants in Dartmouth are cracking.

You're welcome.

Though, thinking about it .... advice on a week travelling in the UK. Dan's your man, Shirley.

Bruce and Dan's Shitholes in 7 days DVD out soon

[thebish]

Got the 'Err, use your holidays up' email today, so I've booked off w/c 3/11/14.

I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to do with it. Might have a bunch of UK days out, maybe the odd stopover.

Any ideas welcomed.

get out and walk a proper big chunk of the pennine way...

[Beefheart]

I'm planning on visiting a few European cities later this year, and see which one has the best Christmas Market whilst I'm there. I guess the week you've got booked off is too early to do something similar.

[Bruce Rioja]

I'm planning on visiting a few European cities later this year, and see which one has the best Christmas Market whilst I'm there. I guess the week you've got booked off is too early to do something similar.

Oh I don't know. I'd be surprised if the one in Manny isn't on already.

Some great ideas there, chaps. Cheers. Plenty to think about.

Is anyone on here a member of The National Trust? Is it worth it?

And Will - yes, let's do that. Do you know anywhere good en route / nearby for lunch?

General - Me and a mate have been saying for as long as I can remember that we'll do the canal boat thing. Many thanks for the link.

[thebish]

i've always wanted to do the canal boat thing - but always fought shy of it with small kids... but - hey - now i don't have any small kids!!

my neighbour used to do it - and he reckoned it was the number one most relaxiong thing he ever did...

[Beefheart]

i've always wanted to do the canal boat thing - but always fought shy of it with small kids... but - hey - now i don't have any small kids!!

How small? They're mostly only about 4ft deep. I went on a canal boat last year and it was pretty good fun. We didn't come across any locks which I was a bit disappointed about. You can only go about 4mph but it's not like you're in a rush to go anywhere, and whether it's technically legal or not I reckon it makes it pretty safe to drink and drive (or drink and tiller?).