Anybody else here never been abroad?

[Cyclopathic]

I have never been abroad and wondered how unusual that is these days.

I've just never really had the inclination or been struck with wanderlust. If you haven't been out of Britain what are your reasons?

 

[MarkF]

Was taken on package holiday to Calella at 9, haven't stopped since, if I know day or so is coming up free I get straight on the low cost flight sites, to anywhere. Wish I'd never had to work and just been able to keep on going................

It's unusual I'd say, I don't know anybody who has not been abroad, and kids? Our local school trips are to the likes of Zambia, Peru or skiing in Seefeld, mine was camping in Buckden.

 

[rich p]

There's a few that have never been with abroad.

 

[Beebo]

My grandparents never went abroad on holiday, but my grandad went to Normandy with work (D-Day)

 

[SteCenturion]

Going to Wales this year.

 

[TonyEnjoyD]

="SteCenturion, post: 3009429, member: 33531"]Going to Wales this year.

I went to Wales once - by mistake!
Took a wrong turn out of Chester and realise when the text on the road signs got a bit weird

 

[nickyboy]

I used to work for a company in Staffordshire that was out in the countryside and pulled a lot of its workforce in from the local villages.

I needed a QC guy to go with me to check some stuff in China so I requested that the QC Manager accompany me. He was about 50, middle manager. Turned out he didn't have a passport, never been outside UK. He was happy holidaying in the UK and lived in an area that was very rural and quite untouched by modern life.

So his first ever trip outside UK was 2 weeks to China, once we got his passport sorted

 

[TonyEnjoyD]

I never went abroad until I was 37 - never had the money or the want - and holidayed all over the UK and Scotland - beautiful countryside and some excellent beaches in the UK - Just the weather that's a bit hitty-missy.
In '98 I went on a driving holiday to France and had a great time - been loadsa places abroad now tho but usually flying and away from the over-popular resorts.

 

[Mo1959]

Never been either.....and now that I am living on a miniscule pension I won't be going anytime soon. Lol. To be honest, it doesn't bother me as I am a definite home bird anyway plus having pets that I am too soppy to consider putting in kennels/cattery.

Furthest afield I have been is Cornwall and North Wales

 

[ianrauk]

[QUOTE 3009479, member: 45"]T'is nothing. We regularly stay on a farm in Cornwall in the summer. The son of the family (great lad), who must be about 30 now, has never been out of Cornwall.[/QUOTE]


My Welsh Aunt has only ever been out of Wales twice... on her honeymoon to the Norfolk Broads and to my wedding.

 

[asterix]

When I started work, in Harwich, there were people who had never been even as far as Colchester. After I had been there a while I could tell almost which street people lived in by their accents. A very friendly place though.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Why am I getting images of some of you being like the 'Locals' out of... In... Royston Vasey?!

'The shop is for LOCALS ONLY!!'

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I'll have you know I have driven trains in Poland before!!

 

[hoopdriver]

I've always been male. I've never been a broad.

 

[ColinJ]

I have met old men in Yorkshire who have barely travelled 10 miles from home - examples!

My ex's mum used to be a social worker in Bradford and she was shocked to find that some of the teenage mums that she was working with had never been out of Bradford, never seen a cow, sheep or horse in real life, despite only living about 5 miles from glorious countryside! She organised a trip to the Yorkshire coast for them to show them what the sea looked like ...