Anybody else here never been abroad?

[Cyclopathic]

I'm a little shocked by this: abroad is 23 miles from the Kent coast. There really is no excuse.

What on earth would I need an excuse for exactly? If I wanted to go abroad I would and I may yet but to date I have never had the inclination. What are your "excuses" for some of the things in life that you have never done because you haven't felt like it?

 

[hoopdriver]

Whoa there sunshine, that's a bit judgemental isn't it. And to say sorry at the end is just taking the ****. Not so sorry that you didn't publish your opinion and for that reason I do not accept your apology.

Yes, the 'sorry' bit at the end of that post is just patronising. As for imagination, there is plenty of diversity and travel possibilities within Britain to feed anyone's imagination - especially when you get around by bicycle.

 

[Cyclopathic]

I find it weird not to want to travel and see new things. I started traveling in school with exchanges, school trips and sports tours. Through Uni and as soon as I got my own cash (parents never traveled, never had the spare cash) carried on visiting some of Europe. Starting working and found a job that allowed me to visit, work and play across all of Europe. Travel was so crazy for a while I had two passports, one to travel and the other in for visa's for the next trip. Lived and moved to 6 countries for work. Ridden tours across Scotland, Morocco, The Canadian Rockies and the Alps. And every year the wife and I drag the atlas out to see what's new to go see. Just got back from Bermuda and thinking maybe Rio next year. Had a man-cation with the mates kayaking in Seattle last year, thinking of a 4x4 trip to Iceland this year.

I keep toying with the idea of moving to Australia or New Zealand. Plenty of work and contacts down there, just trying to time it right with my daughters school life.

When we retire in 20 years that'll be when the travel will really go nuts, visiting everything we missed and revisiting places that need revisiting.

I think that it's fantastic that you and many other people have gotten so much out of travelling and it's not something to which my mind is closed or that I'm opposed to doing in any way whatsoever. I've just never felt like it. I still manage to see new things on pretty much a daily basis and I still manage to meet new people. Travel is not the only way of expanding ones mind or excersising ones imagination. It would be weird if I were against travelling for no good reason or if I resented other people for having travelled, but surely just not wanting to do something very much isn't that weird?

 

[alans]

I've not been abroad & given that I refuse to fly again it's not very likely to change.

 

[alans]

Good job it wasn't on the flight out otherwise you'd still be 'there'!

I once flew to Edinburgh during which I had my first brown trouser aeronautical moment. I used a train to return home.

 

[alans]

Oh, and everyone keeps talking of flying. But.... There.... ARE ...... Other....... Ways!!! If it is Europe you want to go to, then there isn't much excuse with ferries, trains, automobiles..... Bikes!!

Very true MD, but there are reasons why many people cannot or will not use these other methods of travelling.

 

[Col5632]

Salou, another resort somewhere near..now that was a dive.

We went to Salou last September, couldnt fault the place, I thought benidorm was more of a dive tbh

 

[asterix]

Salou? Between Barcelona and the Ebro Delta? Only been there in the off season, thought it could be a bit insaloubrious, peak times. But then I have never been to Benidorm.

 

[marzjennings]

I think that it's fantastic that you and many other people have gotten so much out of travelling and it's not something to which my mind is closed or that I'm opposed to doing in any way whatsoever. I've just never felt like it. I still manage to see new things on pretty much a daily basis and I still manage to meet new people. Travel is not the only way of expanding ones mind or excersising ones imagination. It would be weird if I were against travelling for no good reason or if I resented other people for having travelled, but surely just not wanting to do something very much isn't that weird?

It's about as weird (for me) as someone not liking cycling. Weird in as much as I can't get my head around why someone wouldn't want to travel. It's not wrong, everyone can pick how they learn and experience life. Maybe on the flip side, I'm the weird one who can't take a fact a face value and has to go see it for themselves. For example, I've seen pictures of whale sharks, watched videos, but I really want (need) to get in the water and see one up close.

 

[Cyclopathic]

It's about as weird (for me) as someone not liking cycling. Weird in as much as I can't get my head around why someone wouldn't want to travel. It's not wrong, everyone can pick how they learn and experience life. Maybe on the flip side, I'm the weird one who can't take a fact a face value and has to go see it for themselves. For example, I've seen pictures of whale sharks, watched videos, but I really want (need) to get in the water and see one up close.

Well it would be an odd world if we all liked the same things. There is nothing weird about liking different things. It is in fact the very opposite of weird, it is normal. It is however a bit weird that you think a difference in preferences is weird.

 

[CopperBrompton]

have all these wonderful "mind expanding" experiences and yet have never been to Scotland, let alone the Highlands or seen the beaches of Cornwall, the Fens of Cambridgeshire, the mountains of Wales .....

I've been to all of the above, and seen a fair slice of the UK thanks to a LEJOG. The UK is a very beautiful place, and has great diversity in its landscapes.

But some of the most breathtaking moments I've experienced have been abroad. Standing on the Marin headland at night, looking back across the Golden Gate Bridge into the city.

Sunset at the Sydney Opera House.

Walking through the ghost town of Prypiat.

The view from the top of the tallest building in the southern hemisphere.

I could post scores of further examples. I just can't imagine a life without some of those experiences.

Ben

 

[EltonFrog]

@Trikeman nice photos, nice website.

 

[stuee147]

iv been abroad with work when i used to drive the lorry's but i have never been on holiday and to be honest if it wasn't for work i would never have gone. dont get me wrong iv seen some lovely places and i enjoyed the different cultures but iv not seen the whole of the uk yet so why go looking at other country's. also i dont really speak any other language (i have enough trouble with English lol) and iv always said that you shouldn't go somewhere if you cant communicate with the people there. thinking about it thats probably why iv not covered much of Wales although i think the accent is beautiful i do struggle to understand some times. its funny i dont have any real problem with Irish, Scottish and even all the different accents around the uk its just welsh lol

 

[stephec]

Well it would be an odd world if we all liked the same things. There is nothing weird about liking different things. It is in fact the very opposite of weird, it is normal. It is however a bit weird that you think a difference in preferences is weird.

What I find weird is the way some people think others are weird just because they don't like the things that they do, and then judge them negatively because of it.

If you like going abroad then fair play to you, but if you don't like going abroad then fair play to you as well.

 

[hoopdriver]

I've not been abroad & given that I refuse to fly again it's not very likely to change.

Well, to be fair, you don't need to fly if that is an issue. I pedalled straight from my front doorstep on the Sussex coast all the way to Istanbul, taking the ferry across the Channel. It was great, and richly satisfying to make an overseas trip without flying, and being completely under my own steam.