Exotic (But Short) Holiday Suggestions Please

[Creamcrackered]

If Cleethorpes doesn't quite do it and you are determined to go down the Indian Ocean route, Zanzibar's not bad. Give yourself a couple of nights in Stone Town and three or four on the beach. I think the flight to Dar es Salaam is about 8 hours, then it's a 20 minute hop to Zanzibar. Pemba is even better.

 

[User169]

Tell everyone you're going to be away, stay in bed all week. You just saved £2000 each to spend on something you always wanted.

A week in just your pants - what's not to like!

 

[Maz]

How about a week in Custody?

 

[Archie_tect]

A custardy week would be better... with sponges of chocolate, treacle and sticky toffee...

 

[slowwww]

Grenada - stunningly beautiful island, lovely food and wonderful people.

Pre-kids we travelled all over the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Mauritius, Seychelles, etc. Now that the little darlings have curtailed long-haul holidays for us for the moment, it's the memories of Grenada that are the fondest.

 

[srw]

same here but with the Hurtigruten ferry up the coast of Norway

We looked at Hurtigruten, but decided that a week on a cross-channel ferry would send us quietly mad. Instead we're flying up to Northern Finland. Friends are coincidentally doing the same thing this week.

 

[dellzeqq]

+1 for Cleethorpes. When I lived in Hull, it was a short hop, skip and a jump across the Humber Bridge. Great market. 3 pairs of thermal socks for 99p.

and another for Cleethorpes. They've still got donkeys on the beach, Brown's cafe will give you approximately £1997 change from your two grand and there's a decent pub in the railway station.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

We looked at Hurtigruten, but decided that a week on a cross-channel ferry would send us quietly mad. Instead we're flying up to Northern Finland. Friends are coincidentally doing the same thing this week.

My husband and I just cycled there in summer instead. up the norwegain coast from the lofoten islands, a day on the huritgruten ferry getting off just before midnight and then cycled to Nordkapp - also cycled northern finland as well. Where are you flying up to, if you don't mind me asking?

 

[srw]

My husband and I just cycled there in summer instead. up the norwegain coast from the lofoten islands, a day on the huritgruten ferry getting off just before midnight and then cycled to Nordkapp - also cycled northern finland as well. Where are you flying up to, if you don't mind me asking?

I can't remember! It's a reasonably big British company that does Northern Lights tours - although looking at the BBC news website, perhaps we should have gone to Antrim instead.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

and another for Cleethorpes. They've still got donkeys on the beach, Brown's cafe will give you approximately £1997 change from your two grand and there's a decent pub in the railway station.

Could you expand on your definition of decent in relation to the Top Town drinking emporium?

 

[dellzeqq]

A week in just your pants - what's not to like!

a week in somebody else's pants would be just as good

 

[User169]

[QUOTE 2198439, member: 259"]I like Cleethorpes. The Ocean Fish Bar is smashing, and they serve lovely avocado dip with the jumbo haddock.[/quote]

Mort's computer's been taken over by Peter Mandelson!!

 

[Speicher]

a week in somebody else's pants would be just as good

Do you have photographic evidence of that?

 

[Fnaar]

[QUOTE 2198439, member: 259"]I like Cleethorpes. [/quote]
So did I, when I went there, but that was 1981 It may have changed since.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

So did I, when I went there, but that was 1981 It may have changed since.

They haven't cleaned the No1 Refreshment Rooms at the train station yet.