Flick of the Elbow
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- Midlothian Edinburgh
I have Alnwick on my shortlist to move to if I have to leave Scotland.
The trouble with staycationing...
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NorthernDave
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- Location
- The real Northern Powerhouse
According to Google it's:
staycation
steɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
noun
informal
- a holiday spent in one's home country rather than abroad, or one spent at home and involving day trips to local attractions.
And besides, the sun always shines in Yorkshire...
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PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
A friend rented a large, eight bedroom, house for a week in Embleton to celebrate her retirement. It was located on the road leading to the beach about half mile from the golf club.
Different couples came and went as they pleased during the week. We had the most fantastic time. A couple of decent pubs nearby, beautiful beach, good walking and cycling and complete peace and quiet.
My FIL lived in the Borders and we spent several holidays in the general area with the kids. My only tip would be put the kids in wet suits and don't go in the sea yourself!!
Alnwick, Seahouses, Bamburgh, Craster - home of the kipper, Warkworth (don't miss the castle - beautiful), Alnmouth, Beadnell, Lindisfarne, Farne Islands to see puffins but wear a hat to protect against the tern dive bombers.
Different couples came and went as they pleased during the week. We had the most fantastic time. A couple of decent pubs nearby, beautiful beach, good walking and cycling and complete peace and quiet.
My FIL lived in the Borders and we spent several holidays in the general area with the kids. My only tip would be put the kids in wet suits and don't go in the sea yourself!!
Alnwick, Seahouses, Bamburgh, Craster - home of the kipper, Warkworth (don't miss the castle - beautiful), Alnmouth, Beadnell, Lindisfarne, Farne Islands to see puffins but wear a hat to protect against the tern dive bombers.
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cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
I thought that was called Ourgate
Globalti
Legendary Member
I'm reading this thread with envy because I'm lying on my hotel bed in Mallorca sweating and thinking there's only 24 hours more before we head home. Been sweating for six days actually, I've also been bitten about a dozen times by mosquitos, have not slept properly any night and suffered bad hay fever. We hired bikes, nice Trek Emonda SL6s, and we've cycled four days but in temperatures reaching 32c by the end of the ride there's not much enjoyment. Yesterday we cycled the 22 miles out to the spectacular Cap Formentor and when we finished I felt dizzy for an hour. I'm looking forward to next week at home pottering around, recovering from this tedious exhausting week and doing some cycling somewhere clean and fresh.
I agreed to come on this trip because Mrs Gti wanted a hot holiday and she threw in cycling as a bribe to me and Gti Junior. However we haven't been on any beaches because the coastal resorts are so disgusting so apart from the swimming pool I'm not sure what pleasure she has derived from it. Mallorca off season might be OK for cycling but in summer it's Hell.
On top of all this the cost of the holiday has put a big dent in family finances with every evening meal costing around £50. I really don't know why we subject ourselves to this stress. I'd much rather have gone somewhere civilised like Northumberland where we lived when I was in my teens and we loved the place.
I agreed to come on this trip because Mrs Gti wanted a hot holiday and she threw in cycling as a bribe to me and Gti Junior. However we haven't been on any beaches because the coastal resorts are so disgusting so apart from the swimming pool I'm not sure what pleasure she has derived from it. Mallorca off season might be OK for cycling but in summer it's Hell.
On top of all this the cost of the holiday has put a big dent in family finances with every evening meal costing around £50. I really don't know why we subject ourselves to this stress. I'd much rather have gone somewhere civilised like Northumberland where we lived when I was in my teens and we loved the place.
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NorthernDave
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- The real Northern Powerhouse
Nope, never encountered a single one and don't recall anyone else mentioning them. Mrs ND attracts flying / biting things at an Olympic level so that's quite an achievement.
shirokazan
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[QUOTE 4881635, member: 9609"]Spent most of all of my life in this part of the world and can confirm he was just seriously lucky, the sun only shines 3 days every 2 years, the roads are plagued by drunk mobile phone wielding 4x4s. and the logging trucks take great joy in mowing down cyclists. The hills are ruled by murdering thieving bandits, the lowland farmers shoot everyone on site, the seas are infested with sharks and inland water infested with crocs and piranhas.
North Northumberland is not the place to holiday - try the lake district like normal folk.[/QUOTE]
Anyone would think you are trying to keep the place for yourself, @User9609. Surely not?
North Northumberland is not the place to holiday - try the lake district like normal folk.[/QUOTE]
Anyone would think you are trying to keep the place for yourself, @User9609. Surely not?
Andy_R
Hard of hearing..I said Herd of Herring..oh FFS..
- Location
- County Durham
[QUOTE 4881895, member: 9609"]Kielder can be bad but that is the only part of northumberland I have ever been bothered with them, even the Cheviots are free of them.....[/QUOTE]
Kielder is fekking atrocious for midges, but as @User9609 says, it's the only area of Northumberland where they are a problem. Yes you might get one or two in inland wooded areas, but they tend on the whole not to be an issue, especially on the coast.
Kielder is fekking atrocious for midges, but as @User9609 says, it's the only area of Northumberland where they are a problem. Yes you might get one or two in inland wooded areas, but they tend on the whole not to be an issue, especially on the coast.
shirokazan
Veteran
I was attacked by a load of midges at Greenhead a couple of years ago. It made striking camp something of an ordeal. Grrr.
Andy_R
Hard of hearing..I said Herd of Herring..oh FFS..
- Location
- County Durham
Doesn't seem to bother them on the West coast of Scotland...
Andy_R
Hard of hearing..I said Herd of Herring..oh FFS..
- Location
- County Durham
Greenhead is pretty much right on the watershed. They must have been West coast interlopers...I was attacked by a load of midges at Greenhead a couple of years ago. It made striking camp something of an ordeal. Grrr.
Pro Tour Punditry
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Paid a visit to Beadnell today, most enjoyable just walking about the beach and surrounding area doing nothing in particular.The top four are Beadnell where we were staying, the bottom three are Embleton Bay - probably the best beach in the world, but don't tell anyone...
