sage Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 2 minutes ago, loweman2 said: is this it sage ? looks like you could have a game of cricket, a game of football and a game of rugby on there all at the same time !! how did you discover that place ? is it warm / hot ? looks like a good place to chill out and gather your thoughts, is there much to be done ? other than sunbathe and play cricket ?? It is a similar climate to Northern England, There is very little to do, We will hire bikes and take some sport stuff and books, tablets etc. We will be chilling out. I saw the cheap flights and then looked on Airbnb. This place came up so i investigated. There are loads of nice beaches near Copenhagen but this looks pretty cool. There is a Netto about 4 miles away and a few bars and restaurants on the island. I am off to Cuba soon, got a flight for £330 return and staying in casas for £15 a night. I am a skank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loweman2 Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 11 minutes ago, sage said: It is a similar climate to Northern England, There is very little to do, We will hire bikes and take some sport stuff and books, tablets etc. We will be chilling out. I saw the cheap flights and then looked on Airbnb. This place came up so i investigated. There are loads of nice beaches near Copenhagen but this looks pretty cool. There is a Netto about 4 miles away and a few bars and restaurants on the island. I am off to Cuba soon, got a flight for £330 return and staying in casas for £15 a night. I am a skank. Good man, it's good to know that little places like this exist, how did you find the cottage ? Especially as it's so cheap in school holidays, thanks for sharing and have a great holiday ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 4 minutes ago, loweman2 said: Good man, it's good to know that little places like this exist, how did you find the cottage ? Especially as it's so cheap in school holidays, thanks for sharing and have a great holiday ! I went on Airbnb. I find it a good site for the school hols as they are private owners who let their places semi-professionally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stive Pesley Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Where are you flying to? Billund? We're doing similar at May/June half-term - flying to Billund for peanuts, got a nice AirBnB cottage for a couple of days in Vejle by the sea and doing Legoland for the nipper, then getting the train to Aarhus for the rest of the week (another AirBnB apartment and cheap flight back from there) We went to Copenhagen last year and loved it so I'm keen to see more of Denmark. Romo looks awesome - might have to do this next year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 7 hours ago, StivePesley said: Where are you flying to? Billund? We're doing similar at May/June half-term - flying to Billund for peanuts, got a nice AirBnB cottage for a couple of days in Vejle by the sea and doing Legoland for the nipper, then getting the train to Aarhus for the rest of the week (another AirBnB apartment and cheap flight back from there) We went to Copenhagen last year and loved it so I'm keen to see more of Denmark. Romo looks awesome - might have to do this next year I'm flying to Copenhagen, then driving across. I may yet spend the last night in Copenhagen. What did you think to Copenhagen and have you got any tips for me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stive Pesley Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Copenhagen was brilliant - we had a 4 year old with us, so our activities were limited to what he would put up with but off the top of my head... Took the boat trip around the harbour - this was a good way to see bits of the city quite quickly - especially the Little Mermaid which is a bit of a trek by foot, and not especially impressive (emphasis on "little") There is a really nice restaurant on the top floor of the Post Office Museum which has very nice food and spectacular views across the city rooftops (museum itself is as rubbish as you'd expect a post office museum to be!) If you like beer then head to the Mikeller bar (there are two) - they let kids in Probably not an option if you are only there for the day but we got the train across the bridge to Malmo and that was pretty cool to get to visit Sweden too. Just don't do what we did and arrive with no idea what the Swedish exchange rate was and therefore had no idea how much money to get out of the cash machine.. And for the nipper we went to the zoo - which was one of the better ones I've seen, and the Lego shop is actually more like a Lego play centre with lots of Lego out to play with. Just a shame they didn't serve beer! Christiana is worth a wander as it's a very weirrd place, but it is just a load of hippies and clouds of hash smoke so felt quite safe Also good is the big food market hall at Torvehallerne - lots of good places to eat and buy obscure scandinavian food. You definitely won't need a car in Copenhagen - the public transport is brilliant and everyone cycles. There are very few drivers - it's an odd feeling being in a capital city with such little traffic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimmu Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Almost went unnoticed... but first of June Finland will play against Belgium in Brussels. One of the best reason to spend a week with trappist beers. And as a game is friendly, the coming heavy defeat doens't have to drowned, I can just enjoy the beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share Posted April 19, 2016 Just booked a week away in Crete mid-June. Will be there when England play Russia and then play Wales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Just trying to organise a weekend to Amsterdam in July with some from work. Started off as 3 of us & is now up to about a dozen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 On 08/03/2016 at 11:09, Mostyn6 said: I actually recommend pricing up a cheap week away to a Greek island and comparing it to your week camping. You;ll be surprised how close the prices probably are in summer You're right in one sense. But we now have a dog. Lovely thing in many respects. But adds 250 quid a week to holiday costs unless we take her with us. So its the dog friendly caravan on the jurassic coast for us this year. 650 quid a week. Self catering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 8 minutes ago, HantsRam said: You're right in one sense. But we now have a dog. Lovely thing in many respects. But adds 250 quid a week to holiday costs unless we take her with us. So its the dog friendly caravan on the jurassic coast for us this year. 650 quid a week. Self catering. We've got a dog friendly cottage in Weymouth, only 200metres to the harbour, for £530. With petrol costs it is probably cheaper to go on a cheap med holiday but we're bullied and controlled by a seven stone chocolate Labrador. It'd be a struggle to squeeze him into Ryanair baggage allowance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Got back from Croatia (Zadar and Plitvice Lakes) with the lad on Saturday night and am off to Cuba on my own tomorrow morning (Cayo Coco, Trinidad and Santa Clara). Croatia was excellent especially the Lakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 1 hour ago, uttoxram75 said: We've got a dog friendly cottage in Weymouth, only 200metres to the harbour, for £530. With petrol costs it is probably cheaper to go on a cheap med holiday but we're bullied and controlled by a seven stone chocolate Labrador. It'd be a struggle to squeeze him into Ryanair baggage allowance. Similarities there Utch. We have a fox red labrador who thankfully so far is only 3.5 stone but I do believe that as they are pack animals, dogs need to be included and not boarded off somewhere. Your deal sounds good though and Weymouth is a great place as well as being closer. We are off to golden cap between Bridport and Lyme Regis. Hants junior still has ambition in paleontology ☺ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Flight to Cuba delayed at least 7 hours. Engine fault. My offer of some string didn't go down well. Will get £400 compo on my return though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanRam Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Got home late Sunday night after flying back from Seattle where my cruise to Alaska departed from.Had a fantastic time,was well worth the money.Great excursions,scenery,food,etc. I highly recommend to anyone to go to Alaska if at all possible,absolutely gorgeous place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketteringram Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 18 hours ago, sage said: Got back from Croatia (Zadar and Plitvice Lakes) with the lad on Saturday night and am off to Cuba on my own tomorrow morning (Cayo Coco, Trinidad and Santa Clara). Croatia was excellent especially the Lakes. Is Mel funding all this or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 19 hours ago, HantsRam said: Similarities there Utch. We have a fox red labrador who thankfully so far is only 3.5 stone but I do believe that as they are pack animals, dogs need to be included and not boarded off somewhere. Your deal sounds good though and Weymouth is a great place as well as being closer. We are off to golden cap between Bridport and Lyme Regis. Hants junior still has ambition in paleontology ☺ Went to West Bay last year, fantastic walks along the cliffs to Golden Cap. The pubs in West Bay all dog friendly as well. Love Dorset but yet to spot the famous amphibians there. (froggg) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearl Ram Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 7 hours ago, sage said: Flight to Cuba delayed at least 7 hours. Engine fault. My offer of some string didn't go down well. Will get £400 compo on my return though. Hope you're there now and Havana nice time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 38 minutes ago, uttoxram75 said: Went to West Bay last year, fantastic walks along the cliffs to Golden Cap. The pubs in West Bay all dog friendly as well. Love Dorset but yet to spot the famous amphibians there. (froggg) Couple of years ago West Bay on a Sunday afternoon had free live music on a flat loader stage. Sat there with me pint and listened along quite happy. Was born in Yeovil actually (moved to Derby aged 7) so Weymouth swanage and west bay have a few very hazy early childhood memories. Each year (been for 4) we bring back a bucket of fossils. Mainly ammonites. Junior convinced he's going to discover the next great find. Last one was only about 10 years ago- an icthyosaurus- which is proudly displayed in a fascinating and privately owned dinosaur museum in Lyme Regis. We really enjoy it there. And many thanks for the info on pubs. Sounds much better than Bridport itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 1 hour ago, HantsRam said: Couple of years ago West Bay on a Sunday afternoon had free live music on a flat loader stage. Sat there with me pint and listened along quite happy. Was born in Yeovil actually (moved to Derby aged 7) so Weymouth swanage and west bay have a few very hazy early childhood memories. Each year (been for 4) we bring back a bucket of fossils. Mainly ammonites. Junior convinced he's going to discover the next great find. Last one was only about 10 years ago- an icthyosaurus- which is proudly displayed in a fascinating and privately owned dinosaur museum in Lyme Regis. We really enjoy it there. And many thanks for the info on pubs. Sounds much better than Bridport itself. The George in West Bay is especially friendly with dogs, the landlord will come over and make a fuss of your pooch. The ale is from the local brewery in Bridport a mile away and the food is very good. The outside tables are great for people watching and chilling with views of the harbour. You can see some of the Broadchurch locations there as well. Not much to do for Junior unfortunately although the caravan park has a swimming pool and play areas that you can use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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