They call it the garden of England, I think there are some nice bits. I've been but only to Gillingham but fancy going to Margate or one of the other seaside townsKent.
Don't know it at all. I know they have oast houses there, but absolutely never think of going there and it's largely because that fat sweaty London town is in the way.
Anywhere in Kent worth visiting ? I think I went to Bodium Castle about 30 years ago and that was a fantastic, but that's about it.
They call it the garden of England, I think there are some nice bits. I've been but only to Gillingham but fancy going to Margate or one of the other seaside towns
Kent.
Don't know it at all. I know they have oast houses there, but absolutely never think of going there and it's largely because that fat sweaty London town is in the way.
Anywhere in Kent worth visiting ? I think I went to Bodium Castle about 30 years ago and that was a fantastic, but that's about it.
Erm, Dreamland is alive and kicking last I heard. In fact, property developers wanted to appropriate the site a few years back but hit a sticky wicket due to the scenic railway having a preservation order. Mysteriously, it was partly destroyed by a fire amidst this enquiry. To the doubtless woe of the developers, it was ordered that the coaster be rebuilt and restored to its heyday glory (It's the oldest wooden roller-coaster in the UK I believe). This work was completed in 2016 along with renovation of the rest of the theme park.Margate's idea of an infinity pool is a walled enclosure which fills up with seawater, seaweed and jellyfish when the tide is in. There was at one time a pier which at least offered changing facilities but even that's now gone. I remember thinking "Where's the pool? Is that it?!!!"
It's only other atraction was a gigantic fairground known as 'Dreamland' but that's also now gone.
Surrey
South Wales
Glasgow
Keep hearing so much about Cardiff so really need to make the journey at some point!
Margate's a shithole. Stayed in Leeds Castle about four years ago. Kent alright, didn't see the improvements to Margate I was promised!They call it the garden of England, I think there are some nice bits. I've been but only to Gillingham but fancy going to Margate or one of the other seaside towns
I've never been to Devon or Cornwall
Depending on your interests, if you do Cardiff make sure you go west a Bit, and take in Tenby and even the likes of Laugharne.Surrey
South Wales
Glasgow
Keep hearing so much about Cardiff so really need to make the journey at some point!
Knew it would take more than Tracy Emin's patronage to tidy the place up!Margate's a shithole. Stayed in Leeds Castle about four years ago. Kent alright, didn't see the improvements to Margate I was promised!
Glasgow is a good city, got a great feel to it.
Just reminds me of every other city in the UK? Edinburgh is beautiful
Have you ever been to the highlands, Nick? After leaving Glasgow, you then travel north on the A82 past Loch Lomond and then head on up to Glencoe and Fort William. Breathtaking scenery!Would like to go to the shetlands / really rural bits of Scotland. Seeing them on things like Countryfile and they look really nice.
Not that fussed about city centres.
Have you ever been to the highlands, Nick? After leaving Glasgow, you then travel north on the A82 past Loch Lomond and then head on up to Glencoe and Fort William. Breathtaking scenery!
Did Skye this summer, really enjoyed it. Stopped off at ardgour on way Up, the ferry to the pub was lovely.Have you ever been to the highlands, Nick? After leaving Glasgow, you then travel north on the A82 past Loch Lomond and then head on up to Glencoe and Fort William. Breathtaking scenery!
Did Skye this summer, really enjoyed it.
Kent.
Don't know it at all. I know they have oast houses there, but absolutely never think of going there and it's largely because that fat sweaty London town is in the way.
Anywhere in Kent worth visiting ? I think I went to Bodium Castle about 30 years ago and that was a fantastic, but that's about it.
Nick, you really should try to get there. Take the family off for a week. I swear they will love the place! Me and the missus took her elderly aunt for a week up there back in 2007. We stopped just a bit north of Carlisle in a B&B for the night to break the journey up and less driving the next day. We rented a cottage in Killin in Sterling. Fabulous cottage, fabulous village, fabulous holiday! A few pics attached...………Nope, never been to Scotland.
People used to think I was from Kent. Well, that's what they always seemed to mumble as they walked past me!Kent.
Don't know it at all. I know they have oast houses there, but absolutely never think of going there and it's largely because that fat sweaty London town is in the way.
Anywhere in Kent worth visiting ? I think I went to Bodium Castle about 30 years ago and that was a fantastic, but that's about it.
It's always the weather that has put me off.Nick, you really should try to get there. Take the family off for a week. I swear they will love the place! Me and the missus took her elderly aunt for a week up there back in 2007. We stopped just a bit north of Carlisle in a B&B for the night to break the journey up and less driving the next day. We rented a cottage in Killin in Sterling. Fabulous cottage, fabulous village, fabulous holiday! A few pics attached...………
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whatever you think of Glasgow, it's nothing like every other City In the UK.
Not many cities have so much Victorian architecture and I don't know if Rennie Macintosh designed buildings in any other city, he may have done but I doubt there's many.
I wonder how many kids today think Leeds castle is in Leeds.
To be honest, I bet 90% of them don't even know where Leeds is anyway.
Said to my daughter this morning that she should be okay with the trains to Birmingham, as the problems with the high winds were mainly in the South West, North West, Scotland and Ireland.
She replied with 'I thought Birmingham WAS in the North West'.
She's top of her geography class at school.
Don't encourage her!!If you segmented England into 4 quarters, Birmingham would probably be in the North West quarter tbf
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