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  • Start date Jan 10, 2025
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Sep 4, 2025
  • #106
Gynnsthetonic said:

Fifteen dead and 23 injured as tram smashes into building in Portugal

The tragedy occurred after one of the cables came loose along the railway's route, causing it to lose control and career down a steep hill before colliding with a building.
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Was only on this a few weeks ago. It didn't seem very safe at all.
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Those things scare the shit out of me.

I went on one in Pittsburgh 2 years ago, and it looked like it was falling apart. My colleagues, who were local, were laughing and taking the piss. Then, half way up it started sliding backwards and the safety cable cut in and we stopped abruptly. It felt like we were about to slide at full speed to our deaths.

I'll walk next time.
 
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wingy

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  • Sep 4, 2025
  • #107
Earlsdon_Skyblue1 said:
Those things scare the shit out of me.

I went on one in Pittsburgh 2 years ago, and it looked like it was falling apart. My colleagues, who were local, were laughing and taking the piss. Then, half way up it started sliding backwards and the safety cable cut in and we stopped abruptly. It felt like we were about to slide at full speed to our deaths.

I'll walk next time.
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My daughter and grandkids were using the one in San Sebastian just a day before,all went as anticipated.
 

DawlishSkyBlue

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  • Sep 13, 2025
  • #108
Has anyone ever been Goynuk/Kemer area of Turkey? Going out there next weekend, and fancy doing a bit of snorkeling and a boat trip maybe
 

LastGarrison

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  • Sep 13, 2025
  • #109
Mild-Mannered Janitor said:
Nashville is crazy but fun, not sure Memphis was as good but was worth the visit and we visited Graceland which was a good day trip, long way from Nashville in the car but easy driving. The Peabody ducks in memphis is strange but traditional
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Can anybody recommend a tour company to do the day trip from Nashville to Memphis? (Or even a private transfer).

The only ones I can find that seem available are on the Saturday which is the day before we fly back and don’t really fancy doing a massive long day and then having to be out of our AirBnB by 10am!
 

Razzle Dazzle Dean Gordon

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  • Oct 26, 2025
  • #110
Found this on my travels in Italy today
 
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Sky_Blue_Daz

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  • Oct 26, 2025
  • #111
Turn 50 in January been told by my wife and daughter to book a week off work . Either we are going away or she has shit Ton of jobs for me to do
 
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LastGarrison

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  • Oct 26, 2025
  • #112
Off to Nepal (and Bangladesh) for work next week.

Haven’t been to Nepal in over 10 years (and staying in a lot nicer hotel than my backpacking days!) so really intrigued to see how much it has changed and the progress that has been made.

Have some amazing memories from Nepal so really looking forward to it.
 
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Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Oct 27, 2025
  • #113
Currently sitting in St Lucia it is really nice here, can’t see many city fans here though a lot of Spurs and Arsenal fans though.
 
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Mild-Mannered Janitor

Kindest Bloke on CCFC / Maker of CCFC Dreams
  • Oct 27, 2025
  • #114
Heading to Rio next Monday, land on the 4th and will need to find a sports bar showing us against Sheffield Utd, gutted to be missing the enemy, I’m sure the Brazilians will be fans of the Championship.
Grabbing a Fluminense game at the Maracana stadium the night after hopefully although they get less than us.
Then off to Iguazu falls and then Peru and Machu Picchu.

Trip of a lifetime, land back an hour or so before the West Brom game…….hopefully still unbeaten
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Oct 27, 2025
  • #115
Razzle Dazzle Dean Gordon said:
Found this on my travels in Italy today
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'Found'
 
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Bertola

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  • Oct 30, 2025
  • #116
Bertola said:
Carried on with this

Jan - Blackpool
Feb - Bude
March - Hunstanton (Day trip to try and save money by not having a hotel.... ndd up mor expensiv as the wife got done for Speeding on the way home)
April - Barry Island
May - Bournemouth & Poole


Think June and July are likely to be day trips again as we've got a lot on

August - Week in Cornwall.

Any further seaside recommendations appreciated
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To follow up... The end of my lads new years resolution to visit the seaside every month this year is in sight.

Jan - Blackpool
Feb - Bude
March - Hunstanton (Day Trip)
April - Barry Island
May - Bournemouth & Poole
June - North Wales
July - Weston (Day Trip)
August - Week in Cornwall
September - Skegness
October - Woolacombe.


We now have the last two booked too. Taking advantage of a teach training day on Monday to head down to Brighton on Sunday after his footy game and spend the night there, then ending where we started with a night in Blackpool to see the illuminations (we missed them in Jan).

Considering we've had two deaths in the family this year, and the wife is studying for her Masters, I'll be pretty proud that we've managed to make it happen
 
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SkyBlueDom26

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  • Oct 30, 2025
  • #117
Razzle Dazzle Dean Gordon said:
Found this on my travels in Italy today
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Great work mate! Fuck them cunts
 
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wingy

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  • Oct 31, 2025
  • #118
LastGarrison said:
Off to Nepal (and Bangladesh) for work next week.

Haven’t been to Nepal in over 10 years (and staying in a lot nicer hotel than my backpacking days!) so really intrigued to see how much it has changed and the progress that has been made.

Have some amazing memories from Nepal so really looking forward to it.
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Some unrest there I believe, Govt been harsh by modern standards, they turned tik tok off about 3-6 month's ago, been on the streets don't know about now though.
 

ovduk78

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  • Dec 3, 2025
  • #119
My son is going on a tour of Asia in February & then onto Australia, what is the best way to have phone & network coverage in Asia,is it best to have it for individual countries or is a sim available that will cover them all?
 

Mild-Mannered Janitor

Kindest Bloke on CCFC / Maker of CCFC Dreams
  • Dec 4, 2025
  • #120
ovduk78 said:
My son is going on a tour of Asia in February & then onto Australia, what is the best way to have phone & network coverage in Asia,is it best to have it for individual countries or is a sim available that will cover them all?
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I would check out the various e-sim providers like Nomad to see what's best across the countries he is visiting
 
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Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Dec 4, 2025
  • #121
Call me optimistic, I've booked a (refundable) flight to New York next summer for the 17-20th July. I'm planning on going to the World Cup but waiting on the draw to plan things out.
 
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Ccfc_Addy

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  • Dec 4, 2025
  • #122
We're planning a week in Barcelona in June; neither of us have been since we were teenagers. We've come to appreciate the value of an extended stay in one place that becomes your base, we did the same with Lisbon a couple of years ago and loved it.
 
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Sick Boy

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  • Dec 4, 2025
  • #123
ovduk78 said:
My son is going on a tour of Asia in February & then onto Australia, what is the best way to have phone & network coverage in Asia,is it best to have it for individual countries or is a sim available that will cover them all?
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I use Saily.
 
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LastGarrison

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  • Dec 4, 2025
  • #124
I use Airalo when I go away on holiday, with work etc but in my experience of Asia (bar India which was a pain in the arse as you needed a local number to get a SIM card) it was just easier getting a SIM card from country to country.

However, probably just worth searching on Lonely Planet/TripAdvisor forums for the most up to date advice as I’m going back a few years.
 
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