biffs travel thread.......

[Guest55]

woke up this morning with some inspiration for my next foriegn adventure , so im writing it down now while still fresh in my mind.
was considering a week in barbados this year but cant be arsed with another 11 hour flight after my trip to san francisco in sept.

so im thinking fly liverpool to carcassonne , spent a couple of days with my uncle in the south of france , then TGV across western europe , overnite stay in Paris , finish in Amsterdam for a few days of bright lights big city , then fly back to manchester
always enjoy train journeys so its looking good on paper , should be able to do it in around 8 days at minimal cost

anyone else got any exciting proposed travel plans they'd like to share ? or even ideas they want to sound off on ?

 

[MDJ]

Well I am travelling over to the Dark side Biff so have fun on your travels and see you around somewhere. Don't forget to watch the rugger today M8.

 

[Badged01]

so im thinking fly liverpool to carcassonne , spent a couple of days with my uncle in the south of france , then TGV across western europe , overnite stay in Paris , finish in Amsterdam for a few days of bright lights big city , then fly back to manchester always enjoy train journeys so its looking good on paper , should be able to do it in around 8 days at minimal cost

You could get the same thrills and excitment for a lot, lot less if you still used Liverpool as your hub but did trips to Blackpool and Rhyl instead -- beaches, sun (maybe!), glamourous lights, thrills and spills and train travel

 

[Rockingit]

Very long story short (and telling touring tales in the playground....) but a number of years ago (when I was in between the former and the current Mrs R) I found myself in Prague for a week with an especially gorgeous young american thing that I'd first met in Texas months earlier. We, er, had some fun for a few days and then she realised that a whole big bunch of photos were missing from off her camera. Now, to a Yank on a back-packing adventure around Europe this was a big deal. She reckoned that they'd been accidentally downloaded in some internet cafe in Paris a couple of weeks earlier. So, instead of me just flying back to Bristol the next day, I instead took a 2 day sleeper train with her Prague>Frankfurt>Brussels>Paris to go and find this cafe and see if by some chance they were still sat on a drive there. They weren't, of course, but we drowned our sorrows on some cheap fizz in the Champs Elysees before catching the Eurostar back to Waterloo together and she flew back to the States. That was the most fun time I've ever had on a train!!!!

Oh...and I was wetting myself laughing when I had to explain to an American why it was that when the German train conductor apologetically announced they were running ten minutes late, that all the Germans tutted and the Brit on board let out a yell of "Yes!!"

Biff - go and have fun matey, the world's a big place.

 

[High Tower]

Nothing exciting here, just the annual two motorcycle pilgrimages to Ireland for the northwest 200 and the IOM for the TT

 

[tidyboiler]

Well Geordie and I, both being Pisceans are drawn to water......... so it's going to be dangling our feet off the pier in South Shields or having a trip to Seahouses to see the seals. Rhyl does have a lovely beach though....................

 

[Badged01]

And a Blackpool you can get a ride on the donkeys down at the beach too!

 

[Kamikaze]

biff55 no journey to France is complete without a trip to Nantes to ride on the mechanical elephant.

 

[Guest55]

Well Geordie and I, both being Pisceans are drawn to water......... so it's going to be dangling our feet off the pier in South Shields or having a trip to Seahouses to see the seals. Rhyl does have a lovely beach though....................

being stuck on the hard shoulder of the M6 sounds more appealing than any of those places lol !

tell geordie to get his wallet out and whisk you off to the bahamas ;-)

 

[Guest55]

Well I am travelling over to the Dark side Biff yorkshire ??


so have fun on your travels will do !

and see you around somewhere you would if you knew what i looked like :-D


Don't forget to watch the rugger today M8. in the same way fish forget how to swim.......;-)

i've a feeling tickets for next years RWC are going to cost alot more than i originally planned hence scaled back travels this year..........

 

[Guest55]

And a Blackpool you can get a ride on the donkeys down at the beach too!

donkey rides are only available may - sept unfortunately , but the beach is quiet and tourist free at this time of year ;-)

 

[tidyboiler]

being stuck on the hard shoulder of the M6 sounds more appealing than any of those places lol !

tell geordie to get his wallet out and whisk you off to the bahamas ;-)

Now you're speaking my kind of language Biff!! Please will you organise a poll for me? ....... :wub:

 

[Guest55]

Now you're speaking my kind of language Biff!! Please will you organise a poll for me? ....... :wub:

option 1 bahamas
option 2 rhyl
option 3 little chef on the A56

its gonna be a close call..........:-D

 

[Plonker 3]

Just got cycling trip planned at the minute from Glasgow to Carlisle, taking in the lochs and coast on the way. Carrying all our kit on panniers, camping at night, proper back to nature for a few days. But always have a good time doing them.

Lochs and Glens South - Map | Sustrans

 

[Marvo]

I used to enjoy hitchhiking holidays when I was young free and single. Used to go for a couple of months at a time, my favorites were North Africa including Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, Mail and Niger and 3 months in Mexico, Guatamala and Belize. My travel nowadays is limited to business which is usually all boring in hotels and big cities.

I feel like I might be missing out though cause I've never been to Rhyl.

 

[Guest55]

I used to enjoy hitchhiking holidays when I was young free and single. Used to go for a couple of months at a time, my favorites were North Africa including Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, Mail and Niger and 3 months in Mexico, Guatamala and Belize. My travel nowadays is limited to business which is usually all boring in hotels and big cities.

I feel like I might be missing out though cause I've never been to Rhyl.

nice. would like to visit morocco too.
mexicos great , been there twice with the ex.

 

[Guest55]

Just got cycling trip planned at the minute from Glasgow to Carlisle, taking in the lochs and coast on the way. Carrying all our kit on panniers, camping at night, proper back to nature for a few days. But always have a good time doing them.

Lochs and Glens South - Map | Sustrans

ah , another cycle fan....
did a mtb tour of sth france 3 years ago , but i like the sound of a UK coastal jaunt , in summer of course

 

[Plonker 3]

Well not serious mountain biking, got a hybrid. Usually do about 40-50 miles a day nice leisurely pace away from all the hustle and bustle of the busy towns and major roads.

 

[ian.settle1]

Well Geordie and I, both being Pisceans are drawn to water......... so it's going to be dangling our feet off the pier in South Shields or having a trip to Seahouses to see the seals. Rhyl does have a lovely beach though....................

About the only other good thing about Rhyl is the road out

 

[dan86]

my holiday plans are 2 weeks in Greece at start of may. not sure about rest of year yet.

 

[sjhall]

Texas to see the mother & father-in-law.... Maybe go Austin & Huston

 

[Badged01]

Now you're speaking my kind of language Biff!! Please will you organise a poll for me? ....... :wub:

You get my vote! About time he started keeping you in the custom you could get used to ......

 

[D Skelton]

I know it's off topic as it isn't exactly a foreign destination but have you ever been to the Lake District? It is the most beautiful most tranquil place I have ever been and is often voted the most beutiful place in the world.

If you wanna go on an adventure then I would recommend Basra! I went back there for a week a few years back and it is a very strange place in that what was once a kill zone is now a holiday destination! Travel North from there up the Shat Al Arab on the Route 6 towards Amarah and stop off in Al Qurnah and see the Garden of Eden and the tree that Adam supposedly took the apple from. From there up to Baghdad which I never spent any time in but have heard from many of my friends that it is an amazing place to visit.

One place I've always wanted to visit is China, urban and rural! I've always had the urge to walk the Great Wall from end to end, how possible this is I'm sure others will say but I've heard it is and can be done in a month.

Just my two cents

 

[markc123]

Well im off to zante to get ruined with my mates.

Pretty sure its not your guys cup of tea lol!

 

[Des 56]

I know it's off topic as it isn't exactly a foreign destination but have you ever been to the Lake District? It is the most beautiful most tranquil place I have ever been and is often voted the most beutiful place in the world.

No,but would really like to go there one year
It looks like a ideal place to have a holiday for me and her indoors,it appears to be beautiful countryside,lovely walking country and best of all,somewhere new

Austria has always been my favourite destination,in the summer,not when the land is splattered with that dreaded white stuff and the people walk around with long thin planks tied to their feet

If the lake district could guarentee some manageable weather I would jump at the chance

 

[Guest55]

Texas to see the mother & father-in-law.... Maybe go Austin & Huston

Austin is great , spent a week in texas on a usa tour.

 

[Guest55]

Well im off to zante to get ruined with my mates.

Pretty sure its not your guys cup of tea lol!

i'm sure you'll feel at home with all the other chavs & oik's. ;-)

 

[Megavolt]

Not got a bad year coming up

Week on windermere in April with my boat fishing
Week at port Logan in Scotland fishing
Long weekend at nefyn north Wales fishing

Family hol
two weeks somewhere the mrs wants.

Watch for pick pockets on the trains in Amsterdam there rife with them

 

[telectrix]

i detest both golf and fishing . first one you lose your balls and bring nothing home, and the second you lose your tackle and bring home nothing.

 

[Megavolt]

i detest both golf and fishing . first one you lose your balls and bring nothing home, and the second you lose your tackle and bring home nothing.

Ha. Not a great fan of golf but love fishing In any form. my only problem is never get enough time to do it As work always get in way

 

[danzor]

Ukraine has some cheap deals at the moment!

We're looking at Europe this year as the Mrs wants some where "safe" this year.

I have not done to much of Europe as that's for later in life, but Hvar is pretty nice!

 

[Rockingit]

Austin is great , spent a week in texas on a usa tour.

It was Houston where I met the girl I talked about earlier! Great place, though Austen is just full of oil workers.

 

[D Skelton]

Ukraine has some cheap deals at the moment!

We're looking at Europe this year as the Mrs wants some where "safe" this year.

I have not done to much of Europe as that's for later in life, but Hvar is pretty nice!

I'm seriously considering doing Chernobyl later this year!

 

[Guest55]

It was Houston where I met the girl I talked about earlier! Great place, though Austen is just full of oil workers.

the austin i visited had some of the best rock music , punk bars & rockabillie bands in the us ;-D

i didnt see any oil workers ? its a university town with a alot of fitness / cycling businesses when i visited in 2010

 

[Guest55]

I'm seriously considering doing Chernobyl later this year!

yeah , then onto a siberian route 66 tour in your tank ............

;-)

 

[danzor]

I'm seriously considering doing Chernobyl later this year!

Is that even safe yet?

She's just booked Mykonos for September, luckily I've got a few stag-do's!

 

[Rockingit]

the austin i visited had some of the best rock music , punk bars & rockabillie bands in the us ;-D

i didnt see any oil workers ? its a university town with a alot of fitness / cycling businesses when i visited in 2010

Precisely why I've been there several times on tours! When I said oil workers, it was more a reference to the executive, rather than grimy rag, type of worker. If you were on the tourist trail then you probably escaped them - feel lucky - they make a damn loud noise in hotel bars!!

 

[SJD]

the austin i visited had some of the best rock music , punk bars & rockabillie bands in the us ;-D

i didnt see any oil workers ? its a university town with a alot of fitness / cycling businesses when i visited in 2010

I hope you took a look at the bats as they leave the bridge at one end of the centre around dusk in their thousands, quite impressive. I also liked their slogan, "Keep Austin Weird".

 

[shanky887614]

Is that even safe yet?

She's just booked Mykonos for September, luckily I've got a few stag-do's!

You can go there but no telling what the radiation will do to you.

 

[D Skelton]

Is that even safe yet?

Yes, for short visits. There are strict restrictions in place and you can't get within the 25km exclusion zone without having all your papers in order and you have to either be fully tracable or be accompanied by an official travel guide. You can't stay for more that a day within the exclusion zone and you can't take anything from inside the exclusion zone out.

You can get within 100m of the reactor to view it!

Apparently spending a day there is about the same as having five chest x-rays, not very good for you but nothing to worry about if it's only a one off.