Copenhagen... Fort William... Woking/London advice

[Liverbirdie]

Hi all, always get a few good nuggets from forummers for hols.......

Copenhagen next year, hotel prices are mad, seen one out by the airport for a decent price, but wondering if anyone has any suggestions if they've stayed there. The missus wont do hostels, but just somewhere decent, clean and handy, or is the airport not too far away from Copenhagen centre? Any suggestions for things to do? We're going to go to Helsinor (Hamlet's castle) as well as a few days in Copenhagen.

Fort William over the NY - any nice drives to do onto the islands. Going to do Glencoe, possibly onto Mull(Tobermory), but Iona may be too far. A day out on the hill next to Ben Nevis, and a few nice walks/rambles. Might get one knock in, if weather not too bad - where should I play?

Woking / London - For the Sunningdale trip I'm going to stay in Woking, but the missus is coming so may go and watch "Phantom" on the Saturday night in the west end. I might stay nearer to London for the Saturday night if cheap enough. Ideally somewhere where you can get a tube home from Leicester square, but a travel lodge or something of that standard is fine.....or am I best to stay in Woking one more night and get the train back there on the Saturday, after the show?

Thoughts, suggestions and memories......:thup:

May go to Windsor castle on the Sunday before coming home, possibly.

 

[patricks148]

there are a couple of Ok courses, Fort Augustus is Ok and Dragons tooth. but that time of year who knows. Fort Wullie is wet during the summer months so god knows what it would be like in winter.

place will more than likely be under snow anyway

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Try looking on airbnb for accommodation. I've used it a few times now and it has worked well. Very good for cities in particular.

 

[richart]

Trains from Waterloo to Woking every half hour. train time about the same. Woking one of the easiest places to get to from London by train.:thup: Just make sure you don't fall asleep on the train, or you might end up in Aldershot.

 

[brendy]

Radisson Park Inn in Copenhagen is walking distance (30 mins at a casual stroll) or 3 or 4 mins by metro, 2 stops (hotel is right on the second stop). I stayed there about a year ago and the place was grand, not too flashy but not low rent neither. breakfasts in denmark are great too, bacon with everything.

 

[Blue in Munich]

Woking / London - For the Sunningdale trip I'm going to stay in Woking, but the missus is coming so may go and watch "Phantom" on the Saturday night in the west end. I might stay nearer to London for the Saturday night if cheap enough. Ideally somewhere where you can get a tube home from Leicester square, but a travel lodge or something of that standard is fine.....or am I best to stay in Woking one more night and get the train back there on the Saturday, after the show?

Thoughts, suggestions and memories......:thup:

May go to Windsor castle on the Sunday before coming home, possibly.

Pete, a quick check on the services to Woking from Waterloo suggests you'd be better off staying in Woking & taking the train, plenty of services (13 in the hour from 2200 - 2300, 9 from 2300 - 0000 & 3 between 0000 & 0025) and the journey time isn't that long if you get the right one (24 mins to 45 minutes depending on service). I think you'd potentially be paying a premium for not a lot of benefit as the rattler isn't that quick. Saves the aggro of moving for one night as well. If you going to do it, you're looking at something like Wimbledon at the end of the District Line, or Richmond , both of which are decent areas but would attract a price premium, or Colliers Wood on the Northern Line (Holiday Inn almost opposite, something else in the retail park) but I wouldn't recommend the area with your misses. If you're determined to move for the night & fancy pushing the boat out, how about this……..

http://www.the-shard.com/shangri-la/

Don't spend all the brownie points at once…..

 

[full_throttle]

Copenhagen Airport is connected to the city by underground, so transport to the city is very regular, can't help with much more as I have only visited once

 

[Liverbirdie]

Replied to all of the above, in a loooooong reply.....then the computer crashed.:angry:

Thanks for all the replies, will post up tomorrow, but keep suggestions coming in for things to do also.:thup:

 

[Doon frae Troon]

If you want a cheap option for FW there is a newish Travelodge with a lively ground floor Weatherspoons right in the centre of the town.

On the way up, just before Glencoe thers is a lovely drive down to Glen Etive. You can also take the ski lift on that road if you want some views.
Another long drive is to take the wee Corran ferry towards Ardnamurchan then the Lochaline/Fishnish ferry to Mull. You then have a choice of Iona/Tobermory. Too long a day to do both.
Best drive is towards Morar and the Glenfinnam Viaduct [Harry Potter one] don't go as far as Mallaig as it is a disappointment now.
Stop at Arisaig for some great views and a fun wee 9 hole course. Nice cafe in the village.

 

[patricks148]

If you want a cheap option for FW there is a newish Travelodge with a lively ground floor Weatherspoons right in the centre of the town.

On the way up, just before Glencoe thers is a lovely drive down to Glen Etive. You can also take the ski lift on that road if you want some views.
Another long drive is to take the wee Corran ferry towards Ardnamurchan then the Lochaline/Fishnish ferry to Mull. You then have a choice of Iona/Tobermory. Too long a day to do both.
Best drive is towards Morar and the Glenfinnam Viaduct [Harry Potter one] don't go as far as Mallaig as it is a disappointment now.
Stop at Arisaig for some great views and a fun wee 9 hole course. Nice cafe in the village.

good call on that one, forgotten about that one well worth it, stunning scenery.

prob no snow either

 

[User62651]

If you're at Ft William around NY there's little daylight so for shorter drive options - just out of town head up Glen Nevis, goes about 6 miles up to the top of the glen where there's a carpark, terrific scenery - mountains/cascades/native oakwoods etc. I also like the drive up to Kinlochleven which is about half hour south from Ft William, a wee detour if you're heading for Glencoe anyway, bit of history there with the aluminium smelter now turned into the Ice Factory which is an big indoor climbing facility with a reasonable cafe. Honestly golf is a long shot imo, but an hour south of Ft Bill you've got Oban (Glencruitten GC) quirky hilly 18 holer, someone mentioned Dragons Tooth at Ballachullish already, there is a pretty wee 9 holer at Balvicar on Seil island south of Oban which is very scenic, will be wet underfoot though.

 

[Foxholer]

Trains from Waterloo to Woking every half hour. train time about the same. Woking one of the easiest places to get to from London by train.:thup: Just make sure you don't fall asleep on the train, or you might end up in Aldershot.

Or Basingstoke (I've done that twice attempting to 'short cut' my slow stopper! ), or even Poole!

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Trains from Waterloo to Woking every half hour. train time about the same. Woking one of the easiest places to get to from London by train.:thup: Just make sure you don't fall asleep on the train, or you might end up in Aldershot.

But if you fall asleep and don't wake at Aldershot you'll be lucky and end up in Farnham. Alton is a bind mind.

 

[richart]

But if you fall asleep and don't wake at Aldershot you'll be lucky and end up in Farnham. Alton is a bind mind.

Yes, but some dodgy forumers live around the Farnham area.

 

[Marshy77]

If you want a cheap option for FW there is a newish Travelodge with a lively ground floor Weatherspoons right in the centre of the town.

On the way up, just before Glencoe thers is a lovely drive down to Glen Etive. You can also take the ski lift on that road if you want some views.
Another long drive is to take the wee Corran ferry towards Ardnamurchan then the Lochaline/Fishnish ferry to Mull. You then have a choice of Iona/Tobermory. Too long a day to do both.
Best drive is towards Morar and the Glenfinnam Viaduct [Harry Potter one] don't go as far as Mallaig as it is a disappointment now.
Stop at Arisaig for some great views and a fun wee 9 hole course. Nice cafe in the village.

Oh no we stayed in Mallaig around 11/12 years ago and though it was a beautiful place, really nice restaurant serving the freshest fish that was just caught. Didn't play golf but explored around fort william/arisaig. Such a lovely areas with amazing scenery.

 

[vkurup]

Woking is very accessible from London. Also there is a good theater in Woking (along with the 3W courses). The Woking Panto is apparently very good, so you could skip the Phantom altogether. As already mentioned, plenty of trains from Waterloo. Just ensure you get the fast train - look on the board which say 'Fastest Train to' rather than catching a Woking train. The difference is you can get from Waterloo to Woking in 28 mins or 45. If you get the fast one, Woking is the first stop and you can get to Woking faster than you can get to parts of London by Tube. If you avoid the morning rush hour then you wont have to pay rip off train ticket prices. Also dont fall asleep on the train or you will wake up in Richart's territory and it can get rough.

Plenty of stay options in Woking depending on budget. There is Hilton DoubleTree, Premier Inn, Travelodge all near the station. There are some AirBnB options.

Let us know when you are coming down and might meet you for a quick pint if that works out.

 

[Liverbirdie]

there are a couple of Ok courses, Fort Augustus is Ok and Dragons tooth. but that time of year who knows. Fort Wullie is wet during the summer months so god knows what it would be like in winter.

place will more than likely be under snow anyway

Dragons tooth is less than 5 miles away, so if the weather is ok, and can get it in will head there.:thup:

 

[Liverbirdie]

Radisson Park Inn in Copenhagen is walking distance (30 mins at a casual stroll) or 3 or 4 mins by metro, 2 stops (hotel is right on the second stop). I stayed there about a year ago and the place was grand, not too flashy but not low rent neither. breakfasts in denmark are great too, bacon with everything.

We've managed to get the Hilton for £525 for 5 nights out by the airport, which looks a steal.

Some wanted £200 to add breakfasts onto to hotels that were £6-800 for 5 nights - must be some breakfasts!!

 

[Liverbirdie]

Pete, a quick check on the services to Woking from Waterloo suggests you'd be better off staying in Woking & taking the train, plenty of services (13 in the hour from 2200 - 2300, 9 from 2300 - 0000 & 3 between 0000 & 0025) and the journey time isn't that long if you get the right one (24 mins to 45 minutes depending on service). I think you'd potentially be paying a premium for not a lot of benefit as the rattler isn't that quick. Saves the aggro of moving for one night as well. If you going to do it, you're looking at something like Wimbledon at the end of the District Line, or Richmond , both of which are decent areas but would attract a price premium, or Colliers Wood on the Northern Line (Holiday Inn almost opposite, something else in the retail park) but I wouldn't recommend the area with your misses. If you're determined to move for the night & fancy pushing the boat out, how about this……..

http://www.the-shard.com/shangri-la/

Don't spend all the brownie points at once…..

Woking seems the better option, so we can stay in the one hotel for 4 nights, if we go for that long.

The Travel lodge we've seen is right next to the train station. Parking is limited, but not sure if you can park on the street around there, as looks in a partial residential area.

If we do stay over on the Saturday, may go to Windsor castle on the way home.

 

[Liverbirdie]

If you want a cheap option for FW there is a newish Travelodge with a lively ground floor Weatherspoons right in the centre of the town.

On the way up, just before Glencoe thers is a lovely drive down to Glen Etive. You can also take the ski lift on that road if you want some views.
Another long drive is to take the wee Corran ferry towards Ardnamurchan then the Lochaline/Fishnish ferry to Mull. You then have a choice of Iona/Tobermory. Too long a day to do both.
Best drive is towards Morar and the Glenfinnam Viaduct [Harry Potter one] don't go as far as Mallaig as it is a disappointment now.
Stop at Arisaig for some great views and a fun wee 9 hole course. Nice cafe in the village.

We're already boxed off for a cottage.

I thought Mallaig was supposed to be a cracker, and not too long a drive, as one of the shorter ones.

Is Uig worth going to as always wanted to go to Kyle of Lochalsh, and onto Skye. I've also heard that Plockton is lovely.

We will have the pooch with us, so the places we want to go to, we want to do 2-3 hours walks at. Beach walks or even a bit of a 6-7 mile ramble, as long as only a 300 metre climb, as most of the great views you have to go up for.

We fancy doing the munro next to Ben Nevis, the one with the chairlift on it, and there are a few different trails on it, so we can exercise the dog. Any other scenic walks/drives also welcome.

We'll be doing one walk in or near Glencoe, after going to the visitor centre.

I remember hearing about a stately home over that side which is one of the most expensive houses ever built, possibly by the rothschilds or other banking magnates - do you know which one it is, or if any castles/stately homes worth a go (some do open, even over the holidays).

We really fancied Iona, but too much in one day, in the winter. I've even asked how much to charter a boat so that we could do Iona, Fingal's cave, Tobermory and Glensanda in one day, but we couldnt take the dog, and dont want to leave him at home all day.

Really looking forward to seeing that part of Scotland as Ayrshire/Glasgow and Fort augustus is the closest we've got to that part.