Holiday at Home - Get real with the prices then!

[Smiffy]

When I first got married (the first time) I was totally against holidaying abroad. Didn't appeal to me.
So me and the then wife went down to Cornwall for three years on the trot. So many people had been down there and come back as brown as a nut, saying what lovely weather they had enjoyed. Jeez, they even have palm trees growing down there.
Three years we went, middle of August. It pissed down and blew a gale nearly every time we were there. I cannot remember one really hot day spent in Cornwall.
Year four we buggered off to Tunisia and the only time I ever go to Cornwall now is to play golf at either Lanhydrock or St Mellion. And I can almost guarantee that it will piss down then too.

 

[RobCowan]

Aviemore? Caravan in Nairn I say

Funny you should mention that Brendy - I can see those caravans from my house!

One thing Nairn has going for it (besides the golf courses...) is the weather - we have a nice little climate of our own around here so even when Inverness & Elgin are getting battered either side of us, we tend to have it not bad.

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[mjsw13]

When I first got married (the first time) I was totally against holidaying abroad. Didn't appeal to me.
So me and the then wife went down to Cornwall for three years on the trot. So many people had been down there and come back as brown as a nut, saying what lovely weather they had enjoyed. Jeez, they even have palm trees growing down there.
Three years we went, middle of August. It pissed down and blew a gale nearly every time we were there. I cannot remember one really hot day spent in Cornwall.
Year four we buggered off to Tunisia and the only time I ever go to Cornwall now is to play golf at either Lanhydrock or St Mellion. And I can almost guarantee that it will piss down then too.

Hehe too true! I've been down here 4 years and haven't had one decent August. June has always been brilliant though!

It is almost always a howling gale down here, especially on the coast, but there are some great links tracks - Perranporth, Trevose, St Enodoc, and my personal favourite, West Cornwall.

Cornwall (and the rest of the UK) is expensive though, so I understand re. Tunisia etc., guaranteed sunshine and value for money - no brainer really.

 

[viscount17]

I used to live in Cornwall and I'd still like to move back despite the emmets and the not infrequently unseasonal weather. as with Ireland, the west is green for a reason.

when the kids were young we went back for a camping holiday - should have known better, that was the week the Fastnet was galed off!