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rovertiger said:
Must of been 30 years ago I went to Mont san Michel, not so popular then, beautiful. Sorry you didn't enjoy your last visit, shame it's gone the way it has.
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Honestly
All the great sights of europe
Are absolute clusterfucks in the summer
Like human ant farms
 
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Im a total nerd and kinda wanna go czech to visit the real life kingdom come places
 
rovertiger said:
A real lot of years ago, went to France for two weeks touring round Brittany. We paid a call to St Nazaire to see the lock gate that's featured in the greatest raid of all and go into the UBoat pens. The pens where shut that day so missed that one. Went to Mont san Michel as well on the way back to the coast, that's worth a trip to France on it's own, beautiful place.
The Greatest Raid of All Is a brilliant story of the Commandos raiding the lock gate and pumping stations that was only big enough to hold the Tirpitz, five VC's was earned in the raid. Watch it on youtube presented by Jeremy Clarkson, even if you don't like Clarkson, he tells this story brilliantly. Enjoy.
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Me too, about 28 years ago. We stayed in Pont Aven, but drove around quite a bit, loved it and the seafood was awesome.
 
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The current ms red is hilarious sometimes, my lad has just bought a new motor home, £75 grand and she says ooh that’s fantastic we could borrow it. Both myself and my lad look at each other, not a ****ing chance luv lol. She was crestfallen when he said “ er no mum.” His first trip starts tomorrow to go feed penguins in Lincolnshire. In summer they are just gonna stock it up and set off without a plan, drive through the tunnel and explore Europe. He’s no idea how long they’ll be gone for, where the fook they’ll visit. I’d love to do that but not with the current ms red…..I think they may visit his sister in Spain on their travels….
 
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rovertiger said:
A real lot of years ago, went to France for two weeks touring round Brittany. We paid a call to St Nazaire to see the lock gate that's featured in the greatest raid of all and go into the UBoat pens. The pens where shut that day so missed that one. Went to Mont san Michel as well on the way back to the coast, that's worth a trip to France on it's own, beautiful place.
The Greatest Raid of All Is a brilliant story of the Commandos raiding the lock gate and pumping stations that was only big enough to hold the Tirpitz, five VC's was earned in the raid. Watch it on youtube presented by Jeremy Clarkson, even if you don't like Clarkson, he tells this story brilliantly. Enjoy.
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Thanks for posting this rovertiger. Well worth a watch. :emoticon-0148-yes:
 
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Off to Valencia and Barcelona in a couple of weeks...been to Barcelona before,but never Valencia....anyone got any tips/ideas of what to do and expect?....cheers
 
tigers1970 said:
Off to Valencia and Barcelona in a couple of weeks...been to Barcelona before,but never Valencia....anyone got any tips/ideas of what to do and expect?....cheers
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No…so this pretty unhelpful, but my Daughter went and it looked really nice with great art galleries etc, so I do fancy it.
I’ll look forward to your review!
 
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tigers1970 said:
Off to Valencia and Barcelona in a couple of weeks...been to Barcelona before,but never Valencia....anyone got any tips/ideas of what to do and expect?....cheers
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Valencia is great
Load of tapas bars
Go to the bull ring it’s more a museum now
Great beach with loads of restaurants along it
Great architecture
Go to the indoor market try a cuttle fish sarny
Just a really chilled place
Go see Valencia play in a fantastic old stadium
 
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balkan tiger said:
I'll say so, we thought our trips to bev road swimming baths were an adventure.
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Same here, a bike ride to Hornsea Mere was our day out, with jam sandwiches and a bottle of water.
My North Hull school used to run an annual trip to Farndale, I didn't even know where it was, but I knew the five day trip cost money, I didn't even take the letter to our parents home and slung it straight in the bin, Someone posted one of the letters on facebook last week, the cost for five days away was just over £2. It may as well have been £2m.
 
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Trumpton Tiger. said:
Same here, a bike ride to Hornsea Mere was our day out, with jam sandwiches and a bottle of water.
My North Hull school used to run an annual trip to Farndale, I didn't even know where it was, but I knew the five day trip cost money, I didn't even take the letter to our parents home and slung it straight in the bin, Someone posted one of the letters on facebook last week, the cost for five days away was just over £2. It may as well have been £2m.
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We used to go to Farndale with school back in the 70’s. Used to go to, or stay at a place called Blubberhouses. It was a village linked to the whaling industry in Whitby.
 
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BlackAndAmberGambler said:
We used to go to Farndale with school back in the 70’s. Used to go to, or stay at a place called Blubberhouses. It was a village linked to the whaling industry in Whitby.
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Blubberhouses is between Harrogate and Skipton, not sure it has links to Whitby (though the name suggests it should!).
 
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