Not much there really. Few nice bars, restaurants, a lovely river and a big Morrisons. Not a bad place by any means but nothing to really recommend about it. Nicer places in the area for sure.The very same!
That is slightly epic. Enjoy.We're hopefully going up to Scotland, near Tignabruich, lovely little cottage with no power and no phone reception. We've been going there for years. It will be open fires, candles, hearty walks and meals, bit of painting, bit of exploring.. Dogs love it, and we get to drink whisky all week.
It's the base! And the bikes can take us off to locations! It'll be a bed and a breakfast at Boroughbridge. Fine dining in Ripon?Not much there really. Few nice bars, restaurants, a lovely river and a big Morrisons. Not a bad place by any means but nothing to really recommend about it. Nicer places in the area for sure.
Ripon is a nicer place and some really good restaurants around there. Grantley Hall was voted best hotel in the UK and has nice restaurants, including a Michelin starred one. Plenty in the city too.It's the base! And the bikes can take us off to locations! It'll be a bed and a breakfast at Boroughbridge. Fine dining in Ripon?
Considering a repositioning cruise in November, Spain to Jamacia with flights and AI inc drinks onboard for around £1.7k each (16 days) but, that's with an inside cabin which is putting me off a bit.
I've done a couple of Med type ones one inside and one balcony, that latter was so much better and don't know if we'd be happy with no personal outside space for all the days at sea.
Amazing, I'm sure it will be incredible #Jealous :)We're sailing to New York from Southampton in June on the Queen Mary 2.
It was my gift to my partner for her 40th.
I takes 7 days to voyage across the Atlantic and then we'll spend 5 days in NYC. We'll be there for the Independence Day celebrations and have bought tickets to a baseball game.
We're looking to spend Christmas in Antwerp. We like Belgium.
Good point .Someone I know did a cruise from Southampton to the caribbean in January, he said 10 people died , 7 were taken to hospital & didn’t come back aboard , a stabbing & 2 women arrested for thieving .Inside cabin...a sneak preview of death. Spent one night in an inside cabin, utterly disorientating.
Who was the captain? Long John Silver?:-)Good point .Someone I know did a cruise from Southampton to the caribbean in January, he said 10 people died , 7 were taken to hospital & didn’t come back aboard , a stabbing & 2 women arrested for thieving .
Tweet...(oops don't mention the war)France and Belgium are great places to visit and I'd happily move to France.
Oh we always had a laugh on those 18/30 cruises.Good point .Someone I know did a cruise from Southampton to the caribbean in January, he said 10 people died , 7 were taken to hospital & didn’t come back aboard , a stabbing & 2 women arrested for thieving .
Me and my wife had the same thoughts, so much so that we had decided to sell up and move permanently to France when we got home from our vacance.Going to visit Waterloo on the way back and stay again in Ypres, a delightful city.
France and Belgium are great places to visit and I'd happily move to France.
Is this true ?Me and my wife had the same thoughts, so much so that we had decided to sell up and move permanently to France when we got home from our vacance.
Sods Law then struck the day before we were due home from a fortnight in the Dordogne.
My wife collapsed and died in my arms!
I've been back 2 or 3 times since then (nearly 13years now) and would still love to do so, but I am now a grandad, and currently waiting for a prosthetic limb, before I can even think about the future.
C'est la vie.
I saw that film.Good point .Someone I know did a cruise from Southampton to the caribbean in January, he said 10 people died , 7 were taken to hospital & didn’t come back aboard , a stabbing & 2 women arrested for thieving
I laughed as well when he told me .I saw that film.
David Suchet was superb as Hercule Poirot.
Unfortunately, yes. Not a couple of days I ever want to repeat. Having to pick my girls up from Bordeaux Airport (driving 115 miles each way on auto pilot) then sorting out the formalities/legalities with the undertaker/deputy mayor/insurance company before we were allowed to go home, followed by a nice 835 mile trip back.Is this true ?