Can anyone recommend a weekend away, within 3 hours of London, UK or Europe?
Need break. Close to melting... :(
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Can anyone recommend a weekend away, within 3 hours of London, UK or Europe?
Need break. Close to melting... :(
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Grimsby? eh? :confused: ;)
Naw, can't really pull that one off again, as I managed to get to holland 4 times last year... anyway, I have some VERY nice mullah at the moment, so no need....
....anywhere near hastings? :p
Bexhill is a lovely part of the the world. Very lively place, with bridge mornings and Bingo. Great place to find new love, that is if you love grannies ;)
There's no finer love than granny love, Ian....
*ahem, anyway, quickly rescuing this virginal thread from dirtbags like you :p
*bump
Anywherer I can take a nice break, other than Bexhill and Holland? (and Grimesby)
Depends on what your looking for mate. you could quite easlily get a nice little B&B in village near Oxford for instance and do the culture weekend, go down to brighton and sample the fine night life, spend a weekend in Paris (which is fine apart from it's full of french people ;) ). the list goes on ...........
*in official Belgian Tourist Board uniform* Ardennes maybe ? :)
if you are thinking of belgium, I can hartely recomend Antwerp as a lovely city :)
Oxford I know like my own ballbag, Brighton too hedonistic, Paris is the only eurpoean city I have been to many times and never enjoyed.... sooooo *makes Family Fortunes Mr babbage computer eh-ehhhhhhh sound....Quote:
Originally posted by Ianpbaker
Depends on what your looking for mate. you could quite easlily get a nice little B&B in village near Oxford for instance and do the culture weekend, go down to brighton and sample the fine night life, spend a weekend in Paris (which is fine apart from it's full of french people ;) ). the list goes on ...........
DW, Belgium is a big possibility. I was thining Bruges or Antwerp maybe, but Ardennes seem like a good option - I was drinking Chimnay Blonde last night, so feeling a wee bit Flemish this morning ;) Any good info?
Quote:
Originally posted by Gaffer
DW, Belgium is a big possibility. I was thining Bruges or Antwerp maybe, but Ardennes seem like a good option - I was drinking Chimnay Blonde last night, so feeling a wee bit Flemish this morning ;) Any good info?
Gaff, Went to antwerp in October 2000 on a staff holiday with the company that I was contracted to at the time. Had an absolute blinding time. Very fine bars to sample in the evening and their is enough to see and do for a long weekend. quite a cultural city with some lovely site's :)
That's what I'm thinking - Antwerp.
Or Fiji....
hmmm Fiji for a weekend, how the other half live :p ;) Fly there, this is Fiji airport, Fly home, that'll just about cover your weekend ;)
...or Kabul....
How about Switzerland - anyone know anything about Switzerland, bar the shiiiite cheese/clock jokes...
Antwerp is an excellent choice. My home town, see ? :D
As for the Ardennes, try the region around Liège (Hoge Venen),
the deep Ardennes (around Luxemburg) or the Namur-Dinant region.
Whatever you do, stay away from Charleroi (that's trouble there :p)
I've been to Liège - it's not far from Maastrict... Luxembourg sounds like the answer maybe... Is the beer good in Lux?
It's our beer innit ? :D
The beer's good, the food's good, the people are nice (if not somewhat dull :p) and we spend half the year there (and our money too) so it can't that bad, can it ?
Cornwall.....
I thought all the in crowd went to Blackpool? :eek:
Trivia time... DW cant answer...
What does the name Antwerp refer to?
No wonder your exchange rate is 60 to the pound then ;)Quote:
Originally posted by DWillems
It's our beer innit ? :D
The beer's good, the food's good, the people are nice (if not somewhat dull :p) and we spend half the year there (and our money too) so it can't that bad, can it ?
Naw, sounds good, might have to get some advice from you later...
Hey Crispin :D Cornwall also features in my thinking (along with York), but February is the month we'll go...
BTW, I am curently in very smelly clover ;):D
Can't answer ??? Won't answer you mean :p
It's an urban legend anyway, nobody thr ... whoopsie, nearly said it there :D
Please dont ruin urban legends with facts... I will be doubly peeved if you criticise my next post involving Elvis and a 7-11
Antwerp derives from the old Flemish medievil concatenation of a popular singer of the 1600s, Adam Ante and the sound cheap shoes make when they're wet. This was a natural coalition, as Mr Ant, being from a poor background, often sang sole music whilst working as a cobbler.Quote:
Originally posted by beachbum
I thought all the in crowd went to Blackpool? :eek:
Trivia time... DW cant answer...
What does the name Antwerp refer to?
Nowdays of course, ha, Antwerp is a young, vibrant city, with expensive shoes aplenty.
Probably
I think it actually means "Land of the Twerps", or "Home of the Twerps" - something like that. Am I close? ;)Quote:
Originally posted by beachbum
What does the name Antwerp refer to?
Gaff - why not try a skiing weekend? They're all the rage at the moment.
You would've been closer if you said "Big pile of cow dung" :p
Adam Ante ... good one ;)
another option. If it's all hte rage, am I going to be haring the slopes with S Club 7?Quote:
Originally posted by InvisibleDuncan
Gaff - why not try a skiing weekend? They're all the rage at the moment.
*Gurgle* Racheal and Hannah *Gurgle*
heheh, Ian, I just reported that post :D
well, your location is vulgar, rude and not very gentleman like, so I'm going to report every post :D
Report this, mofo...
http://www.tuffware.com/playground/balls/ballbag.jpg
Martin, Martin, Gaffer just posted a picture of a scrotum, and I'm jealous as his is bigger than mine ;)
Nope, it's a ball bag. Looks like I have more than the usual balls in my bag...
Really, well http://www.vbforums.com/images/ieimages/2002/01/8.jpg to you ......Quote:
Originally posted by Gaffer
Nope, it's a ball bag.
February Choices:
Scotland (highlands pref)
Madrid/Barcelona
New York Long Weekend (V.Cheap at present)
Rome
Florence
Berlin (Personal favourite)
Antwerp's kinda old-hat these days & is bladdy cold this time'o year !!! Hot chocolate is nice allright but....well......
Or even here Haf, Joints aside, its a good auld town.....
Peeman.
The Scottish highlands are really nice, not sure about the weather though
Good thing about the Highlands in February - no midgies. :)
Although I wouldn't bother with the Highlands unless you only intend to do touristy stuff, because the nightlife is almost non-existant...
Whaddya mean? There's a pub in Dingwall... ;) :p
Lisboa.
Great food, great wine, decent people, history out the wazoo,
culture from 300 years before France was discovered, good
exchange rate.....
excellent stuff :D
Peeman, Thermae2000 is my preference, maybe staying in ****** rather than Maastric this time...dunno....
Berlin is also up there on the list. Rekjavik I know is "cool", but probably by design of the people that bought into it (Damon Albarn et al...)
Der Farm - Lisbon would be fantastic, but I think it's a bugger to get to on a Thursday evening.... maybe not. ave you been?
By the rate of contributed suggestions, you are going to have one hell of a long weekend with all these great cities to visit :p
Yeah I know! I've been to most of them to be honest, but mostly on business, so you get a skewed opinion. My choice would be to be in the land of the Flemish, but the wife has to be listened to sometyimes... :rolleyes:
My favourite city in Eurpoe is Barcelona. Hands down....
Yes, Barça is my favorite European city bar none.
It'd be my choice if I were you ...
I think your're right, and I think I knew it too, but needed some encouragment. :)
Can't wait for my first glass of Albariño and tapas...
How do you drink tapas ? :confused: :p
Gaff, I'm back up tommorow and friday, fancy a few bevies friday night ?
You can if it's second hand.Quote:
Originally posted by DWillems
How do you drink tapas ? :confused: :p
ewwwwwwww.... :eek:
Ian, I'm playing footy on Friday night unfortunately - are you up for lunch though?
Lunch ain't bad, but would prefer an evening :) how about tommorow night ? might be able to get Dunc to come along as well. If not, lunch is cool :)
I've got plans for tomorrow night, but I could make lunch. By that, I mean I could make it to a pub for lunch, not that I'll be bringing sandwiches.
Lunch is good for me then :)
Duncan, make us a lightly toasted cheese bagal please ;)
Right, I'm buggering off home now. Gaff, if it is lunch tommorow or friday, Give us a bell and I'll meet up. Ta ta for now :)
Cool, lunch tomorrow is good....
I'll have the Steak and Onion sandwich pls :D
D'you want fries with that?
Yeah - can you hurry up please, and have you got any ketchup....
Accoridng to Travelocity......
London to Lisbon $190US
Leave 6:30PM Thursday evening
Retrun 9:00PM Sunday evening
British Airways
Well, we call it ketchup...Quote:
Originally posted by crispin
Yeah - can you hurry up please, and have you got any ketchup....
I'm a big fan of both York and Paris.
Just my thrup'ny bit :D