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UK holiday ideas please
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Need somewhere for a week away wildish coast rather than 'resort' accessible by train/bus as neither of us drive. Good for wild life nice pubs a bonus
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.This time of year Rowan the Lleyn Peninsula is great, coastal walks, good clean beaches, clear waters, gorgeous sunsets over the sea, FEW TOURISTS, weather often milder than here in the west mids due to the gulf stream, decent public transport even to outlying villages. rail link in Pwhelli. Easy access to Snowdonia.... and above all the natives are friendly (Unless you take exception to them talking their native tongue as a lot of English people do. Good pubs, fresh seafood if you like it, Not many supermarkets locally, Spa & Kwick-Save and local village post offices cum general stores.
Wonder if I could get a job in the tourist info office, naw! it would spoil it if too many people knew...
Wonder if I could get a job in the tourist info office, naw! it would spoil it if too many people knew...
Thurso in the far north east of Scotland has everything you could want in a holiday (even a Tesco). There are many historic sites from neolithic cairns through evidence of the Highland Clearances to Dounreay nuclear power station. You're only a short bus ride from John O' Groats from where you can take a ferry to the Orkney Isles and all they have to offer.
The town is small, the natives friendly and it's relatively flat so going out for a stroll isn't a chore.
It's a nice place to relax.
The town is small, the natives friendly and it's relatively flat so going out for a stroll isn't a chore.
It's a nice place to relax.
Pembrokeshire coast.
You can walk a long way without being far away from transport links (because the coast goes around the transport hubs.
Either do the southern bit south of Milford Haven (based from Pembroke as a hub) or the better northern bit, based on Haverfordwest as a hub. There is also rail at Fishguard.
Can personally recommend the bit between Broad Haven and Fishguard.
You can walk a long way without being far away from transport links (because the coast goes around the transport hubs.
Either do the southern bit south of Milford Haven (based from Pembroke as a hub) or the better northern bit, based on Haverfordwest as a hub. There is also rail at Fishguard.
Can personally recommend the bit between Broad Haven and Fishguard.