Holiday

[stegzy]

There's 16 days until my annual two week holiday begins. This year, as with other years, I am keen to go to Wales. Mrs Gnomepants is keen to spend as little as possible. I'm still going to push for Wales though, maybe with a stop off in Liverpool for a couple of nights so that we can catch up with those people we don't normally have time to meet up

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[stegzy]

I believe I saw a tartan thermos for sale in Boots though how recent this was I cannot remember.

We took my mum and dad for a weekend in Aberdaron a couple of years ago and my mum exclaimed with delight "Look its the rock that's always wet" as we trundled down the A470 after Blaenau. I responded with "Thats because its a waterfall" in my "oh dear she's getting old and senile at 65. Quick put her in a home" tone of voice.

I have a great fondness for that part of the world. In a snobbish kind of way I get all uppity when I hear it mentioned in trendy holiday guides and in the "You can only holiday here if you are frightful" sections of the weekend broadsheets. Selfishly I don't want people to go on holiday there in case, like in the 1996 Alex Garland novel, The Beach, frightful types move in and destroy the place with their holiday homes and frightful families. It has, in someway and some places, already occured with villages becoming seasonally empty and house prices comparitive to those in the poshest parts of Surrey. But the one

[zoefruitcake]

if you go to a car boot sale you'll have many tartan flasks to choose from

[billzy]

Arrrrr memories...

Great entry... Reminds me of holidays with my mum when i was little :)

[stegzy]

Where did you go on family holidays as a kid?

[billzy]

Llandudno and Weston-Super-Mare stick out in my mind :)

[stegzy]

Ah! Llandudno. The Great Orme. The beautiful ornate Victorian architecture. Eating doughnuts and candyfloss on the pier and relief at passing Rhyl without stopping. I have fond memories of Llandudno too, though I've never actually holiday'd there we did often take day trips to the Orme to visit my holidaying grandparents.

It has changed so much since I last went there and I believe the cable car to the top of the Orme suffered a fatality last year as some suicidal woman decided to drop out of the car onto the ground below. A result of which I imagine would probably be the closure of the cable cars. Not that I'd ever go up on the rusty looking things again like.

I've never been to Weston-super-Mare. Been past it in the car and seen it from across the Severn Estuary from Cardiff but I've never actually stopped there. I imagine it to be a South West coast version of Blackpool or Scarborough.

[zoefruitcake]

wasn't allowed to go in water incase I did damage to the surgery

yet another case of you being me, except being posh we always holidayed abroad so it was always the med I couldn't attempt to swim in and avoid the burning

I know what you mean about camping always ending up pricer than you'd think it would be

[stegzy]

Oooh get you! posh and in the Med eh? ;-)

I've worked out if we do 5 nights in Aberdaron at £7 a pitch (basic shower facilities and tins of beans every night) and a further 7 nights in Anglesey at £10 a pop we shouldnt eat too much into our budget. You might think that £7 is a bargain but I can tell you the price increased by £2 over 5 years. Shocking behaviour if you ask me.

[peaceful_fox]

Wow. This was an excellent post!!!!

[stegzy]

Thankyou :-)

[jimrock]

were new york bound 2 weeks today. Are you up for Zodiac Mindwarp in wakey park next w`kend?

[stegzy]

I heard about your New Yorking. I'm sure you'll have a massive time. Please bring me back a can of root beer.

As for ZMW&LR in "Wakefield Bowl", I am aware of the event and, while not entirely my cup of tea, coffee or horlicks I'll probably be there too.

[jimrock]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=N6KVQCgD61I