Re: HOLIDAY 2013 : Mon Jan 07, 2013 6:53 pm  

Amsterdam for my 30th next month

Madrid in May, just an amazing city.

Either Chile, Peru & Bolivia or driving the north coast of Spain around August time hopefully, haven't decided yet.

[Wheels]

Re: HOLIDAY 2013 : Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:01 pm  

A week in Las Vegas on honeymoon in August!

Re: HOLIDAY 2013 : Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:54 pm  

Take plenty of cash to Vegas wheels.

I'm off to LA, San Francisco and Las Vegas with the wife early feb. can't wait.

Re: HOLIDAY 2013 : Mon Jan 07, 2013 8:02 pm  

Wheels wrote:

A week in Las Vegas on honeymoon in August!

Pffft! you young'uns don't know what the word honeymoon means.

Its our 30th wedding anniversary this year and we still haven't had our honeymoon yet, we had a day off work and that was our lot

And pffft! to Vegas too, did it 40 years ago when it was a gangster and prostitutes town, they ruined it with all those "themed" hotels

Re: HOLIDAY 2013 : Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:07 pm  

CORNISH wrote: cheers. i was looking at west bay on tinternet last night, only downside is the beach dog ban. im sure there will be dog friendly beaches somewhere up that way. always fancied monkey world, but doubt theyd let the dog in? cod ead. in july ive booked the following week off so wont make that. Walking dogs on Dorset beaches

CORNISH wrote: cheers. i was looking at west bay on tinternet last night, only downside is the beach dog ban. im sure there will be dog friendly beaches somewhere up that way. always fancied monkey world, but doubt theyd let the dog in? cod ead. in july ive booked the following week off so wont make that. Walking dogs on Dorset beaches

Re: HOLIDAY 2013 : Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:35 pm  

Big Graeme wrote:

We're off to Cornwall again this year, either Perranporth or St Ives.

Same here. We are camping at St Ives Bay in August but before that, in May I'm walking the West Highland Way with my eldest daughter and brother-in-law.

Re: HOLIDAY 2013 : Mon Jan 07, 2013 10:58 pm  

CORNISH wrote:

always fancied monkey world, but doubt theyd let the dog in?

No but what they do have is an area in the shade wherepeople park cars with dogs in them, there is security around to keep an eye on things too.

Neil wrote:

Same here. We are camping at St Ives Bay in August but before that, in May I'm walking the West Highland Way with my eldest daughter and brother-in-law.

You'll need lots of Avon Skin So Soft for the WHW mate, them buggers will eat you alive.

Re: HOLIDAY 2013 : Tue Jan 08, 2013 1:25 am  

Neil wrote:

.... before that, in May I'm walking the West Highland Way with my eldest daughter and brother-in-law.

Great shout. Are you going with full packs/tents, day bags or what? Also in May you should not be too bad with the mossies though pick up some neat DEET wherever you can find it, the general store in Tyndrum has some under the counter

Re: HOLIDAY 2013 : Tue Jan 08, 2013 8:39 am  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

Also in May you should not be too bad with the mossies

Mossies no, but midges will be out in force, they are hard little buggers up here.

Re: HOLIDAY 2013 : Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:16 pm  

Big Graeme wrote:

Mossies no, but midges will be out in force, they are hard little buggers up here.

Och aye the noo, was the madges a meant!

I did the WHW about that time of year, and with plenty of DEET it was very tolerable, but I was told that later on in the year, it becomes many factors worse. Relying on those assurances, from folk that sounded as if they know, I've never actually tried July-August!

But at that time of year we did enjoy it, there were only a couple of spots where the midges were really bad. One time we woke up thinking it was quite dark, turns out about a squillion of the buggers had settled on the tent!

Just from my own experience I wouldn't put anybody off doing it early doors, we right enjoyed it.