Soldato
There's nothing like sitting on the beach on a nice day in your speedos but I'm not one for paying for beach or resort holidays abroad.
People and beaches
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I’m not one for arguing about it, and in all honesty I’ve no idea of the prices involved in a beach or resort holiday in U.K., it wouldn’t appeal to me no matter where in U.K. the beach or resort was.
But I’d guess that the beach or resort accommodation prices are not a million miles apart, no matter where you go, it would be the airfare and car rental that would jack up the price.
In the nineties and early two thousands, I could get a 3 bedroomed, air conditioned pool home in S.W. Florida or Texas for between £350 - £500 per week, with direct BA flights from London to Tampa for £650-£700, and a tad more for London to Brownsville TX, with one stop in Houston, to go to Padre Island.
Soldato
yep the words out but they wont move beyond afew hundred yards, my spot on Saturday was very quiet, north Perranporth, will do polzeath when the swell kicks in agaim but very early
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/gallery/pictures-show-crowds-cramming-onto-5672242
Associate
I assume that only mitigates the problem to a certain extent. But yeah, any property I move to by choice will have a garage.
Caporegime
People who actually live by the sea know the actual spots where to go so you get none of the above.
Soldato
I live 2 miles from beach or 3 miles from better beach. There is no cost or accommodation fees involved.
Reading the posts, I’m not into crowds. Like nature and the complete diversity of UK’s natural beauty.
Commissario
Mrs. Feek and I went for a walk along the beach yesterday evening, about half an hour before sunset. At least we tried, by a terrible miscalculation (ie I didn't check) it was just half an hour before high tide.
The small amount of beach was pleasant enough though.
Bonus points if anyone can identify this one:
The small amount of beach was pleasant enough though.
Bonus points if anyone can identify this one:
Soldato
You southerners sure have beaches nailed. Up here even when it's a lovely day the sea is a murky grey colour. That cove looks amazing @Feek
Commissario
It's my picture but it's not local to me, I can't claim proximity to that one
Caporegime
Yes but I would much prefer camping next to a lake as at least when you get out from a dip you are not covered in salt. The Lake District is equally beautiful.
Soldato
That's a good point. It just gets so busy though, especially the more Eastern Lakes like Coniston which has great clean water. At some point i'd like to head over to somewhere like Basenthwaite with my paddle board. Camp up, go for a massive run on one day, then get a decent paddle in on the next day.
Man of Honour
Having grown up in the Med, the sea/beach is heaven for me.
Soldato
Ah good choice, Florida beaches are great (especially st petes area) warm water, water sports availiable, not full of chavs and won't be covered in litter at the end of the day.
Although maybe not at the moment with the red tide problems theyre having.
Soldato
I went to Skegness for the day, a few weeks back when we had a bit of a rainy cold spell, I had never been and won't ever go again. I was expecting the place to be fairly quiet for a working week day and with the weather being not so great, but the place was pretty busy. I can't imagine what it would be like now in this hot spell.
Yeah. Skeg really the pits. There's some quiet nice spots North and South though. And there's the Lincolnshire Wolds.
Soldato
I used to get free use of a chalet near Cleethorpes, sounds terrible but had the birds and ships to watch, and like here you can always find a quiet patch
I’d heard a bit about “red tide” from a friend in Spring Hill FL, his daughter is a deputy sheriff in Pinellas County and she’d told him of beach goers who’d reported mild breathing problems after coming into contact with the reddish algae.
Doubt that we’d have been affected though, not being beach people, the nearest that we ever got was having dinner in the waterfront restaurants, like Bon Appetit at Dunedin, or Ozona Blue, at Ozona, near Dunedin.
The best way to avoid chavs when in Florida, (in my opinion), is to stick to the east coast, Port St Lucie, Vero Beach, down to Boca Raton, or the Gulf Coast, Sarasota, Bradenton, Venice, Fort Myers, and avoid Orlando like the plague!
Of course, if the kids want to see Mr. M. Mouse, you’ll have to suck it up!
Soldato
I’d heard a bit about “red tide” from a friend in Spring Hill FL, his daughter is a deputy sheriff in Pinellas County and she’d told him of beach goers who’d reported mild breathing problems after coming into contact with the reddish algae.
Doubt that we’d have been affected though, not being beach people, the nearest that we ever got was having dinner in the waterfront restaurants, like Bon Appetit at Dunedin, or Ozona Blue, at Ozona, near Dunedin.
The best way to avoid chavs when in Florida, (in my opinion), is to stick to the east coast, Port St Lucie, Vero Beach, down to Boca Raton, or the Gulf Coast, Sarasota, Bradenton, Venice, Fort Myers, and avoid Orlando like the plague!
Of course, if the kids want to see Mr. M. Mouse, you’ll have to suck it up!
Yea we've only been to the gulf coast and the keys, (except for visiting Kennedy space center) I wouldnt go anywhere where theres a high risk of being around british louts, luckily most of them seem to stick to europe.