Holiday Thread

[colinthewarriormonkey]

Itinerary for Cornwall. Anyone been there and can think of anything else woth doing/seeing?

Base Truro

Port Isaac
Treyarnon Bay
Newquay
Lands End
Cape Cornwall
Minack Theatre
Penzance
Marazion (Ben's Kitchen)
St Ives
Lost Gdns of Heligan
Readymoney Cove
Trebah Gdns
Pendennis Castle
Lanhydrock House/Gdns

Cornwall

I went 3 weeks ago

I walk to the Cheesewrings from the village of Minions (The minions came and changed the sign the day before we got there - great for the kids they loved having their picture taken with it) they also have 3 circles of standing stones.



If your missus enjoyed Poldark, it's worth going round the locations of where they filmed it. All easily found on the internet - I didn't watch it, but have started to watch it now so I can see the places we'd been.

Boscastle is lovely, the witch museum is there which is very interesting - if you look at the very old building opposite the witch museum you will see the finest example of a newbuild anywhere - The original got washed away in the floods 10 years ago.

Padstow is pretty as is St Michaels Mount

Tintagel castle is glorious on a sunny day.

Go to Retallack resort and spa and have a go on the flowrider - and artificial wave, great fun £25 for the hour with an instructor, I was standing up by the end of the first lesson. Then have Dinner in their "green room" restaurant. Superb food from an ex masterchef winner.

We stayed there in one of the lakeside houses, it was absolutely superb, even had a hot tub on the balcony, I'd happily live in one of those.

IF you haven't booked anywhere to stay you couldn't do better location wise, it's near pretty much everything - the furthest place away was lands end and that only took us an hour but padstow, boscastle, newquay, charlestown all about 15 minutes from it.

http://www.retallackresort.co.uk/


Don't go to Lands End - it's shit.

There was something windswept and interesting about it when it was just a signpost and fuck all else, you really did get the feeling that you were at the end of the country, now they've built a shitty tourist area with crappy souvenir shops and shitty cafe restaurant type places there's even a shaun the sheep experience - which granted you'll like, but it's got fuck all to do with Lands end.

The whole place is just tacky, even the kids thought it was shit.

[Zambo]

Thanks Col, there now, two days in. Did Port Isaac on the
way down and Treyarnon Bay on way down, and did most
of south yesterday, Cape Cornwall, Marazion, St Ives,
etc. St Austell and Falmouth areas today.

LE was better than expected, quiet, sunny and still

Staying at accommodation recommended by Lenny Henry.

[colinthewarriormonkey]

Thanks Col, there now, two days in. Did Port Isaac on the
way down and Treyarnon Bay on way down, and did most
of south yesterday, Cape Cornwall, Marazion, St Ives,
etc. St Austell and Falmouth areas today.

LE was better than expected, quiet, sunny and still

Staying at accommodation recommended by Lenny Henry.

Oh, if Lenny Says it's OK you can't go wrong with that.


The Quayside at Charlestown doesn't need any imagination to see what it would have looked like 200 years ago, probably why they used it on Poldark.

Cant recommend the green room at retallack resort enough - superb food at incredibly reasonable prices (posh pub in southern england prices - but would make your eyes water if you had to pay for it in London)

[Zambo]

Mrs Z choice today, ended up at The Lost Gardens of Heligan

Was on this rope bridge which was apparently safe for ten people
when a coach load of women who looked like they were from
weight watchers club got on, and I kid you not I ended up
horizontal

Went to Readymoney Cove this avro. Good

Pendennis castle tomorrow

[The Ghost of Alex Higgins]

Try the secret garden of HelenFlanigan if you can

[The Ghost of Alex Higgins]

Then Denis Pennis Castle

[henrycrs]

Jet of to Turkey tomorrow afternoon. Can't wait

[Chris]

Jet of to Turkey tomorrow afternoon. Can't wait

Nice.

You'll be there now, I guess.

[kevin04]

Is there much to do in Holyhead/Bangor area? Thinking now of Liverpool/north Wales then across to Dublin for two nights.

Some of the scenery looks stunning. That wee bit of land down the north west coast too Aberdaron etc - wee Welsh towns/villages. - 75% Welsh speaking too.

[Sid Pervcat]

Is there much to do in Holyhead/Bangor area? Thinking now of Liverpool/north Wales then across to Dublin for two nights.

Some of the scenery looks stunning. That wee bit of land down the north west coast too Aberdaron etc - wee Welsh towns/villages. - 75% Welsh speaking too.

Depends what you want.
Caernarfon is OK, nice position on the menai straits, pubs with views, excellent castle.
Lots of nice places on Anglesey: Beaumaris well worth a visit, as is Rhosneigr, Red Wharf Bay, Amlwch.. North wales is fucking mint.

[henrycrs]

Jet of to Turkey tomorrow afternoon. Can't wait

Nice.

You'll be there now, I guess.

Yep. Sunburn day one. A row with JJ and too many rums

[mark]

Is there much to do in Holyhead/Bangor area? Thinking now of Liverpool/north Wales then across to Dublin for two nights.

Some of the scenery looks stunning. That wee bit of land down the north west coast too Aberdaron etc - wee Welsh towns/villages. - 75% Welsh speaking too.

Come inland a bit if you fancy a bit of climbing or hill walking. You're not far away from Snowdonia national park. If you're driving or otherwise able to plan your own route across from Liverpool then try and go via Betws-y-Coed which is further inland but well worth a few hours.

[Chris]

Jet of to Turkey tomorrow afternoon. Can't wait

Nice.

You'll be there now, I guess.

Yep. Sunburn day one. A row with JJ and too many rums

Fuck it. You're on holiday.

[Chris]

Try the secret garden of HelenFlanigan if you can

Everyone's been there, Ghost0.

[kevin04]

Is there much to do in Holyhead/Bangor area? Thinking now of Liverpool/north Wales then across to Dublin for two nights.

Some of the scenery looks stunning. That wee bit of land down the north west coast too Aberdaron etc - wee Welsh towns/villages. - 75% Welsh speaking too.

Depends what you want.
Caernarfon is OK, nice position on the menai straits, pubs with views, excellent castle.
Lots of nice places on Anglesey: Beaumaris well worth a visit, as is Rhosneigr, Red Wharf Bay, Amlwch.. North wales is fucking mint.

All sounds good, Moono. Thanks.