A proper holiday
We are away in a couple of weeks time , so i have an A board out side my shop telling my customers when i will be closed, a customer came in and asked "where are you going", i said Dorset ,Oh said the customer,so it's not a proper holiday then, what did
he mean?????
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HD, it could be because it's in your own neck of the woods, like Northumberland is in mine-still a beaut holiday destination mind
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To a lot of Folk 'holiday' means plane trip to foreign climes. Did you explain you're getting used to the MH before hopping over the chanel
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And then they ask the question "going anywhere nice?", well would you go anywhere horrible !!
Sounds just like a member of my family. To him, a "proper holiday in a nice place" is going to the same apartment in the same place, at the same time of year ...... for the last 15 years
Of course we always go to nice places, be that in UK or Europe and have "proper holidays"
I reckon they're jealous HD because you have the freedom to go wherever the mood takes you
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Without this getting "into over there is better" jeffcc I have owned a caravan since 1978 and there are few areas of the UK I have not visited and enjoyed , that I have not taken a UK holiday in the van for 20 years is not out of ignorance it just a prefered
option and when I am no longer able to take it I will get rid of the van.Can't see anywhere in my post that i advocated not going abroad i have been caravanning abroad since 1974!! and still do, my post was to simply state that people who have not tried over here first perhaps should do so before they consider it not a proper
holiday! I also did not call anyone ignorant but if you want to take it as a personal afront then perhaps you should take a chill pill.
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These are the people who would not know their Penyghent from their Helvellyn No idea what a beautiful and diverse country we live in
But more room for us!!
This would apply to my previously mentioned family member
He wouldn't have a clue where Helvellyn is, let alone Penyghent ..... and this
is a man who has lived in Cumbria all of his life He could direct you to the best bars in Playa de Las Americas though ..... 
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OH was just saying last night that she never gets a holiday, as when we are away she still has to do all the things she does at home......cooking, cleaning, dishwashing, laundry, shopping......
I do of course lend a hand, just like I do at home....sometimes!
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OH was just saying last night that she never gets a holiday, as when we are away she still has to do all the things she does at home......cooking, cleaning, dishwashing, laundry, shopping......
I do of course lend a hand, just like I do at home....sometimes!
Wimmin!!
I do all the cooking for main meals at home. When away I often do the washing, Do all cooking fetch water, empty toilet and waste and I never complain. Oh often does the dishes though after evening meal.
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well, our vanning trips arent referred to (by us
) as holidays...they are part of our way of life since we retired...
as we spend more than half of it (most years) away from home, perhaps the time we spend in Somerset should be described as a holiday....getting away from the van....
however, plane or boat trips abroad are referred to as holidays...away from our normal life spent in the van or at home.
our friends just refer to it as being 'away'.....
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Husky, hope you enjoy your 'trip' and get a bit more van expertise under your belt
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We have neighbours who do not think we go on "holidays", because to them a holiday means staying in a hotel and being waited on hand and foot.
Actually we hesitate to call our trips holidays mostly out of consideration for most who are lucky to get two weeks. For us its more a matter of living in other places for a good chunk of the year.
AD, thank you for your consideration on two counts ,firstly that i will only have one week away ,and secondly i'm having to take the ONE week in the UK, not much going for me then
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We have neighbours who do not think we go on "holidays", because to them a holiday means staying in a hotel and being waited on hand and foot.
Actually we hesitate to call our trips holidays mostly out of consideration for most who are lucky to get two weeks. For us its more a matter of living in other places for a good chunk of the year.
AD, thank you for your consideration on two counts ,firstly that i will only have one week away ,and secondly i'm having to take the ONE week in the UK, not much going for me then
Thats unworthy of you HD
AD, was only meant in fun, but I'll hold my paw up if you felt it was a bit low............
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We have neighbours who do not think we go on "holidays", because to them a holiday means staying in a hotel and being waited on hand and foot.
Actually we hesitate to call our trips holidays mostly out of consideration for most who are lucky to get two weeks. For us its more a matter of living in other places for a good chunk of the year.
AD, thank you for your consideration on two counts ,firstly that i will only have one week away ,and secondly i'm having to take the ONE week in the UK, not much going for me then
Such is the lot of the British shop-keeper, very difficult to take a decent holiday.
OH's parents had a (camping equipment) shop from 1958 till 1974,then they sold out to a large chain.
They could rarely take a holiday together as reliable staff were hard to find.
As an only child, OH was interested in taking over the business, and I would not have minded being part of it. But her parents said it was no life for a couple with children, and that I should stick with my engineering career.
On reflection, they were correct.
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I do have a slight distinction with my travels. Short trips or proper longer Holidays. All good though. 
