UK staycation boom predicted
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Spot on Tinny. Converted in Torrington, North Devon. Ours had Devon plates UDV something J. 😁
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Ditto..TDA. Always took the 'what we can do' attitude...we have not been given a date for our second jab only that it will be within the 12 weeks as recommended by Pfizer. We are now into our 7th week since the first...
We're the same, although we've booked a series of sites from just after Easter. We are just waiting too to hear what's said on Monday as we will cancel those up till we are allowed to get away and then hopefully add more on the end to make a full worthwhile trip.
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We're the opposite here, tda, there have been more children about in small groups of with their parents/grandparents than we've seen on our walks in the previous weeks. It's half term here which could have a lot to do with this.
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"We have toured length and breadth of UK, never received anything other than a very warm welcome anywhere, you just give the respect and understanding to others that you would hope to be given in your home area"
although i do tend to agree with you TDA, we did visit 2 villages in Devon Sept 2020 where the local shops had signs in the window stating "locals only" , but we are returning to the same area same site for a month this coming Sept, so we will not hold them to task.
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We who live in rural areas, with less NHS facilities etc. feel very vulnerable during this pandemic. We see on the news multiple incidents of law breaking by large numbers ignoring the rules and putting us at risk. When it is safe and the rules permit there will be a welcome to everyone. No one wants a lifting too soon and then we go back to lockdown again.
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Fish, I live in a Hamlet of 35 dwellings. I see the onus on me to keep away from the visitors. The whole area is a shooters paradise, the lanes are constantly clogged with 4x4’s most weekends the banging of multiple Guns. There’s no vulnerability on my part-I just stay away from them. The shooters have been here during the pandemic too🤷🏻♂️. Bikers are pedalling thru in their groups, they stop on the green to fuel up. Life goes on, me & mine are safe👍🏻🙂
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I can fully agree with the last sentence.
The rest should be prefaced with “I” and not “we”.When the rules permit there may still be some who do not feel safe.
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Fish, That’s a coincidence, as 100% of all the people that I know, and who are of the same opinion as me, agree with me too.
You seemed to be suggesting that ‘all’ folk in rural areas, and that’s open to varying interpretations, were of one mind.
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I have the intelligence and understanding to realise that once it is safe to do so, I will be able to take to the road again, and receive the welcome and warmth that I always have, be that North, South, East or West. Rural or urban.
Meanwhile, back to staycation (horrible term, demeaning almost to those of us who love touring here) planning........
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+1, rural folk are just a microcosm of city folk. Some are against any influx other than what can’t be stopped others get on with life not stressing. No matter where we live we both share & need each other👍🏻
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Everything now hinges on what each part of the UK announces about opening up places and what type of tourist place will be ready to open up. Hearing on the news that many in the trade want a two week warning in order to restock etc it looks like the process will be more measured this time round.
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Over the last few days local news seem obsessed with asking people to comment on the ‘end of lockdown’.
All the hospitality businesses seemed to be saying the same thing, they want to open ASAP but more important was that this should only happen once there was reasonable certainty they could remain open.
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Hi David, As I said we are lucky in that a 'staycation', and I agree with others its not a great word but then neither is lockdown, for us means 'stayathomecation' as we are there anyway!
Our main holiday last year was a two week rally at Pentewan Sands and its looking like it will be the same this year, except we are booked on two rallies.
Our first trip is booked for mid May, which was the hardest decision as that was when we had hoped to go abroad, but a combination of factors means that crossing the water, with the van, is now very unlikely this year.
As for the issues, well if you avoid school holiday periods then you pretty much avoid the issues and i would suggest coming in May/June.
It is obvious that places that people find attractive will be busy when its school holiday period but I think most on here are used to planning around such things and have the freedom to do so.
I just need to convince Jean that it doesn't always rain in the Lake District and I can add that to my list of possibles.
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"I just need to convince Jean that it doesn't always rain in the Lake District and I can add that to my list of possibles."
Ha Ha - good luck with that one.
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well I wouldn't mention to her Seathwaite (near Seatoller) in Borrowdale which is the wettest place in England and where supposedly it rains two out of every three days!
Seriously we've spent more time caravaning in the lakes than any other place in the UK over the years and yes it does rain (heavily) but not all the time and not as bad as people make out, or perhaps you notice it more when you're there. We had over 30 days there last year from July to November and it rained about on 6 of them, and they were all spaced out. We also had the hottest 10 days there ever with temperatures above 25C and 30C even. Just be prepared for rain and take non rainy days as a extra bonus.
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Well what do you know....just when the club are offering very cheap deals, and you could always pretend you were on the Portsmouth to Bilbao ferrry and you stand little chance of getting sea sick, although once when on the Waverly we had to turn round as the current and tide were so strong we had no headway
, from what i can see from our BH it does appear to rain a lot over the IOW
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Our compromise won’t be as big as yours might have to be AD, but we have had to compromise on our holidays even over here for the last eight years really, mainly because of my parental caring commitments, and OH being very dodgy health wise for a couple of years. So our holidays have been nothing but compromise really.
The choice has been about owning dogs, and choosing not to go overseas with dogs, so we do choose to holiday in UK. Under normal circumstances, we would be coming up to around our third shortish break, looking forward to a “doing” holiday for around three weeks after Easter. After that it would be fitting in the odd week, dodging school and BH’s until second week in June, then we would tour down to SW, have a month on our favourite CL, just chilling, swimming, walking, cycling, head back home just prior to schools breaking up. Stay around home in garden over Summer school break, then away again, usually back down SW in September. It wasn’t unknown for us to spend three months out of a year in SW, we have even done weekends to Fowey back when we kept caravan down there. We went from this, to only having a maximum of four nights away from home. World turned upside down, just as my OH retired. So we are masters of compromise. We had to be just to stay sane.
If I have to suffer in crowds to get to SW I will, even going on a Club Site rather than a CL (at the moment), it’s an event we want to see down there in September. And a few beaches I haven’t been able to swim off in far too m any years.0 -
I just need to convince Jean that it doesn't always rain in the Lake District and I can add that to my list of possibles
Following on from my previous post, I perhaps should state that rain can change the views a bit, both were in high summer.
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I will admit to having a mental block when it comes to the Lake District. Have spent only a mere five holidays there, but every one was memorable for the rain. It was very beautiful in between, but usually too misty and wet and unsafe to do what we intended. However, it might happen this year.....compromise again. I could book a Glamper for Mum and Sis at Coniston, we could pitch up with MH not far away, and we can watch the rain from inside the Glamper 👍😂
Wales can be very damp as well. (Understatement of the day🤣)
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Very True! Remember one day going up Great Dodd in glorious sunshine and coming down in hail stones, and that was August.
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You rotten lot! You might have told me it was wet in the Lakes before I booked a cottage in Braithwaite last night!
Seriously, though, we have been to the lakes most years since we've been married (and before
). Our first camping trip together was in a tiny tent to Limefitt Park at Troutbeck - now I think very much more up market than when we stayed there, must have been mid 70's. The thing about the lakes, as with most other tourist honeypot spots in this country, is that the crowds are usually dead easy to escape - just walk 20 minutes or so from the centres and you're often on your own or meeting fellow walkers. As for weather, well, there's always some way of making the best of all but the foulest conditions!
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Reliable second hand information WN. They are at Coniston Park Coppice and Troutbeck Head in Lakes. Friends of ours had to give up their van last year, and they love the Lakes, so tried a Glamping Cabin, the posh ones, at CPC. They loved it, had all they needed for a short break, and daughter and SIL took their little teardrop on a pitch close by. Not sure if your MIL would be ok on her own, but bathrooms are ensuite. Got facilities for breakfast and microwave meals, nice seating in and out areas. Bed might fold down, not quite sure. They aren’t cheap though for what they are, certainly not as good value as hiring a cottage.
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