Vacation V Staycation Costs
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Excellent post, Steve - and that's exactly as it should be, memories can be made and cherished anywhere. We've travelled further afield over the past few years with more time to do so. We've done that Niagara Falls experience, along with the CN Tower in Toronto, cruised up to Alaska and watched the face of a glacier collapse in Glacier Bay. We've bathed in warm springs in Costa Rica, watched leopards in South Africa and watched Buddhist ceremonies at the Temple of the Tooth in Sri Lanka. All fantastic experiences. But so is climbing to the tops of the lakeland fells with our dogs, racing the train at Tywyn in Wales (in my much younger days!) and unexpectedly spotting a pod of dolphins off the Cornish coast while eating our fish & chip supper up at Droskyn Point in Perranporth.
Memories are what you make of them whether at home or overseas, none are intrinsically better than the other, just all memorable for different reasons.
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I still have nightmares about the Scillonian😂 Second only to a rather overcrowded Greek ship plying the islands and overtaken by a storm. When the water empties out of the swimming pool because the boat is plunging around so badly, you know it ain’t the adventure you expected😱
Manchester Ship Canal is one I want to repeat, that was different, and very interesting👍
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It all seems a bit nonsensical to me. If available figures are to be believed, a Frenchman is 25 times more likely to be killed in a road accident in the average year, than a blot clot caused by the AZ vaccine. If indeed a causal link is established. Trouble is the French were not keen on being vaccinated in the first place and this can only delay a return to the new normal.
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17 million have had the AZ jab (at least first). Less than 40 have experienced blood clot issues. You might as well blame the AZ vaccine if you get hit by a bus the day after having it🤷♀️ Good to have a bit of research and verification going on, but meanwhile, more might die because they haven’t been vaccinated.
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I've been there too, when they were partly frozen into gigantic cliffs of ice...but I was also glad to get home when the trip was over even though my Dad was brought up over there. One of my best moments was reaching the most northerly point of the UK and looking even further north towards Muckle Flugga! (I like writing those words, not something you see written very often and worth the long journey.)
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Happy days
spent most of mine on one of the little wood things that bob up and down violently the moment you leave harbour, but had some enjoyable times in St Peter Port, 6 months plus when the Torrey Canyon ran aground, March 67, happy days.
Sorry no costing involved in those days Her Majesties government fed and watered you and provided travel vouchers to get home
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.... Manchester Ship Canal is one I want to repeat, that was different, and very interesting👍
I'd prefer to travel along the Danube, Seine or even the Thames ( we did a short cruise from Henley last year).
We rarely repeat anything as so many things to see and little time remaining. The initial WOW of seeing something spectacular for the first time can obviously never be repeated.
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plenty of time to do a risk assesment, our trip, we dont call our times away a holiday as we always consider ourselves to be on holiday , starts in May in Dorset and we wont be in Devon until September.
Dont do costings normally but for 70 days away it will average out at approx £25 per night, so if you take into account all the ancillary items for going overthere such as getting the dog up to steam, ferry insurance etc there is not a lot of differance, and if we have 50% of the good weather we encountered last year, that will be a bonus.
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"We rarely repeat anything as so many things to see and little time remaining. The initial WOW of seeing something spectacular for the first time can obviously never be repeated."
Yes, I know what you mean, Mikey. For all the beauty and stunning experiences we've had over the past few years there are so many more out there, both at home and abroad.
The one place I would like to return to, and hopefully will before long, is Sienna in Italy. I remember walking down this narrow street with no idea what to expect at the end and then emerging in to the huge Piazza del Campo with the bell tower and cathedral nearby. WOW indeed!
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did you wear a pair of steaming bats ?
Just reading an interesting book with that title!
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bear with me
is that a hint? Is it the Hundred acre wood?
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Hundred acre wood is Hamshire, home of Rooksbury Park Caravan site, when we lived in Scotland we used it a lot as it was close to family, infact we lived on the site for 3 weeks when we moved south as we had no other accomodation, now we live 30 minutes from it, often walk in that area
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well steaming bats were something the upper deck crew wore or maybe the engine room, we are in the process of decorating and had to clear out the book shelves am now reading H.M.S. Ganges Tales of the Trogs by John Douglas, which jumped out at me, brings back so many memories
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I can fully emphasise WTG, because like you I get a “wow” factor from lots of different things. It doesn’t have to be something like Niagara Falls, or let’s say Uluru, geographical features in the main, and simply stunning. But it might be the adrenalin rush of surviving a gallop across as I say Dartmoor, or even coming across Anne Boleyn’s bloody gloves on display and understanding her part in shaping this country as we know it. Definitely a shiver down the spine moment. And like you, looking at book, film, music related locations, and anything to do with history, be it our own or overseas floats my boat.
I love returning to our favourite locations every so often, as well as searching out new places. All great things to do, and down to choice.😁
Ethy Woods, up Lerryn Creek off the River Fowey is supposed to be the inspiration for the Wild Wood in Wind in the Willows, fantastic to canoe, picnic on little islands and swim😁
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We had the misfortune last February before lockdown to be on a Med cruise. The ship had 6500 passengers, never again will we go on a cruise with those numbers.
Most of our other cruises have been 2500-3500 and that is as big as we would want to go, if we ever go on one again.
DK, £1100 for a balcony cabin on a 7 day cruise, I guess is P&Os bottom line. That's with them allocating the deck and cabin and not in high season. The prices for cruises are going to increase dramatically for 2022/2023 once they win back their lost passengers. As much as I like them, like most holidays these days, its getting a bit expensive. It used to work out at £100 per day each. If you are not fussy about which deck or type of cabin, you can still go at a reasonable price but for us we like what we like so its either pay up or don't go.
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Although we've enjoyed the two ocean cruises we've been on, and the one up to Alaska was truly memorable, I have to say that I really dislike the "days at sea" aspect with literally nothing to view, although, admittedly, plenty of activities within the confines of the ship itself.
But we did go on our first river cruise - along the Douro - 18 months ago, combining it with a visit to Lisbon. And this I can certainly recommend, as there is scenery throughout along with excursions each day. We had planned a second such cruise in May (Lyon to Avignon) but decided quite early on to postpone it to next year and I'm very relieved that we did so now.
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WTG - you want Hartfield, home of AA Milne. East Sussex though, not Kent. Turn south off A 264 on to B2026 at E Sussex motorhomes - origin of my previous van.
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Thanks for that CY I didn’t know it was real🤷🏻♂️ even though I’ve read them with my Children👍🏻
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