Vacation V Staycation Costs
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hey ET I hope you're getting some royalties from that pic as it's on google and Wikipedia , if it's yours I mean
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Some people make the World a better place for all creatures some just do it for themselves selfishly. Well said Rufs, it’s a disgusting self centred need & should be banned, it will be in the future like the Circus animals have👍🏻
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+1 on your last statement
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It’s known as “dolphin prostitution” in some ethical circles. While ever folks do it, the market for capturing them and keeping them to perform and make money out of will mean the trade continues☹️
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"I could happily watch and swim with them in the open sea,"
yes and that was my first encounter with Dolphins off shore Indonesia, was doing some work in AUS had 4 weeks hols owed so joined a conservation group.
for sure there are lots of things we do that are not right when it comes fo e.g. our pets, I hate to see dogs or cats that are treated as fashion excessories, but unfortunately it is the way of the world, as for dogs, as a family we always take in rescue dogs, we currently have 2 in Spain 1 of which was rescued from Kuwiat and 4 here in the UK, makes us feel a little bit better about the whole situation.
Makes for very expensive staycations or vacations, although, when touring in the UK we always take pooch and normally overthere if we take the caravan.
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Pictures of Dolphin abuse isn’t wow or pleasure☹️
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A strange thing to say about getting back on topic as it was you who posted the (rather abhorrent) off topic dolphin photos in the first place?
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Thought you said you had gone David? Only took you 40 minutes to come back - It was 6 hours last time?
No you have missed the point of my reply, you posted:
...and in the vain hope of getting back on topic I will leave you all too it.
My point is you were the one who took everyone off topic by posting your dolphin photos.
I take no pleasure in attacking anyone, never have.
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We are still some 11 weeks from going and the flight is less than 5 hrs. Don't forget the flight will be entirely British and the likelihood is that the vast majority will have had the vaccine and most likely they will have had both jabs. If this is not sufficient to allay any fears then life really will have stopped.
The hotel in the DR was the Dreams La Romana but has now been taken over and is now called the Hilton La Romana. Cats, kayaks and SUPs still part of the AI deal.
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I thought Rufs had made a good point in reply to your post, David, and "liked" it for what it said, nothing to do with "attacking" you. If you had just accepted it as a different viewpoint the following posts would probably not have been needed or made.
But, sadly, as so often, you had to post a provocative reply suggesting that spending money was in some way synonymous with enjoying life. And then of course the equally provocative comment about "awaiting likes" from the "US" which as we all know has absolutely nothing to do with Bidenland.
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"We are still some 11 weeks from going and the flight is less than 5 hrs. Don't forget the flight will be entirely British and the likelihood is that the vast majority will have had the vaccine and most likely they will have had both jabs. If this is not sufficient to allay any fears then life really will have stopped."
Agree 100% with that, Mikey. We too will, hopefully, be flying again this year, though not till September and then a relatively short flight. Looking further ahead, I think we will probably do similar next year - getting back to long haul flights further afield the following year when, with any luck, vaccinations will be pretty much universal? (Fingers firmly crossed)
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R2B wrote: "+1, you can’t beat the coast Rufs, it changes twice a day"
This is the Solent. Tides here are in out shake it all about. Like Poole Bay.
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A&J, I saw that about P&O. Think its not my idea of a cruise.
We have enjoyed the ones we have done in the Caribbean but I would avoid going there in October, prices are usually more favourable then because it the height of hurricane season. We've found December through to March is the best time to visit. The weather is more settled and not muggy or humid.
We have swam with dolphins, or should I say we have dived with them. We had the privilege of them joining us while on a dive in the Caribbean.
Its a long time since we've had a hotel holiday. Our trips to Lanzarote are to our time share apartment, we will be going this year in Nov/Dec for 3 weeks, only 4 hours in an aeroplane all being well.
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There are so many cruise ships laid up in the channel at present, crews sent home, they're going to need a lot of work to get them going safely again. I've read many are planning more local cruises at first with greatly reduced passenger numbers.
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and for the uninitiated the Solent has 4 tides per day
There is a common misconception that it is because of the Isle of Wight, with tides going in one channel, and then a second tide in the other channel as the first recedes, not true.
"The English Channel is effectively one big tidal system - when Dover sees low tide, Land’s End sees high tide. The Isle of Wight sits almost on the midpoint (which is why it has a very small tidal range)"
here endeth the lesson for today
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Thanks to CY & Rufs for the view from the friends of the sailors-AKA ‘tatty old bit’ society👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤣🤣
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JV, they’re not Chelsea tractors if they’re actually used off road👍🏻. A Chelsea tractor is a derogatory term for a large 4x4 which is driven around towns & cities for normal domestic reasons hence its nickname. When used away from towns, cities & the major road network they become off road vehicles in their natural environment👍🏻😊
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The Lord only knows what currents abound off Lands End. I spent two and a half hours throwing up in the bowels of the Scillonian one happy holiday. It looked calm as a millpond as well, and much to my horror, I was the only one affected that day. I could barely stagger off at St Mary’s, but my first port of call was the helicopter booking office for the return journey. Happily waved off my parents and sister later in day, then flew over them out on top deck an hour or so later. Scillies are stunning, and we intend having a holiday there at some point, but nothing on this Earth would get me back on that ruddy boat!🤢😱😁
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Hi TG, Ah, hurricane season-that could explain the cheaper prices then!
Only been 3 times and all in Jan/Feb so didn’t give that a thought, but really just a price comparison at the moment.
The Ikos resorts do look very nice, but you are obviously going to pay, and have only looked at them recently due to the shorter flight times and sadly accepting that a trip outside the UK may be further down the line than we had hoped.
As you say the ‘round the Uk’ cruise does not immediately appeal but the price will be crucial and the fact they are doing them suggest they are as keen as we are!
Had an email from Cunard yesterday and it mentions three types, round Britain, coastal cities and summer sun so will be interesting to see the details.
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Not bragging but we flew from landsend, very small plane runway was a field at Landsend but concrete on St Marys, there was only the pilot and when i asked where the co pilot was, his sandwich box was on the co pilots seat, he replied "who else would be stupid enough to fly this old crate" say no more, we stayed on Brier, had a fantastic time, no cars, taxi to hotel was tractor and trailor, we just used hire bikes the whole time.
p.s. we were there when the Shearwaters flew in, evening boat trip to watch them brilliant
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😂Lands End Airport. It’s a spectator sport on a rough day, will they fly or won’t they, we like to have a coffe up there and put bets on the Landings😂 Fixed wing weren’t flying back day I needed a flight back, low mist. But I would have opted for helicopter anyway. That was good fun.
JV, 4x4’s are often bought for a different reason than getting from A to B in all weathers and all terrains. Some owners never use the hill start option, or the low range option. But they tend to get used more as they were intended up here, where moors are boggy and the hills aren’t pimples. Good for horse box towing, stump removal, rescuing bogged down caravans on CLs, traversing roads heaped with snow, throwing bales of hay in back, getting tyres a tiny bit muddy. I used to ferry staff into work with ours, and safely home again in thick snow. In some places they are used, not trophy buys.....👍
Top of Okehampton Range, howling gale, Jeep is only mud free because it was raining so heavily. We did four tank traps and three fords to get up there. Beats sitting in van watching TV on a rainy day.😂 Next day we were down at Spitchwick wild swimming......
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Do they? Sadly most of our local news points to people wandering out on foot over the mudflats endangering themselves and their rescuers. Every year, unfortunately, reminders to stay near the shore go unheeded. Let's hope we have a safe summer if we're all at home. The latest news appears to show we'll all be here rather than "over there."
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Hi TDA, and when you did your ‘cost comparison’ did you feel the additional monies were well spent?!!
Flew to St Mary’s regularly for 4 years for work but prior to that did a surprise trip for Jean, she had never been, and flew to Tresco to stay at the Hell Bay hotel.
We arrived on a Thursday and awoke the next day to news of the volcano eruption in Iceland and with all flights banned the knock on effect meant we had to come back on the Scillonian but, thankfully, it was sunny and calm.
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My start of my work on the Scillies coincided with the end of the helicopter service so only flew once for work and next flight was cancelled at short notice so it was onto the planes.
Newquay is better for me so only flew from Lands End once.
Those who have done so will know that they may weigh you, as they need to ‘balance’ the aircraft, and one lady took exception to her, it must be said not minuscule weight, being read out rather loudly.1
