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So what is everyone doing this summer?

My girlfriend is going on 'holiday' without me as I will be stuck on night shifts at work. We're planning a long weekend near Tenby in Pembrokeshire - anyone been?

I once had a teacher who was from Tenby. She was blonde with massive norks. I hope that helps.

I'm going to go on holiday on my own based on that information, thank you.

No holidays per se, got three festivals lined up though which should be just as good, and a lot more expensive

i'm going to corfu the day after i finish 2 weeks of labs woooo  :beers:

Off to Cornwall as the kids are still small but even just a week costs a small fortune.

Been to Pembrokeshire a couple of times.  Very nice.  A place called Dinas head and anoher called Newport (not that one).  Like Cornwall without the huge amount of tourists.

Looking at booking a week somewhere abroad with a few mates. Not paying 18-30 prices as its so expensive, but looking to go somewhere lively.
Struggling to find cheap places to go tho.

off to Berlin on monday then taking 10 days to drive down to Prague. Nothing really planned apart from drinking, some museums and lots of sexy czeh girls. Cannot wait!

I went to Tenby about 10 years ago... pleasant enough from what I can remember. We took a dodgy-looking boat to Caldey Island, I'm not really sure what the attraction was looking back now, as it appears to be famous for its abbey and monks, and we're not religious in the slightest.

This year I'm going to Mongolia. In a Nissan Micra.

Long weekend in Cornwall starting this Thursday then Corfu on August

We have a week in Dawlish Warren at the end of May and a week in Pembrokeshire (up near Fishguard) in July.

Tenby has some of the best beaches around. There is a pretty decent theme park called Oakwood up near Haverford West. There used to be a really cheesy nightclub un Saundersfoot. LOts of decent pubs and Double Dragon.

where bouts in corfu you going?

off to paignton for four days on monday for a birthday treat but will be visting all the other places around like brixham torquay teignmouth along with day out in plymouth shopping, Also looking to go to paignton zoo and maybe a visit to the National marine aquarium in plymouth.

Then hopefully off again in september but not sure where yet.

Paignton Zoo is ace. Brixham has a really nice fudge shop called Bon Bons - the pubs are mostly cack though. There is a brewery in Paignton called Bay, I think. There is a bistro in Brixham called the Breakwater who does great seafood - the fishermen off the beach and breakwater sell him what they catch and he cooks it pretty much straight away.

Oakwood, christ that's brought back some good memories. Making my dad go on that wooden track rollercoaster and he was terrified. The bobsleigh and go carts were brilliant as a kid but I bet not so good now (if they're still there).

Going to Bosnia in July with the family. As I do every year.

Going to Paphos in August !

Just had a week down in Cornwall. Got a week in Tenerife end of November.

No holiday for me - I have been kindly allocated the patio and decking job on the back garden by the other half :-( however it does mean I get to lay a new lawn which is strangely rather nice!

Always used to go on family holidays to Tenby as a kid, fun times.

As others have said - Nice beaches, Saundersfoot, boat to Caldey Island (just to have a bit of a walk..?!)

I'm going to the Lake District next week - we have a chalet on the banks of Windermere.  Bliss.

Off to Rhodes early June for the month, in September going to San Fran and then travelling down to Texas via the normal stop offs (first time for me). Went to New York and Washington earlier this year, thought I would hate it and loved it.

All my travel this year is pretty much with work (New York, Denver, Oslo & Barca so far)! Holiday wise went to Estonia & Finland on a short break and going to Italy (near Brindisi) tomorrow for a few days.

What with buying a house I think the only other mini break will be camping in July!

i have been to tuscany this year and will be going to estonia twice. in an attempt to drag myself out of my overdraft i'm not booking a proper holiday and hoping i can hitch hike to estonia.

Already had my holiday :(
V fest will be my only summer holiday!

We're planning on taking a trip to Paignton Zoo next week too. Might see you around :)

Say hello if you do sam you can't miss us, I'll be on crutches or with a stick with a petite wife  :)

Cheers for the info on the fudge shop wiggy,I do have sweet tooth for fudge. 

Paignton zoo is ace, went there last year.
We stayed in an apartment in Paignton, and literally a 10 second walk from our front door was a pub that did great food, The Embassy Tavern.
I'd happily be going back to Paignton later this year if I had any holiday left to take.

Vegas in June, Hamburg in July, Croatia (hopefully) in September... i'm looking forward to this summer, assuming my knee heals up nice and good by June.

Pembrokeshire is ace for walking, Tenby is a tidy little resort, but not much happens. I'm guessing that's how you like it.

My fave memory of Tenby was taking the expectant missus...into an intimate restaurant, ordering what seemed decent grub, when the chef ran out in a Fawlty Towers type incident.  The owner was terribly apologetic, and cooked us pork chops, as that was all he could manage :)

Which reminds me the chef in Les Chats has done a runner with one of the waitresses....why isn't fB stepping into the breech.

I had my 'Summer' holiday in April over the pond.

This summer I have a short break to visit family in Scotland after going to T in the Park.

Might go for a week in Wantage in August.

Rock and Roll.

Majorca in July and Ireland in October  :D

Not going anywhere during the Summer, maybe a couple of day trips or something, i'm off to Las Vegas in October for 6 nights.

I've been skint since what seems to be the beginning of time. Starting to get back on track though so a trip to Koh Samet is on the cards in the not too distant future.

Not really a holiday but going to Barcelona for a stag do in July, then also going to Vegas in October

Had a great week on a farm in Devon over Easter, off to Spain in August for 2 weeks. Having a bit of decent weather always makes me look forward to a holiday more than it pissing down with rain. August seems miles away though.

Oakwood was mentioned earlier - I remember going down a slide there on a plastic sledge type thing. It was a very steep drop that flattened out at the end as you skimmed over some water to slow you down. At the top the attendant said something to me which I didnt quite hear. I later found out that she said "make sure you lean forward as you get to the bottom". Unfortunately I leaned backwards, and managed to do a full 180 backward flip and land fully clothed in the water. As well as being a tad embarrassed, I was more pissed off that there was no bastard filming it for You've Been Framed !

Kavos, on a uni reunion kind of thing, clinging on to my youth! Been there once before as an 18 year old and it was a shit hole but great fun, expecting it to be very similar this year but not sure I'm similar enough to my 18 yo self to enjoy it. Should be interesting either way.

Oakwood is great, I'd definitely recommend going on Hydro. http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/news/Hundreds-risk-fatal-ride/article-558689-detail/article.html

love koh samet. I was the only bloke without a young thai bridge when I went there, but beautiful nonetheless.

Gonna do some uk camping this summer, devon and jurassic coast, then hit new york in september.

Kavos is quality, but like you say, its a shithole.

Our hotel was next to the strip club :)

Spent 6 months in Kavos PR-ing for bars, I was paid partly in Sambuca.

my first lads holiday was to Kavos... i've had the bad judgement to tick off Malia, Faliraki, and Ayia Napa in my youth and would have to say kavos was the shittiest of all those shitholes. still a good laugh though. Napa was the best, and not so grimey (and the exchange rate with the Cypriot pound made it a bargain)

I think the fact that I'm fully aware it's a shit hole will make me just tear it up for a week and ignore the fact I'm surrounded by 17 year old Bolton fans

i went to laganas in zante for my first lads holiday abroad, going to corfu this summer but with fam, free holiday innit  :)

Had a brilliant time walking near Tenby a couple of years ago, stopped at a park at Manorbier just outside Tenby that turned out to be owned and run by the Edwards fair family from Swindon. When you go a must is a visit to Bosherton Lilyponds on the NT Stackpole estate, a long fantastic walk through trees and lakes which eventually opens up to a fantastic golden beach which seems as though no one has discovered it yet.

Did you sit on the beach in your yfronts and with a hanky on your head chris?

I had to read that twice

Flying out to Germany on Monday for three days courtesy of a supplier. They have their own "party house" which from what I've heard is supposed to be great fun.

If I survive that, hopefully a few days in Rome in June, two days at the Open in July followed by a week visiting the inlaws in Bordeaux in August. I shall fill in the gaps by playing golf, watching the cricket and pretending to do some work.

Butlins 70s weekender mid june.

Skiathos end of June

Corfu with my daughter in August.

23 days in the US in August.

Glastonbury for 6 nights, 1 sleep in Swindon and then flying off to South Africa (A380 business class) until July 23rd.

New Faliraki up the hill is the place to stay these days, the best hotels on the island and away from the young Brits in the run-down booze area. The place for youngsters on Rhodes is now Bar Street in Rodos Town and has been for the last four or five years. I agree Kavos is a total shithole, but Malia isn't that bad. Never been to Ayia Napa.

Did you sit on the beach in your yfronts and with a hanky on your head chris


Yep picture a scene from Baywatch Tans and that was me!

Cologne in a few weeks time.Not really my choice,but its got a huge cathedral and a great Roman museum so not without things to recommend it.Sure i will get to spend plenty of time watching the other half imbibing beer as well,sadly i'm not able to participate though.

The Isles of Scilly again in August,yippie!Can't wait to be there sitting in the Turks Head eating and hearing the sea.Just the thought of it makes me feel relaxed and happy.

i know your moobs are purt Chris but not to Pamalas standard surely?!

There is a decent beer hall within view of the Dom.

Cologne was ok but for German cities I preferred Berlin and Hamburg.

I'm going here on Sunday for my summer holiday

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Unfortunately it is going to rain and Karlsruhe are going to get relegated into the 3rd division.

Bit of a demise, weren't they in the Bundesliga recently?

I'm not going on holiday anymore. Booooooo.

Last home game I went to was last game of 2008/09 season. They won 4-0 but still got relegated to the 2. Bundesliga. 2 years on and history could well be repeating itself - this time to an even shitter league.

Karlsruhe have rattled through 4 managers and about 50 players this season. Nothing's really worked.

I tell a lie about being relegated - the numbers are in KSC's favour:

14  SC Paderborn 07 33 9 9 15 29:45 -16 36   
15  Karlsruher SC 33 7 9 17 43:70 -27 30   
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16  VfL Osnabrück 33 7 7 19 39:62 -23 28 
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17  Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 33 7 7 19 29:62 -33 28
18  Arminia Bielefeld** 33 4 7 22 27:64 -37 16

Bielefeld used to be in the Bundesliga as well.

Yeah it's crazy - Hansa Rostock are in the 3. Liga at the moment as well. Bielefeld went so far this season on less than 10 points, although last weekend they did quite well:

Matchday 33 - 08.05.11
DSC Arminia Bielefeld : Karlsruher SC 2:1 (1:0) 

Not too far way, I'll hopefully be watching a game here, the Stade De Suisse (Wankdorf) Stadium of BSC Young Boys:
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Or if not, at FC Thun.