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« Reply #60 on: Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 10:27:07 » |
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Down here,Whitstable is the pick of a poor bunch!
Whitstable,Whitstable, Apart from oysters, They've got f*** all. |
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« Reply #61 on: Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 12:32:11 » |
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Gonna have to explore Wales this year. Tenby looks promising
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« Reply #62 on: Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 12:36:31 » |
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Port Talbot's quite nice, make sure you check it out.
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Arriba
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« Reply #63 on: Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 12:42:30 » |
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Port Talbot's quite nice, make sure you check it out.
yeah good one. |
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« Reply #64 on: Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 14:58:39 » |
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Do the still do the ice creams smothered in clotted cream? Spent 2 summers down there working at Putsborough beach shop when I was younger. Great place.
The Old Cream Shop specialised in these, they'd smother them in clotted cream or dip them in melted chocolate. They really were the best ice creams in the world. They stopped doing them a few years ago, and now its not even called the old cream shop any more  Theres another ice cream parlour a couple of doors up that took over the cream & chocolate tradition and although the ice cream is good, it just doesn't have that magic for me that conjures up memories of being 10 years old and given a special treat after a day at the beach. |
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« Reply #65 on: Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 15:20:12 » |
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Gonna have to explore Wales this year. Tenby looks promising
without doubt my favourite seaside town, great beaches, lots of history and lacks the tackiness you find most places Anyone else been to Skagen in Denmark? Feels just like Padstow for some reason! |
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« Reply #66 on: Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 22:19:59 » |
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Honourary mention for Southend after tonight  |
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« Reply #67 on: Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 22:43:04 » |
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I am guessing you've never been North of Whitby then? The beaches, along with the scenery in the North of Scotland are stunning (if a little cold at times).
Fair point Red Squirell, I was being stupidly dismissive, i'm looking into having a seaside holiday soon, regardless of the inclement weather, and i've learnt that a place called Robins Hood Place near Whitby is unsurpassed for coastal splendour. |
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« Reply #68 on: Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 22:45:25 » |
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The Scottish Isles are a delight, Mull is just stupendously beautiful, and the Isle of Arran is Scotland in miniature without the buckfast weegies. The uniniatiated can keep their Med package holidays  |
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« Reply #69 on: Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 23:31:18 » |
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Port Talbot's quite nice, make sure you check it out.
Thanks for that one ! Great choice! You have reminded me one year while in south wales pendine beach / barry / tenby / larne i made one in to port talbot  I was working for corus steel at the time and so a trip to port talbot just felt right - not every beach can boast its own steelworks! Happy days Cudnt understand why other half didnt like it though no pleasing some |
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« Reply #70 on: Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 10:33:52 » |
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Anyone else been to Skagen in Denmark? Feels just like Padstow for some reason!
Blimey, Rick Stein's reach has extended hasn't it! |
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« Reply #71 on: Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 17:31:29 » |
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Por perro not sure if thats how its spelt but i went there for a few days and i felt like i was abroad. The water was actually clear
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« Reply #72 on: Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 23:03:41 » |
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Por perro not sure if thats how its spelt but i went there for a few days and i felt like i was abroad. The water was actually clear
Polperro, if that's the place your talking about was once the most painted village/harbour in Cornwall. Great for couples but not a great deal for children unless the tide is out and then there's a cave you can explore that's supposed to be haunted by a smuggler ( Willy Wilcox) It was a popular choice for smugglers and was used as recent as the 1970's. Polperro has managed to keep its roots pretty much intact and is a great example of a proper Cornish fishing village. Floods did horrendous damage similar to Boscastle a few years back but measures were put in place to prevent a repeat. |
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« Reply #73 on: Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 23:20:34 » |
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Heard on the news earlier that a rare sighting was made just off the Pembrokeshire Coast by those aboard the Pembroke Dock to Rosslare ferry. They spotted a super-pod of Dolphins, numbering an estimated 500 of the creatures close by the vessell. That must have been quite a sight.
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« Reply #74 on: Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 23:29:42 » |
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Heard on the news earlier that a rare sighting was made just off the Pembrokeshire Coast by those aboard the Pembroke Dock to Rosslare ferry. They spotted a super-pod of Dolphins, numbering an estimated 500 of the creatures close by the vessell. That must have been quite a sight.
There was a couple of Dolphins swimming amongst the surfers down in the cove at St Agnes last summer, we were watching from a viewing area and watching them gracefully twist and turn without a care in the world was amazing and something you don't really expect to see so close in to the beach. |
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