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Nidge
08-09-2007, 16:06
Ok then you helpful lot:D:D I've got 8 days off work and after all the crap I've been through over the last few months I'm looking to get away for a few days, I'm not looking for anywhere that's going to cost a wedge load of money for 3 or 4 nights just somewhere nice and simple, don't forget I'm 41 and single:D:D:D so no knocking shops please, I know what you lot are like on here, (only kidding):D If it weren't for you lot on here giving me the big ups over the last year I'd be in a nut house by now:dunce::dunce::dunce: So then anyone got any decent ideas?

Cheers

Nidge
superbiatch
08-09-2007, 16:13
Amsterdam!! You can very often get some good deals last minute :)

I'll be there next Thursday for 3 days :D
Nidge
08-09-2007, 16:16
Amsterdam!! You can very often get some good deals last minute :)

I'll be there next Thursday for 3 days :D


Ah just noticed passport runs out on Tuesday, that's a bummer.
superbiatch
08-09-2007, 16:37
Ah just noticed passport runs out on Tuesday, that's a bummer.

You're out of luck then sunshine, the british isles it is for you ;)
TheDaddy
08-09-2007, 16:48
Amsterdam!! You can very often get some good deals last minute :)

I'll be there next Thursday for 3 days :D

I did the Millennium there, fantastic from what I can remember and cheap to
superbiatch
08-09-2007, 16:50
I did the Millennium there, fantastic from what I can remember and cheap to

Not anymore unfortunately, prices have been hiked up a lot during the last few years (i've been going since 2000 when it was cheap!). But who cares cos i'm not paying :p:
lauzjp
08-09-2007, 20:03
hmm, what kind of break would you like - seaside, rural, city?
alferret
08-09-2007, 23:47
Lake district is always good for a few days away.
We book with laterooms.com

here's whats availiable in the area
http://www.laterooms.com/en/k16843804_lake-district-hotels.aspx
Nidge
09-09-2007, 05:55
hmm, what kind of break would you like - seaside, rural, city?

I'm not bothered really somewhere where I can get away for a few days, I've done London a few years ago so something a little bit nicer.
lauzjp
09-09-2007, 07:25
how about Blackpool? you can get their via nottingham on the train, £46 saver return. if you go to laterooms.com there are lots of really cheap (http://www.laterooms.com/en/Hotels.aspx?k=blackpool&r=0&n=0&d=20070909&rt=0,0&c=0) last minute rooms available. :) also check here (http://www.smoothhound.co.uk/blackpool-price.html) (huge list though!)

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or cleethorpes? you can get there via sheffield on the train and it's only £27 open rtn! *jealous* b&b cheap too - http://www.smoothhound.co.uk/cleethorpes-price.html
ian@huth
09-09-2007, 10:37
Amsterdam!! You can very often get some good deals last minute :)

I'll be there next Thursday for 3 days :DWe used to go over to Amsterdam quite a lot. We took the North Sea Ferry from Hull to Rotterdam on a Friday evening at 9:00pm which got into Rotterdam at 8:00am Saturday. The overnight cruise was an experience in itself especially if winnings were good in the on-board casino. There was also the on-board bars, cabaret and cinemas. A short train journey to Amsterdam where we stayed for a couple of nights before returning to Hull. Food on the ferry was excellent. It's been quite a few years back since we last went over so prices will have changed a fair bit. We used to pay £49 each for the return journey if doing it on the cheap which included dinner and breakfast and an aircraft style seat in one of the lounges instead of a cabin.

We used to go to a Thai restaurant in Amsterdam and have the rice table. You chose what type of rice you wanted and they brought a plateful together with a tureen of extra rice on a plate warmer. They put several warmers in the centre of the table with around 40 different dishes of different foods. It was just about impossible to eat everything that was put in front of you as there was so much of it. It was great to be able to sample so many dishes.
Russ
09-09-2007, 10:40
Wexford, south east Ireland. Just came back from a week there.
Gareth
09-09-2007, 10:43
How about West Wales - such as New Quay (http://www.newquay-westwales.co.uk/)?
greencreeper
09-09-2007, 12:40
Need to find a good rollercoaster - will sort you out :D Pleasure Beach at Blackpool and Alton Towers are the obvious choices.
Nidge
10-09-2007, 08:23
Need to find a good rollercoaster - will sort you out :D Pleasure Beach at Blackpool and Alton Towers are the obvious choices.

Blackpool is looking good at the moment, I can get a decent room for £20 a night bed and brekfast. 3 nights = £60 i don't think I can get any better than that at the moment, thats for a hotel on the seafront too.
Hugh
10-09-2007, 08:55
If you are going to Blackpool, try here Gynn Square (http://www.laterooms.com/en/p3158/hotel-reservations/75864_courtneys-of-gynn-square-blackpool.aspx) - some relatives from Glasgow stayed there, and thought it was very nice.

£38.50 per night, but worth it, they said - on the North Shore, so 10 minute walk, 2 minute tram ride away.
superbiatch
10-09-2007, 09:10
We used to go over to Amsterdam quite a lot. We took the North Sea Ferry from Hull to Rotterdam on a Friday evening at 9:00pm which got into Rotterdam at 8:00am Saturday. The overnight cruise was an experience in itself especially if winnings were good in the on-board casino. There was also the on-board bars, cabaret and cinemas. A short train journey to Amsterdam where we stayed for a couple of nights before returning to Hull. Food on the ferry was excellent. It's been quite a few years back since we last went over so prices will have changed a fair bit. We used to pay £49 each for the return journey if doing it on the cheap which included dinner and breakfast and an aircraft style seat in one of the lounges instead of a cabin.

We used to go to a Thai restaurant in Amsterdam and have the rice table. You chose what type of rice you wanted and they brought a plateful together with a tureen of extra rice on a plate warmer. They put several warmers in the centre of the table with around 40 different dishes of different foods. It was just about impossible to eat everything that was put in front of you as there was so much of it. It was great to be able to sample so many dishes.

Sounds great - except i get seasick :( Besides my flights from Liverpool were only £40 each in the easyjet sale (booked them a few months back).

The thai restaurant sounds nice - i'm looking for somewhere to have a special meal as i'll be celebrating a milestone birthday. Any other places you can think of? How about the floating chinese?
TheDaddy
10-09-2007, 09:22
The thai restaurant sounds nice - i'm looking for somewhere to have a special meal as i'll be celebrating a milestone birthday. Any other places you can think of? How about the floating chinese?

This (http://www.amsterdam.info/restaurants/) might help ;)
greencreeper
10-09-2007, 11:23
Blackpool is looking good at the moment, I can get a decent room for £20 a night bed and brekfast. 3 nights = £60 i don't think I can get any better than that at the moment, thats for a hotel on the seafront too.
Be careful - quite a lot of the cheaper places are happy to take in the stag and hen night lot. Could be a rough night in a rough room :D Ask if they do.
lauzjp
10-09-2007, 12:10
one of my neighbours just came back from 2 weeks in blackpool, £75 a week for a room only. if you want the landlord's email address or phone no. let me know. the property they stayed in was a short walk from the centre of town... Reads Avenue.
Gareth
10-09-2007, 12:13
The thai restaurant sounds nice - i'm looking for somewhere to have a special meal as i'll be celebrating a milestone birthday. Any other places you can think of? How about the floating chinese?The Banana Bar..? :naughty:
Nugget
10-09-2007, 12:14
or cleethorpes? you can get there via sheffield on the train and it's only £27 open rtn! *jealous* b&b cheap too - http://www.smoothhound.co.uk/cleethorpes-price.html

Now now - Nidge mentioned 'somewhere nice'. Cleethorpes is a dump as a holiday resort. Oh, and bearing in mind the fact that the sun's been out over the last few weeks, it's also full of Doncaster...

;)
gaffer_gump
10-09-2007, 12:19
Now now - Nidge mentioned 'somewhere nice'. Cleethorpes is a dump as a holiday resort. Oh, and bearing in mind the fact that the sun's been out over the last few weeks, it's also full of Doncaster...

;)

LOL, true that :D

I would consider York, you can pick up nice reasonable priced rooms from this web site (http://www.visityork.org/thedms.asp?dms=1&param1=stay&accommType=SV&so=YYYY), I am taking Mrs Gump for a weekend away there on Friday ;)
Nidge
10-09-2007, 14:23
Now now - Nidge mentioned 'somewhere nice'. Cleethorpes is a dump as a holiday resort. Oh, and bearing in mind the fact that the sun's been out over the last few weeks, it's also full of Doncaster...

;)


LOL the last time I went to Cleethorpes we had to chase the sea as it was going out faster than we could run, I've never seen the tide go as far out as it does in Cleethorpes, it goes out miles you have a job seeing the sea when it goes out fully.