Greek Islands? - Page 2

trikey · 13th May 2021, 08:09

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Originally Posted by bsafly

Ah, Hemsby, went to all the rock and roll weekenders at Pontins from number 1 to the last one before it shut down - great times. (Still got all my pass cards!)

Don't go regularly now, Hemsby beach holiday park just isn't the same.
It's a shame the old Pontins site is so run down, go and look at it each time we are up there and remember all the fun we had when we were younger.

Here’s Deb and Lydia posing in the swimming pool at Pontins.

bsafly · 13th May 2021, 08:11

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Originally Posted by trikey

Here’s Deb and Lydia posing in the swimming pool at Pontins.

Remember it well, looked very different back in the day!

trikey · 13th May 2021, 08:13

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Originally Posted by bsafly

Remember it well, looked very different back in the day!

The site was in a pretty bad way when we went, a few weeks later it suffered a rather large fire in the pub and surrounding buildings, I shall have to pop back and see what it looks like now.

Georgies Dad · 13th May 2021, 08:52

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Originally Posted by trikey

The site was in a pretty bad way when we went, a few weeks later it suffered a rather large fire in the pub and surrounding buildings, I shall have to pop back and see what it looks like now.

It was like a war zone.last time we walked past,had many good nights in there in the past.

planenut · 13th May 2021, 09:37

The population of India is 21.5 times that of the United Kingdom; they are financially a very poor Nation, therefore lacking in health care and many more not receiving what we would consider a decent education.

However, the "great British public"do create some odd spectacles.

I am so lucky that I was born here in England, and have lived through what I believe to have been the best of times.

We have a fantastic Country with endless opportunities to investigate locations for entertainment.

Why ,when India is not alone in the world in not being able to cope with the pandemic, would anybody contemplate going abroad? But, that's me.

SCP440 · 13th May 2021, 12:51

One of my customers visits South America usually every year, in her words ''they love it out there''. She was telling me they are hoping to get out there later this year, I think she will have a big shock if they are aloud.

They were saying on the One Show last night it is going to cost a family of four £1200 to get all the required testing done on there return. That could easily double the cost of a cheap week on the beach in some places and I expect with the places limited the cheap week on a beach will be far from that.

We have a great country, I wonder how many people who ''must have a foreign holiday every year'' have actually explored the UK? Cornwall, Devon and the Lake District are just the ones that come immediately to mind. We have some great holidays in the UK, we once had a week in North Wales and we must return. There is a lot to be said in just loading the car up arriving there several hours later and the holiday starts, we have all spent a day either end of the holiday getting too and getting home and feeling you need another holiday by the time you open your front door on the return.

We once spent a day and half getting to a Greek Island because the aircraft was late and we missed the last ferry to the island and then on our return we got diverted and had to spend a night in a German airport waiting for a replacement aircraft that was only going to be a couple of hours. We arrived home 30 hours after we had left exhausted.

13th May 2021, 09:37	#15
planenut Regional Secretary Rover 1.8T Tourer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Heathrow Posts: 6,955 Thanks: 1,551 Thanked 2,036 Times in 1,264 Posts	The population of India is 21.5 times that of the United Kingdom; they are financially a very poor Nation, therefore lacking in health care and many more not receiving what we would consider a decent education. However, the "great British public"do create some odd spectacles. I am so lucky that I was born here in England, and have lived through what I believe to have been the best of times. We have a fantastic Country with endless opportunities to investigate locations for entertainment. Why ,when India is not alone in the world in not being able to cope with the pandemic, would anybody contemplate going abroad? But, that's me.

13th May 2021, 12:51	#16
SCP440 I really should get out more....... MG ZT-T 260 Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Witney Posts: 2,504 Thanks: 6 Thanked 910 Times in 571 Posts	One of my customers visits South America usually every year, in her words ''they love it out there''. She was telling me they are hoping to get out there later this year, I think she will have a big shock if they are aloud. They were saying on the One Show last night it is going to cost a family of four £1200 to get all the required testing done on there return. That could easily double the cost of a cheap week on the beach in some places and I expect with the places limited the cheap week on a beach will be far from that. We have a great country, I wonder how many people who ''must have a foreign holiday every year'' have actually explored the UK? Cornwall, Devon and the Lake District are just the ones that come immediately to mind. We have some great holidays in the UK, we once had a week in North Wales and we must return. There is a lot to be said in just loading the car up arriving there several hours later and the holiday starts, we have all spent a day either end of the holiday getting too and getting home and feeling you need another holiday by the time you open your front door on the return. We once spent a day and half getting to a Greek Island because the aircraft was late and we missed the last ferry to the island and then on our return we got diverted and had to spend a night in a German airport waiting for a replacement aircraft that was only going to be a couple of hours. We arrived home 30 hours after we had left exhausted.