should be going Gran Canaria for a week tonight but had to cancel
a death in the family
Quote from: scrimman on June 06, 2009, 10:08:41 amQuote from: matt on June 04, 2009, 09:44:29 amQuote from: scrimman on June 03, 2009, 06:34:20 pmQuote from: simon knight on May 31, 2009, 12:16:04 pmNorth coast of Cornwall (provided the weather is good) takes some beating.Port Isaac, Padstow, Tintagel, Treyarnon Bay etc bloody fantastic. Have had many a good week there.And it's only 4hrs from London just back yesterday from port isaac, martin clunes was filming doc martin, i think i ruffled his feathers, :..that aside the cornish coast is fantastic, port isaac is a lovely wee village, if you can park.....we stayed in tregenna castle hotel in st ives, loved it.....if i was offered a free all expenses spared holiday and had to choose between the gold coast (oz, we were there in jan)) and cornwall, i think i would go to cornwall again. i spent a while on the gold coast ( oz ) in 93, surfing and drinking i bet its changed alot since then, i could see the building going up then, the gold coast is a strange place, all the prime land is owned by the japanese ( by all accounts ) the plans were for grand hotels and shopping mallswhen i went in 93, it was 2 main streets, the sea front and little else, just a load of backpacker hostels behind the main road and the seat front was full of condo's and hotelsi found as you moved a little out of town you found the real gems, the beach was great though, great wavesyep the place is more like miami now, there aint a whole lot of differance to be honest....its skyscraper alley yes, i could see it happening, the plans were on a grand scale for everything, where i would shower after a surf on the beach they have a big board up with the plans for the sea fronta shame reallyi wouldnt mind to go back to oz, i bet townsville hasnt changed much
Quote from: matt on June 04, 2009, 09:44:29 amQuote from: scrimman on June 03, 2009, 06:34:20 pmQuote from: simon knight on May 31, 2009, 12:16:04 pmNorth coast of Cornwall (provided the weather is good) takes some beating.Port Isaac, Padstow, Tintagel, Treyarnon Bay etc bloody fantastic. Have had many a good week there.And it's only 4hrs from London just back yesterday from port isaac, martin clunes was filming doc martin, i think i ruffled his feathers, :..that aside the cornish coast is fantastic, port isaac is a lovely wee village, if you can park.....we stayed in tregenna castle hotel in st ives, loved it.....if i was offered a free all expenses spared holiday and had to choose between the gold coast (oz, we were there in jan)) and cornwall, i think i would go to cornwall again. i spent a while on the gold coast ( oz ) in 93, surfing and drinking i bet its changed alot since then, i could see the building going up then, the gold coast is a strange place, all the prime land is owned by the japanese ( by all accounts ) the plans were for grand hotels and shopping mallswhen i went in 93, it was 2 main streets, the sea front and little else, just a load of backpacker hostels behind the main road and the seat front was full of condo's and hotelsi found as you moved a little out of town you found the real gems, the beach was great though, great wavesyep the place is more like miami now, there aint a whole lot of differance to be honest....its skyscraper alley
Quote from: scrimman on June 03, 2009, 06:34:20 pmQuote from: simon knight on May 31, 2009, 12:16:04 pmNorth coast of Cornwall (provided the weather is good) takes some beating.Port Isaac, Padstow, Tintagel, Treyarnon Bay etc bloody fantastic. Have had many a good week there.And it's only 4hrs from London just back yesterday from port isaac, martin clunes was filming doc martin, i think i ruffled his feathers, :..that aside the cornish coast is fantastic, port isaac is a lovely wee village, if you can park.....we stayed in tregenna castle hotel in st ives, loved it.....if i was offered a free all expenses spared holiday and had to choose between the gold coast (oz, we were there in jan)) and cornwall, i think i would go to cornwall again. i spent a while on the gold coast ( oz ) in 93, surfing and drinking i bet its changed alot since then, i could see the building going up then, the gold coast is a strange place, all the prime land is owned by the japanese ( by all accounts ) the plans were for grand hotels and shopping mallswhen i went in 93, it was 2 main streets, the sea front and little else, just a load of backpacker hostels behind the main road and the seat front was full of condo's and hotelsi found as you moved a little out of town you found the real gems, the beach was great though, great waves
Quote from: simon knight on May 31, 2009, 12:16:04 pmNorth coast of Cornwall (provided the weather is good) takes some beating.Port Isaac, Padstow, Tintagel, Treyarnon Bay etc bloody fantastic. Have had many a good week there.And it's only 4hrs from London just back yesterday from port isaac, martin clunes was filming doc martin, i think i ruffled his feathers, :..that aside the cornish coast is fantastic, port isaac is a lovely wee village, if you can park.....we stayed in tregenna castle hotel in st ives, loved it.....if i was offered a free all expenses spared holiday and had to choose between the gold coast (oz, we were there in jan)) and cornwall, i think i would go to cornwall again.
North coast of Cornwall (provided the weather is good) takes some beating.Port Isaac, Padstow, Tintagel, Treyarnon Bay etc bloody fantastic. Have had many a good week there.And it's only 4hrs from London
I spend 12 months in Hayle nr St Ives Cornwall every year
thanks ,booked for Kos in September
