So where’s everyone going?

St. Ives, Cornwall booked for early June.

Contemplating some winter/Easter sun.

We’ve sadly had to let our caravan go in Snowdonia, so won’t be having our usual few weeks there.

France for me in July catch a couple of stages of the Tour de France then up to the Alps for some mountain biking, might drive over to Italy for a few days.

On 21/05/2023 at 12:42, globaldiver said:

Weather doesn’t look so good; cooler there than here! Only taking shorts.

Definitely not T-shirt and shorts weather in SF. When that wind blows in off the Pacific over water that’s made its way down from Alaska it’s a tad chilly. Particularly when the clouds roll in

Homeless problem way worse than I thought. There’s plenty of folk fighting imaginary demons on the street. Makes Piccadilly Gardens look like Mayfair. Sad to see

8 hours ago, MancWanderer said:

Definitely not T-shirt and shorts weather in SF. When that wind blows in off the Pacific over water that’s made its way down from Alaska it’s a tad chilly. Particularly when the clouds roll in

Homeless problem way worse than I thought. There’s plenty of folk fighting imaginary demons on the street. Makes Piccadilly Gardens look like Mayfair. Sad to see

Pleasant from LA up the coast, good for walking but not beach weather! But all of California seems shrouded in cloud, which they are enjoying. I’ll never understand food portions here, doggy bags are everyday normal. SF weather looks unchanged for when we arrive in a week or so, I’ll need to buy a cardy.

Homeless; politicians reaping what they have sown.

5 hours ago, globaldiver said:

Pleasant from LA up the coast, good for walking but not beach weather! But all of California seems shrouded in cloud, which they are enjoying. I’ll never understand food portions here, doggy bags are everyday normal. SF weather looks unchanged for when we arrive in a week or so, I’ll need to buy a cardy.

Homeless; politicians reaping what they have sown.

Indeed!!!

1 hour ago, MancWanderer said:

Indeed!!!

At Big Sur now; lovely blue sky, at 67 degrees. Perfect!

4 hours ago, globaldiver said:

At Big Sur now; lovely blue sky, at 67 degrees. Perfect!

Arrived San Diego yesterday. Same. Blue skies and sun in the afternoon today. Lovely. Not far from a massive US naval base. The sound of the music from the pool bar interspersed by helicopters and machine gun fire from the nearby military training grounds. Love it  This place is superb

Off to Krakow/Auschwitz in a couple of weeks.

TBH if this weather stays I’m quite happy staying in the UK for the next couple of months after that and probably will. 

3 hours ago, MancWanderer said:

Arrived San Diego yesterday. Same. Blue skies and sun in the afternoon today. Lovely. Not far from a massive US naval base. The sound of the music from the pool bar interspersed by helicopters and machine gun fire from the nearby military training grounds. Love it  This place is superb

Sounds fab!

9 hours ago, captainmed said:

Off to Krakow/Auschwitz in a couple of weeks.

TBH if this weather stays I’m quite happy staying in the UK for the next couple of months after that and probably will. 

If you've got time do the Salt Mines as well....

Algarve in 3 weeks 

Malta on Sunday😎

Corfu when this bird takes off

Just sat at Dalaman airport ready to fly home. £24 euros for a Big Mac meal, £7 for a tube of Pringles and £4 a small bottle of water are just some of the prices for goods here. Outrageous.

 

Anyway just had a belting 8 nights in Hisarounu courtesy of @Traf travels, absolutely love the place but the prices are getting more ridiculous each year. We spoke to numerous families out here who have said they won’t be coming back because of how expensive it is. It’s a shame as it’s a top place 

On 08/06/2023 at 06:19, MancWanderer said:

Definitely not T-shirt and shorts weather in SF. When that wind blows in off the Pacific over water that’s made its way down from Alaska it’s a tad chilly. Particularly when the clouds roll in

Homeless problem way worse than I thought. There’s plenty of folk fighting imaginary demons on the street. Makes Piccadilly Gardens look like Mayfair. Sad to see

Bloke I knew moved out there for work and got killed, stabbed in the head. 

32 minutes ago, royal white said:

Just sat at Dalaman airport ready to fly home. £24 euros for a Big Mac meal, £7 for a tube of Pringles and £4 a small bottle of water are just some of the prices for goods here. Outrageous.

 

Anyway just had a belting 8 nights in Hisarounu courtesy of @Traf travels, absolutely love the place but the prices are getting more ridiculous each year. We spoke to numerous families out here who have said they won’t be coming back because of how expensive it is. It’s a shame as it’s a top place 

I thought Turkey was cheap?

8 minutes ago, Winchester White said:

I thought Turkey was cheap?

2 of my mates went to Thailand because it worked out cheaper. Prices on almost everything have gone through the roof 

Benidorm  wed/monday 

monday /friday  my mates place MOJACAR 

10 days away

1 hour ago, royal white said:

2 of my mates went to Thailand because it worked out cheaper. Prices on almost everything have gone through the roof 

I was in Lara last weekend and 8 euro was the going rate for a 330 ml bottle of beer.

I'm not a huge fan of Turkey, always feels like some cunt is trying to rip you off. We got an Uber from our hotel to a bar for 2 Euro and when we were heading back, there were taxis sat outside, so I decided to offer them the custom and cut Uber out of the equation. Cunts wanted 10 Euro for about a mile and a half.

2 hours ago, mickbrown said:

Bloke I knew moved out there for work and got killed, stabbed in the head. 

At least he wasn’t shot 

Uber is illegal over there I believe. We got pulled in one when at a wedding there

On 09/06/2023 at 11:26, MancWanderer said:

Arrived San Diego yesterday. Same. Blue skies and sun in the afternoon today. Lovely. Not far from a massive US naval base. The sound of the music from the pool bar interspersed by helicopters and machine gun fire from the nearby military training grounds. Love it  This place is superb

Go out on the piss in the gaslamp quarter. Also Air and Space Museum is great. San Diego is ace, possibly favourite US city. 

2 hours ago, jayjayoghani said:

Go out on the piss in the gaslamp quarter. Also Air and Space Museum is great. San Diego is ace, possibly favourite US city. 

Had lunch and a few beers/wines today in the gaslamp quarter. Prob heading back there tomorrow night for our final night. Bought a 2 day hop on hop off ticket so going Balboa Park tomorrow to do the Air and Space and automotive museums and then doing USS Midway. Done quite a few US cities in my time and have to agree that San Diego is probably my favourite 

San Diego is an amazing city. Brilliant.  

10 hours ago, Zulu said:

San Diego is an amazing city. Brilliant.  

I concur.

Went waaaay back in 1990.

Watched the Italia 90 England v Germany semi final in the Hotel Del Coranado where we stayed for 10 days - mint gaff.

Anyways, Croatia for me & the family in 2 weeks.

19 hours ago, Zulu said:

San Diego is an amazing city. Brilliant.  

Tempted to come back in a year or two and combine it with a trip to Tijuana