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wallacehartley
Location: Cape Town South Africa Gender:
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Jul 18, 2017 - 12:00pm |
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Red_Dragon wrote:We're planning on visiting Britain next spring for our tenth anniversary. Neither of us has ever been to Europe.
We'll be able to spend two full weeks "in country" - maybe a few days more. Since P has ear issues that can cause her quite a lot of pain when flying, we plan to book non-stop flights both ways. This will require us to use the airport in Dallas, because there are no non-stop flights from OKC. We'll fly into London, spend a few days there and then work our way west to Cornwall and Wales, possibly as far as Dublin. It makes sense to fly back from say Cardiff or Dublin, instead of wasting time traveling back to London for the return flight.
I know there are some pretty savvy international travelers here, any advice would be appreciated.
In Cornwall is a village called St. Ives.....old fishing village......there is a pub there called The Sloop....dates back to 1300-ish. The building only goes back to about 17-something, but nonetheless, a drink and plate of grub there is worth it just for the sense of history and the smuggling deals done and piracy actions planned in its darker corners....and low ceilings because folks were shorter back then....a car rental and drive to the site where Marconi first transmitted across the Atlantic is f interest if you like things radio, which you might...might as well go on from there to Land End....and a Cornish Cream tea anywhere along the way id ALWAYS worth it! There is also a chapel St Uny nearby, dates back to about 1100....earlier actually if I remember correctly....like 900-something AD...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Uny%27s_Church,_Lelant London is cool just to get on a bus and see where it goes to.....museums, art, theatre, concerts, marjets, history....cool city
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Red_Dragon
Location: Dumbf*ckistan
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Jul 13, 2017 - 8:27am |
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We're planning on visiting Britain next spring for our tenth anniversary. Neither of us has ever been to Europe.
We'll be able to spend two full weeks "in country" - maybe a few days more. Since P has ear issues that can cause her quite a lot of pain when flying, we plan to book non-stop flights both ways. This will require us to use the airport in Dallas, because there are no non-stop flights from OKC. We'll fly into London, spend a few days there and then work our way west to Cornwall and Wales, possibly as far as Dublin. It makes sense to fly back from say Cardiff or Dublin, instead of wasting time traveling back to London for the return flight.
I know there are some pretty savvy international travelers here, any advice would be appreciated.
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Skydog
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May 25, 2017 - 6:32am |
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black321 wrote:Anyone have any "unique" travel tips for a few days in Glasgow, Stirling and Edinburgh? Not too interested in museums and such...more general sights, eating and drinking.
I would go to the Laphroaig, Ardbeg & Lagavulin distilleries and see Radiohead on June 23 at the Glastonbury Festival
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black321
Location: An earth without maps Gender:
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May 25, 2017 - 6:28am |
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Haggis and fried s$*t. Brilliant
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haresfur
Location: The Golden Triangle Gender:
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May 24, 2017 - 3:55pm |
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black321 wrote:Anyone have any "unique" travel tips for a few days in Glasgow, Stirling and Edinburgh? Not too interested in museums and such...more general sights, eating and drinking.
I hear they will deep fry anything
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rhahl
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May 24, 2017 - 12:30pm |
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black321 wrote:Anyone have any "unique" travel tips for a few days in Glasgow, Stirling and Edinburgh? Not too interested in museums and such...more general sights, eating and drinking. Haggis is good.
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black321
Location: An earth without maps Gender:
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May 23, 2017 - 10:56am |
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Anyone have any "unique" travel tips for a few days in Glasgow, Stirling and Edinburgh? Not too interested in museums and such...more general sights, eating and drinking.
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ScottFromWyoming
Location: Powell Gender:
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Mar 28, 2017 - 9:22am |
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Red_Dragon wrote: That would be okay if it weren't for P's ear issues. Flying is painful for her, so it needs to be a non-stop flight.
Dang.
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Red_Dragon
Location: Dumbf*ckistan
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Mar 28, 2017 - 8:16am |
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ScottFromWyoming wrote: You can fly there for $200 ea, so save the parking fee/hassle/time, spend another $200 to fly out of OKC. So worth it on the return leg, says me. the phones I linked to are to purchase, so when you leave town you can give them to hoboes.
That would be okay if it weren't for P's ear issues. Flying is painful for her, so it needs to be a non-stop flight.
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ScottFromWyoming
Location: Powell Gender:
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Mar 28, 2017 - 8:13am |
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Red_Dragon wrote: Incidental expenses so far:
$200 to park car at airport in Dallas
$20 to rent phones
$5 for Spotted Dick for SFW
You can fly there for $200 ea, so save the parking fee/hassle/time, spend another $200 to fly out of OKC. So worth it on the return leg, says me. the phones I linked to are to purchase, so when you leave town you can give them to hoboes. Fly over there with almost nothing in your luggage so you don't get charged an arm and a leg for all the crap you haul home. When we went, we brought back a crapton of books. Can't do that these days.
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Red_Dragon
Location: Dumbf*ckistan
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Mar 28, 2017 - 8:08am |
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ScottFromWyoming wrote:Or go to Tesco and get a Motorola and 250 minutes of talk time for £7.50You might have to mail-order the phone, but you could have it sent to somebody local. Or go for one of the £20 options that they probably have hanging on pegboard by the spotted dick. Incidental expenses so far: $200 to park car at airport in Dallas $20 to rent phones $5 for Spotted Dick for SFW
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ScottFromWyoming
Location: Powell Gender:
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Mar 28, 2017 - 8:02am |
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Red_Dragon wrote: Lazy8 wrote: Well, isn't that charming. Or go to Tesco and get a Motorola and 250 minutes of talk time for £7.50You might have to mail-order the phone, but you could have it sent to somebody local. Or go for one of the £20 options that they probably have hanging on pegboard by the spotted dick.
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Red_Dragon
Location: Dumbf*ckistan
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Mar 28, 2017 - 7:34am |
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Lazy8 wrote: Well, isn't that charming.
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Lazy8
Location: The Gallatin Valley of Montana Gender:
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Red_Dragon
Location: Dumbf*ckistan
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Mar 28, 2017 - 5:27am |
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miamizsun wrote: you can and should take your phone
i think your carrier has a solution for these types of situations
besides i want p to shoot a cell phone video of you standing on some craggy outcrop with the wind in your face and a solemn look in your in eye set to some hans zimmer soundtrack
then you do a 90 degree into the camera and tell us this is where it all started and how your forefathers were descendants of king hywel dda and eeked out a living as rock farmers
you guys just have fun and get the raw footage
i have friends that are graphic ninjas that will edit it down to mini-masterpiece
sounds easy enough
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miamizsun
Location: (3283.1 Miles SE of RP) Gender:
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Mar 28, 2017 - 5:24am |
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Red_Dragon wrote: Something like that.
you can and should take your phone i think your carrier has a solution for these types of situations besides i want p to shoot a cell phone video of you standing on some craggy outcrop with the wind in your face and a solemn look in your in eye set to some hans zimmer soundtrack then you do a 90 degree into the camera and tell us this is where it all started and how your forefathers were descendants of king hywel dda and eeked out a living as rock farmers you guys just have fun and get the raw footage i have friends that are graphic ninjas that will edit it down to mini-masterpiece sounds easy enough
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Red_Dragon
Location: Dumbf*ckistan
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Mar 28, 2017 - 4:53am |
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miamizsun wrote: finding your roots?
Something like that.
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miamizsun
Location: (3283.1 Miles SE of RP) Gender:
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Mar 28, 2017 - 4:41am |
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Red_Dragon wrote: l have only two weeks, so I'm not sure how far we'll get. We need to sit down, decide what we want to see and create an itinerary. I know there are some places in London, Cornwall, and of course Wales. If we can work in Scotland after that we will.
finding your roots?
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Skydog
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Mar 28, 2017 - 4:26am |
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Red_Dragon wrote: l have only two weeks, so I'm not sure how far we'll get. We need to sit down, decide what we want to see and create an itinerary. I know there are some places in London, Cornwall, and of course Wales. If we can work in Scotland after that we will.
the Laphroaig, Lagavulin and Ardbeg whisky distilleries are only 2 miles within each other but 551 miles from London and that might be to touristy
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Red_Dragon
Location: Dumbf*ckistan
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Mar 28, 2017 - 4:11am |
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Skydog wrote: good for you, sounds exciting, Ireland and Scotland too?
l have only two weeks, so I'm not sure how far we'll get. We need to sit down, decide what we want to see and create an itinerary. I know there are some places in London, Cornwall, and of course Wales. If we can work in Scotland after that we will.
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