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Staying in UK this year after taking the family for a week in Paris last year.

Main holiday is Centre Parcs (Sherwood Forest) in Oct half term.

But will also be in no particular order:
camping in North York Moors with brother in law and family
Tynemouth for weekend of Great North Run (after 5 years as runner I am going to spectate this year)
Cornwall to visit Eden Project finally! and to celebrate tenth wedding anniversary

also hope to fit in a long weekend visiting near London
and a long weekend visiting friends on the Cumbrian coast.

We are looking to have an extension to our house this year into next so we have had to forego a holiday abroad this year. However looking at the list above we would struggle to find time for one!

I am off to Mygate! yep my back gate, trouble is with working in a school and hubby having an important job, but next year it will be visiting my sis in New Zealand!!

But in the past 2 years have been to Thailand and THe Gambia, so cant complain!

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You will like it at the Eden Project we went in August last year and I would like to go in different seasons.
Check when you get there if they still offer return visits for free if you add your details on the internet,( lots of computers around ) we did and could go back foe free.

Thanks for the advice

Will be going in Mid September. Unfortunately we may only get one go at it. We live about 8 hours away.

Although we are staying a few days there is the Lost Garden of Heligan to see as well.

I am really looking forward to it. I had the pleasure of hearing a talk by Tim Smit a year or so before it opened. It sounded outstanding even before it opened.

The only reason we have not been before is the distance.

I'd recommend the Eden Project, we went last year not long after the Egg was installed and we've got the cards that allow us to go back for free (or some reduced rate). The allotment bit is kinda cool.

Someone recommended the Lost Gardens of Heligan to me, but we ran out of time last time we were down that way.

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What's a holiday ?
I'm off to Belfast on Friday for a wedding, back on Sunday and that's me for the year !
I'm not complaining - love my job, but I think the wife is getting a bit p*ssed at the hours I'm doing at the moment - in the region of 100 per week at the moment !!

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Were off to France in mid June and are going again in August but to the aude region then. Hopefully January will bring a week or two in Goa or Kerala.

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Have not been on holiday since 2004. In July I'm going to Bulgaria for two weeks, can't wait. Anyone else been to Bulgaria?

Camping with our Grandson, it will be his first time, but he's the sort to appreciate the great outdoors so he should love it. We haven't decided where though yet, but it will probably not be far as we don't want to be stuck in the car for hours with him. We've been to a farm in Flamborough before and might go there as it will be ideal for a toddler. Unfortunately this was also our old dog's favourite place in the whole world and there might be too many memories for me there (also my OH might insist that the old boy's favourite beach might be a good place to scatter his ashes and I'm not ready for that yet either) So at the moment I'm undecided, but thinking about the Lake District. The great thing about camping being that you don't actually have to decide until you're in the car with a map.

By the way, why do so many Grapes go camping? Normally when I mention it elsewhere I get exactly the same response 'Oh no, I couldn't, I like my home comforts'

Camping? Well....
1) We have 2 dogs, and like to take them on holiday with us... camping or renting a pet-friendly cottage is really the only option

2) We can't afford to go on a "real holiday" as my mum and sister call them....

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Been to Amsterdam - lovely.

Driving to the South of France in July with my OH and his 11 year old daughter...hmm - best make sure we have the ipod solar charger me thinks! 4 solid days of driving - 2 there and 2 back - will need to stay very calm!!!

For me; camping - is a no no. Having camped alot when a child, and after spending one night at Reading festival with half a quilt, and my head on a cider bottle as a pillow - and no groundsheet - I say no. When I first met my OH he mentioned camping and I nearly flipped out - [what am I doing getting involved with a bloke who likes camping] - he smiled and said - just testing...

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moon trial underway with onions, lettuce, tomatoes and calabrese.

Piglet and Mrs Willie you know, you'd be more than welcome to pop in here on the way down through France, just give us a bit of warning - you know, I'll need to tidy up a bit

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While we're talking about holidays - me and two friends are hoping to go to Nice in September. We're travelling by train (free tickets!!) but can anyone recommend any nice self catering accommodation in Nice. We don't want to hire a car, so it would need to be fairly near to the beaches/shops etc

We started camping cos we couldnt afford anything else , also OH is a very strict and fussy vegetarian so eating can be a problem.
The first year we had a small tent but couldnt stand up so difficulty's with dressing and no where to sit if it rained, so we bought a bigger tent with 2 sleeping pod's and a huge sitting area, OH went out and bought some realy comfy moon chairs that fold up, and storage larder's etc we then had to buy a trailer to fit it all in even tho we had a people carrier ( only 3 of us ) now we have changed our car to a meriva but no towing hook so this year will have to have that done.
One day we will get to France, every year we say this.

This struck a chord. We have an estate, but always take our two (now sadly one) dogs, so the boot is for them. We have a trailer and a roof-box and we still always end up with two sleeping bags and the stove in the passenger side footwell, with the passenger sitting with their knees near their chin.

HeyWayne Where is the place you are going to in Tuscany? It looks familiar to me. Tuscany is our fav place been four times now and wish we were going again this year. Who did you book with? We werre going this year but had trouble finding a good flight from Manchester Airport so decided we will go next year instead and are going back to Kefallonia instead.

Just outside a little place called Radicondoli (Siena region), booked through James Villas. Could do with some pointers of places to go, things to see if you've got any...

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We're off to Athens this year late June.

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