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    As many of you know, my daughter and her family live in Cornwall and her elderly grandparents live near Warrington. They would love to drive down and visit, but my ex-MIL thinks doing it in one go is too much for them both, but my ex FIL wants to go for it. I'm trying to persuade him that 2 days is the way to go and the only way I'm going to succeed is if I can find them somewhere really lovely to spend the night half way - with something that somewhat infirm people can do too. They can allow themselves a nice place. Any ideas?

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    Found this place on Twitter recently - not sure if they do one night stays though...

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    • #3
      Thanks Heywayne, they look lovely but I think they'll need a nice hotel where they can be spoiled for the night.

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      • #4
        Depending what part of Cornwall they are going, it takes just over 5 hours, longer if going further into Cornwall. Look around Gloucester, or find the half way point and see what is around the area.
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        • #5
          I frequently stay in 'Hand Picked Hotels', I'm not sure whether they have any on your route, but I've always found them to be a very enjoyable night, and they do a reasonable priced dinner bed and breakfast for about £130-£150.

          This might sound high to some, but its good to note that they charge for a room not per person, so if you get a family room for 4 you don't pay for the kids evening meals either. £150 dinner bed and breakfast (3 courses with champagne to start for 4, is a good deal to me).

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          • #6
            A break is deffo recommended Patch, I did it once & it was nightmare..8 hours down, 14 hours back.....I have no idea why it took so long to get back, must have been cos it was all uphill.......
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            • #7
              It is a long drive, we've done it loads of time but have found the worst bits to be M6 round Brum and then actually down in Cornwall itself. Never needed to stop off but am sure there must be loads of hotels not far off the beaten track.

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              • #8
                It's a long slog. They're just outside of Porthleven.

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                • #9
                  How about somewhere in Bristol - scenic half way point?!
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Bigmallly View Post
                    A break is deffo recommended Patch, I did it once & it was nightmare..8 hours down, 14 hours back.....I have no idea why it took so long to get back, must have been cos it was all uphill.......
                    Are you sure you took the same car home?
                    I'm only here cos I got on the wrong bus.

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                    • #11
                      Perhaps Bath or somewhere in the Cotswolds?

                      Trip Advisor is often good to search for top-rated places to stay 'near xxx'.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Mikeywills View Post
                        Are you sure you took the same car home?
                        He was probably on his bike!

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                        • #13
                          Or the vines he was swinging from had broken on the way down (sorry, this sounds cheekier than its meant to be!)
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                          • #14
                            Bath is a bit far out of the way. It should take about 3 hrs to get to bristol or less from there, and once you're in bristol, it's 1/2 hr to Taunton. Somewhere there?
                            Last edited by taff; 13-06-2012, 04:34 PM.

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                            • #15
                              It's a trip I do a couple of time a year from Warrington to Penzance - takes about 5 hours . The worse bit for me are Birmingham just before the M5 ( road works ), the rest of it is just boring especially when your huysband goes to sleep by Crewe and wakes up in Exeter!
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