I don't know, last time I went to Tenerife was about 15 years ago, and they were all over me like flies round shit. I'm just a guy who can't say no, fortunately one look at Mrs. P's face sent them packing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
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I don't know, last time I went to Tenerife was about 15 years ago, and they were all over me like flies round shit. I'm just a guy who can't say no, fortunately one look at Mrs. P's face sent them packing.Quote:
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Very cakey.Quote:
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Best day for us when we were there was when we hired a little car for the day and drove round the island, including going up Mt. Teide (:eek: well not all the way up). If you haven't done that before it's worth doing, wasn't expensive.
Veronica's Strip could gave been so much more.
Someone told me it had been demolished? Scruffy that end of Playas, we were in a bar and a large cockroach ran up ‘er indoors leg.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
Who's Veronica?
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Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
...and was heard to say "get me out of here, this place is a shithole". I think the gay bar we visited might have been at the Los Christianos end of there, it was certainly a dump.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
never been to the islands; never will now..
Been to Lanzarote quite a few times pre and post Covid, not been to Tenerife for about 30 years
It did almost make it up the leg of my beloved’s denim shorts before being flicked off and then sprinting up another old dear’s leg before one of the waitresses dispatched it with a well planted size 5.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
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Home now, wasn’t very keen on Tenerife, been spoilt by my sojourns to the Caribbean. Now just the subject of an average tripadvisor review.
Can't fault the Caribbean.
ah, winchester... hope your weather is better than up here
Short break In Bournemouth Grant, not freezing but ‘bracing’Quote:
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recognised the guildhall... cathedral too. its lovely inside. it'll blow the cobwebs awayQuote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Used to like Bournemouth, not been there in maybe thirty years.
I'll be at the seaside myself soon, permanently.
The centre’s a bit run down these days.Quote:
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Moving to the coast?
Not been to Bournemouth for a number years, used to live there in my 20’sQuote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Near Herne Bay and Reculver, North Kent. Shortly.Quote:
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Lived in Herne Bay in the early to mid '70s whilst I was working on my doctorate. Visited Reculver a couple of times.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Bugger all to do for entertainment - for that you need to go to Canterbury.
Reasonably quiet and ordinary. Lovely! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
(half my family have been there for generations, the other half in The Lizard, Cornwall)
Well it didn't bother me as I had my record collection and audio system with me at the time.
I was fascinated with what was once a fashionable sea side resort, but had become a 'has been'. Would be interested to learn what has become of the place today.
Good luck with the move.Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
I was seriously considering moving to Holland on Sea about ten years ago then I met my current lady friend who told me I couldn’t.
Ta :).Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Then we would have been virtually neighbours if you ignore the thirty mile wide wet bit.Quote:
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I imagine the zip wire will be closed till spring, that would be bracing :)Quote:
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Cheaper car insurance! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Half I reckon.Quote:
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Yes it is was, was looking forward to that to [emoji848]Quote:
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You’d probably be able to hear my Tannoys [emoji869]Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
Which do you have?Quote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
Legacy Ardens.Quote:
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I was in Winchester a while back for an an ordination of a friend . that organ in there was just awesome !!!! Bit nervewracked when 2 burly guys came round the corner outside with sub machine guns ... i guess everywhere is a target these days . lovely place thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by Roy S
When I was in the Kilimanjaro national park in Kenya, I had an armed escort due to banditry in the lower wooded areas. Not armed with a machine gun, but a rifle - though I suspect it was only for show.
I have been to other parts of the world (e.g. Yemen, Thailand etc.) where I also been accompanied by armed guides.
No takers?
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Clues - I didn’t need an armed guard in the lower wooded area…
Hartlepool Marina - I was there last week!
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Yeah it runs down side of marina into the bay. Just gotta hope the plane stops [emoji23]
My father was stationed in Gibraltar during the war. He was a sheet metal worker in the REME (the Army engineers), and during his stay made a silver chalice/vase for the garrison church. When I visited the church I would have liked to have seen it, but I couldn't and there was no-one around to ask.
Gibraltar is a strange place - quaintly British with red phone boxes, letter boxes, and all the shops there that you see in this country: M&S; W H Smith, as well as traditional English pubs.
We were there on a Sunday, so went to a pub for the traditional Sunday roast, apple pie and custard and a pint or two of London Pride ale. :)
We had a day out in Gibraltar, with a pub lunch and a clear view across to north Africa. Couldn't decide if I liked the place. Great views from up on the rock, but we were warned those barbary macaques are bad buggers and not to be messed with.
Have they sorted the runway yet? What they had was mental, but there were plans to run the road under the runway iirc.
Was poorly last couple of days so didn’t get much sightseeing done. Few random shots I did get.
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Sorry to hear that Roy, hope it didn't put too much of a dampener on your holiday.Quote:
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We crossed into Gibralter from Spain, and the above two photos remind me of my visit.
Thanks Barry.Quote:
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It was down to a chest infection and the adverse reaction of my digestive system to the anti biotics I was taking for it (I was frightened to cough).
Was impressed with being able to get back from Heathrow on the Elizabeth line for free on my over sixties oyster :)
Did you go in the caves, Roy?
Unfortunately not Martin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
I don't actually know if you can go in them. Saw a TV show about them not that long ago.