Where's Snowy?

Not been on forum since the outage, was he the cause of it?

Not like him to not post from 1 day to the next.

Well four of us we’re going to Holland this week, then saw the carnage at Dover and went to the Cotswolds instead, just got back, but traffic on the A1M made us go through to Selby before turning up to York, ….although the signs pointing to Grimsby 2pm were tempting …got home in time for the second half on my i pad and enjoyed it immensely..
Talking to a lad who was in the Navy in Stow on the Wold and said on leave at Pompey his mate who lived there invited him to Paulsgrove rough as…and first question in the local club’s Quiz night was ….”What are YOU looking at?”

Love the Cotswolds and frequently visit Tewksbury, Cirencester, Broadway and Moreton in the marsh. Other beauties like Bourton on the water and Burford are also Gems which we never get tired of visiting. England at it's best.

like everything in life its each for their own. for me the whole area is an expensive rip off that typifies anywhere in this country thats regarded as a tourist hot spot. even if the prices were right for me i still think the area is vastly overated.

Like you say each to their own. It depends what you are looking for. I don't see it as that expensive but touristy spots usually cost more, as does venturing out during School holidays. We don't stay in hotels etc as we have a motorhome and get all over in it. So I suppose I don't experience that side of it. We stock up well from our local supermarkets so there is no extra drain on the wallet on that score.
We've always been campers, caravanners or motorhomers and we love the versatility and freedom of holidaying that way. It's not everyone's cup of tea but spending time going abroad with all the hassle that entails turns me off these days. I have never ventured abroad with the motorhome as yet but wouldn't mind having a crack at Ireland.

I was looking forward to your blog from the red light district as well Snowy,never mind.

We drove through ‘Lickey End’…and the equally smutty ‘Bell End’ I kid you not, but found the red light district of Stow on the Wold was a sheep called ‘Bingo’, made our excuses and left….the pub near the Town Hall was canny, but the name escapes me.

We drove through ‘Lickey End’…and the equally smutty ‘Bell End’ I kid you not, but found the red light district of Stow on the Wold was a sheep called ‘Bingo’, made our excuses and left….the pub near the Town Hall was canny, but the name escapes me. [/quote]
should have come back via nuneaton to do homage to larry grayson by going up camp hill to chapel end, turn left for gun hill but got expect a saloon or sheriff there.

Nuneaton just up the road from me in Tamworth and we like to go to Hartshill Hayes Country Park which has some great views.

You didn't get your Motor Home Mr D. from Mrs Krankie's Husband's Mother's drive which I saw on National TV - looks a very smart and expensive one.

Give Ireland a go Mr Derwent, I first went over in 2012 and it’s great to get around and plenty to see. We normally head south to Waterford, but Galway’s canny as well, but Dublin never appealed to me.

Late 1990's into the 2000's regularly went across to Belfast and Derry - didn't like it one bit. Stayed in a Hotel Monday through to Friday morning and the next day it was blown up. Similar thing when stayed in Magrafelt close to Derry and the high street was like a bomb site one weekend before I got there.

Also spent time in and around Dublin which I found to be no problem and quite lively in a good way.

Did regular visits to Isle of Man, Jersey & Guernsey although the later I just found it to be rather dull.

Spent 1973 to 1975 with the army in N Ireland. Church Street was much worse when Sheff U came to town.

Snowy, you going to the Salford game ? Only 2 buses there for me, what's your excuse ?

Me feckin knee’s till I get sorted…if I encounter a set of stairs without an handrail I’m like a pissed off Dalek…… and of course parole from she who must be obeyed….seriously if I said I was going shark wrestling in a canal in Birmingham she’d want to come with her usual phrase of…. “ That’ll be nice, let’s go”…… last time I took her to an away match was suicidal….. she has all the subconscious traits of an hooligan that bubbled up. ……..

never take a wife or partner to a pools away match. it will end up a row and you,ll be paying for it for weeks after.

I took her to Bournemouth when we qualified for the playoffs and she went shopping pre match in Boscombe High Street with the youngest son’s girlfriend… we found alternative pursuits and met up at two O’clock….and they were loaded down with bags…I flipped and she disappeared with the bags, left them in a branch of a shop she worked for and got them sent up to her work address….I had visions of her trying to get through the turnstiles with them …… it can be stressful.

Our lass has been to well over a hundred away games. Never a nasty moment and she usually drives so a pint is in the mix. What's not to like about that. She loves footy mind.

Ah well... look after yourself.

No but it is only three months old and it too looks very smart and yes they are expensive. I put the previous one in part exchange and got £7k more than I paid for it so they do hold their price.

We've done Ireland before Snowy, just over 30 years ago and really enjoyed it. We toured in a car using B&B's but this next time we have our own facilities. We went round the Waterford crystal factory which was amazing. Pubs were great, never stopped laughing. Our first stop was Tipperary and as you drive into the town the sign says....WELCOME TO TIPPERARY YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY. It really is a great country to visit.

It shows I am getting stupid in my old age but got the years completely wrong.

It should have been mid 80's through to mid 90's

Love going to Ireland for the racing - bigger fields and better odds in races than over here - course betting at English tracks is a joke these days, they all offer the same odds.

Plus, the racing is only half the fun in Ireland. Love Galway as a place, and there's some lovely courses round Dublin, which is always worth a weekend.

I enjoyed pulling up on a blustery day in a car park and getting to look at the islands used for filming Father Ted near Galway…..the wife said I was mad, probably right.

Lived in Cobh in 1986 famous for the last port of call of the Titanic whilst working at Irish Steel, we used to get the ferry to the steelworks across the river. I was there for 6 weeks, I didn’t get the chance to visit anywhere as I was working 7 days a week but I sampled plenty of real Guinness.
I went to Dublin in 2009, did the Guinness tour boring tbh, you just wandered round youself till you got to Tha bar at the top and got a pint of Guinness The Jameson tour was better as there was a guide describing how the whisky was distilled and obviously a free sample which I found very sweet, not to my taste.

I do like Cork, great place.

would love to give ireland a go as everyone who has gone seem to like the place. the only problem is that wet stuff to the west where you have to fly or sail across. will not fly and i feel queasy just taking the dog swimming on the fish sands. last time i crossed the irish sea to the isle of man i collapsed in the gents after spewing up so much and then trying when i,d nothing to bring up. never felt worse before or since.

The ferries across to Dublin are so much larger than the ferry to the Isle of Man, that you hardly notice any motion on the crossing.
Went to Jersey by fast cat which aren’t that large but fast (50 knots) you get a real exciting ride, if you’re stood on deck in the shallow water your feet leave the deck while you’re hands are holding the hand rail…. but the abundance of sick bags would rule you out Mr A.

Must have been in the 90's took the Roll on/Roll off ferry from Holyhead to Dublin and the crossing was really rough. When we got to Dublin couldn't get in the harbour and we spent 11/12 hours just going to and throw outside the harbour. Finally docked about 7am when we had left Holyhead about 4pm.
On the return journey after a couple of days the RoRo was out of action and we had to drive to Rosslare to get the ferry back to Fishguard, yes a lovely journey overall!

When I returned from Ireland on the ferry from Dublin it was shortly after the Zeebrugge disaster, they announced over the p.a. ‘system doors closed’,I never recall hearing that before on a ferry ?

Ferries on this route have increased in size dramatically and exceed 50,000 tons so the vessel should be far more stable, mind you, I quite enjoy a lumpy crossing.

The ferry was decent size but the Captain wouldn't enter the harbour because it is quite tight with the walls encompassing it. We were lucky because we sat in the restaurant area with limited access to passengers because many used the service to get duty free fags etc and just stay on the boat for both journeys.

Used to like the Stranraer to Belfast crossing before they stopped this service. But generally it was the good old plane from Birmingham to Belfast or Dublin.

Remember flying to the Isle of Man and next stop I wanted to go to was Jersey and this could be done via Dublin, Cardiff, Bristol onto Jersey. All those take offs and landings! Think it would have been quicker to return to Brum and take the direct flight to Jersey.

Best place to be on a ship is midships because it’s like being on a see saw when the ships pitching, but everyone suffers when it’s rolling.

Ireland,Scotland or Wales for a holiday ?? brrrgh to cold me..give me a £60 return fare, warm weather and a pint for a couple of euros over that lot any day..

The worst thing about ships is star jumps. When it’s rough you can jump in the air and find yourself with a 20 foot drop.

It’s like being in zero gravity, with a kick up the arse. From deck to deck head in seconds.