General Chat

True.... :-)

And one of the best breakfasts in the country Eeyore. :-)

You need a lot of time to do Ironbridge-it's massive,however, the cake shop is quite small :-D

that is sooooooo tempting Suzanne but all we have here are lot's of sheep,ramblers & an invasion from Brum every weekend...

Now Anglesey is top of my list to visit.

I want to sit and listen and see if I can hear the druids chanting in the days when it was Mona....

ANYONE want to swap a five bed house in Angelsey? lots of lovely beaches and nice welsh people for two wks?not fussed were i go as long as its nice.x :-D

We do Eeyore lol, I've only been here 3 and a half years after all :-0 saying to someone yesterday I haven't actually seen much of the county yet, not even Ironbridge which is just 'down the road'.

No I don't want to be whingey either cos I don't begrudge anyone their fun.

Just hacked off that my poor OH drags himself out of bed at 4 am for what?

nowt really when there are folk that do bog all and get far more. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr x

@Rose...I believe we still have a Cake Day to arrange??

Next year I won't be at stopathome. I will be attending TW's wedding and I don't give a flying flip flang what I have to forego to do it lol x

stopathome for me too, I did rather optimistically get us both passports ( renewed mine) a year or so ago in the hope that we could have a 'proper' holiday before Dan gets too old to want to go with mum lol.

if I win the lottery at the weekend I'll treat you all lol.

PS don't mean to sound whingey, a roof over our heads is more important and something to be thankful for :-D

Think we may go to Stopathome this year.

I found my old best friend from School on Friends reunited some 6 years ago . We live in Kent and she & her hubby live in Wiltshire .Every year since we have spent a week at hers which has been lovely with lots of gossiping as we all get on so well.

My OH isnt so good at the moment , having scans next week and on the 1st April cos he keeps falling over and his memory is bad . He does have some dementia that at the moment is thought to be age related ,he is 78 .
But I think he will have to give up driving and I cant do a 5 hour drive on my own.

Very sad if we cant make it any more . so it may be stopathome for us from now on :-(

Do get a bit down about this if I'm honest.

OH works 12 hour shifts in a smelly factory.......yet STILL we have to go to Stopathome grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Managed a 4 day jaunt to Haven a year or so back where
we all had a blast ..even though we were plagued by bleeding black fly :-|

One day Rodney we'll be millionaires :-D

Yeahhhhh :-D

Crip Exchange Trip :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

That tickled me ;-)

Might be an idea of having a thread with places to go and see which do not cost - with or without children.

That would involve far too much CLEANING

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew :-D

There are agencies where people swop homes - I often thought about it from a convenience point of view but OH never would.

Muffy I can just recall interesting/exciting experiences to do with holidays and no - however if you wish to send a s.a.e I will reply ;-)

If anyone is in Devon and has children - The Donkey Sanctuary is a good days outing and is FREE, absolutely FREE. including car parking. Take a packed lunch, nice grounds - there is the usual shop - pencils and things.

There are other sites around the country but worthwhile checking if free also.

We happened to be there on our wedding anniversay and so adopted a donkey - so now we do not bother with gifts - just stick with the donkey his name is Coco.

That is true...if vertical can be maintained... :-D

It's not so much a holiday though...it's a Crip Exchange Trip ;-)

I thought I was staying in the Shires for a week and you were coming to the Valleys :-D

On the bright side - rise when you like - won't miss breakfast, will sleep well as not in strange bed, no tummy bug from eating strange food/drink, fancy a piece of toast at 2.00 a.m. - no problem - must say there are a lot of advantages - anyone else think of more?