How about a trip to the new forest, Lymington or Lyndhurst. Great countryside, near the coast and some lovely pubs and restaurants about. Try Elmers court country club in Lymington for some good rooms in that area.
Beat me to it!
We stayed in Lyndhurst earlier in the year for a couple of nights and thoroughly enjoyed it.
How about a trip to the new forest, Lymington or Lyndhurst. Great countryside, near the coast and some lovely pubs and restaurants about. Try Elmers court country club in Lymington for some good rooms in that area.
Beat me to it!
We stayed in Lyndhurst earlier in the year for a couple of nights and thoroughly enjoyed it.
And me it seems! 3 recommendations, it must be good!
The Grand Burstin....what an fing dump mate.....can't believe you're recommending that place....2 star, 3 at best and that's pushing it!
I wasn't necessarily 'recommending' any hotel. I said I had stayed there (about 12 years ago). At £55 per head for a couple of nights dinner bed and breakfast they did the job. Not sure that we bothered with the dinners tho! Prices now into the 60s but a lot of other places on that website.
And I'd third the New Forest - just come back from a great weekend down there! If your partner likes animals, you've got all the wildlife in the Forest to look at, and as the chap above says, Marwell Zoo on your doorstep. Plus the place is so beautiful, you can't help but have a nice romantic weekend!
And just to ensure you do have a nice romantic weekend, and are prepared to push the boat out a bit, try the Captains Club in Christchurch.
Glass half empty - I can't wait to join you moving down there! Just need to get the kids settled and we're off too! Only 100 miles from London but a different world down there. And one I can't wait to join.
Amazing how close it is but a completely different world , my only trouble is that there is bugger all work down here so spend most of the working week back up there .
Had a smashing weekend in Rye not too long ago. For a beach nip along to Camber Sands, think it's the only coastal beach where I've never seen the sea. Helluva walk for a quick dip!
Am in the middle of a 2 week holiday in the new forest and can only echo the comments above. Staying in lodge at a place called Sandy Balls (fnar fnar)
Am in the middle of a 2 week holiday in the new forest and can only echo the comments above. Staying in lodge at a place called Sandy Balls (fnar fnar)
I wonder why you chose to stay there?
The New Forest rocks btw! Unless you have to work :-(
There are safari 'experience' canvas teepees in Port Lympne Animal Park. Not the cheapest of stays, but if you want to impress, it would have worked for me! There is also Whipsnade Zoo near Bletchley Park and that would also make a good weekend as you can do enigma and elephants in one weekend. There are prairie dogs living wild near the wildebeest and for some reason that, along with wandering amongst the wallabies, rather endeared the place to me. The New Forest is stunning, but I'd probably leave that one until the autumn hues are setting in and the crowds have lessened.
Am in the middle of a 2 week holiday in the new forest and can only echo the comments above. Staying in lodge at a place called Sandy Balls (fnar fnar)
As long as your sandy balls don't go anywhere near my BBQ 2morow mr mehmet !
Am in the middle of a 2 week holiday in the new forest and can only echo the comments above. Staying in lodge at a place called Sandy Balls (fnar fnar)
As long as your sandy balls don't go anywhere near my BBQ 2morow mr mehmet !
No chance mate, can't say the same for the jumbo sausage though! See you tomorrow.
Isle of Wight: nice beaches, lots of nice areas for walking, can take a day trip over to Lymington, pop up the Spinnaker at Portsmouth before or after the ferry - and it has a zoo! I once saw a tiger catch and eat a bird in the IOW Zoo, the only time I've ever seen a captive big cat do anything other than stretch and yawn :-)
And I'd third the New Forest - just come back from a great weekend down there! If your partner likes animals, you've got all the wildlife in the Forest to look at, and as the chap above says, Marwell Zoo on your doorstep. Plus the place is so beautiful, you can't help but have a nice romantic weekend!
And just to ensure you do have a nice romantic weekend, and are prepared to push the boat out a bit, try the Captains Club in Christchurch.
Glass half empty - I can't wait to join you moving down there! Just need to get the kids settled and we're off too! Only 100 miles from London but a different world down there. And one I can't wait to join.
Amazing how close it is but a completely different world , my only trouble is that there is bugger all work down here so spend most of the working week back up there .
Lack of work is why I never moved down before. And take care on the commuting back to London front - I knew someone who moved to Lymington and commuted back to London every day who ended up in hospital with nervous exhaustion. Mucked his marriage up as well in the end.
Fancy setting up a Dorset Addicks branch shortly!!!!!
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We stayed in Lyndhurst earlier in the year for a couple of nights and thoroughly enjoyed it.
3 recommendations, it must be good!
Otherwise I'd say Dorset (Monkey World) or maybe Bath, which is nice enough and has Bristol Zoo not far away (also has red pandas).
The New Forest rocks btw! Unless you have to work :-(
http://www.lhhengland.com/
They also do one for trips to Scotland ( www.lhhscotland.com ) which my parents use every year
Fancy setting up a Dorset Addicks branch shortly!!!!!
As well as Whitstable beach and the above mentioned zoos.
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