Holidays 2026

CheshireAddick said:

Mrs and I are heading for the Cotsworld for a few days at the end of June to celebrate our wedding anniversary. Does anyone have any suggestions for places to go and see?. I've only been there on business a few times so a new area for us to explore.

Any suggestions would be welcome . Cheers

loads of nice villages 

broadway
boughton on the water
lower slaughter

clarksons farm shop and his pub are quite good 

palarsehater said:

CheshireAddick said:

Mrs and I are heading for the Cotsworld for a few days at the end of June to celebrate our wedding anniversary. Does anyone have any suggestions for places to go and see?. I've only been there on business a few times so a new area for us to explore.

Any suggestions would be welcome . Cheers

loads of nice villages 

broadway
boughton on the water
lower slaughter

clarksons farm shop and his pub are quite good 

Thanks mate. Appreciated. We have booked a table for the restaurant for our anniversary and plan to visit the shop. I will definetly take a look at the other locations you suggested. Cheers

DaveMehmet said:

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MrOneLung said:

The flight can’t be worse than when my mate went to Russia in the 90’s with Aeroflot and the toilets didn’t have doors, just a curtain you pulled across whilst using 

I used Aeroflot a few times early 90s. £350 open return to Delhi or Bangkok you couldn’t go wrong but a few crackers were:

plane landed in Kazakstan and Russia were rowing with them so they refused to refuel us. Cue a two hour wait where they let us all off to have snowball fights under the plane and to smoke as many fags as we could. There was then rumour a hat was going round to buy the fuel 😂

another time our “stewardess” got pissed up and ended up snogging the fella behind us sitting on his lap. 

Another time I witnessed 2 or 3 stewards trying to shut the plane door and when it wouldn’t they got the captain to come out and shoulder barge the door shut. 

Food and drink was basically poison. 

No films. 

Once got on a flight in Bangkok with a chap so off his nut they had strapped him to a sack barrow like Hannibal Lecter. 

As I say it was cheap though 😂✊

There were some right crackers back in the day for getting to/fro SE Asia.
Went with Balkan Airlines once.
Plane never made it to Sofia airport but a military base some way away.
Landed and went into some sort of lounge with bar.
Mass brawl taking place between pissed up natives.
As you say, cheap though.

Another one was early days Malaysian Airlines where the meal was a pot noodle.

The ones where you constantly focus on the propellers and prey they don’t stop, always added to the excitement.

Well did you?

I will never forget my fist flight which was from Manston to Perpignan,over 60 years ago.It was a prop plane,we were in the departure lounge (basically a shed) called for the flight(only one there got on plane,then told to get off.got off to witness 3 of four props working ,one not moving,Told to get back on,(still only 3 moving,now petrified,a plane had come down in the pyrenees a few weeks before.Got back on waited a good half hour before ,"we will be taking off in 5 minutes.Luckily I could not see if all 4 props where moving,but i have to say I was bricking it as was everbody else.Worse 3 hour of my life.

stockportugaladdick said:

CheshireAddick said:

Mrs and I are heading for the Cotsworld for a few days at the end of June to celebrate our wedding anniversary. Does anyone have any suggestions for places to go and see?. I've only been there on business a few times so a new area for us to explore.

Any suggestions would be welcome . Cheers

In addition to what others have said..
Chedworth Roman Villa is a must see if you are into your history.
Also Bilbury, Broadway, Stow on the Wold, and Castle Combe villages are worth a visit.
And the model village at Bourton on the Water is great!

Hi mate. Thanks you for the suggestions, it is appreciated. I will take a look at them 👍