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May 30, 2023 17:03:06 GMT -5
Post by Tim on May 30, 2023 17:03:06 GMT -5
Perhaps you can look up Jackie while you're there
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May 31, 2023 16:08:48 GMT -5
Post by Melinda Halliwell on May 31, 2023 16:08:48 GMT -5
Mum and I revisited Llandudno and did the tour up the mountain called the Great Orme situated next to the Pier which came in with the 48-hour combo ticket we bought yesterday.
The mountain is similar to Gibraltar Rock in having narrow roads and a summit up top with houses along the way people live in also.
In the middle were some Bronze Mines you could go down and visit that Mum and I didn't do.
We also didn't get out at the summit because it was very windy and cold.
A tram from the bottom can be taken up to the summit that stops at a halfway station where you transfer to a second one and go further on.
After we ate both of us went on our last bus tour around Rhos On Sea past Penrith Bay and back again getting full use of the £37 fee we paid to do all three.
One thing I would've changed is the fact we went by bus and not train which took longer travel-wise obviously.
When we do Chester Zoo tomorrow on our last day Mum and I will take a train and then a bus from Chester Station to the Zoo and back naturally.
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May 31, 2023 17:15:08 GMT -5
Post by Tim on May 31, 2023 17:15:08 GMT -5
Wish I could get over there.
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Jun 1, 2023 1:16:48 GMT -5
You or any other members here would enjoy Wales, Tim. The north because of places like Snowdonia, Anglesea Island, and other things then the south for areas like Pembrokeshire and Swansea.
You also have Brecon Beacons Nation Park plus Cardiff where Doctor Who's filmed also.
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Jun 1, 2023 11:10:37 GMT -5
Post by Tim on Jun 1, 2023 11:10:37 GMT -5
Yeah, sounds like I would.
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Jun 1, 2023 12:16:10 GMT -5
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Jun 1, 2023 12:16:10 GMT -5
Our last day saw us visiting Chester Zoo which was humungous being 180 acres in total.
We arrived around 11:05 and left at 5:30 so the entry fee we paid was worth it and we didn't see or do everything. Lions and Giraffes weren't seen as well as a tropical garden plus a free boat ride as the queue was so big we wouldn't have had time to see animals we hadn't yet.
As you can tell from the photos Mum and I managed to see most of the animals.
Of course, we ate at the Zoo but has children's meals because they were cheaper than adult ones and still a decent-sized plate and came with a drink also.
After buying from the gift shop we caught the bus back to Chester Station and went back to camp.
When we go home tomorrow we're taking a coach from Warrington due to the train strike I previously mentioned.
We'll eat and look around Warrington before heading back and eat sandwiches later on the coach.
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Jun 1, 2023 17:10:09 GMT -5
Post by Tim on Jun 1, 2023 17:10:09 GMT -5
Home again.
Wish I could take trips like that.
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Jun 2, 2023 1:45:42 GMT -5
Yes, it was nice visiting North Wales especially, somewhere I hadn't been before and it was sunny too except Weds when it was very windy also.
My friend did question why Mum and I had gone on another holiday to a camp not exactly the Ritz just because it was cheap when we could've done two breaks instead staying in better accommodation paying slightly more overall which I replied Pontins was just a place to crash and not stay around camp all day, and that past accommodation had been reasonable enough although I knew Pontins was tired and outdated.
Anyway, we should arrive home around 9:30 pm after getting back into London at 8 pm and taking the bus and train.
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Post by Trinity on Jun 2, 2023 2:50:31 GMT -5
Safe travels home. I hope you had a good time.
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Jun 2, 2023 11:23:43 GMT -5
Post by Tim on Jun 2, 2023 11:23:43 GMT -5
Yes, it was nice visiting North Wales
Guess you didn't get to visit our member, Jackie.
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Jul 16, 2023 4:54:20 GMT -5
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Jul 16, 2023 4:54:20 GMT -5
Mum and I have booked our family vacation next year for May half term staying 4 nights Monday to Friday at Broadland Sands Holiday Park in Suffolk then. www.hoseasons.co.uk/holiday-parks/broadland-sands-brosMy sister will join us also. We purchased through Sun Holidays which is a website where you can get discounted holidays by imputing a certain number of codes plus the area you want to visit and different dates you can go picking whichever ones the best and most available to you. club950.co.uk/how-it-worksBoth of us have done this before staying at Pontins Southport. Originally, we'd have been staying in a 12ft caravan but get a free upgrade with the deal plus bed linen, electricity and service charge included and free entertainment tickets. Booking direct would've cost us over £539 for their cheapest caravan so even though £293 for 3 people because they charge based on a minimum of 4 people going is more than the actual total which was £217 that's still £246 saving off the actual websites price.
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Jul 16, 2023 11:15:09 GMT -5
Post by Tim on Jul 16, 2023 11:15:09 GMT -5
Almost a year away.
Do booking really go that fast?
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Jul 17, 2023 3:58:28 GMT -5
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Jul 17, 2023 3:58:28 GMT -5
For Sun holidays they do, especially half-term dates because they know parents have to take vacations outside of school of course.
They don't offer many breaks around those times as holiday camps can charge full price for them themselves.
Cheap rated breaks costing £9.50pp or £19.50pp are usually available only in term time.
And regarding the 6 weeks, Pontins Resorts are normally the only thing available which people don't like being run down places but get chosen because certain families can't afford anywhere else due to the current cost of living although my friend argues why do people need to go away anyway when money needs to be saved then?
Summer dates weren't available when I booked hence May instead which will come around when the promotion resurfaces in January.
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Jul 17, 2023 11:10:16 GMT -5
Post by Tim on Jul 17, 2023 11:10:16 GMT -5
Best to plan ahead.
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Jul 23, 2023 2:49:07 GMT -5
Post by Melinda Halliwell on Jul 23, 2023 2:49:07 GMT -5
I've near enough finished packing for our family vacation to Butlins Bognor tomorrow afternoon.
Mum and I will share a suitcase because we'll have my sister's suitcase, her wheelchair, plus a bag with her medication inside and nappy pads also which must fit in my smallish size car and be transported to our accommodation once we get there obviously unless the camp let me park up near our Chalet so to allow us to offload our luggage then.
We'll have dinner inside Butlins and then see a show I'd booked to watch later on.
Whatever we'll do throughout the week hasn't been decided yet and so might be done on a daily basis actually.
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