Vacation V Staycation Costs

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Hundred acre wood is Hamshire, home of Rooksbury Park Caravan site, when we lived in Scotland we used it a lot as it was close to family, infact we lived on the site for 3 weeks when we moved south as we had no other accomodation, now we live 30 minutes from it, often walk in that area

well steaming bats were something the upper deck crew wore or maybe the engine room, we are in the process of decorating and had to clear out the book shelves am now reading H.M.S. Ganges Tales of the Trogs by John Douglas, which jumped out at me, brings back so many memories

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I can fully emphasise WTG, because like you I get a “wow” factor from lots of different things. It doesn’t have to be something like Niagara Falls, or let’s say Uluru, geographical features in the main, and simply stunning. But it might be the adrenalin rush of surviving a gallop across as I say Dartmoor, or even coming across Anne Boleyn’s bloody gloves on display and understanding her part in shaping this country as we know it. Definitely a shiver down the spine moment. And like you, looking at book, film, music related locations, and anything to do with history, be it our own or overseas floats my boat.

I love returning to our favourite locations every so often, as well as searching out new places. All great things to do, and down to choice.😁

Ethy Woods, up Lerryn Creek off the River Fowey is supposed to be the inspiration for the Wild Wood in Wind in the Willows, fantastic to canoe, picnic on little islands and swim😁

We had the misfortune last February before lockdown to be on a Med cruise. The ship had 6500 passengers, never again will we go on a cruise with those numbers.

Most of our other cruises have been 2500-3500 and that is as big as we would want to go, if we ever go on one again.

DK, £1100 for a  balcony cabin on a 7 day cruise, I guess is P&Os bottom line. That's with them allocating the deck and cabin and not in high season. The prices for cruises are going to increase dramatically for 2022/2023 once they win back their lost passengers. As much as I like them, like most holidays these days, its getting a bit expensive. It used to work out at £100 per day each. If you are not fussy about which deck or type of cabin, you can still go at a reasonable price but for us we like what we like so its either pay up or don't go.

Although we've enjoyed the two ocean cruises we've been on, and the one up to Alaska was truly memorable, I have to say that I really dislike the "days at sea" aspect with literally nothing to view, although, admittedly, plenty of activities within the confines of the ship itself. 

But we did go on our first river cruise - along the Douro - 18 months ago, combining it with a visit to Lisbon. And this I can certainly recommend, as there is scenery throughout along with excursions each day.  We had planned a second such cruise in May (Lyon to Avignon) but decided quite early on to postpone it to next year and I'm very relieved that we did so now. 

We went to Avignon two years ago and one of the bridge spans over the river was missing - Does anyone know if it has been repaired yet? 

WTG - you want Hartfield, home of AA Milne. East Sussex though, not Kent. Turn south off A 264 on to B2026 at E Sussex motorhomes - origin of my previous van.

Thanks for that CY I didn’t know it was real🤷🏻‍♂️ even though I’ve read them with my Children👍🏻