Favourite UK city for a 3 day break

simonhead
simonhead Posts: 1,399
edited September 2014 in The cake stop
Purely for scientific purposes, if you could do a 3 day break in any of the following where would it be?
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  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    Would we be leaving today because if we were I wouldn't want to be stuck in one of those Scottish shite holes once they close the door on Thursday :wink:
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn
  • bianchimoon
    bianchimoon Posts: 3,942
    York, does that help your survey?
    All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
  • simonhead
    simonhead Posts: 1,399
    bianchimoon wrote:
    York, does that help your survey?

    Not in the slightest, face palm as York is lovely and i should have put it in but only allowed 10 poll answers. Funnily enough did you know Reading is Britain 17th most visited city by tourists.
    Life isnt like a box of chocolates, its like a bag of pic n mix.
  • ai_1
    ai_1 Posts: 3,060
    arran77 wrote:
    Would we be leaving today because if we were I wouldn't want to be stuck in one of those Scottish shite holes once they close the door on Thursday :wink:
    Besides being a bigot you're also very, very tiresome....
  • simonhead
    simonhead Posts: 1,399
    simonhead wrote:
    bianchimoon wrote:
    York, does that help your survey?

    Not in the slightest, face palm as York is lovely and i should have put it in but only allowed 10 poll answers. Funnily enough did you know Reading is Britain 17th most visited city by tourists.

    Edited just for you
    Life isnt like a box of chocolates, its like a bag of pic n mix.
  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    simonhead wrote:
    bianchimoon wrote:
    York, does that help your survey?

    Not in the slightest, face palm as York is lovely and i should have put it in but only allowed 10 poll answers. Funnily enough did you know Reading is Britain 17th most visited city by tourists.

    This is something to do with it's proximity to places like London and Windsor which are obviously big tourist destinations but expensive to stay in so you get lots of tourists staying in the many hotels in Reading and then traveling to the attractions in other towns, Reading has fuck all for tourists :wink:
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn
  • bianchimoon
    bianchimoon Posts: 3,942
    ta! just out of interest what's reason for this eclectic mix of destinations
    All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    Ai_1 wrote:
    arran77 wrote:
    Would we be leaving today because if we were I wouldn't want to be stuck in one of those Scottish shite holes once they close the door on Thursday :wink:
    Besides being a bigot you're also very, very tiresome....

    Thank you :mrgreen:

    The :wink: should perhaps suggest that it was a light hearted quip :P banter if you will, after all this is the part of the forum where more off topic banter is acceptable :D
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn
  • bianchimoon
    bianchimoon Posts: 3,942
    I stayed in Reading once just as it was part of a package to visit legoland, would never stay for any other reason!
    All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    bianchimoon wrote:
    I stayed in Reading once just as it was part of a package to visit legoland, would never stay for any other reason!

    Exactly my point, much cheaper than staying closer to Legoland but still pretty easy to get there :lol:

    Next time you visit you could stay in the old prison, it might be getting turned into a hotel :shock:
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn
  • bianchimoon
    bianchimoon Posts: 3,942
    arran77 wrote:
    bianchimoon wrote:
    I stayed in Reading once just as it was part of a package to visit legoland, would never stay for any other reason!

    Exactly my point, much cheaper than staying closer to Legoland but still pretty easy to get there :lol:

    Next time you visit you could stay in the old prison, it might be getting turned into a hotel :shock:

    haven't they done that with an old prison in Oxford?
    there are a couple of places i've always wanted a weekend in but never had the opportunity (Oxford and stratford upon avon) probably not as nice as I think they are?
    All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
  • simonhead
    simonhead Posts: 1,399
    bianchimoon wrote:
    ta! just out of interest what's reason for this eclectic mix of destinations

    Purely Scientific, well sort of. Also the mrs wants a weekend away. She was pushing to go to Leicestershire (has family there) but when York was mentioned had no qualmes of bumping it and stopping for a night on the way up the M1
    Life isnt like a box of chocolates, its like a bag of pic n mix.
  • drlodge
    drlodge Posts: 4,826
    I'd stay in a city that was close to some friends who I also wanted to see, or where there is good road cycling nearby. So somewhere like York...
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  • simonhead
    simonhead Posts: 1,399
    bianchimoon wrote:
    arran77 wrote:
    bianchimoon wrote:
    I stayed in Reading once just as it was part of a package to visit legoland, would never stay for any other reason!

    Exactly my point, much cheaper than staying closer to Legoland but still pretty easy to get there :lol:

    Next time you visit you could stay in the old prison, it might be getting turned into a hotel :shock:

    haven't they done that with an old prison in Oxford?
    there are a couple of places i've always wanted a weekend in but never had the opportunity (Oxford and stratford upon avon) probably not as nice as I think they are?

    Both absolutely decent places but I would struggle to do a full weekend in either. Canterbury is not bad either.
    Life isnt like a box of chocolates, its like a bag of pic n mix.
  • bianchimoon
    bianchimoon Posts: 3,942
    simonhead wrote:
    bianchimoon wrote:
    ta! just out of interest what's reason for this eclectic mix of destinations

    Purely Scientific, well sort of. Also the mrs wants a weekend away. She was pushing to go to Leicestershire (has family there) but when York was mentioned had no qualmes of bumping it and stopping for a night on the way up the M1

    5 hrs (ish)?, thats a fair drive worth the trip tho' if it comes off book a meal in the Star in the City http://www.starinnthecity.co.uk/ and walk round the city on the walls :D
    All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    simonhead wrote:
    bianchimoon wrote:
    ta! just out of interest what's reason for this eclectic mix of destinations

    Purely Scientific, well sort of. Also the mrs wants a weekend away. She was pushing to go to Leicestershire (has family there) but when York was mentioned had no qualmes of bumping it and stopping for a night on the way up the M1

    A weekend away for you and Mrs Head? Say no more :wink: It's got to be Brighton hasn't it for a couple of young child free party animals like yourselves :D
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn
  • simonhead
    simonhead Posts: 1,399
    arran77 wrote:
    simonhead wrote:
    bianchimoon wrote:
    ta! just out of interest what's reason for this eclectic mix of destinations

    Purely Scientific, well sort of. Also the mrs wants a weekend away. She was pushing to go to Leicestershire (has family there) but when York was mentioned had no qualmes of bumping it and stopping for a night on the way up the M1

    A weekend away for you and Mrs Head? Say no more :wink: It's got to be Brighton hasn't it for a couple of young child free party animals like yourselves :D

    Brighton is OK but alas I was banned from the pier when I was a kid, we go down a few times a year either on the bike or a large group and go for brekkie on the front.
    Life isnt like a box of chocolates, its like a bag of pic n mix.
  • bianchimoon
    bianchimoon Posts: 3,942
    cross on the furry to brugge?
    All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    Could easily get boozed up and eat nice food in York for 3 days.
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  • nathancom
    nathancom Posts: 1,567
    arran77 wrote:
    Ai_1 wrote:
    arran77 wrote:
    Would we be leaving today because if we were I wouldn't want to be stuck in one of those Scottish shite holes once they close the door on Thursday :wink:
    Besides being a bigot you're also very, very tiresome....

    Thank you :mrgreen:

    The :wink: should perhaps suggest that it was a light hearted quip :P banter if you will, after all this is the part of the forum where more off topic banter is acceptable :D
    Yeah Arran isn't a bigot.
  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    nathancom wrote:
    arran77 wrote:
    Ai_1 wrote:
    arran77 wrote:
    Would we be leaving today because if we were I wouldn't want to be stuck in one of those Scottish shite holes once they close the door on Thursday :wink:
    Besides being a bigot you're also very, very tiresome....

    Thank you :mrgreen:

    The :wink: should perhaps suggest that it was a light hearted quip :P banter if you will, after all this is the part of the forum where more off topic banter is acceptable :D
    Yeah Arran isn't a bigot.

    The difference between you and me (actually I'm sure this isn't the only one) is that I don't take anything here seriously and actually do have a sense of humour.

    I love the banter here and I really don't care when it gets slung back my way either......this place is not real life :wink:
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 16,004
    nathancom wrote:
    arran77 wrote:
    Ai_1 wrote:
    arran77 wrote:
    Would we be leaving today because if we were I wouldn't want to be stuck in one of those Scottish shite holes once they close the door on Thursday :wink:
    Besides being a bigot you're also very, very tiresome....

    Thank you :mrgreen:

    The :wink: should perhaps suggest that it was a light hearted quip :P banter if you will, after all this is the part of the forum where more off topic banter is acceptable :D
    Yeah Arran isn't a bigot.


    How about tiresome? :P
  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    Ballysmate wrote:
    nathancom wrote:
    arran77 wrote:
    Ai_1 wrote:
    arran77 wrote:
    Would we be leaving today because if we were I wouldn't want to be stuck in one of those Scottish shite holes once they close the door on Thursday :wink:
    Besides being a bigot you're also very, very tiresome....

    Thank you :mrgreen:

    The :wink: should perhaps suggest that it was a light hearted quip :P banter if you will, after all this is the part of the forum where more off topic banter is acceptable :D
    Yeah Arran isn't a bigot.


    How about tiresome? :P

    I'm certainly that :lol:
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,496
    arran77 wrote:
    I love the banter here and I really don't care when it gets slung back my way either......this place is not real life :wink:
    Oh come on. Now I know that you are only jesting. Where would we be without BR?

    Probably a whole lot happier if we could get away from computer devices.
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  • nathancom
    nathancom Posts: 1,567
    arran77 wrote:
    nathancom wrote:
    arran77 wrote:
    Ai_1 wrote:
    arran77 wrote:
    Would we be leaving today because if we were I wouldn't want to be stuck in one of those Scottish shite holes once they close the door on Thursday :wink:
    Besides being a bigot you're also very, very tiresome....

    Thank you :mrgreen:

    The :wink: should perhaps suggest that it was a light hearted quip :P banter if you will, after all this is the part of the forum where more off topic banter is acceptable :D
    Yeah Arran isn't a bigot.

    The difference between you and me (actually I'm sure this isn't the only one) is that I don't take anything here seriously and actually do have a sense of humour.

    I love the banter here and I really don't care when it gets slung back my way either......this place is not real life :wink:
    Why so serious? Is this what I get for saying nice things about you.
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,202
    arran77 wrote:
    I love the banter here and I really don't care when it gets slung back my way either......this place is not real life :wink:

    you sure this place isn't real life?

    W.end away - cycling involved?
  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    matthew h wrote:
    arran77 wrote:
    I love the banter here and I really don't care when it gets slung back my way either......this place is not real life :wink:

    you sure this place isn't real life?

    W.end away - cycling involved?

    Maybe it is real then :shock:
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn
  • BelgianBeerGeek
    BelgianBeerGeek Posts: 5,226
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:
    Could easily get boozed up and eat nice food in York for 3 days.
    Went for York solely for these reasons.
    Ecrasez l’infame
  • MichaelW
    MichaelW Posts: 2,164
    Alan Partridge may lack a sense of taste and appropriateness but he does know a Fine City.
  • arran77
    arran77 Posts: 9,260
    Genuine question, what is the appeal of York for a weekend away? I've never been so honestly know nothing of the place other than it has a minster!!

    Mrs 77 is dropping 'subtle' hints about a weekend away so maybe this is the place?
    "Arran, you are like the Tony Benn of smut. You have never diluted your depravity and always stand by your beliefs. You have my respect sir and your wife my pity" :lol:

    seanoconn

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