10 days home in England - places to show the mrs?

[green job]

How about uxbridge? or have a game of darts at the the white horse in southwark Dont forget to take your spear

[arunsakda]

A pub, a chippy, and a decent Indian takeaway.

All can be found on Scunthorpe High Street.

[green job]

The best thing we did was to book 2 coach trips with National holidays

http://www.nationalholidays.com/

one was 2 days in London, and the other 5 days in Scotland,

very cheap and no driving involved.

Accomadation on the tours was fairly good and the driver was always giving information

about various places we travelled through

The wife fell in love with Scotland and was happy to have a photo taken with a guy in a kilt

She was not impressed with the price of a take away Thai noodle in London..5 Quid.

Have a Nice Day.

Next time take her to England,she'll probably enjoy it more.

When was London NOT in England......eeeeeee, i dunno some people.

London is no longer England

[zzdocxx]

Enjoying the thread, minus trolls of course, as I will be visiting London/UK for the very first time in May. Staying with friends in outside London.

Lost of ideas here !

[evadgib]

In that case you may like this:

https://www.gov.uk/search?q=ve+day

If you're still there in June the armed forces day celebrations this year centre around stoke park in Guildford.

HTH

Edited April 20, 2015 by evadgib

[zzdocxx]

Wow, I didn't realize there will be quite a number of VE Day 70th anniversary events on Friday May 8.

Touching down in London on the 6th of May, only to leave on the train for Paris on the 8th. Back to London to settle in on the 14th.

[evadgib]

I suspect Paris will be doing it too

[green job]

Enjoying the thread, minus trolls of course, as I will be visiting London/UK for the very first time in May. Staying with friends in outside London.

Lost of ideas here !

Dont forget to take your raincoat wellies a pullover and a case full of money . I am sure you will enjoy,,, London is a great place,i hope you enjoy your time in my

Home Town,,,,,,, By the way we do have a city in London in the East end Thats if you know what it means,as most of the western world call every dam town a city.

Last of all remember to take your spear with you,if you are visiting Oxford ST

[theoldgit]

We've actually just come back from a couple of weeks in the UK, it's my girlfriends fourth visit, we returned home via Amsterdam as she wanted to see the tulip fields.

We spent some time in Eastbourne, where I spent my misspent youth, she enjoyed that and the South Downs very much, anything for a photo-shoot.

We then drove up to Stratford upon Avon for a long weekend, again most enjoyable, before overnighting in Windsor, stopping off for an lunch in a Wiltshire county pub and Stonehenge - another photo-shoot, on the way.

We then drove to Kent where we stayed with friends, bit of a hiccup on the M25 as we were stuck for three hours the wrong side of an accident.

Did a day trip to London, and then went to a staff reunion in Croydon, which surprisingly she enjoyed very much - must have been the Prosecco.

Then flew to Amsterdam where we spent three nights with one full day in the tulip fields.

All in all not a bad trip, a mix of what I wanted to do and what she wanted to do, a good range of restaurants, Thai, Indian, Chinese and of course Farang food, a splattering of shopping, both of us, and really not that expensive with proper planning.

We were lucky with the weather, sunny every day and we even managed the mid 20's on a couple of days.

[Jip99]

And while you're in York, The Shambles, the Minster and the Jorvik viking museum.

I would add Betty's Tea Rooms for afternoon tea for a wonderfully nostalgic experience. Also the Castle Museum.

[meatboy]

being from the valleys and coal tips of wales i found myself taking her to places of the utmost interesting for her,[so i thought]

no.1 was to hartlepool where they hung the monkey.

no2 was the jungle on the tyne newcastle.

no3 back to LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWYLL she was rearly impressed.

no4 she wanted to go to LLANDDEWI BREFI to see daffyd thomas the only gay in the village.

no 5 it was to scotland and the beautyfull isle of SKYE,now this was my moment to propose[later she said]

no6 i thought as we had only 2days left it was back to wales to something more romantic.

no 7 yes what could beat a guts full of brains SA.AT THE ARMS PARK then onto the BOMBAY INDIAN at the bottom of bute street.

well it done the trick as its over 30yrs and we are still together.

so come on guys never mind,buck.palace ect. first stop should be fish and chips in CLEETHORPES.

[AyG]

no3 back to LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWYLL she was rearly impressed.

Did you forget how to spell the rest of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch? Mustn't forget the church of St. Tysilo and the red cave.

And as for "rearly impressed", was she looking at it from behind? (That makes it hcogogogoilisytnallllwbordnrywhcyregogllygnywgllwpriafnall.)

Or did you mean "nearly" or (less likely) "really"?

[Ricardo]

no3 back to LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWYLL she was rearly impressed.

Did you forget how to spell the rest of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch? Mustn't forget the church of St. Tysilo and the red cave.

And as for "rearly impressed", was she looking at it from behind? (That makes it hcogogogoilisytnallllwbordnrywhcyregogllygnywgllwpriafnall.)

Or did you mean "nearly" or (less likely) "really"?

I bet ThaiVisa's spell-checker had fun with that one !

[StreetCowboy]

no3 back to LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWYLL she was rearly impressed.

Did you forget how to spell the rest of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch? Mustn't forget the church of St. Tysilo and the red cave.

And as for "rearly impressed", was she looking at it from behind? (That makes it hcogogogoilisytnallllwbordnrywhcyregogllygnywgllwpriafnall.)

Or did you mean "nearly" or (less likely) "really"?

It must be hellish being dyslexic in Wales

[Madgee]

A high priority on anyone's 'places to go' list when visiting the UK should be the cities of Cambridge or Oxford, both are tourist friendly and cater for all tastes.

A quick look around the historical colleges with their beautifully manicured gardens and a romantic afternoon punting on the river Cam (Cambridge) is an unforgettable memory. Plenty of reasonably priced guest houses available and some fantastic village pubs within easy reach from both cities.

Just a thought...........

[meatboy]

have we not got any taffs from the south,when we talk about romantic places let me tell you,

there was no finer feeling than a knee trembler with gwyneth in the lane at the back of the double diamond club.CAERPHILLY.

Edited April 30, 2015 by meatboy

[uptheos]

Thai temple in Wimbledon, she'll like that. Took my wife to London, Buck house, told her that's where the Queen lives....."not my Queen" was the reply, wont be bothering again.

TBH I wouldn't be taking her further than the local 7/11 again!

[robertthebruce]

Hampton Court is beautiful, and its in a beautiful part of London, you can catch the Train from ''Waterloo''..

also, on the return, you can get a ''Boat'' to ''Richmond'' where you catch a connecting boat to ''Westminster''.. all very scenic and typical english..

But beautiful... well worth a visit..

enjoy whatever you get up to..

[emilymat]

When I took my Thai wife to the UK in 2009, we stayed in a cottage in the Midlands.

She expressed a wish to go to Scotland, so I took her along the M54 motorway to mid-wales for a couple of days and told her it was Scotland.!

We ended up in Llandudno and she really enjoyed it, apart from a seagull nicking her ice cream before she had even taken a lick!

I know it was a rotten thing to do but, obviously, the Thai education system doesn't do detailed geography. Anyway, mid Wales was as beautiful as Scotland and a lot nearer.

[AyG]

Anyway, mid Wales was as beautiful as Scotland

As a Welshman I profoundly resent that comment. Wales is far more beautiful than Scotland - and it's not infested with dour Scots.

[arunsakda]

Do seagulls actually like ice cream or just the cone?

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[StreetCowboy]

Do seagulls actually like ice cream or just the cone?

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Have those seagulls been in the fridge?

Sorry I could only be bothered with the punchline