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From: Harry Bloomfield on 22 Jun 2010 11:55 on 22/06/2010, Adrian supposed : > Whichever way you want to try it, Bod, caravanning _restricts_ choice, > not expands it. It restricts choice in some respects, but expands them in other ways. Personal choice on the types of restriction I am most happy with, is those of a caravan. I spent quite a lot of my working life in hotels and B&B's. In my caravan I have almost complete peace and the freedom. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Harry Bloomfield on 22 Jun 2010 12:46 Adrian formulated the question : > Up, breakfast, mebbe a final wander around the town, then pack the car > and off. Stop somewhere for lunch. Find a nice looking town mid-late pm, > wander round and find a B&B. Bags into the room, and head out. Have a > wander around, a drink or two, then a meal, mebbe another drink and/or > wander, then back and bed. That sounds hectic, hectic is what I do for my day job. When on holiday I prefer relaxed. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Adrian on 22 Jun 2010 12:48 Harry Bloomfield <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> Up, breakfast, mebbe a final wander around the town, then pack the car >> and off. Stop somewhere for lunch. Find a nice looking town mid-late >> pm, wander round and find a B&B. Bags into the room, and head out. Have >> a wander around, a drink or two, then a meal, mebbe another drink >> and/or wander, then back and bed. > That sounds hectic, hectic is what I do for my day job. When on holiday > I prefer relaxed. Hectic? Gawd, no. I count bimbling around back lanes with no particular destination and stopping to look at anything that catches my eye as "relaxing". If you do that kind of "hectic" as your day job, where do I apply?
From: Clive George on 22 Jun 2010 13:38 On 22/06/2010 18:25, Ret. wrote: > On all caravan sites you will find the usual rack of attraction leaflets Yes... Trouble is they're normally glossy, so even useless for lighting fires. > - and the site wardens are more than happy to give advice on 'off the > beaten track' attractions. You will also invariably find other > caravanners who have stayed there several times and can also provide > recommendations. I think the last one is more likely. > We have spent a few days in Las Vegas - and it was fun for a short time > - but not our idea of a great holiday. The highlight of those few days > was the light aircraft flight we took over Hoover dam and the Grand Canyon. We went to Las Vegas. Amazing place. Got out of there as fast as our car would carry us once the conference I was there for was over. It's also tiny - 4 miles from the airport to my hotel on the strip. I rode it on our bike there, solo. Gets great looks. The hotel staff didn't blink - pushing a mountain tandem through the casino and putting it inside their very shiny mirrored lifts required a certain amount of hefting, but they were fine with it. The trip down the Grand Canyon was pretty good though - just the noddy down the mule track to half way, camp 2 nights, go to the bottom in between, but it was excellent weather (ie not stinkingly hot), the ranger was surprisingly interesting and the desert was blooming. And the dam is also pretty interesting. Bryce Canyon was the best bit of the trip though.
From: Ret. on 22 Jun 2010 14:17
Clive George wrote: > On 22/06/2010 18:25, Ret. wrote: > >> On all caravan sites you will find the usual rack of attraction >> leaflets > > Yes... > > Trouble is they're normally glossy, so even useless for lighting > fires. > >> - and the site wardens are more than happy to give advice on 'off the >> beaten track' attractions. You will also invariably find other >> caravanners who have stayed there several times and can also provide >> recommendations. > > I think the last one is more likely. > >> We have spent a few days in Las Vegas - and it was fun for a short >> time - but not our idea of a great holiday. The highlight of those >> few days >> was the light aircraft flight we took over Hoover dam and the Grand >> Canyon. > > We went to Las Vegas. Amazing place. Got out of there as fast as our > car would carry us once the conference I was there for was over. It's > also tiny - 4 miles from the airport to my hotel on the strip. I rode > it on our bike there, solo. Gets great looks. The hotel staff didn't > blink - pushing a mountain tandem through the casino and putting it > inside their very shiny mirrored lifts required a certain amount of > hefting, but they were fine with it. > > The trip down the Grand Canyon was pretty good though - just the noddy > down the mule track to half way, camp 2 nights, go to the bottom in > between, but it was excellent weather (ie not stinkingly hot), the > ranger was surprisingly interesting and the desert was blooming. And > the dam is also pretty interesting. > > Bryce Canyon was the best bit of the trip though. I love the States. We are currently planning our next visit. -- Kev |