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I’m with you Steve....we are in Cornwall and my wife is from Ilfracombe!I’m in north devon, it doesn’t need promoting it does that it’s self, when all the tourists arrive we bugger off upwards
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I’m with you Steve....we are in Cornwall and my wife is from Ilfracombe!I’m in north devon, it doesn’t need promoting it does that it’s self, when all the tourists arrive we bugger off upwards
Always take note of your posts in the past as I know your from down my way but this post ready hit the nail....Headley is little village with 2 pubs, one of which is expensive.
There is parking available in at least 3 places I can think of and have seen motorhomes overnight at.
Village tours would include the house of Gary Glitter, the house where numerous records were made, Headley Grange, including Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, Genesis, Ian Dury and I believe the Travelling Wilberries.
This house was also the scene of the culmination of the Headley and Selborne riots which saw a couple of hangings and a few sent over to Oz.
On a Sunday morning during football season the mighty Headley Veterans FC play and normally frequent the cheaper of the 2 boozers (no citation required)
Nearby you have Glibert White's house and the zig zag path of Selborne, Jane Austen's house, in Chawton near Alton
Queen Elizabeth Country park and Butser ancient farm as well as Butser Hill
Birdworld is just down the road adjacent to Alice Holt Forest where there is a Go Ape by all counts and the Hollycombe steam collection is at Liphook.
In Alton is the grave of Sweet Fanny Adams who was infamously murdered as a young child and chopped up into bits at the same time as tinned mutton became rations for the Royal Navy and is known for the phrase Sweet FA as coined by the RN when given their rations and not what you think it means.
Dragged up in alton only left there in 2000. Parents at greenfields we lived on wooteysAlways take note of your posts in the past as I know your from down my way but this post ready hit the nail....
born at dorking cottage hospital, lived at leatherhead and Boxhill for 38yrs, later lived in Alton for a while and still have a couple of kids living there...
so know them all very well...
It's been the same for years way cheaper to rent self catering accommodation in France than the UK but then again probably cheaper to buy as well.Family of 4 adults and 3 children rents a Villa with Pool in Menorca, in August, flights included, total cost £3400.
A resort outside of Newquay will rent the same family a "Lodge" for £7300.
YEEEHHH! Come down 'ere m'ansoms us'll take yer money!
Yes you can chaser ! - it was simply that I could have added every county to the list, so thought I'd stop! Just ruddy handy being smack in the middle, with so many different things and places on offer all within striking distance, was my point. Difficulty these days perhaps, is finding a bus stop within easy walking distance though........ if you stay at a campsite on the Staffs moors, it's not likely you'll pass Lichfield cathedral whilst out walking .......Can I add staffs to that, best place in the world for me, always nice to go away but nicer to come home.
Love to see ," the north " on that M1 sign
Fortunately we live in a country that insists all employees take their minimum holiday entitlementYes, though I rarely had one when working and not in the middle of a disaster.
I’m in north devon, it doesn’t need promoting it does that it’s self, when all the tourists arrive we bugger off upwards
Parents on whitedowns by the Butts, I lived at a few places around... drank in the white horse and the double Axe.... this was from 78-84...Dragged up in alton only left there in 2000. Parents at greenfields we lived on wooteys
Cliff Portwood ex pompey player owned the boozer around that time and changed the name to the gentleman Jim after Jimmy Dickinson, We lived with 18 metres of the pub ! Cliff had 2 stunning daughters. I did a saturday job in key markets over the road from the white horse and worked at the sports centre as a coach of many sports 84-89 and played fotty for Alton Town and Squash for Alton at that time.Parents on whitedowns by the Butts, I lived at a few places around... drank in the white horse and the double Axe.... this was from 78-84...
Yes, I remember Jim, with a goatie beard, I think he had a nice daughter too.. there was a woman milkman/delivery person, not a bad looker always played pool in there with a see through top on..Cliff Portwood ex pompey player owned the boozer around that time and changed the name to the gentleman Jim after Jimmy Dickinson, We lived with 18 metres of the pub ! Cliff had 2 stunning daughters. I did a saturday job in key markets over the road from the white horse and worked at the sports centre as a coach of many sports 84-89 and played fotty for Alton Town and Squash for Alton at that time.
I think it was a pub called The Walnut there that held the record for the smallest pug in England??Bury St. Edmunds: lovely town centre with plenty of places to eat & drink, Abbey Gardens to walk round & relax, Cathedral to visit. 5 MH bays in Ram Meadow car park for overnight stops. & a short walk to the town centre.
Nearby: Ickworth House, NT, Good MH parking.
11 miles to Thetford where some of "Dad's Army" was filmed, with museum and a bronze of Captain Mainwaring sitting on a bench.
Also Bressingham Steam museum a short drive away.
Hope to see some of you around
Maybe they couldn't get full sized dog's in!I think it was a pub called The Walnut there that held the record for the smallest pug in England??
Don’t come to my village,we’ve got enough foreigners coming out from their towns already,walking their poxy labradoodles and leaving dog poo bags hanging in the tress......beggar off!!!!
Whereas I was born in Dorking Hospital, lived in Effingham, Dorking, Mickleham and Leatherhead before Mark & I met and married and moved to our first house in Basingstoke.Always take note of your posts in the past as I know your from down my way but this post ready hit the nail....
born at dorking cottage hospital, lived at leatherhead and Boxhill for 38yrs, later lived in Alton for a while and still have a couple of kids living there...
so know them all very well...
It's the nutshellI think it was a pub called The Walnut there that held the record for the smallest pug in England??
Possibly the best pint of Guinness in a 20 mile radius.It's the nutshell
There is also the Greene King brewery tour.
^^^^^^^^^^or full time living and travelling) ?
News to me? My wife has worked as an employee & they just pay her holiday money?Fortunately we live in a country that insists all employees take their minimum holiday entitlement
I thought it was about motorhomes?One wonders why you are on a forum that is specifically for people holidaying ( or full time living and travelling) ?
NT Ickworth house and Park, 10 min drive awayWe love Kings Forest Campsite in the area....have a week booked onsite from May 1st