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[TDub49]

In a similar vein, co-pilot and I once raced from Southampton to Dover in a desperate attempt to catch a pre-booked fast cat across the water (we were in our old Ford Maverick at time). Ignoring speed cameras and other irritating restrictions we made it with 10 minutes to spare. Young woman at the book-in kiosk takes the tickets from the co-pilot, looks at them, looks back at us and says, slowly "But these are for tomorrow . . . . " They did get us on with literally about 2 inches between the tow bar and the loading ramp but that was just the start of a nightmare journey down to the edge of the Dordogne.

 

[ChrisSue]

Actually I think it was St Ives

I also have a vague memory that he told the story whilst a contestant on a tv game show

 

[L' Hobo]

There was a report of the fella booked a nice seaside break at St Neots hoping for nice romantic walks along the beach. Instead had a nice view over an industrial estate in Cambridgeshire

and the River Ouse that runs through the town I hope?

 

[L' Hobo]

One has to be careful when going to Lagos also, Africa or the Algarve?

 

[ManTheVan]

If you’ve not been before, Otterspotter, Abbotsbury Swannery is worth a visit. The swans are pretty tame and access a huge freshwater ley behind Chesil Beach. There’s a lot of bird life there. Also consider Portland Bill. Good for migrating birds and the tides around the Bill are a sight to see on springs.

PS you can also park overnight at the pub above the lighthouse for a tenner.

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[cyberyacht]

One always has the pick of Dorset, Kent or Norfolk for Gillingham

 

[Brains]

One always has the pick of Dorset, Kent or Norfolk for Gillingham

Interestingly each Gillingham has a different pronunciation.
The Kent one is Jill-ingham (as in Jack and ...)
The Dorset one Gill-ingham ( as in fish gill)
The Norfolk one is Ghillie-ham (as in Scottish Ghillie)

 

[Sapper520]

American tourist picked up her hire car at Heathrow, set the satnav for Windsor Castle…….ended up at our local pub…….The Windsor Castle……Weston-super-Mare.

She even gave the local paper an interview.

Just checked, got the story slightly wrong……she was touring and staying in Bath at the time.

 

[Swiss]

Blimey, If you look very carefully in this thread, there is actually a couple of replies to the actual question

 

[L' Hobo]

Blimey, If you look very carefully in this thread, there is actually a couple of replies to the actual question

That is a disappointment. After 2 pages, there's usually 3!

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[Brains]

Blimey, If you look very carefully in this thread, there is actually a couple of replies to the actual question

That is because all the majority of blokes know about spotting birds in the locality, would be to recommend the nearest beach, ideally on a summer bank holiday weekend.

However good chance the OP would be cautioned for voyeurism !

 

[Deep Owl]

I remember a lot of years ago, a foreign lady being dropped by taxi in Torquay from Heathrow Airport. She had actually asked which terminal was for Turkey!

PS I never knew that the avatar flag changes according to which country you are posting from. Actually in a hotel on Tenerife, but there are a LOT of hire motorhomes here, parked up all over!

 

[Monty777]

There was a report of the fella booked a nice seaside break at St Neots hoping for nice romantic walks along the beach. Instead had a nice view over an industrial estate in Cambridgeshire

I live in St Neots which as you say is nowhere near the sea-however St Neot in Cornwall which I would guess is where he thought he was going isn’t near the sea either…..
Best one I was told of was a school trip from London to Leeds Castle-the geography teacher asked the driver where he was going as he turned onto the M1 heading north-he replied “Leeds, to the castle“ it was pointed out to him that Leeds Castle is in Kent……..

 

[StephandJohn]

I live in Lancaster UK and once tried to renew my library book by emailing the library at Lancaster, Pennsylvania by accident. Got a bemused reply asking for my address, which I duly gave. Ended up having a nice email conversation with someone who pointed out I was in the wrong country. She asked about the weather here (they were in sweltering heat and we weren't of course). I sent her a bit of historyabout 'our' Lancaster and a picture of Lancaster Casttle. Got an overjoyed email back about how wonderful to have your own castle. I think she thought we lived in it!

 

[suavecarve]

The police station at Hythe New Forest, back in the days when it was open, had a map of Hythe Kent on the wall in the public area, with a helpful sign saying 'You are not here'.

Sorry for the tangent but....

Surrey police motto at the time was "With you making surrey safer"

Guildford Custody screen saver on the computer which could be seen by people being booked in said "With you here making surrey safer"

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[Nanniemate]

Theres an old story, reportedly true when in the early days of sat nav, a coach driver on a school trip to Hampton Court ended up in Central London next to an alley called Hampton Court

Leeds castle was another one, he left London never arrived the guide called the operator who called the driver asked where he was as all the others had arrived he said M1 the traffic is awful

 

[Trevor Wbm]

Sorry for the tangent but....

Surrey police motto at the time was "With you making surrey safer"

Guildford Custody screen saver on the computer which could be seen by people being booked in said "With you here making surrey safer"

Ditto re the tangent .... You may be aware that Hampshire's cars had / have 'Working together for a safer community' on the bonnets. There was a time when the 'or' in working was being changed to 'an' with black marker pens faster than the guys could clean them off again.

 

[TDub49]

Ditto re the tangent .... You may be aware that Hampshire's cars had / have 'Working together for a safer community' on the bonnets. There was a time when the 'or' in working was being changed to 'an' with black marker pens faster than the guys could clean them off again.

That's the same Hampshire police that had some area cars with "SOW" in the number plate . . . .

 

[Tantalus]

We used to host holiday boating visitors at Loddon in Norfolk. We also used to need to redirect quite a few who thought they had arrived in Ludham, also in Norfolk thankfully but the other side of the Norfolk Broads.