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England - end of june

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Hertog Jan

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As shown in the title, me and a lady-friend will visit The South for a week. She rides a ZX6R and I the German Tractor 8rfl@
The plan is travelling without a plan :-0) Get on land in Dover and than going west. A bit sightseeing and enjoying the landscape.
How about the availability of B&B's in the summer ? Or maybe staying in a hotel ? Don't know what is best. I don't want to take the tent with me. Just some clean underwear will do @tu*
If you know a 'must-see' please inform me.

Have a nice weekend,

Jan

Edit: the plan has changed. There won't be a England tour in 2016. In stead I'm planning to visit the BB Bash 2017.
 
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Jaws

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Hertog, there is just SO much to see !!

Do have any idea of how far you would like to travel ?
What sort of thing would you like to see ?

There is all sorts from Submarine graveyards to the Dr Who experience to .. well you get he idea @tu*

And B & B is the best bet unless you are rich and famous LOL !!

At the time you are travelling all the boarding houses will be open but it is a very quiet time.. Season does not really start until well in to July.. so you will have no problem finding places
 
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Wales and Scotland are a better bet.....F1sh1ing
Scotland... I've heard they eat their own children... ;-)
We only have a week so Scotland is out of reach. But it will stay on the to-do-list.

Dartmoor has some amazing roads, just watch out for the sheep (just like Wales)
Why ? Pickpocketing ? :-0)
That's an option, looks good. From there we could decide in which direction we go. Lands End for example, but for me a cliff is a cliff... Or we go straight up to Exmoor. And than Wales.

Hertog, there is just SO much to see !!

Do have any idea of how far you would like to travel ?
What sort of thing would you like to see ?

There is all sorts from Submarine graveyards to the Dr Who experience to .. well you get he idea @tu*

And B & B is the best bet unless you are rich and famous LOL !!

At the time you are travelling all the boarding houses will be open but it is a very quiet time.. Season does not really start until well in to July.. so you will have no problem finding places

And exactly th?t's the problem ! There is too much to see :eek:
We've no idea how far we go. How far can you go in 6 days ? Note: I'm not riding a Blackbird anymore and we are on holiday, not on the run...
I like the old churches and castles, Stonehenge could be interesting also.
Or museums like the one we visited in 2008 (BB Bash).
Submarine graveyard sounds good.

Famous yes, rich no :-0)
That is just fine, so we won't have to book in advance. And I'm Dutch, so cheaper is better :p


Thanks all for your input so far @tu*
 

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If you are happy to do a few miles wales is good for castles & some seaside bits, there are some great roads through the mountains too @tu*

For B&B's in summer a lot can get pre booked & full especially in tourist type places but anytime you get stuck I found that the local tourist information office which are in most towns will usually be able to find you somewhere at short notice most on their books are reasonably priced too

Don't forget a lot of pubs have rooms for rent too if you don't mind a bit of noise until closing time, of course it could be you making the noise :-0)
 

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I usually try book ahead in local tourist office. Guess how far I will get and book there. Assuming service still exists.
If you go west.
The Brighton palace, can't think proper title.
Naval museum Portsmouth.
Fishbourne Roman villa.
Rail museum somewhere near there also
See National Motor museum. Sammy Miller bike museum.

http://www.kew.org/visit-wakehursts
Botanic Gardenhave a place on that route, in one part they store all the seeds of 'all' the plants .....Wakehurst

huge grounds, possible to get lost.
if I think of more
 
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Thanks guys, I see a lot of possibilities @tu*

The last time I was in the UK was in 2008...
Oh no, I was at the Darts semi-finals last year at Alexandra Palace but that doesn't count :whi5tl:
 

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Bikes, darts - all downhill. On the correct site 8rfl@
Will be drinking and spitting next :-0)
 

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Winchester Cathedral is worth a visit and the dock area of Plymouth ..

Keeping to the south part of England, Romney Marsh area.. go to Greatstone Lakes and take a walk round the very first devices used to detect enemy planes as the approached..
MASSIVE concrete audio mirrors !

The Roman baths at Bath..

A little further up country,The city of Oxford. Well worth a wander round the universities .. On a warm sunny day you can really understand why the term city of dreaming spires

Also while there check out Oxford Castle
Built in the late 1060's for William it later became a jail house..
I seem to remember reading a plaque outside saying it is supposed to be the most haunted place in England !!

Stratford Upon Avon is worth a visit .. The Bards house is still open to visitors as is Anne Hathaway's house

The Eden project is OK if you are in to things botanical but it is expensive and I found it boring !

Brighton
As Squag mentioned, the Royal Pavilion .. which was built for George, Prince of Wales around 1800. It was a retreat for Victoria too and if you take the tour you will be able to visit her bedroom ! LOL !!

Also while in Brighton, take a walk round 'The Lanes'
It is a big area that harks back to Victorian times as the lanes, all lined with tiny shops, are packed in very close to each other !

Coming away from the west of the UK and going east, there is an old cold war emergency bunker you can visit

It was bought lock stock and barrel by someone and kept completely in tact as it was..
Very VERY cheap to take the full tour..
You will find it if you google Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker

Hopefully that little lot will give you a few ideas Hertog..

Me and Woman travel an awful lot.. We do get to see quite a bit and the above are based on places we have been to in the last 2 or three years.. All done in-between extended trips around Europe !
 
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Coming away from the west of the UK and going east, there is an old cold war emergency bunker you can visit.

You will find it if you google Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker

How on earth can it be a secret if it can be found on the internet ? :-0)

It will put all your tips & tricks on a list and than sort them out so I'll have an idea where to go.
 

Jaws

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How on earth can it be a secret if it can be found on the internet ? :-0)

It will put all your tips & tricks on a list and than sort them out so I'll have an idea where to go.

I know !! LOL !!!

And there are a couple of others around the country too
The one in Essex though has EVERYTHING still in it.. right down to the air scrubbers and the toilet brushes !!!
 
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Hertog Jan

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This morning I woke up and after a lot of thinking I decided to cancel my England journey.
Last week I took 6 days off because my dad passed away. Now that's not the main reason I won't go to England. It is more the shortage of days-off the rest of the year. I already had some and in september I have planned a 1,5 week trip with a friend. Via Eastern Germany, Czech Republic (in one day thru) and Austria to Italy. Curves, curves, curves and more curves. Oh, and mountains :yo:
It was a hard decision but sometimes things don't work out as you want to.
The good thing is that nothing was booked.
I'm sorry for not visiting your country (...again, ask Russ. But that was me big mouth shouting before thinking...)

Greetings, Jan
 

noobie

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Sorry to hear about your Dad Jan, My condolences to you and your family.
 

noobie

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Funnily enough particularly on the South East and London, it lashed down on several days.
 
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Hertog Jan

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I've heard that there is some sort of motorcycle event end of may.
Somewhere between Cambridge and Norwich.
Sounds interesting :whi5tl:
 
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