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by LoveCurryPies » Thu Jul 17, 2025 12:08 pm
You will need all your vaccines…..tetanus, typhoid, polio, herpies…

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by ottclaret » Thu Jul 17, 2025 12:22 pm
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by bart_claret » Thu Jul 17, 2025 12:54 pm
Playa Blanca, Lanzarote in October. Always go abroad in October as me and the missus don't like the heat.
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by bart_claret » Thu Jul 17, 2025 12:56 pm
LoveCurryPies wrote: ↑Thu Jul 17, 2025 12:08 pm
You will need all your vaccines…..tetanus, typhoid, polio, herpies…
Equine flu?
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by miele-man » Thu Jul 17, 2025 6:29 pm
Marbella for me
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by Somethingfishy » Thu Jul 17, 2025 6:36 pm
I'm flying out to join up with my private yacht out in Monte Carlo and going on a 2 week jaunt around the riviera. Then I am off to my apartment in Beverley Hills for another 2 weeks as the Mrs wants to do some shopping on Rodeo Drive.
Am I b*llocks. 5 nights in Benidorm in August which I've managed to stretch into more or less 6 days thanks to the flights

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by holdyourfire » Thu Jul 17, 2025 6:49 pm
Quicknick wrote: ↑Wed Jul 16, 2025 9:37 pm
Where was the hospital when you were last here? On a cobbled side street near the centre, because it's moved now? Was Castello's the restaurant opposite?
yes and I spoke to you in the bar that Jose ran but can't remember its name
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by Quicknick » Thu Jul 17, 2025 7:01 pm
holdyourfire wrote: ↑Thu Jul 17, 2025 6:49 pm
yes and I spoke to you in the bar that Jose ran but can't remember its name
I didn't get down today as I was busy, but I'm into town tomorrow. I've walked past it a couple of times this trip without really taking it in. I think it's still the same, but I'll confirm this tomorrow evening.
Did we chat in Lionheart, maybe 2012 or 2013? The bloke I talked to in there was from Rochdale.
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by holdyourfire » Thu Jul 17, 2025 7:10 pm
Quicknick wrote: ↑Thu Jul 17, 2025 7:01 pm
I didn't get down today as I was busy, but I'm into town tomorrow. I've walked past it a couple of times this trip without really taking it in. I think it's still the same, but I'll confirm this tomorrow evening.
Did we chat in Lionheart, maybe 2012 or 2013? The bloke I talked to in there was from Rochdale.
Yes we did And it was in the Lionheart You have a good memory, much better than mine
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by ecc » Thu Jul 17, 2025 7:19 pm
Vino blanco wrote: ↑Tue Jul 15, 2025 3:31 pm
Some of my friends down here go up to Benidorm for Christmas. Much livelier than down here, but they normally need a week to get over it.
They do shandies?
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by dougcollins » Thu Jul 17, 2025 7:27 pm
Tribesmen wrote: ↑Tue Jul 15, 2025 4:56 pm
Yer each to their own really , but for me the one stand out thing about Titanic museum is that there was nothing from the titanic in the museum , not even a door knob.
Made me laugh out loud did that.
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by dougcollins » Thu Jul 17, 2025 7:34 pm
ŽižkovClaret wrote: ↑Wed Jul 16, 2025 12:58 pm
Bergamo is a good place for an easy cheap ryanair weekend. quieter than Milan itself but plenty of places to eat and drink and a good walk up to the old town.
Due to an Easyjet transfer fvckup (many years ago) I stayed in Bergamo for two days- it was the best part of the holiday.
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by ŽižkovClaret » Thu Jul 17, 2025 7:36 pm
I missed the 1st of Bergamo's 2 funicular railways and walked up instead. I needed wringing out by the time i got to the top of the first part of the hill up to Old Town
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by California Colner » Thu Jul 17, 2025 9:45 pm
Setting off August 3rd from LA to Krakow, spending 4 days there, then train to Prague for 4 days.
Next stop Colne for 5 days. Then taking family to Skiathos for a week. Back to Colne and the day after back home to LA
Looking forward to it
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by Quicknick » Thu Jul 17, 2025 11:10 pm
holdyourfire wrote: ↑Thu Jul 17, 2025 7:10 pm
Yes we did And it was in the Lionheart You have a good memory, much better than mine
Just been past on my motorcycle, mate. It's still there. Ala do Castelo, to give it its full title.
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by cornishclaret » Thu Jul 17, 2025 11:23 pm
2 days malaga 2 days granada and 3 days nerja early sept b4 4 nights in benalmadena early october with the boys golfing
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by PWBFC » Fri Jul 18, 2025 8:13 am
Next month a two week trip with couple of days in Munich, a week in the Austrian Alps and then 5 days in Slovenia.
Love the mountains in the Summer and taking my young kids for the first time. Hopefully they love it as much.
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by wilks_bfc » Fri Jul 18, 2025 10:36 am
Had a week in Zante with some mates in June
Mrs W is going to Tenerife in October then we’re off to Australia in November for 3 weeks, to visit her sister
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by holdyourfire » Fri Jul 18, 2025 6:32 pm
Quicknick wrote: ↑Thu Jul 17, 2025 11:10 pm
Just been past on my motorcycle, mate. It's still there. Ala do Castelo, to give it its full title.
Cheers for that, top grub in there.
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by Quicknick » Fri Jul 18, 2025 6:37 pm
holdyourfire wrote: ↑Fri Jul 18, 2025 6:32 pm
Cheers for that, top grub in there.
You remembered the owner of the Lionheart's name. I'd forgotten it. He sold it. It doesn't have the same atmosphere now. I'd argue that the whole town isn't what it was.
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by Leyland Claret » Sat Jul 19, 2025 9:29 am
Casper2 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 16, 2025 10:30 am
If you need any tips on Jersey walks etc PM me
I can’t seem to be able to PM you. Can you send me your email address please.
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by holdyourfire » Sat Jul 19, 2025 6:31 pm
Quicknick wrote: ↑Fri Jul 18, 2025 6:37 pm
You remembered the owner of the Lionheart's name. I'd forgotten it. He sold it. It doesn't have the same atmosphere now. I'd argue that the whole town isn't what it was.
He was a friendly chap was Jose but he was always saying he couldn't afford to keep his bar open because he didn't have air con and wasn't prepared to pay the ridiculous cost of installing it so it was smoker friendly.Good luck to him, he was a very pleasant chap.Me and my wife visited Lagos quite a few times pre covid.In your opinion has it gone downhill?
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by Quicknick » Sat Jul 19, 2025 7:19 pm
holdyourfire wrote: ↑Sat Jul 19, 2025 6:31 pm
He was a friendly chap was Jose but he was always saying he couldn't afford to keep his bar open because he didn't have air con and wasn't prepared to pay the ridiculous cost of installing it so it was smoker friendly.Good luck to him, he was a very pleasant chap.Me and my wife visited Lagos quite a few times pre covid.In your opinion has it gone downhill?
There has been quite a lot of violence in the early hours in the centre. Two people kicked to death. A drug shooting in a nearby village. But it's the cost of hotels that are putting people off coming. They are ridiculous. It's so expensive, it's going to be a quiet summer.
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by Casper2 » Sat Jul 19, 2025 9:23 pm
Leyland Claret wrote: ↑Sat Jul 19, 2025 9:29 am
I can’t seem to be able to PM you. Can you send me your email address please.
bigbezzer@hotmail.com
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