If you wanted to go away for 3 days...

[lillyanginger]

...with two kids (8 and 12) within a few hours of London (by car or public transport) - where would you go?

Can you tell that we are not getting anywhere with our planning...

Any suggestions VERY welcome.

[ratty]

Center Parcs at Longleat. Just this minute got back. It was excellent!

[Narnia]

CP at Elveden Forest. It's closer.

[legalbeagle]

Venice!

[DaveR]

Paris or Brussels

[woofmarkthedog]

Narnia Wrote:

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> CP at Elveden Forest. It's closer.

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Yes..

I would agree, we went there & my boys are 5 & 9

Great fun

W**F

[Lord Sornoff]

Shouldn't they be in the cadets by now, lilly? That'll put some air under their tails. And at no great cost to yourself, might I add.

[Nero]

Brussels - abroad/chips with mayo/TinTin/chocolate/waffles/high-speed train ride under the sea/side trip to Ghent free with the Eurostar ticket/other languages/beer for parents.

[SimonM]

York

Jorvik Museum - fabulous with Vikings

Roman Museum - guided by a centurion

National Railway Museum - unutterably fabulous in every way

roman wall

lovely shopping centre

The Minster

Chocolare shops

haunted pubs

river trips

etc etc etc

About 2 hours by train from Kings X I think

[*Bob*]

York

Swarming with grotesque stag and hen nights - every weekend.

[Lost Yorkshire Man]

I second York (no bias from me)

[lillyanginger]

Something to think about, thank you very much!!!!

[woofmarkthedog]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> York

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> Swarming with grotesque stag and hen nights -

> every weekend.

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*Bob*

I was working in York one weekend many years ago ( oh & single ) & went out in the evening

I "met" a very nice young lady in a bar

We had a bit of a snog & I "threw up" after a minute or two ( as you do )

She then asked me back to her hotel ( as you would )

This is my residing "rot" memory of York

( ah, they were the days....)

W**F

[*Bob*]

A discerning lady.. a proper lady. Delightful!

I remember visiting some charming pubs in York, then a pleasant meal. Then we took a wrong turn and found ourselves walking down a very steep street where we were the only people not wearing deeley boppers, L-plates, matching t-shirts, or in drag.

[TonyQuinn]

Aldeburgh in Suffolk....fantastic place. And Southwold up the road.

http://www.aldeburgh-uk.com/

[Keef]

New Forest.

Get a train from Waterloo to Brockenhurst (approx 90mins).

Hire bikes one day, and ride around the forest.

Take a trip to Hurst Castle another day (walk out to it along the shingle spit, then get the little boat back.

Oh, and when in Brockenhurst, go for a meal at the Italian place "Il Palio 2", right by the station.

[SimonM]

Much as I adore York, *Bob* is right about the stag/hen dos. But mostly they don't emerge until after dark...:))

[SteveT]

If I wanted to go away for three days I would have a couple off sick to make a week of it;-)