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[Kasi]

glad you ok @Giles be careful now

[ROman]

@Giles Oh dear, glad your OK. I think Paula had her own incident in Greece.

[A Former User]

Stubborn crew right? Glad you’re ok @Giles take care

[Giles]

Lots of walking and cycling today - and a bit of fishing…….

[louisbosco]

@Giles be careful not to hurt yourself

[Tago Mago]

Looking to take advantage of the hive mind here: the missus and I will go on a 2-week holiday after my Day Skipper course has finished. Plan is to start in Southampton and head towards The Eden Project, taking in some sights along the way in week 1 and making our way towards Oxford in week 2. Any recommendations for sights/museums/pubs etc would be much appreciated.

[AdamJ]

@Tago-Mago IHUK?

[Tago Mago]

@AdamJ That's on my way to the course

[Giles]

Most of the Dorset Coast is fantastic......Lulworth Cove is very much so, but will be absolutely fucking heaving with grockles at that time of year....

[goosehd]

@Giles I had to look up the definition of grockle: lol

It's hilarious that you guys have a proper word for it as we just call them fucking tourists...

[Tago Mago]

@goosehd come August I may be one of them

[Giles]

I could also have used emmet - but note, both this and grockle are west country dialect specific....

[Giles]

I more generic disparaging catch-all is DFL....

[Alex]

@Giles said in Random Announcements:

Most of the Dorset Coast is fantastic......Lulworth Cove is very much so, but will be absolutely fucking heaving with grockles at that time of year....

I would skip driving to LC or to anything advertised as parking for Durdledoor, having done this with all visiting American friends and family recently I can confirm it is full of arseholes (that’s normal English for grockles).

Assume you’ll be in a car @Tago-Mago - I would suggest taking the sandbanks ferry to Stuland rather than driving the quick way, check out the corfe castle area. Once you get further west, there’s a nice pub with great beach views in Seatown called the anchor inn. Lyme Regis/Beer and Branscome are all very nice slightly further along, Masons Arms in Branscombe is my favourite there. If you’re into walking, Dartmoor National Park is stunning too, and once you’re west of Exeter you can’t really go wrong unless you end up in Plymouth which is a bit of a hole

[Graham]

If you do make it to Lulworth Cove, may I recommend the Castle Inn in West Lulworth, a lovely little pub and West Lulworth, a short walk (north?) of LC is a beautiful little village / hamlet

[endo]

Mrs E and I are planning a similar trip in September before coming to Foxtown: London - Bristol - Cornwall and back along the South coast. So, thanks and noted. Any more suggestions for Cornwall?

[Graham]

@endo Mousehole in Cornwall for sure!

[Kasi]

Well what can I say.

My boy is a shining star in the Manchester area

https://www.9sjs.com/news/winner-of-the-access-awards-2024-qasim-amin/

Proud dad.

[Aetas]

@Kasi , proud dad’s shine as well!

[tody]

@Kasi What an achievement, congratulations!