Wiggo
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OK, I checked with management, and our lot have committments through the end of July, so we're planning to take the first two weeks in August. Sorry, tcm, looks like you'll miss it.
Dates are therefore:
Depart Sat 31st July
Return Sunday 15th Aug
We would like to get down to Falmouth at some point, so if we cross the channel, we should probably do it from Poole, Weymouth or maybe Brixham.
One planned route might be:
Solent-Poole-Weymouth-Brixham-Plymouth-Falmouth-Brixham-Guernsey-Jersey-France (any ideas?)-Poole.
Open to suggestions, or other itineraries. Aim is to build a route with plenty of known child friendly locations (e.g. good beaches, kids menus in restaurants etc), and not too many long runs with nothing to do but watch the fuel guages go down.
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Nick2
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I think that is a good plan and may now result in Joanne and I agreeing to go on holiday together .....
Keep us posted please
Nick
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DepSol
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Jersey Marina not that nice IMHO opinion, plenty of private beaches lagoons etc aroud Herm and Sark with caves to explore and lots of beach stuff to do for kids.
Might join you guys for trip to France best leave Normandy out and do Brittany IMHO.
any way I will be in Aldeney for first part of August no doubt could use that as a lunch time rendezvous for a break
Dom
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Wiggo
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If it helps, point out that there are some very nice jewellers in St Peter Port. Sue nearly bankrupted me there last time
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Nick2
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Thats not a major problem for me - so long as there is not a branch of John Lewis there we should be OK.
Nick
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milltech
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That looks like 10 Ports-of-Call in 15 days. Allowing for weather disruption at some point it looks ambitious to me, especailly if any socialising is involved, kids making friends, that sort of thing. Personally I'd say leave out the West Country or leave out France and C.I.
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Nick2
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Good point - Gurnsey no big deal eh ? ;-)
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Wiggo
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Quite right. T'were only a suggestion. Personally, we'd like to get down to Falmouth, as that's where we bought the boat, and the kids loved the Brixham/Dartmouth/Salcombe area.
Ref the CI's, the issue we had last time was that the marinas are so damn full, if you get in, you daren't go out during the day exploring in case you can't get back in again that night. Any ideas on that one, anyone?
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Wiggo
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My thoughts are:
Day 1 (Sat). Meet Newtown Creek-ish, overnight Yarmouth
Day 2. Studland, buggering about on the beach. Overnight on anchor or Poole if wimps
Day 3. Round the corner to the Kimmeridge beaches. Lunch in Lulworth Cove, Weymouth overnight.
Day 4. Weymouth. Plenty to do, and a nice enough beach.
Day 5. Dep Weymouth. Brixham by lunch/early afternoon.
Day 6. Salcombe for lunch, back to Brixham
Day 7. Blackpool Sands, then on to Plymouth.
Day 8 (Sat). Fowey for lunch, down to Falmouth
Day 9. Leave Falmouth for Dartmouth. Overnight Dartmouth.
Day 10. Dartmouth to Weymouth, via Lyme Regis for lunch.
Day 11. Weymouth to St Peter Port
Day 12. St Peter Port
Day 13. St Peter Port
Day 14. St Peter Port - Poole/Solent
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hagrid
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Were up for that AMANDA may need some coaxing on the CI run but the rest she is cools with
Andy
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