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RE: Moving to Uk with dog...help please!

by Nice_But__ 27 April 2012

Bournemouth is popular for most of the things you seek - but possibly too popular with thousands of foreign students. Maybe Exeter? …
RE: How to visit Salisbury from Bournemouth?

by fowler9 03 April 2012

The train is dead easy, about £20, takes about an hour and a half, change trains at Southampton. Have a look on National Rail Enquiries…
RE: England or Ireland trip with Mom

by mike9 01 April 2012

If you've decided to stay in the south and head towards Cornwall, then a couple of suggestions for your route - I'm sure you'll find plenty…
Christmas Day

by andybox 20 December 2011

What are your memorable Christmas Days? Mine are a Christmas Day in Darwin, had an earthquake. Not a big one, but big enough to shake…
RE: Bristol

by bevel 23 October 2011

I've lived in Swansea before (and in Llangollen in N Wales), I don't want to go back to living in Wales. Like to visit. Leeds etc - too…
RE: airports

by Fwoggie 18 September 2011

Being pedantic about it then, Bristol, Southampton and Bournemouth are also easy to reach by train from London.
Re: UK Roadtrip

by megdorset 13 July 2011

As others have already said you have way too much on your list. As for must sees these really depend on your interests. From Bournemou…
RE: Faffing about SE England

by battybilly 13 July 2011

Brighton's a good town for good choons. It never gets so overcrowded that it becomes unpleasant. I lived there for awhile and it was easy…
RE: Beach swimming in England

by petrovic22 30 June 2011

Teenage daughters - with the weather one would need a back-up plan. So, I would go for funky Brighton, just an hour south of London. Sure,…
RE: Where should i add days?

by mike9 01 June 2011

It was difficult to see from the list of cities you gave why they might have been chosen, but as tony b says if art and history are not…
Re: Ideas for holiday in England originating in Brighton

by mike9 30 April 2011

Monday 30 May is a bank holiday and that week is the half term holiday for most kids - wherever you go it will be busy with families and…
RE: FOUR WEEKS IN CUBA

by LeytonO 14 April 2011

Brighton is like London by the Sea. Great night life and restaurants but a pebbly beach. Bournemouth was traditionally more sedate, although…
RE: Family holiday in Dorset

by bellart1 18 February 2011

Your children will like Bournemouth, as it's a nice sandy beach with the lots of attractions for small people. I find it hard to take,…
RE: Family holiday in Dorset

by battybilly 17 February 2011

Is it really so important to worry about cafes if you're self-catering? Keep well away from the likes of Bournemouth - unless you're both…
Re: Family holiday in Dorset

by mike9 17 February 2011

As #2 says, Paulton's Park is quite some way from Bournemouth / Poole, and close to where the A31 and A36 roads cross west of Romsey.…
Family holiday in Dorset

by fionnb 17 February 2011

We are planning to visit Dorset for a week in late June (from Dublin), the main objective being to visit the new Peppa Pig land at Paulton's…
RE: Further travel after arriving at Heathrow?

by alanR 04 February 2011

The Tube station is Piccadilly Circus but it's nowhere near where you'd catch a coach to anywhere let alone Swanage. In your case the…
Re: Southern Coastal Day Trip

by mike9 22 December 2010

How about the New Forest? It lies between the large towns of Southampton and Bournemouth, both of which have direct trains from London…
RE: Snowboarding in the alps- getting there from s. England

by neckervd 05 December 2010

http://www.easyjet.com/ flies from Bournemouth to Geneva for about 35 GBP/oneway From there you can go by bus to the French winter sport…
RE: Day trips by coach out of Bournemouth

by cg54321 24 November 2010

Hi frozenrope I grew up in Dorset and would suggest a trip to Durdle door, a beautiful bit of coast line which arches into the sea (it…
Re: Day trips by coach out of Bournemouth

by frozenrope62 20 November 2010

Thnaks for all the good advice. And I did mean Dorset not Devon. I'm sure it'll all be a big change from Montana where I live.
Re: Day trips by coach out of Bournemouth

by megdorset 19 November 2010

If you are interested in literary connections the museum in Dorchester has a whole section dedicated to Dorset authors. The most well…
RE: Day trips by coach out of Bournemouth

by Voyager_2002 19 November 2010

If you really did mean Devon, you are in for a longer journey. There is a bus, I think called the Jurassic Explorer, that runs along the…
RE: Day trips by coach out of Bournemouth

by dick_dangerous 19 November 2010

I think you mean Dorset! Corfe Castle is an interesting ruin on the Isle of Purbeck, or head by bus to Christchurch with its priory from…
RE: Day trips by coach out of Bournemouth

by Mrs_Trellis 19 November 2010

Not in Devon but Winchester and Salisbury are about an hour away. Ferry to the IoW from Lymington (itself worth half a day) and the Jurassi…