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  1. vyshtia avatar

    Re: First Time to Europe - London/Paris - Advice please!

    by vyshtia 22 May 2012

    markfawkner - Thank you very much!! That gives me a very good idea on what other things I want to do out there! My apologies for not…

  2. vyshtia avatar

    First Time to Europe - London/Paris - Advice please!

    by vyshtia 22 May 2012

    Hello everyone! I'm posting this out of total desperation as I am getting hopelessly lost. I'm trying to plan out my Once-In-A-Lifetime…

  3. Un_Caracol avatar

    RE: Day trip from London -

    by Un_Caracol 18 April 2012

    Yorkshire cider .. haven't tried that - on the list of drinks to look forward to. Syratip - another idea related to Bath (and not to…

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    Re: Around England/Scotland in 5 weeks

    by Bek11 28 February 2012

    I think with a railcard you still save quite alot, but if you do know in advance exactly when you want or need to be somewhere booking…

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    RE: Around England/Scotland in 5 weeks

    by geeg 28 February 2012

    Winchester and nearby is Jane Austen country. There's a house in the village of Chawton that was her home. It's in Hampshire, and close…

  6. KoalasRule avatar

    RE: National Trust, Southwest of London

    by KoalasRule 11 June 2010

    Second Snowshill, a lovely day out for everyone. Lacock Abbey is worth a visit (scenes from Harry Potter films were done there, plus…

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    South Wales for 6 days

    by ahtarski 17 May 2010

    I am planning a trip to Wales for 6 days in July with my 80+ parents (can walk all day but probably better not to try hiking). We love…

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    RE: Cotswolds driving--24 hours only

    by cl1911 13 April 2010

    I think you're trying to pack too much into 24 hours. I'm originally from the Cotswolds and now live in London and it's a good 2-3 hours…

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    Re: Wiltshire

    by Lil_Miss_Skittles 27 July 2009

    There is a really good tour that leaves from Bath and goes to Stonehenge, Avesbury, Lacock (cute little village where some of Harry Potter…

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    RE: Wiltshire

    by bellart1 27 July 2009

    I know what you mean about Stonehenge and agree that the view from the road is awesome, but it's worth going to the visitors centre and…

  11. KoalasRule avatar

    RE: Wiltshire

    by KoalasRule 27 July 2009

    No offence taken Bellart, but I remember when we saw Stonehenge all those years ago being somewhat disappointed that Stonehenge wasn't…

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    RE: 8 Days in the UK

    by bellart1 15 May 2009

    Agree ryb - Lacock is amazing (my mother used to be a guide there - you may have met her!). It's also unique in that there are no telegraph…

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    RE: 8 Days in the UK

    by ryb 15 May 2009

    Around that area there's an even more gorgeous slice of Ye Olde called Lacock. A National Trust town. Just east of Bath signposted off…

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    Trip with Mom

    by Fandy 17 October 2007

    Thank you again everyone.

    Lacock is definitely on the itinerary.

    Have to rent a car at Heathrow because I get a family discoun…

  15. Cogito avatar

    Trip with Mom

    by Cogito 17 October 2007

    If you are staying in the town centre, a car will actually be a nuisance in Bath; it's not easy to park anywhere and very expensive.

  16. Paddy83 avatar

    Trip with Mom

    by Paddy83 17 October 2007

    Lacock is really worth visiting. Am I right in thinking it was where some of harry potter was filmed? or not? I'm sure some of it was…

  17. Cogito avatar

    Trip with Mom

    by Cogito 12 October 2007

    When I last went to Chawton, I spent almost a day just looking around the house etc. Certainly I think that unless you only want to see…

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    Trip with Mom

    by Cogito 12 October 2007

    Oh, Dyrham Park is near Bath and is lovely; Newark Park I have a dim feeling was used as some of the setting for a film version of Northange…

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    Cottages in Wiltshire

    by martinbristol 16 September 2007

    Hi,

    Lacock near Chippenham is a fantastic village. The abbey there is where they filmed the school scenes from the second Harry…

  20. ChrisTheSearcher avatar

    south england

    by ChrisTheSearcher 27 August 2007

    Outside of London, some of my places that are worth visiting are:
    Lavenham, Suffolk – for Medieval timber framed buildings.
    Rye…

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    Driving Times Southampton to the Lake District

    by Tharg 21 August 2007

    We live in Chester and have driven to Poole in Dorset to catch a ferry using a mixture of A roads and Motorways. This is a bit shorter…

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    Travel vote…

    by Lan 31 May 2007

    1) What natural landscape was so stunning that it left you totally breathless? Add pictures please...
    Sadly I was too hypoxic to do…

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