You are going on a UK roadtrip, what 5 places do you visit?

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  • asp746asp746 Posts: 7,286
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    cornish coast;

    yorkshire dales;

    cumbria;

    the highlands;

    camden market
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 40,102
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    Edinburgh, York, Peak District, London, Somewhere in Cornwall or Devon.

    Nice mix of city, countryside and seaside there I think.
  • Bom Diddly WoBom Diddly Wo Posts: 14,094
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    I'd visit the bank first for some cash. Then a clothes shop for bits and bobs. A camping shop for simmilar. The bike shop to sort out any niggles and finaly to sainsbury's for some traveling food incase I stop where there are no shops.
    These are the 5 places I'd visit if I were going on a road trip.
  • FroodFrood Posts: 13,180
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    London - One of the great cities of the world
    Bath - Beautiful buildings
    Oxford orr Cambridge - Also beautiful buildings and nice walks
    The Lake District - beautiful scenery
    The Highlands - Again beautiful scenery and if you want somewhere 'wilder' the Isle of Skye

    A few years ago I was planning to visit Canada and aske a Canadian friend for advice on the best things to do - a 10 page e-mail ensued:eek:
  • MoonyMoony Posts: 15,093
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    CD93 wrote: »
    My Kitchen,
    My Living Room,
    My Hallway,
    My Stairs,
    My Bed.

    Argate then :D
  • ianradioianianradioian Posts: 74,389
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    Stonehenge
    Bournemouth for the beach
    The Cotswolds
    The lake district
    Cheddar gorge
  • kimindexkimindex Posts: 68,243
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    St Ives, London, Cotswolds (including Castle Coombe), Oxford, Edinburgh.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,864
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    For those choosing Scottish Islands & Highlands (assuming GB internal ferries running):
    - Isle of Arran is known as Scotland in Miniature -mountains (Goatfell) little towns, castle, caves, standing stones and ruins, wild coastal areas, wildlife, views to mainland on east and Mull of Kintyre to west.
    My other choices -
    Snowdonia
    Cromer and wilder parts of north Norfolk coast
    Harrogate and surrounding countryside
    Dorset for the Jurassic coast and historic towns and villages
  • himerushimerus Posts: 3,040
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    Padstow, Dartmouth, Stow-on-the Wold, York, Inversnaid.
  • malpascmalpasc Posts: 9,618
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    Nempnett Thrubwell, Cocklick End, Dull, Slaggyford, and Twatt.
  • clarriboclarribo Posts: 6,258
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    Yorkshire Dales
    The Cairngorms and around
    Cornwall
    Dorset
    Oxford
  • tongs ya basstongs ya bass Posts: 731
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    Scotland
  • ajmanajman Posts: 2,723
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    malpasc wrote: »
    Nempnett Thrubwell, Cocklick End, Dull, Slaggyford, and Twatt.

    :D

    And when you go to Twatt will you by any chance reenact this "hilarious" photograph.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/bavnet/2071192709/
  • LiparusLiparus Posts: 4,715
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    I'm not one for going abroad, so much so I never have.

    I intend to do more travelling in the UK over the next couple of years.

    Did anyone see The Trip with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon? I researched where they went on a map and discovered that 3 of the pubs/restaurants they visited are only a couple of hours away from me. Think I'll be having a few expensive meals next year!
  • Waj_100Waj_100 Posts: 3,739
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    malpasc wrote: »
    Nempnett Thrubwell, Cocklick End, Dull, Slaggyford, and Twatt.


    You missed out Three Cocks in Powys, South Wales....on the A438, passed through many times.:)
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 34
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    Just one place, actually: an airport...
  • biggeralbiggeral Posts: 3,350
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    I like islands, so

    Lindisfarne,
    Orkney,
    Shetland,
    Tiree,
    Lough Nea

    Assuming domestic ferries are running
  • ElanorElanor Posts: 13,326
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    biggeral wrote: »
    I like islands, so

    Lindisfarne,
    Orkney,
    Shetland,
    Tiree,
    Lough Nea

    Assuming domestic ferries are running

    You don't need a ferry for Lindisfarne! And it's stunning there.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ginger_elanor/3570727649/in/set-72157618797038797/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ginger_elanor/3570732737/in/set-72157618797038797/
  • emjemj Posts: 6,737
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    I would say Northern Ireland but as planes/boats don't apply I can't include it!

    1. Durdle Door, Dorset
    2. Gower Peninsula, South Wales
    3. Liverpool
    4. Edinburgh
    5. Anywhere in NW Wales
  • 5th Horseman5th Horseman Posts: 10,859
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    Tombstone wrote: »
    Another vote for the Highlands of Scotland here as I don't think there is any area in England and Wales I have not visited in a work capacity. Friends of mine regularly go up to the East coast of Scotland and rave about it [well north of Edinburgh].

    I have never been to Northern Ireland so would probably take a recce around there.

    There's actually a lot to do and see, from the coast road up through Fife through the little villages like Pittenweem, into Kincardineshire and up through to the Moray coast, Speyside is lovely, you can do the Castle and Whisky trails around the NE plus the drive from Inverness through Grantown, Cock Bridge, Tomintoul, Braemar, Glenshee down to Pitlochery, Blairgowrie and Perth is a stunner, I really should see more of my local area it has lots to offer.
  • EraserheadEraserhead Posts: 22,016
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    Yorkshire Dales
    Yorkshire Moors
    Peak District
    Lake District
    Dartmoor

    I'd bring hiking gear and a big tent...
  • angelbabyxangelbabyx Posts: 742
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    London:)
    Northern ireland(can have it all or just places?idk so ye)
    Cornwall.
    Cotswolds.
    Cove in Helensburgh in Scotland.
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    Waj_100 wrote: »
    I'm also a Blackburn lad, the town is horrible, nothing more than a Third World town these days, but the surrounding area is so beautiful; the Ribble Valley in particular is stunning.
    The Lake District is only a 40 minute drive, Blackpool is 30 minutes, Yorkshire Dales close by, etc.

    Same, driving from town down preston new road the change is astonishing as you get closer to preston, and its lovely to have clitheroe, gisburn, goosnargh etc just on the doorstep
  • colnechriscolnechris Posts: 2,013
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    North
    South
    East
    West
    Central
  • lemoncurdlemoncurd Posts: 57,778
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    Doone Valley, Exmoor, for a cream tea
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    Brecon Beacons
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    Yorkshire Dales
    ->
    Edinburgh
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    Loch Lomond, to finish my roadtrip with a walk on the West Highland Way up to Fort William.
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