Skegness or Bruges ? (2 Viewers)

[Jim]

I was looking at the global view Brussels being the capital of Belgium.
( didn't take any exams at school).

Clearly .




Neither did I. Not a one

 

[Ralph-n-Bev]

Do you really believe that out of 7,000,000,000 bodies on this planet you would be unlucky enough to be killed by a terrorist ? You've a better change of winning the lottery.

There is a tunnel now.

You are more likely to drown in the rough northern seas in a piddling little island hopping ferry.

Yes.
Just like back in the 80's , I thought if I took the drugs I'd be the one dead on the dance floor !

 

[Robert Clark]

you will find that Skegness was in Yorkshire.

When exactly was that?

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[Tootles]

When exactly was that?

Danelaw.

 

[Robert Clark]

Danelaw.

Fascinating Dave
I took a look online and could only find references to York being part of Danelaw, not Skegness being part of Yorkshire.
Can you help me with this?

 

[Floydster]

Fascinating Dave
I took a look online and could only find references to York being part of Danelaw, not Skegness being part of Yorkshire.
Can you help me with this?

Can't you look it up when you go there next week?

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[Deleted member 29692]

There's this

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danelaw

It seems to show the area where Skeggy is as a swamp though.

What a shame it's declined so badly over the last 1000 years or so. The people living there can only dream of something as nice as a swamp

 

[magicsurfbus]

There's this

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Migration from overseas with cultural and linguistic diversity in Britain's past? Surely not! Leftist propaganda if ever I saw it. Next thing you'll be telling me that half of our towns and villages have Viking names

 

[Deleted member 29692]

Next thing you'll be telling me that half of our towns and villages have Viking names

I'm sure I read somewhere that Skegness is Norse for "horrible stinking fly ridden swamp"

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[GJH]

I'm sure I read somewhere that Skegness is Norse for "horrible stinking fly ridden swamp"

No, that's London

 

[Peter Sansom]

Heading off next week in search of a little pre Christmas Fun

Un-decided between Skegness
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And Bruges
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Which would you suggest ?

It a

Heading off next week in search of a little pre Christmas Fun

Un-decided between Skegness
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And Bruges
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Which would you suggest ?

Izzat a trick question?

 

[Peter Sansom]

I saw a very exciting film involving Bruges once, can't say I've seen one with Skeggy though

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[Minxy]

I saw a very exciting film involving Bruges once, can't say I've seen one with Skeggy though

Dam Busters ....
https://skegness.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/dam-busters-filmed-at-skegness/

 

[Peter Sansom]

Dam Busters ....
https://skegness.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/dam-busters-filmed-at-skegness/

In that case go for the Skeggy option...you may even find an unexploded bouncing bomb (inert film prop, of course)!

 

[Minxy]

I vote for Skeggy ... you cannot get proper fish and chips in Brugge!

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[Khizzie]

Skeggy every time. @Tootles recommends the mineral spa waters there..........

Sorry guys that yellow tinged water running down the gutters is not spa water .. Its( L) atrine (A) tivated liquids...

 

[DuxDeluxe]

Sorry guys that yellow tinged water running down the gutters is not spa water .. Its( L) atrine (A) tivated liquids...

@Tootles loves Skeggy so much that he probably thought that the streets were running with lager.......

 

[SGNV]

I was born in Brugge, spent the first 23 years of my life there, so can be a local voice with authority . The place is fake, the whole set-up is intended to be a tourist honey trap, all too neat, too tidy, all put on a bit too thickly and far too restrictive for ordinary living, tourism comes first, full stop. When going into town (the town centre within the 'ditches' is very small and extremely expensive) we'd have the game of 'spot someone speaking Flemish', honestly, there's that many foreigners around all year round (I'd be one of them by now , the Flemish is well rusty). Not that I ever have been to Skegness, so not capable of a comparative analysis.

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[Robert Clark]

I vote for Skeggy ... you cannot get proper fish and chips in Brugge!

I vote Bruges - you can't get proper Moules Frites in Skegness

 

[Robert Clark]

Having just spent a couple of days in Bruges I can quite agree with the claim that it's main aim is as a tourist destination, and it does it very well indeed.
With a first class aire close to the centre of town it sets an example that towns and cities across the U.K. could aspire to.

 

[GJH]

With a first class aire close to the centre of town it sets an example that towns and cities across the U.K. could aspire to.

Do I see an e-mail to the Mayor of Skegness coming on?

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[DuxDeluxe]

I was born in Brugge, spent the first 23 years of my life there, so can be a local voice with authority . The place is fake, the whole set-up is intended to be a tourist honey trap, all too neat, too tidy, all put on a bit too thickly and far too restrictive for ordinary living, tourism comes first, full stop. When going into town (the town centre within the 'ditches' is very small and extremely expensive) we'd have the game of 'spot someone speaking Flemish', honestly, there's that many foreigners around all year round (I'd be one of them by now , the Flemish is well rusty). Not that I ever have been to Skegness, so not capable of a comparative analysis.

I always preferred Ghent as a city; never really liked Bruges

 

[Robert Clark]

Do I see an e-mail to the Mayor of Skegness coming on?

Email ???
No I shall write using my best crayon

 

[maison]

If you are going to the trouble of firing up the m/h at least make sure you get your money's worth and go somewhere exotic.

Got to be Skeggy!

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[Peter Sansom]

I was born in Brugge, spent the first 23 years of my life there, so can be a local voice with authority . The place is fake, the whole set-up is intended to be a tourist honey trap, all too neat, too tidy, all put on a bit too thickly and far too restrictive for ordinary living, tourism comes first, full stop. When going into town (the town centre within the 'ditches' is very small and extremely expensive) we'd have the game of 'spot someone speaking Flemish', honestly, there's that many foreigners around all year round (I'd be one of them by now , the Flemish is well rusty). Not that I ever have been to Skegness, so not capable of a comparative analysis.

OK, SG, ta...I think. You have obviously been there as you can spell it correctly, unlike us lot. Sooo, how do we feel about Brighton folks?

 

[Minxy]

Having just spent a couple of days in Bruges I can quite agree with the claim that it's main aim is as a tourist destination, and it does it very well indeed.
With a first class aire close to the centre of town it sets an example that towns and cities across the U.K. could aspire to.

Have you seen the price of the aire!!!!! €19 to €25 and NO reduced fee for parking for just a few hours ... I really hope the UK does NOT go down that route but instead copies some of the more sensible priced ones!!!

 

[GJH]

Email ???
No I shall write using my best crayon

Ah, it's true then. I'd heard you weren't allowed sharp points

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[Deleted member 29692]

Have you seen the price of the aire!!!!! €19 to €25 and NO reduced fee for parking for just a few hours ... I really hope the UK does NOT go down that route but instead copies some of the more sensible priced ones!!!

Location location location. It's in a fantastic position in a place that people want to visit.

It's a 5-10 minute gentle stroll from the middle of town.

The campsite is cheaper but it's several miles out.

We'd pick the aire every single time. It's a nice one, tarmac but well maintained with water and electric. If you get very lucky there are a couple of spaces where you can have some grass outdoor space.

Anyway they must be doing something right because at busy times both parts of the aire, the main one and the overspill across the road, fill up and they use the coach park as a second overspill.

In France aires in popular locations are also quite expensive - Honfleur, Chamonix and the seaside towns in the South for instance - and give you less. €12 - €13 is not unusual in popular tourist places.

The "sensible priced ones" as you put it tend to be in less popular places that fewer people want to visit.

Both types, the expensive ones and the cheap/free ones, are priced for their respective markets. The more people want to visit somewhere the more you can charge them for the privilege and vice versa.

It would be exactly the same in the UK should they start to appear. An aire right on Brighton seafront would be £20 per night and probably full up from May to October, an aire on an industrial estate on the outskirts of Luton would be free and more than likely empty most of the time.

 

[GJH]

It would be exactly the same in the UK should they start to appear. An aire right on Brighton seafront would be £20 per night and probably full up from May to October, an aire on an industrial estate on the outskirts of Luton would be free and more than likely empty most of the time.

But that, Nick, suggests that UK aires would only succeed in certain places Not what some would have us believe

 

[PORKSTER]

Having just spent a couple of days in Bruges I can quite agree with the claim that it's main aim is as a tourist destination, and it does it very well indeed.
With a first class aire close to the centre of town it sets an example that towns and cities across the U.K. could aspire to.

Which side did you manage to get onto ? Every time I have visited there is a big Concorde tucked into the left handside corner. I imagery be he lives on the air or he's following me around.

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