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| diggerz |
set afoot on a journey to explore the United Kingdom & most of Ireland throughout the months of June & July of two thousand and nine. While I do find the idea of walking across London quite tempting, I much rather explore the skirts of the countryside; traveller on a budget with the intention of digging up old English roots...
Where to begin? |
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| Acton |
| quote: | Originally posted by diggerz
Where to begin? |
The Airport I guess.
Seriously though, everyone will have their own likes, dislikes and places they would recommend to people. The obvious choice is find out where YOU want to go. Google is your friend, research good old GB to and perhaps pop back here asking for any comments on a few places that interest you. |
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| adi_hanson |
i would forget london heathrow , travel to manchester airport and start there.
From there you could reach , peak district , lake disrict , yorkshire dales , north wales. All places with very old english roots , especially in't yawkshire dales.I would start with the lakes , then move to the dales and down into the peak and back to manchester.If your into the beatles and a good fight , liverpool aint far away.From manchester get the train to london and look around there.Apart from the obvious tourist attractions, london is rough as , so is greater manchester so i would stick to the well worn trail.
After that catch a flight to dublin.And get in wrecked on all the booze you could imagine.
sounds a good month youll have anyways |
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| Owsey2008 |
| quote: | Originally posted by adi_hanson
After that catch a flight to dublin.And get in wrecked on all the booze you could imagine.
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+1000000
Even better, instead of Dublin you could visit Donegal. It's in the West of Ireland and it has to be the greatest place I've ever visited (Ardara in particular). |
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| Ian |
Cities you should spend a day in
York
Durham
Newcastle
Nottingham
Leeds
Manchester
Bath
Bristol
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Birmingham
if you flew into london, the best order would be Bath/Bristol - Birmingham - Nottingham - Leeds - Manchester- York - Newcastle - Durham - Edinburgh - Glasgow then onto Ireland. |
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| diggerz |
| Very cool feedback, I'm very thankful. I have friends in London, Southampton & Nottingham. On the other hand, my ancestry is rooted in Liverpool, according to my grandmother. Eventhough London is a must-see for all tourists, I much rather begin my journey elsewhere, I will consider your advice. I'm a big fan of English literature (William Blake, Shakespeare, Charles Dickens) & I'm an avid fan of Dublin's very own James Joyce & Jonathan Swift aswell. I would like to know if there were any symbolic places in and around the UK with a strong emphasis on literary roots & traditions? I know Blake's paintings are in London, but there have to be places outside the metropolis where I can meet professors or even ancestors of these? I know that's a loaded question, nevermind my stupidity. I'll work out a plan and share it with you, just for kicks. |
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| Ian |
| shakespeare was born in stratford upon avon & that's quite a nice place for that like. Warwick is nearby & also very historic. York obviously is gorgeous, Liverpool has had a lot of regeneration but the outlying suburbs are very rough. |
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