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From: Derek F on 8 Jul 2010 18:27 "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:1jl99nd.17txpj04m0dalN%d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk... > Derek F <lordpilrig(a)NOXo2.co.uk> wrote: > >> "john hamilton" <bluestar95(a)mail.invalid> wrote in message >> news:i0v654$1gn$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> > Whats the most reasonably priced and easily arranged (i.e. frequent >> > cheap >> > flights and easy transport at the destination end) weeks holiday break >> > at >> > the sea side, in Spain or similar nearby country; for an elderly couple >> > living in the London area? Thanks for advice. >> > >> How elderly? Fit eldery? Savvy elderly? >> Malaga airport has a good train service to local resorts.The area though >> is >> full of scammers and pickpockets. > > I forgot to lock the locker in Malaga train station a few years ago > (yes, idiotic I know!) and when I got back a few hours later, it was all > there intact. > > -- > (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate > www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) > "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first > world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009) I used to use the two coach train service from Wimbledon to West Croydon. It quite often did not run because of flooding n the line. We arrived at Malaga after a thunderstorm and the two coach train was not running to Malaga due to flooding. Derek
From: Derek F on 9 Jul 2010 18:40 On 09/07/2010 09:17, PetrolHead wrote: > On Thu, 8 Jul 2010 23:27:40 +0100, Derek F wrote: > >> I used to use the two coach train service from Wimbledon to West Croydon. It >> quite often did not run because of flooding n the line. We arrived at Malaga >> after a thunderstorm and the two coach train was not running to Malaga due >> to flooding. > > any elderly couple seeking the easiest route to the beach should opt for a > taxi transfer, its obvious. Rubbish! Elderly does not mean not being able to get around on ones own. In the past four years we have independently by bus and train done New Zealand, Portugal twice, Australia and Florida. Mostly finding accommodation ourselves from the Rough Guide after arriving. As for Taxis, hardly ever. We tend to avoid Tourist Offices as they will send you to their out of the way favourites. Derek (76)
From: d4g4h4 on 10 Jul 2010 02:57 Derek F <lordpilrig(a)NOXo2.co.uk> wrote: [] > We tend to avoid Tourist Offices as they will send you to their out of > the way favourites. > Derek (76) No. In Europe they tend to be quite helpful. -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate www.davidhorne.net (email address on website) "[Do you think the world learned anything from the first world war?] No. They never learn." -Harry Patch (1898-2009)
From: Earl Evleth on 10 Jul 2010 03:32 On 10/07/10 8:57, in article 1jlem1v.17lbe6thzp65eN%d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk, "David Horne, _the_ chancellor *" <d4g4h4(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> We tend to avoid Tourist Offices as they will send you to their out of >> the way favourites. >> Derek (76) > > No. In Europe they tend to be quite helpful. A French Tourist office will list more hotels in town than say, Michelin. In all price categories. One place I know has a board-mop it their window, and hotels still having space are lit up. N-years ago we got off the ship SS France, in Le Havre to find that our favorite hotel, at which I thought we had a reservation had changed managements and never heard of us, and the place was full. There was no rooms available in town so we headed for the train station, but the next train to Paris was in the morning. We were standing there lost when a more experienced European said "no problem, we go to the police station". So we went and they qlso could not get us a room, so they called the mayor (a communist mayor) who called around the region and got rooms for us in a small coastal town to the north reachable by taxi. So we did not have to spend the night in the train station.
From: tim.... on 10 Jul 2010 09:10
"Derek F" <lordpilrig(a)NOXo2.co.uk> wrote in message news:OzNZn.15718$4B7.12253(a)newsfe16.iad... > On 09/07/2010 09:17, PetrolHead wrote: >> On Thu, 8 Jul 2010 23:27:40 +0100, Derek F wrote: >> >>> I used to use the two coach train service from Wimbledon to West >>> Croydon. It >>> quite often did not run because of flooding n the line. We arrived at >>> Malaga >>> after a thunderstorm and the two coach train was not running to Malaga >>> due >>> to flooding. >> >> any elderly couple seeking the easiest route to the beach should opt for >> a >> taxi transfer, its obvious. > > Rubbish! Elderly does not mean not being able to get around on ones own. > In the past four years we have independently by bus and train done New > Zealand, Portugal twice, Australia and Florida. Mostly finding > accommodation ourselves from the Rough Guide after arriving. As for Taxis, > hardly ever. > We tend to avoid Tourist Offices as they will send you to their out of the > way favourites. In the UK they are not allowed to have favourites or "non favourites" so they will drop subtle little hints about the rubbish places. On the subject of location, if you want somewhere within walking distance of the office then say so. I have never been anywhere that would ignore such a request tim |