Places to see in the UK... - TravelPUNK Backpacker College Student Budget Travel Message Boards!



Go Back   TravelPUNK Backpacker College Student Budget Travel Message Boards! > Backpacker College Student Travel Message Boards > Where ya going? & Specific country info! > Europe: Western

Europe: Western Cafés, castles, architecture, art, wine, the Euro, gastronomy, let´s meet up, and pub crawls.! Oh oui, backpackers paradise...

Raileurope.com: See Europe by train
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 04-17-2004, 09:13 PM   #1
Members
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 3
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

My friend and I are gonna be traveling in Europe this august before we study in Italy in the fall. Flying into London, staying about a week, hitting other places in the UK for another week, and then 2 weeks in Ireland/rest of Western Europe. I was looking through my book at some places on England's southern coast and in Scotland, but i'd appreciate any recommendations of where to go besides London. Heard the Lake district was nice, also wanna see Edinburgh. Also, for 2 weeks in the UK, recommended to buy any kind of rail/bus pass or just buy individual tickets? First time organizing this kind of trip for myself, so any advice is appreciated. god damn this is gonna be fun.
stratocaster is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-18-2004, 03:08 AM   #2
TPunk Recognized
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Kent, UK
Posts: 226
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

Hey there stratocaster!!!!
I reckon you should try to check out cornwall. It's sooo nice down there, but a bit hard to travel around unloess you have a car.
Glasgow is ment to pretty damn cool. I live in the uk, and have not yet made it up to Glasgow. Liverpool and Manchester are top places too.
But I would definetly see the lake district. and buy rail passes, hell of alot cheaper!!!
***Beady*** is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-18-2004, 07:14 AM   #3
TPunk Emeritus
 
worldwidemike's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Columbus, Ohio USA
Posts: 3,390
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

Hi Stratocaster,

I agree with Beady on Cornwall. If you're into hiking, there is a path that goes all the way around the coast called the Cornish Coastal Path. You can get a nice, detailed map and walk as much or as little as you want. The bus service is okay, there, so you should still be able to get around. Cornwall has great little seaport towns, castles, amazing coastal scenery...it's great.

My favorite area in Britain, though, is Scotland -- particularly the west coast and islands. The scenery is dramatic, the history is all around, and the people are real friendly. Mull was my favorite island, followed by Skye.

worldwidemike
__________________
Check out my travel web page at:
Worldwidemike.com
"Life is not measured in the number of breaths we take, but by the places that take our breath away..."
worldwidemike is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-18-2004, 08:18 AM   #4
***** Senior *********
 
Rozza's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: WANTED! dead or at a meet-up ..... reward first round on Me
Posts: 3,171
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Send a message via Yahoo to Rozza
Default

Snowdonia (wales) has every thing that the lake district has, but isn't as touresty yet
__________________
Mountains are the means, the man is the end. The goal is not to reach the tops of mountains, but to improve the man.
- Walter Bonatti, Italian climber.

Past Trip Albums:
Norway '05 Album


"'Kings. What a good idea.'Whoever had created humanity had left in a major design flaw. It was its tenedency to bend at the knees."
- Terry Prachett
Rozza is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-18-2004, 09:40 AM   #5
TPunk Recognized
 
Fedfe's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Canada
Posts: 290
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

WELCOME STRATOCASTER!!!!

I'm in pretty much the same boat as you... I'm trying to find some sweet place to go in the UK too...though, I'm leaving in a week and staying for two months working... good luck!@
__________________
"Sir, you're drunk!"
"And you're ugly. But tomorrow I will be sober, and you will still be ugly."
-Winston Churchill
Fedfe is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-19-2004, 06:59 PM   #6
Members
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 3
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

Thanks for the replies... I think we decided Scotland would be a cool place to go after London. Planning on staying at the Generator for about a week, so I'm thinking we might feel like taking it a little easier for a bit haha, get some hiking in maybe... i didnt see the isle of mull in my guidebook tho ww mike... wheres that at?
stratocaster is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-21-2004, 03:43 AM   #7
TPunk Recognized
 
Ozpacka's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Australia
Posts: 647
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

Pardon my ignorance, but wheres the lakes district in england...

Snowdonia sound like the place to be seen
__________________

Travelpunk - More extreme than your Mum!
Ozpacka is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-21-2004, 02:17 PM   #8
TPunk Recognized
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Kent, UK
Posts: 226
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

Lake district is in Cumbria. Top left (ish) of the uk. just some info on the place....
bit of uk where cumbria is...

Just so you know!
***Beady*** is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-22-2004, 10:14 AM   #9
TPunk Emeritus
 
worldwidemike's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Columbus, Ohio USA
Posts: 3,390
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

Mull is on the west coast of Scotland, one of the island chain called the Inner Hebrides. To get there, I took the ferry from Oban, Scotland. If you find that town, you should see Mull. Do some reading on it, though, as it HAS been almost two decades since I've been there...!

Two decades since my five weeks in Scotland?! Where has time gone? It seems only a couple years ago the three of us were zooming along through the night on mopeds, with me checking over my shoulder to make sure the werewolves weren't gaining on us...

worldwidemike
__________________
Check out my travel web page at:
Worldwidemike.com
"Life is not measured in the number of breaths we take, but by the places that take our breath away..."
worldwidemike is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-22-2004, 10:43 AM   #10
***** Senior *********
 
Rozza's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: WANTED! dead or at a meet-up ..... reward first round on Me
Posts: 3,171
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Send a message via Yahoo to Rozza
Default

werewolves? , that could be my dad at the hairy phase of his life he's irish not scotish but seemed funny at the time hayhay , Mull? i ain't heard of Mull, its in the inner hebrides, cause i've heard of the Mull of Galloway, buts thats a passage of water (been up and down there a lot, go to the right of the isle to get the best scotish stake).
__________________
Mountains are the means, the man is the end. The goal is not to reach the tops of mountains, but to improve the man.
- Walter Bonatti, Italian climber.

Past Trip Albums:
Norway '05 Album


"'Kings. What a good idea.'Whoever had created humanity had left in a major design flaw. It was its tenedency to bend at the knees."
- Terry Prachett
Rozza is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply






Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Places you would rather be Stranded eSper Polls 70 03-23-2011 07:05 PM
The best places to see eloc_rovert Europe: Western 5 06-20-2006 09:21 AM
question about places to go annielee22 Where Do I Go? 4 04-10-2006 12:01 AM
places to go Scabbybones Australia/NZ/S Pac. 6 11-09-2005 09:23 PM
Places to See BuddyLee General Travel Tips and Advice 20 06-24-2004 01:58 PM


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 07:27 AM.



 

Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.2.0 (Unregistered)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121