where can i holiday in the uk, that isnt more of the same as living at home?

[stitch]

there are no historical places left anymore. everything is very touristified, and costs a packet to stare at roped off sections of old stuff.
im going with my parents as well as kids, so needs to be something that 67 year old dad, and unfit 61 yr old mom can do as well as 3 yr old dd.
lazing on the beach to boring.
everything advertised on the cornwall tourist site i can do staying at home and not paying for transprotation.
am i being too cynical? please give me some ideas.
tia

[stitch]

oh, and my mom and dh just wont do camping

[SueW]

Sounds like you might as well stay at home! Where do you live that has everything?

[stitch]

sorry, just being cynical really
swimmin, local gym
horseriding, local ish
i live in surrey, so with a car, evertything is a day trip away.
im looking at a place called amroth castle in wales at themooment. looks promising.

[LotosEater]

you can't do \link{http://www.snowdonrailway.co.uk/\this} in Surrey

[LotosEater]

or go anywhere like \link{http://www.cat.org.uk/visitus/visitus.tmpl?subdir=Visitus\this}

[LotosEater]

or \link{http://www.portmeirion-village.com/\this}

[SueW]

My favourite holidays are away from a computer and close to the sea with warm (not hot) sunny weather so you can walk along the beach coast easily without feeling overheated and irritable. Add a pile of good books and some good company and that's it really.

DD is 9yo and still happy to do this kind of holiday. We don't really do excursions or costly activities on holiday.

[seb1]

Come to Glasgow all our museums are free

[stitch]

seb, my parents lived in edinburgh when we were little.
go there lots still
i dont think glasgow would go down too well with family,

[stitch]

loto. the cat one sounds lovely.
any suggestions on wehre to stay? my parents like staying in very nice places, four or five stars i think? we'll be driving in from surrey, there will be about 10 of us, including kids.

[stitch]

loto, do you come from snowdonia?
the potmeiron sounds wonderful
can you give me any more information please?

[stitch]

no availability

[stitch]

fio, please dont tellme how beautiful potmeiron is, thye have just told me they have absolutley no availability july or august.
and it looked like the sort of thing that would have been perfect.

[stitch]

what wher is cricieth?

[stitch]

where?

[madmarchhare]

You bet me to it fio. I was just going to say the same. We had a day out there when we were staying close by.

[stitch]

fio, youre a star.
thank yo uso much.
i was going to give up, and go back to scotland.
still a nightmare though, as i dont know how many of us are going, and exactly when we are going either, and with som any people going, no one wants to make a decision. they just wan tme to book someplace.
aaaarrrgggh getting styressed again

[LotosEater]

stitch - no I don't come from Snowdonia - just had a few happy holidays there and was amused by your thread title - Surrey and Snowdonia V different IMHO