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The most cliched middle class family holiday destination you've been on?

223 replies

Borntobrighton · 15/08/2022 10:04

For me in the UK - Cornwall & North Wales.
Abroad - a campsite in S. France 10 mins from St Tropez.

Not so posh
Salou & Cambrils
Tenerife
Won't be returning anytime soon.

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Numbersarefun · 15/08/2022 12:48

Oh and I can do day trips to North Norfolk!

Spudlet · 15/08/2022 12:48

I have been to Rock for the day when we were staying in Cornwall - tbh I can’t see what the fuss is about. It’s nice, but not significantly nicer than many other places in that part of the world imo.

Southwold is our nearest beach so we do go there for the day fairly often. It is very middle class - I do enjoy listening to some of the conversations on the beach (I’m sure people are equally listening to ours!). Some of the names are just peak middle class 😂 It’s proper ‘Obadiah, put down that papaya’ territory 😅

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Borntobrighton · 15/08/2022 12:54

Spudlet · 15/08/2022 12:48

I have been to Rock for the day when we were staying in Cornwall - tbh I can’t see what the fuss is about. It’s nice, but not significantly nicer than many other places in that part of the world imo.

Southwold is our nearest beach so we do go there for the day fairly often. It is very middle class - I do enjoy listening to some of the conversations on the beach (I’m sure people are equally listening to ours!). Some of the names are just peak middle class 😂 It’s proper ‘Obadiah, put down that papaya’ territory 😅

😂

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TwoBlondes · 15/08/2022 13:00

Paxos

ratussbaguss · 15/08/2022 13:03

I don't even know really what middle class means. It's such a broad brush, I think the question is very hard to answer

FinallyHere · 15/08/2022 13:09

don't even know really what middle class means.

@ratussbaguss

The definition that chimes with me is that 'I look down on them... and they look down in me'.

#helpful if you like that sort of thing

Cutemob · 15/08/2022 13:09

HavfrueDenizKisi · 15/08/2022 12:46

Wow. That is really quite offensive. As are some other comments on this thread.

I wonder how a thread about 'chavs' would go down?

Back to the thread though North Norfolk most definitely (especially Thornham).

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Is it really that offensive? I thought "braying loudly" was such an evocative description 😁

ThreeKneeRepeater · 15/08/2022 13:10

Sorry but yes, this isn’t a nice thread, even if it’s supposed to be light hearted.

MrsMoastyToasty · 15/08/2022 13:13

Salcombe.

mojokonoko · 15/08/2022 13:16

Kayaking on the Dordoyne. Basically a river populated directly from the Waitrose in Harrogate.

Womblingforfree · 15/08/2022 13:16

Go to any weekend campsite in East Sussex/Rural Kent/New forest/mid wales on a summer friday night (before schools break up) and its wall to wall black 4 wheel drives and massive air tents with feral primary age kids 'getting back to nature' ... throw in some skanky composting loos, out of control fires and a 'farm shop' selling over priced Marshmellows and alternative 'cola' ...pizza van that costs £15 for a tiny margarita on a wood fire you have to preorder a year in advance and takes 2 hours to get. .

Don't do it anymore...it gave me the rage...but did for years until we all got bad waterworks infections one year as toilets really unsanitary when rainy. Give me a big old regimented campsite any day with decent showers and some rules!

This is the most MC! And I know that some sites actually vet postcodes of those booking. Heard from a very popular site where friend once worked. Plus most are now upwards of £60 a night..for camping without flushing loos or proper showers.

Boybandfacedfannyfart · 15/08/2022 13:17

Aberdyfi isn’t north wales unless there’s been some plate shifts since I was there last…

Womblingforfree · 15/08/2022 13:17

mojokonoko · 15/08/2022 13:16

Kayaking on the Dordoyne. Basically a river populated directly from the Waitrose in Harrogate.

😂

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Borntobrighton · 15/08/2022 13:21

Womblingforfree · 15/08/2022 13:16

Go to any weekend campsite in East Sussex/Rural Kent/New forest/mid wales on a summer friday night (before schools break up) and its wall to wall black 4 wheel drives and massive air tents with feral primary age kids 'getting back to nature' ... throw in some skanky composting loos, out of control fires and a 'farm shop' selling over priced Marshmellows and alternative 'cola' ...pizza van that costs £15 for a tiny margarita on a wood fire you have to preorder a year in advance and takes 2 hours to get. .

Don't do it anymore...it gave me the rage...but did for years until we all got bad waterworks infections one year as toilets really unsanitary when rainy. Give me a big old regimented campsite any day with decent showers and some rules!

This is the most MC! And I know that some sites actually vet postcodes of those booking. Heard from a very popular site where friend once worked. Plus most are now upwards of £60 a night..for camping without flushing loos or proper showers.

They vet the postcodes for the poshest ones?!

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Womblingforfree · 15/08/2022 13:22

Yes if you don't live in a MC area they say full.

Womblingforfree · 15/08/2022 13:23

Allegedly to avoid 'trouble makers'
But if that's not 'social cleansing?!?...

Hoppinggreen · 15/08/2022 13:23

AnyFucker · 15/08/2022 11:34

Rock
Abersoch

Half of middle class Cheshire/Saddleworth have a mobile home on The Warrens in Abersoch

ShrillSiren22 · 15/08/2022 13:24

Isles of Scilly.

PuttingDownRoots · 15/08/2022 13:27

Currently on a lakeside campsite in the Lake District where you can launch your own paddlecraft directly or enjoy swimming, walking or cycling.

There is a constant background symphony of paddleboards being inflated.

faffadoodledo · 15/08/2022 13:29

Agree Scilly is very MC. Hard not to be with the prices. Rock and Polzeath are too - and in my Cornish opinion really aren't worth it. St Mawes though, another v MC desitination, is lovely - though like Polzeath and Rock the locals have been totally priced out

Spudlet · 15/08/2022 13:30

Am 😮 at the campsite social engineering. That’s madness!

Stag82 · 15/08/2022 13:31

Centre Parcs... a very posh version of my usual Haven caravan site!!

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Borntobrighton · 15/08/2022 13:32

Womblingforfree · 15/08/2022 13:23

Allegedly to avoid 'trouble makers'
But if that's not 'social cleansing?!?...

They really do keep the riff raff out so😩 can't lower the tone for the mc crew🤣

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IrisVersicolor · 15/08/2022 13:34

Boybandfacedfannyfart · 15/08/2022 13:17

Aberdyfi isn’t north wales unless there’s been some plate shifts since I was there last…

😄 Real North Wales is def not posh.

IrisVersicolor · 15/08/2022 13:35

Cornwall is lovely but it actually takes me less time to get to France.