<SOB> who else lives in the middle of nowhere and cannot go on holiday cos every airport is a million miles away and just not bloody worth it

[nailpolish]

IM SO PISSED OFF

every airport is so far away and even the near ones have crap flights to crap places and then they charge you a million pounds to get there

ive just been moaning to dh about all this and looks what hes come up with!

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Not Aviemore. Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

piglit, Aviemore is a lot different from what it used to be, honest

hte mcdonald aviemore is very very family friendly and honestly, its all changed

i think ill be wroking over xmas though, Oh who knows

mutter mutter

Funny! I would love to go to Scotland (normally west coast but near enough) this year but can't face the drive up there. Not far from an airport but can't afford atm. But I can see it would be frustrating - we're near lots of nice areas and we're going down to Cornwall next month - about 2 hours drive.

BTW Pitlochry is the place where they make woolly stuff isn't it? I do seem to remember a fairly high wrinkly count and lots of shortbread shops...

dinosaur i had never thought of that, i shall look into it, thanks!

i have actually always wanted to go to Belfast, after having a friend many years ago who came from there and was always banging on about it

is it P&O who go there?

oh thanks. its £270 for 4 seats so reasonable?

and at you flying! that takes me back to my original post.................

yes but i am still that YOU HAVE THE OPTION!

actually, i have just checked where stranraer is and its quite a long drive from me

argh

P&O do a ferry from Troon to Larne - so nto as far as Stranraer.

prettybird, Troon is still quite far for me (and the dd's)

but thanks for helping

i really really just wish dundee airport or aberdeen airport had a better service, and i could fly to newcastle, manchester, dublin etc for a reasonable price

What about Flybe, Easyjet and Ryanair, can't you get decent priced flights with them?

You have more airlines flying out than our local airport. What about Edinburgh or Glasgow for a holiday, loads to do for families. Depends what you wan to do on holiday I suppose.

What about driving to the Lake District area, NP, or Northumberland? I live near Aberdeen (when not being an expat) and took dd2 to the Lakes last October. The most stressful bit was driving all the way to Carnoustie with the bl%dy dog whining in the car because I'd left it too late to find kennels nearer home!

Tbh, I think flying short distances is as much hassle as driving, what with airport waits etc. At least when you drive you can stop whenever you need to and can plan a more scenic route as well.

hi suedonim, i was wondering where you stayed at the Lakes? and how long did it take you to get there?

whisper its funny you should mention Carnoustie...