help! am stuck in aberystwyth at horrid guesthouse pls help me find a nice pub or restaurant!

[edam]

Travelling for work hotel bumped us as overbooked to horrid guesthouse - can't stay in my room all eve pls recommend somewhere to go

[gillyisace]

I would like to know where that guest house is? I've lived in Aberystwyth for over 23 years & it's a great place to live with lots going on! There's recently been a lot of money spent on making the town look smarter. Don't forget there are lots of students who came here to study & never returned home - so it can be that bad can it?

[DowagersHump]

I was at university there in the mid 80s Norman

[NormanTheForeman]

You can drink on a Sunday there now, but I know you couldn't in the 1970s.

[edam]

They do now, praise be!

[DowagersHump]

My boyfriend came to visit me and couldn't believe that you couldn't even get petrol on a Sunday, much less a drink. Actually when I was there, I have a vague recollection that the trains didn't run on Sundays but that can't be right can it?

[edam]

We jumped on the 9.30 train as had no wish to spend a second more in Aber. Only for the guard to announce, after we'd set off, that there was no refreshment trolley. It's a FOUR HOUR journey to Birmingham International where I was changing. Mind you, would have been no use knowing in advance as all the shops were shut - even WHSmith, ffs. We were reduced to sharing a stale bottle of mineral water I'd forgotten to throw out the night before, and taking it in turns to have a spray of Bach Rescue Remedy mouth spray...

[teaandthorazine]

There's nothing else to do in Aber on a Sunday except get pissed!

Awwww, poor old Aber, I loved it there, you're all meanies! Although it is considerably more attractive in the sunshine... And yeah, it does make Birmingham look like Monte Carlo

[Sposh]

Maybe the University bars are considered private? Mind you, I was there in '88-'89 so entirely likely that the laws have changed since then!

[NormanTheForeman]

Wish I'd seen this yesterday - I could have sent you round to visit my sister who live is Aberystwyth!

There is a nice Greek restaurant there, and a Japanese one.

And yes, it's unusual for there to be no trolley service on the train. Which reminds me, must book our train tickets for later in the month!

[JemimaMuddledUp]

If you ever find yourself stuck in Aber again Bella Vita, Gwesty Cymru and Ultracomida are nice.

Unusual for there to be no trolley service on the train, I travelled from Aber to Birmingham on Friday and back yesterday and the trolley was back and forth for the whole three hours. And every time it passed the children pestered me for something!

[JemimaMuddledUp]

If you ever find yourself stuck in Aber again Bella Vita, Gwesty Cymru and Ultracomida are nice.

Unusual for there to be no trolley service on the train, I travelled from Aber to Birmingham on Friday and back yesterday and the trolley was back and forth for the whole three hours. And every time it passed the children pestered me for something!

[edam]

edith

my colleague and I were making up slogans for sticks of rock 'Aberystwyth - be very glad you aren't here' was the cleanest.

We found the most startling window display on the high street. Very old fashioned and bleached out - you know shop windows in places that have stood still since the 1950s look really faded? Did a double take, saw it was a nurse and a body on a table wrapped in bandages, looked more carefully and realised it was a ruddy sex shop!

[nooka]

I'm pretty sure we got pissed on Sundays (along with the rest of the week!). As a student I really enjoyed living in Aber, as the remoteness meant that there was a very good social life - no one left very often and you could visit all your friends with a max half hour walk. It wasn't so good when you fell out with your mates mind!

[lagartija]

Ha ha that's so funny, I went to school in Dartford and uni at Aber

[Sposh]

My college roommate was from Aber so i went there with her a couple of times.

Things that struck me were that there was a single rail line in and out so trains were few and far between as they couldn't pass each other.

There was no alcohol served ANYWHERE on a Sunday, except at private clubs. Is that still true?

[EdithWeston]

The books by Malcolm Pryce might help you get through it! They are:

Aberystwyth Mon Amour
Last Tango in Aberystwyth
The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Aberystwyth
Don't Cry for Me Aberystwyth
From Aberystwyth with Love
The Day Aberystwyth Stood Still

[DowagersHump]

You have my sympathy edam. I went to university there and lasted a year - I loathe it :o

[edam]

Receptionist in the hotel this morning said 'Oh, I suppose you'll be going somewhere nice today. Like Birmingham... ' THAT'S how shit Aberystwyth is, makes Brum look like a paradise people can only dream of.

[edam]

well, that was horrid. Grim grim grim grim grim. Aberystwyth - so bad it's not twinned with anywhere but does have a suicide pact with Dartford. (with apols to the late, great, Linda Smith.)

To cap it all, escaped on a train this morning, only for the guard to announce AFTER we'd set off that there was no trolley service. Not a drop of liquid for FOUR HOURS. My colleague and I shared out carefully rationed doses of Bach Rescue Remedy mouth spray like survivors of a shipwreck waiting for rescue...

[lagartija]

memories! I was at aber 93-96!

[edam]

Hey guys thanks for advice have found a sub-all bar one and we are ok

[teaandthorazine]

ohhhh, to be a broke student again

[teaandthorazine]

Yep, I was there from 92-95. Loved it - I mean, obviously it was (probably still is) deeply uncool but SO much fun! God, I remember Orbitals... have just been googling pubs and restaurants for edam and it's bringing back a LOT of memories

[nooka]

teaandthorazine when were you at Aber? Your summary sounds just the way I remember it (dh and I were there from 1990-93). dh was partial to an orbital or two, although he liked the Cambrian best for their very good Bass (and the lock ins).

[brabbinsandfyffe]

I was in Machynlleth last year (at a completely gorgeous and fantastic guesthouse, if you want to escape yours) and the landlady drove her friend to Aber at sunset to see the starlings, which apparently gather in massive clouds. Not sure that's all year round though.....might be an alternative to feeble wine....:)