Favourite Place?

leeCal
leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
What’s your favourite place in the UK or abroad?

i haven’t been abroad much so I’ll stick to the UK.  I really like Durham Cathedral and the immediate vicinity. I also really liked Cheddar Gorge.

How about you? ?
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  • Cress
    Cress Online Community Member Posts: 1,005 Trailblazing
    I'm really missing nature, the seaside and country side...

    So anywhere but here would do lol...
  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    No holiday this year @Cress?
  • Cress
    Cress Online Community Member Posts: 1,005 Trailblazing
    No...not been anywhere (nice) since 2012...

    I'm tuning up my tiny violin  :D
  • janer1967
    janer1967 Online Community Member Posts: 21,922 Championing
    Too many but here are few 

    Lake Windermere 

    Inverness

    Burton waters (Lincoln) 

    Chatsworth House and Gardens 

    Hornsea 
  • vikingqueen
    vikingqueen Scope Member Posts: 1,790 Championing
         Hisaronu in Turkey,  Usually go twice a year, who knows if we'll make it next year either  :(
  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    Oh I forgot about lake Windermere, lovely place I agree.

    i also forgot about Calpe in Spain, I had a lovely grilled sardine there once when I was a boy, really ? tasty.
  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    edited August 2021
    They have a music festival there don’t they Mike? Or am I thinking of a carnival?
  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    Looks lovely @vikingqueen, still a balmy 26c atm too. ?
  • Cress
    Cress Online Community Member Posts: 1,005 Trailblazing
    leeCal said:
    They have a music festival there don’t they Mike? Or am I thinking of a carnival?
    Mardi Gras?
  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    Ah yes @Cress, it’s Mardi Gras I’m sure. 

    Its famous for it, of course, thanks.
  • Luna51
    Luna51 Online Community Member Posts: 297 Empowering
    My favourite place in the whole world is little place in Cornwall called Crackington Haven, but more specifically, I adore its little church, St Gennys. 
    The churchyard is located at on a cliff top with the most amazing panoramic views of the sea and there are several benches dotted around to sit on.. 
    We used to stay in the Holiday cottages alongside the church when our girls were young and I would often walk up there alone with a cup of tea in hand and just sit there taking in the sights and sounds of the sea, wondering about those who had been there before me.. 

    We went back a few years ago and it all looked and felt exactly the same, it's pretty rare nowadays to find such a hidden gem that hasn't changed with time.. 





  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    Sounds wonderful @Luna51 ?
  • Luna51
    Luna51 Online Community Member Posts: 297 Empowering
    @leeCal

    It really is beautiful.

    Funny really as I don't go to church myself, but if I lived there, I probably would.. ?
  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    I know exactly what you mean @Luna51, some churches make me feel very spiritual. My eldest says he feels the same way and he is an atheist actually! I really like churches and Cathedrals as buildings, so interesting.
  • Luna51
    Luna51 Online Community Member Posts: 297 Empowering
    I agree, I also love old buildings. 
    I think we are very lucky to have so much history on our doorsteps @leeCal ?

  • easy
    easy Scope Member Posts: 688 Empowering
    Give me Benidorm any day. I had my first foreign holiday there and my honeymoon. I love it !!
  • leeCal
    leeCal Online Community Member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    I went o Benidorm with my parents and really enjoyed myself, that was in 1965 though. Changed much you think?! ?
  • Duninn
    Duninn Online Community Member Posts: 184 Empowering
    Poitier, Marseille, Angers, Nantes, Rennes - can you tell I’m a kindred Francophile?  
  • Dragonslayer
    Dragonslayer Online Community Member Posts: 2,164 Pioneering
    You cannot beat the Yorkshire Dales, any part of it. ?
    But I do like Venice. In fact, I like the whole of Italy. 
  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 14,991 Championing
    I like the Yorkshire Dales as well.leeCal said:
    I know exactly what you mean @Luna51, some churches make me feel very spiritual. My eldest says he feels the same way and he is an atheist actually! I really like churches and Cathedrals as buildings, so interesting.
    I am not at all religious but churches make me feel the same. When I go into one I feel kind of calm and safe if that makes sense?