thursdaysd

I agree - that's an odd collection. And they can't claim they're leaving out places like Bath because they're too touristy, Clovelly is as touristy as they come.

annhig

Ludlow BTW is in Wales which might account for it>>

Flanner, old chap, Ludlow might be surprised about that as it thinks it's in England:

http://www.ludlow.org.uk/

and if you can have Clovelly [which I agree is ridiculously touristy] why not Windermere?

or St. Ives? [and i never knew that durham was too touristy to include in this august company].

ancestralvoices

Annhig , its the England guide I'm questioning. I don't have the Britain guide. Wales, however, is in this guidebook and Portmeirion is the only "choice" pick in Wales. And yes, I agree with you on your selections etc. Regarding Holland--- I can fully appreciate Delft and Maastricht being "choices" but can't understand the omission of Haarlem, for instance, yet the inclusion of Bronkhorst or even Breda. None of it makes any real sense. Again, I really really love The Netherlands, but to state that it has 25 towns as top choices and that England has only 9? Dedham being one of the 9. Nonsensical. And France has over 50... This not even counting Englands lesser known destinations(to Americans) like Stamford, Sherborne, Bradford on Avon...

ancestralvoices

Annhig, that wasn't Flanner who made the Ludlow mistake.

annhig

Annhig , its the England guide I'm questioning>>

AV - i was quoting flanner re ludlow being in Wales.

and with my little knowledge of Holland, i agree about the omission of Haarlem.

alanRow

[and i never knew that durham was too touristy to include in this august company]

Who said it was?

annhig

As for Whitby - Captain Cook, whaling, the Synod of Whitby and that's before you mention that writer chappy.

And this as someone who loves Durham dearly and thinks the Cathedral is one of the greatest buildings on Earth.>>

isn't that what you meant, alan?

sorry if i misunderstood.

ancestralvoices

Oh and Annhig--- Joey and I have the Cornwall portion of our trip all booked and planned. We're just going to stay in St Ives the 5 nights and drive from there. Can't wait to visit your non choice county!! Then up to non choice Lynmouth followed by 1 star rated Bath!

ancestralvoices

Annhig, that's what I was referring to. Flanner didn't say that(unless he also goes by the screen name of alanrow).

ancestralvoices

Alanrow--- I agree. We stayed in Grange in Borrowdale 2 Summers ago. I'd kill to drive the Honister Pass again. Beautiful all around!

annhig

Flanner - I know you're not here but excuse me anyway - I got you mixed up with alanRow! [must be jetlag!]

Alan/AV - can I just start again?

AV - I think that in this case, fodors are talking out of their .....

I'm sure you'll love St. Ives and Bath.

ancestralvoices

Haha you weren't very Virgoan this mini thread!

I do love Bath already and cannot wait to finally visit Cornwall and Devon for the first time! Thanks, Annhig, for your advice to me in another thread. This makes 3 years in a row that you've helped me with my plans.

Kip

annhig

This makes 3 years in a row that you've helped me with my plans. >>

oh, goodie, where's my prize?

seriously, i thought of some more - Salisbury, Winchester, Rye, Norwich, Lewes, Cranbrook, Tunbridge Wells - and I'm sure that there are many more just as good as the dutch places fodors have listed.

thursdaysd

And what about the south coast in Wales? Maybe St. David? And at least one of the border castles!

ancestralvoices

Annhig--- you want a prize? How about letting us take you to lunch or tea or whatever sometime during our stay in St Ives in mid July? Am I remembering correctly that you live in Cornwall? I promise you that we are 2 safe Americans!! On tripadviisor( same screen name) you can see that we met up with Mikey and Sussexworldtraveller in East Sussex last Summer. Also we may be meeting up with Flanner during the Cotswolds portion of our trip. You can pm me on TA. Would love to continue our egg yolk debate( from my trip report)from 2 years ago in person!!

annhig

AV - I wasn't angling, but i'd love to meet up. you're right, we do live in Cornwall, about 30-45 mins drive from St. ives depending on season.

I don't find TA very easy to cope with so please e-mail me when convenient: ann@trefula,com should reach me.

annhig

oops - .com of course.