People up north miss out on cheap day trips to France etc

sooz

Perhaps to make it fair, we should rotate the country twice a year?

simpywimpy

I'm a Northerner and I agree - even airmiles charge an extra 500 miles to use them from Manchester.

The drive to Dover is a real drag. I tend to use Portsmouth now just for sheer speed.

Now BMI are taking our Chigaco/Vegas and Barbados flights to the south.

Give us a break or we'll start charging for people to pass North of Watford Gap lol

Tarry

Than I'd be really near those Scottish Islands near the Highlands (what are they called again?) if you turned the country around lol

I am about 40 miles or so away from Dover, even my bus takes me there . But other than that it takes ages to go anywhere from where I am, ie to travel UP NORTH.

Paddy2eyes

Wait for global warming to kick in. Then most of the south west will be under water so the ferries will dock a bit closer to you.

DCFC79

Paddy2eyes wrote: »

Wait for global warming to kick in. Then most of the south west will be under water so the ferries will dock a bit closer to you.

But then the north of the country will be cramped and people will just end up falling into the sea

tiamaria

:eek: Well - I'm down south & It ain't much better -In the far south west to be exact.

Takes about 10/11 hrs to get to Dover by coach (being generous).Maybe 9 hours if you self drive & traffic not too bad.

3 1/2 hours to Bristol airport, yes, we do have Exeter (that's 1 1/2 hours away) but they don't have Ryanair or Easyjet so no cheapies:mad:

And as for the Plymouth to Roscoff ferry, you'd need a 2nd mortgage:rolleyes: Every time i've tried I've been quoted between £500 & £700:eek: That's just the ferry mind:eek:

Certainly no cheap day trips but we can sometimes get a long weekend from Newquay to Girona which is lovely but some more choice would be nice:D

It always takes us longer to get to the airport than the flight to get where we're going, and another 5/6 hours on the train after landing in London.

so I'd like a good moan about the people up north close to airports who can get cheap weekends away to lots of nice places:rotfl:

and we still have the rip off house prices:rotfl: :rotfl:

and the highest water rates in the country:mad:

& the lowest wages in the UK:mad:

no motorways :mad:

& no restaurant chains which take the coupons from Martin's emails:mad:

Ok I'll shut up now:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

nuttywoman

"no restaurant chains which take the coupons from Martin's emails"

Neither do we cos we don`t live near a big city, we miss out on free samples at the big stores as well that are advertised on here as well!
Also a lot of cheap flight deals are at Stanstead.

iwantitnow

Every cloud has a silver lining


Living in Ayrshire I find that the sheep are a lot less fussy than those in the South of England

tiamaria

That's a really baaaaaaaad joke...

simpywimpy

This has developed into a great thread!

Are all these complaints the real north-south divide??lol