Good place for a couple to go for a weekend?

HeadAboveWater

You're in the wrong job Glyn! :rotfl:

GlynD

HeadAboveWater wrote: »

You're in the wrong job Glyn! :rotfl:

I don't have a job mate.

lostinrates

Idiophreak wrote: »

Really? It's interesting how different people have different perceptions of things...I live local to Oxford and wouldn't recommend it for any of those things! Scenery, architecture, culture etc, sure...but the shopping and restaurants are both famously conspicuous by their absence. Couple of nice bars, I suppose...if you can afford them. :eek:

Bath's lovely though, I have to say.

Baths fantastic, I live near there, and there is great independent shopping and a wealth of places to eat. (We keep meaning to go to the sardinian place for the traditional sardinian pasta i love, ipmaybe we should go this weekend, hmmm).

However, we also have spent considerable time in Oxford, (me just as a hanger on, but adh and his siblings both studied there, and we have two Dons in the family) and have family favourite places my in laws have eaten at for decades as well as newer restaurants. These include cuisines that aren't that easy to find outside bigger areas in UK. Just a short drive or taxi ride from Oxford is one of britains most famous restaurants of all. I can agree on the shopping, but I think to say there is no where to eat in Oxford is perhaps a little to do with the ennui of being a local.

HeadAboveWater

GlynD wrote: »

I don't have a job mate.

Well you know what you could be doing then!

(sorry for hi-jacking thread!)

GlynD

lostinrates wrote: »

Baths fantastic, I live near there, and there is great independent shopping and a wealth of places to eat. (We keep meaning to go to the sardinian place for the traditional sardinian pasta i love, ipmaybe we should go this weekend, hmmm).

However, we also have spent considerable time in Oxford, (me just as a hanger on, but adh and his siblings both studied there, and we have two Dons in the family) and have family favourite places my in laws have eaten at for decades as well as newer restaurants. These include cuisines that aren't that easy to find outside bigger areas in UK. Just a short drive or taxi ride from Oxford is one of britains most famous restaurants of all. I can agree on the shopping, but I think to say there is no where to eat in Oxford is perhaps a little to do with the ennui of being a local.

I used to live in Warminster.

Bath was my weekend stamping ground.

GlynD

HeadAboveWater wrote: »

Well you know what you could be doing then!

(sorry for hi-jacking thread!)

Used to do stuff like that mate but can't anymore - not well.

(equally sorry for hijacking thread)

lizziebabe

Although I live in Bath, I would highly recommend Liverpool. I started visiting when my friends lived there and then my daughter moved there for a while to work.

There is so much to see and do there and the Museums/Galleries are all free. At the Albert Dock there is the Maritime Museum, which has 'The Titanic Exhibition' at the moment, also the 'Slavery Museum'. Also the 'Tate Gallery' although you have to pay extra for exhibitions. At the moment they have the Chagall exhibition. Also there is the 'Beatles experience' which I enjoyed and although you pay, the ticket is for 24 hours, so if you time it right you could visit twice.

I would also highly recommend 'The Walker Gallery' and the 'Lady Lever Gallery' which is at Port Sunlight.

The shopping is great too - with the L1 complex. I went on a bus trip around the city, which gives you a good overview, it cost £8 and again the ticket is valid for 24 hrs. The Tourist information is in The Albert Dock. The rail network is good and from the city you can visit Crosby, where on the beach is Antony Gormley's art installation. The 2 cathedrals are a must see.

All in all it is great and the people are very friendly. I am going again later in the year as my friend has had a play accepted for 'The Write Now Festival'. There is also a lot of culture there, in the form of theatre etc. I just love visiting Liverpool and can't speak more highly of the city.

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WasntMe wrote: »

Good place for a couple to go for a weekend?

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lostinrates

GlynD wrote: »

I used to live in Warminster.

Bath was my weekend stamping ground.

I live near Warminster too. . That's the thing with it round here. You are near a lot of places!:D

dbrookf

lizziebabe wrote: »

Although I live in Bath, I would highly recommend Liverpool. I started visiting when my friends lived there and then my daughter moved there for a while to work.

There is so much to see and do there and the Museums/Galleries are all free. At the Albert Dock there is the Maritime Museum, which has 'The Titanic Exhibition' at the moment, also the 'Slavery Museum'. Also the 'Tate Gallery' although you have to pay extra for exhibitions. At the moment they have the Chagall exhibition. Also there is the 'Beatles experience' which I enjoyed and although you pay, the ticket is for 24 hours, so if you time it right you could visit twice.

I would also highly recommend 'The Walker Gallery' and the 'Lady Lever Gallery' which is at Port Sunlight.


The shopping is great too - with the L1 complex. I went on a bus trip around the city, which gives you a good overview, it cost £8 and again the ticket is valid for 24 hrs. The Tourist information is in The Albert Dock. The rail network is good and from the city you can visit Crosby, where on the beach is Antony Gormley's art installation. The 2 cathedrals are a must see.

All in all it is great and the people are very friendly. I am going again later in the year as my friend has had a play accepted for 'The Write Now Festival'. There is also a lot of culture there, in the form of theatre etc. I just love visiting Liverpool and can't speak more highly of the city.

Fab place - really recommend it - just don't go on the duck marine tour!! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-22922039