On Monday, July 29, 2002, at 04:34  pm, Spiritus ex Machina wrote:

> So is it New Brighton, the Cotswolds, the West Country, the Yorkshire
> Dales, Calais & Bologne, or Majorca?  ;-)

New Brighton (near Liverpool) must not be confused with Brighton - on 
the South Coast, where I lived for 5 years - much nicer.

We're off to Dorset - the World Heritage Coast near Lyme Regis.

> You could do like the Parisians and just shut down the whole city for
> the month of August.
>
If only!  I had 3 weeks in the States in the spring - hence the 
econo-holiday now.

> Once took a self-guided canal-boat tour out of Stratford-on-Avon.
> Wetest, grubbiest week of my life. Gave real meaning to the prase "I
> wouldn't touch it with a barge pole."
>
Agreed. I had a similar week on the Thames once. Much better is a 
canal-boat in Burgundy. All the joys of narrow boats, but French weather 
and French wine.

Stuart


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