I was sitting on the rocks overlooking the beach today & reminiscing about Sheffield, I remember thinking as a child how marvellous it would be to be on a deserted beach somewhere with the sun shining and the surf rolling in, that's the kind of life I have been living for the last 36 years.
The holidays we had when we lived in Sheffield, usually Blackpool because one of my brothers lives there, & Cleethorpes as I went every year with the Crookes club for the day trip as a youngun, are not a patch on what I see today.
The beaches are sandy, the ocean is a bluey green & the tide doesn't go out more than 30 yards,I thought to myself how lucky I really am to be in this position & sometimes have to pinch myself, thinking that I still may be dreaming.
After dinner this evening, we watched a BBC programme called Grumpy Old Holidays, it was just what I was thinking about earlier in the day, I've heard that a lot of English people go overseas these days for their holidays, where do you go for your holidays ? are there still people that go to Blackpool, Filey, etc, camping or with the caravan or the old boarding house places ?

Skegvegas! ;)

Ingoldmells every year since we were kids. now we go with our kids and grandchildren. We all book for the same week and hire a mini bus to take us.
We always manage to get caravans near each other on the same site.

I wouldn't have it any other way.:)

you lucky devil..I went to Ozz and loved it i would live there too if only i was 30 ish.
I am from Sheffield and live a few miles from Blackpool and believe me its crap with a capital C. It has been allowed to run down and looks dingy in fact it hasnt changed at all for the better. Ironically it gets packed in the Summer and everything is top dollar. i feel for the parents who have to fork out for rides for the kiddies. Even a donkey ride lastin 3 or 4 minutes costs £3.
We tend to go to Italy and also have at least 1 holiday in France.
We always go to Tenerife in our winter usually in october and then again in March.
The Summer here last year was excellent but we dont get anything like your Sun and your light.

We're having a week in Beer, South Devon where I lived and worked for a year in '66. Plus a week touring in Pitlochry, Inverness area. A week in Killarney would be nice but need cash for extension to house but maybe next year. Abroad? No, been a few times. Novelty worn off.

Never really thought much about emigration until I spent a week in Melbourne on business in 2000

I am lucky to have had jobs which have sent me to quite a few countries, but Oz was like no place I have ever expeirenced before. I hired a car and drove up to Ballarat where some friends had moved to becasue of work a few years before - they had kept a house on back in the UK 'just in case' but there was no way i could see them ever coming back. My mate retired late last year and they came here for xmas but told me that they had decided to spend the rest of their years down under - and not back in the UK as originally planned.

During my time in Melbourne I kept ringing my wife saying that it was simply paradise - we had some talks about moving but family commitments and me being made redundant put any plans at the time to one side - now I am just too old for them to let me in!!

Hi Skippy, only me. As you know my hubby is a manager on the holiday parks so for us it would be a bit of a busmans holiday. To be honest i don't know how people afford to come to these places. The drinks in our bar are extortionate and nothing else comes cheap either. Having said that we are going to centerparcs in a couple of weeks and that not cheap either. Give me Florida anyday.

I was sitting on the rocks overlooking the beach today & reminiscing about Sheffield, I remember thinking as a child how marvellous it would be to be on a deserted beach somewhere with the sun shining and the surf rolling in, that's the kind of life I have been living for the last 36 years.
The holidays we had when we lived in Sheffield, usually Blackpool because one of my brothers lives there, & Cleethorpes as I went every year with the Crookes club for the day trip as a youngun, are not a patch on what I see today.
The beaches are sandy, the ocean is a bluey green & the tide doesn't go out more than 30 yards,I thought to myself how lucky I really am to be in this position & sometimes have to pinch myself, thinking that I still may be dreaming.
After dinner this evening, we watched a BBC programme called Grumpy Old Holidays, it was just what I was thinking about earlier in the day, I've heard that a lot of English people go overseas these days for their holidays, where do you go for your holidays ? are there still people that go to Blackpool, Filey, etc, camping or with the caravan or the old boarding house places ?

First of all, I hope your nuts drop off. :hihi:

Secondly, I don't own a passport so will never go abroad for a holiday. Love the Derbyshire Dales and the Yorkshire Coast areas so have no need to go anywhere else. As for the weather, I hate it when it's hot.:)

Hi,

I spent 22 years in the RAF travelling the world. After I retired, I didn't renew my passport but I keep a static caravan on the North Norfolk coast and I find it an ideal stress buster.

Mike

Keep on pinching Skippy, boy you sure know how to lay it on. I pinch myself all the time, its a form of ex-pat flagellation.

Skippy

I'm in the same position as you living here on a beach in Ruby Bay,NZ.

I still think about my boyhood holidays but at my age you cannot beat the sea air and the sunshine.

Living in a vine & fruit growing is also a plus.

I feel healthier and fitter than when I was younger, working in the steelworks in Sheffield.

Ialso, cannot believe how lucky I am to be here, as a boy and later, working long hours I could never have dreamed that I would be living this kind of lifestyle.

Happy days!

Skippy

I'm in the same position as you living here on a beach in Ruby Bay,NZ.

I still think about my boyhood holidays but at my age you cannot beat the sea air and the sunshine.

Living in a vine & fruit growing is also a plus.

I feel healthier and fitter than when I was younger, working in the steelworks in Sheffield.

Ialso, cannot believe how lucky I am to be here, as a boy and later, working long hours I could never have dreamed that I would be living this kind of lifestyle.

Happy days!Good luck to you mate. What a great retirement for you. :thumbsup:

Now that my wife and I have achieved silly old bugger status our holidays have changed accordingly. We are currently both fit and healthy and enjoy long beach walks and swimming in the sea.

We both feel the cold that was never a problem 20 years ago so it's near to a beach on the Med for us. As few English bars as possible and nice accommodation with a private or communial swimming pool is what we like. We have found a couple of places that fit the bill and tend to use them every year, we might even make a permanent move if the right place to buy comes up. We could both make a job of work out of maintaining a house with a garden and a pool.

Give me my caravan anytime....can't be beaten for relaxing holidays.
We can go away, whenever and wherever we want, and no need to book in advance. Our caravanning trips for the whole year cost less than one holiday abroad.

I was sitting on the rocks overlooking the beach today & reminiscing about Sheffield, I remember thinking as a child how marvellous it would be to be on a deserted beach somewhere with the sun shining and the surf rolling in, that's the kind of life I have been living for the last 36 years.
The holidays we had when we lived in Sheffield, usually Blackpool because one of my brothers lives there, & Cleethorpes as I went every year with the Crookes club for the day trip as a youngun, are not a patch on what I see today.
The beaches are sandy, the ocean is a bluey green & the tide doesn't go out more than 30 yards,I thought to myself how lucky I really am to be in this position & sometimes have to pinch myself, thinking that I still may be dreaming.
After dinner this evening, we watched a BBC programme called Grumpy Old Holidays, it was just what I was thinking about earlier in the day, I've heard that a lot of English people go overseas these days for their holidays, where do you go for your holidays ? are there still people that go to Blackpool, Filey, etc, camping or with the caravan or the old boarding house places ?

Hey Skippy - good for you.

I still pinch myself when I drive past the brindabellas on my way to work....I just love it here. I am having my citizenship ceremony on the 23rd Feb and that will be a bonus for me.

I am heading back to Sheffield though over Easter to see the family - this may be the first and last time I ever visit - who knows:)

I feel healthier and fitter than when I was younger, working in the steelworks in Sheffield.

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I am not suprised after eating all those school dinners at Central Tech.

Nice one 'DavidRa'.

Have you considered a career on the clubs?

Happy Days!

[QUOTE=skippy;1947557]I was sitting on the rocks overlooking the beach today & reminiscing about Sheffield, I remember thinking as a child how marvellous it would be to be on a deserted beach somewhere with the sun shining and the surf rolling in, that's the kind of life I have been living for the last 36 years.
The holidays we had when we lived in Sheffield, usually Blackpool because one of my brothers lives there, & Cleethorpes as I went every year with the Crookes club for the day trip as a youngun, are not a patch on what I see today.
The beaches are sandy, the ocean is a bluey green & the tide doesn't go out more than 30 yards,I thought to myself how lucky I really am to be in this position & sometimes have to pinch myself, thinking that I still may be dreaming.
After dinner this evening, we watched a BBC programme called Grumpy Old Holidays, it was just what I was thinking about earlier in the day, I've heard that a lot of English people go overseas these days for their holidays, where do you go for your holidays ? are there still people that go to Blackpool, Filey, etc, camping or with the caravan or the old boarding house places ?[/QUOTE

Me too! somedays as an ex Pitsmoor and Burngreave school kid, I would never believe I would looking out of a Manhattan skyscraper window typing this!

As an ex-Pitsmoor and Burngreave kid I never thought I would be living overseas later on in life. A couple of years ago I re-visited my old holiday place of Flambourough Head which remains the same with most of the pubs in place. As for Sheffield, well that is discussed in many other threads on here.