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Topic History of: Holiday camps Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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Wyot
Green Man wrote:
[quote]Wyot wrote:
Can you do skinny dipping though? It's only natural and we are all naked underneath our clothes even you Wyot!
So long as you keep your snakeskin boots on...
Green Man
Wyot wrote: Some of the adults are funny about their children getting trapped in them...
I was told when I was a kid that children are meant to be seen and not heard...preferable not to be seen either.
Now I have a flashback where my father took away the ladder for my tree-house and left me in the tree for hours.
Some adults are too soft these days.
Green Man
Wyot wrote: You should try Centre Parcs next time GM. No drunkeness or shouting competitions. Few restaurants. No cars on site. Loads outdoor activities for adults and kids. Hire a bike and cycle around woods and streams all week.You have friends around to your lodge in the woods for bbq and drinks. Play your music and listen to the owls and foxes rather than ghastly "holiday reps" (they don't have those). You do have to pay, mind you. Ain't cheap. And you will have to restrain yourself from setting traps in the woods around the lodges. Some of the adults are funny about their children getting trapped in them...
Thank you Wyot, it's sounds more like me! Can I sit in the woods by the stream with a harmonica or a jaws harp then talk to the animals (not the human kind)?
Can you do skinny dipping though? It's only natural and we are all naked underneath our clothes even you Wyot!
Holiday reps are very clique and seem to favour certain holiday makers. When I was young man in holiday parks they had a lot on for the adults like darts competitions,line-dancing,billiards,improv comedy shows, fancy dress nights, karaoke competitions and sometimes they have a blue comedian in a separate bar.
Now it's just go to the bar and watch what they call a singer or some mediocre magician.
Wyot
You should try Centre Parcs next time GM. No drunkeness or shouting competitions. Few restaurants. No cars on site. Loads outdoor activities for adults and kids. Hire a bike and cycle around woods and streams all week.You have friends around to your lodge in the woods for bbq and drinks. Play your music and listen to the owls and foxes rather than ghastly "holiday reps" (they don't have those). You do have to pay, mind you. Ain't cheap. And you will have to restrain yourself from setting traps in the woods around the lodges. Some of the adults are funny about their children getting trapped in them...
Green Man
I had a few nights away at Haven with a few friends including Tubs, the last time I went to a holiday camp was with my daughters a year or so before lockdown. I never took much notice of the place as I wanted a catch up and just wanted to spend quality time.
This week, I had my open and I can't think of a more soulless and expensive place. Do they think adults just want want to sit in a bar and get sloshed?
There's bugger all to do apart from walking the dogs and listen to staff doing their best to belt out songs.
Don't get me started on the entertainment competitions the staff have favorites who they want to win. For instance they asked questions and you had to make the most noise to get chosen to answear the question. The staff went to tables that were nearer to them. My partner said that the table in the centre made more noise to a staff, my partner was just rebuffed. Tubs yelled it's more rigged than an exhibition boxing match and he got glared at, which made me and him laugh harder.
However at the disco, Tubs did have a dance with my partner which was nice to see. To Leo Sayer - Never Had A dream Come True which my partner put near a staff mic.
My partner and I like to dress smart, wherever we go; we felt over dressed for the first time. Why do people think trainers, shorts and t-shirts are trendy? I wore my snakeskin boots and blazer and some drunk bloke wanted to buy them both off me.
During the week, I buggered off to the countryside and walked my dogs. To me that was the best thing about going away. Away from terrible entertainment, the bar and deaf/silly bar-staff, screaming kids and walking on crisps/sweets.
When the MC asked for requests they had nothing that Tubs would know. I told him they won't play Uh-Uh Eugene, Hank Williams Jr song Social Call...nor Ray Stevens The Streak. He moaned when he was told they never heard of any of them. So he tried to sing The Streak.
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