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Real life mistaken holidays

posted 6 years ago by [deleted]
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1994
Dorset-
The address was:-
The cottage,
On a muddy farm,
Next to rats nest,
Middle of nowhere,
Dorset.

The nearest shop (a short walk according to brochure) was at least a 40 minute walk away and had such random opening hours that finding it open was a lottery.
Ditto the nearest pub, bizarrely only reached via muddy fields I wouldn't have been surprised to find a couple of Americans who were about to have an encounter with a werewolf inside.
The wood burning stove didn't close, so it was a choice between freezing or smoke filled warmth.
Everything cost the earth.
The scrabble had an incredible amount of v's.

Cut our losses and buggered off home early.

What's yours?

[–] wearsalan (5554) 4 years ago

1997
Whitby
Caravan site a stones throw from beach (Yorkshire folk well known for their stone throwing abilities)
Caravan number 4 (next to the pile of tyres)

The place is well known for its' local caught cod, yet finding a Fish n Chip shop open on a Friday evening is next to impossible. Walk in any pub and you get the look the boys from AWIL got in the Slaughtered Lamb. The legendary good will of the locals is exactly that...a legend. Just about every shop sells tat. You know, the sort of shit you see in newspaper adverts...the big slipper (one huge slipper you put both feet in) luggage coats (for your luggage) I mean who doesn't want a luggage coat?
Toaster kept tripping the electrics and three of the four gas rings plus the oven didn't work. The fridge was smaller than a shoe box and the roof leaked...right above the bed.
Complained to the site manager who replied 'Tha' gets wot tha pays for'!
Called him a cunt and went home.