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Not doom and gloom experts, just people who are practical and offering advice maybe!  It is a very long drive with a small child and as Steve indicated price was a factor several of us have just pointed out that flying needn't be the expensive option!

Ali

Not doom and gloom ? Wow !

Worst nightmare. Crime. Prostiitutes. Concrete jungle etc.

You make it sound like Taunton.

Quote: Originally posted by billymm on 08/1/2007

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Not doom and gloom ? Wow !

Worst nightmare. Crime. Prostiitutes. Concrete jungle etc.

You make it sound like Taunton.

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Nah, more like Yeovil!!  Needless to say my friend did not buy a house over there, it was truly awful and in fact one evening two ladies collared us on the way back to our villa to ask if we had been around during the early evening as they had been broken into.  They attach a rope to the grills and just pull them off with the car, in and out in minutes.  They took everything from these ladies, including the dirty washing!

A lady was accosted as she got out of her taxi and had £750 stolen from her (stupid for carrying that amount anyhow).  There are prostitutes hanging around the main coast road and the towns quite blatantly.  The housing complexes have now employed guards at the gates and the permanent residents where another friend has a house make a sport out of hunting the robbers down! 

Ali

Well...  I've just booked 3 flights for a couple of weekends time to go and check out the concrete jungle!  All for £105 which is pretty good.

Might still go for a mammoth adventure there in the summer, or I might try somewhere a little closer to home first (I fancy France>Belgium>Germany>Home)

Crikey!  I know the UK has binge drinkers and crime etc I was just alerting Steve to the potential issues he may encounter in the area, with a small child in tow also a consideration!!!

I won't bother next time!!!!