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weekend getaway ideas please!!
« on: April 07, 2016, 02:34:37 PM »
My folks are coming to visit at the end of the month and they've graciously volunteered to watch our toddler if my husband and I want to take a weekend away. So I'm looking for somewhere to go! Ideally it would:
-be within 3 hours of Newcastle, by rail
-have access to country walks from town (we won't have a car)
-have good places to eat/drink (I'm pregnant but my husband LOVES whisky and craft beer)
-have things to do if the weather's bad

Any suggestions? Thanks!! :)


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Re: weekend getaway ideas please!!
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2016, 03:32:43 PM »
How about Pitlochry?

I've not been there much as an adult but I remember the walks being spectacular.

There's a distillery listed at no 2 of the top things to do!

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attractions-g186566-Activities-Pitlochry_Perth_and_Kinross_Scotland.html

I had a quick look at the trains, seems to be more like 3 and a half to 4 hours from you and I honestly don't remember how close in everything is but it'd be worth taking a look.


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Re: weekend getaway ideas please!!
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2016, 04:07:49 PM »
My folks are coming to visit at the end of the month and they've graciously volunteered to watch our toddler if my husband and I want to take a weekend away. So I'm looking for somewhere to go! Ideally it would:
-be within 3 hours of Newcastle, by rail
-have access to country walks from town (we won't have a car)
-have good places to eat/drink (I'm pregnant but my husband LOVES whisky and craft beer)
-have things to do if the weather's bad

Any suggestions? Thanks!! :)

York!

Not really 'country' walks, but many walks about the city (the Wall, etc). There's the river walk through lots of parks, etc...

Jillions of pubs and AMAZING eateries - literally foodie paradise.

The Minster, Museums, shopping, and um, eating!
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Re: weekend getaway ideas please!!
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2016, 03:17:34 PM »
Thanks you two! Turns out my husband is going to have to be in Oxford and/or London for work so I might just tag along there. Not quite as romantic but you take what you can get!

physicskate, can I guess that you're a physicist? So's my husband! (We love York, by the way, but have only ever been there with our toddler. I'm sure there's much more to see when you're kid-free!)


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Re: weekend getaway ideas please!!
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2016, 10:09:37 PM »
Thanks you two! Turns out my husband is going to have to be in Oxford and/or London for work so I might just tag along there. Not quite as romantic but you take what you can get!

physicskate, can I guess that you're a physicist? So's my husband! (We love York, by the way, but have only ever been there with our toddler. I'm sure there's much more to see when you're kid-free!)

Physics teacher... guilty. Though probably going to get out of that gig and back into engineering... eventually.
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Re: weekend getaway ideas please!!
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2016, 01:25:20 PM »
That's so funny, my husband started out as an engineer as well! Though I guess it's probably not all *that* uncommon. I'm a policy wonk (or was before we moved here) so it's mostly over my head.


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