Best places to visit?

Oh yes! i would love to visit Glastonbury,sounds like a unique place. I have to admit Somerset attracts my attention often. Ive heard good stuff about Taunton,Wookey Hole and the surrounding pastures,would love to visit there. I popped into Dorchester and Bearminster in Dorset while i was there,very pleasant places. The only place ive been disappointed with was Milton Keynes. Stppoed off there whilst driving from Heathrow to visit a friend. The village she lives in is very pleasant but Milton Keynes was souless in my opinion...

Milton Keynes is Buckinghamshire, that's not Wessex.  I live in Dorchester, so I'd have to agree that it's very pleasant .  Taunton is all right, Wookey Hole a bit touristy, but Cheddar is one of my favourite places, and Glastonbury is great!  

I wasn't too impressed with Wookey Hole, even though that's where DH and I met for our first date. Cheddar was OK, and Wells was lovely.

Someone mentioned Avebury already and I have to agree. It's one of my very favourite spots.

Milton Keynes is Buckinghamshire, that's not Wessex.  I live in Dorchester, so I'd have to agree that it's very pleasant .  Taunton is all right, Wookey Hole a bit touristy, but Cheddar is one of my favourite places, and Glastonbury is great!  

Okay Thanks. Yes i know Milton Keynes is Buckinghamshire. I just said out of all the towns and cities ive been to in the UK so far,this was the one that disappointed me most. Sorry for the confusion...

All over.  If nothing else, get yourself a Rough Guide to Britain & start ticking off the places.

I feel like I should give you a PR cut, Mrs R!   We just recieved some advance copies of the new edition of The Rough Guide to Yorkshire at the office the other day. Have to admit you came to mind! (It will be in the shops in April)

Anyway, if you don't want to purchase one of the wonderful Rough Guides, (but you really should, you know... I have to get paid somehow!) you can always check out the website which has a decent overview of regions and cities, although it's not as detailed as the books. http://www.roughguides.com/travel/europe/england.aspx

I feel like I should give you a PR cut, Mrs R!   We just received some advance copies of the new edition of The Rough Guide to Yorkshire at the office the other day. Have to admit you came to mind! (It will be in the shops in April)

There's a Rough Guide to Yorkshire?!  Holy crap - that's cool!  Of course, it is big enough to be its own country & really it ought to be.  You ought to advance me a free copy so that I can make sure it's up to scratch. 

If you are interested in legands, we have a whole lot of Robin Hood down here in Notts! Not that it is really worth bothering with...

Definitely go to York.  If I could convince my husband to move there, I would in a heartbeat.  Hubby says visit Wales, Wales, Wales. 

Thread Hijack: Mrs R - Hubby got some NBA when we were in Rapid City last year and kept looking at the tiny little bottle going 'aww bless it's like a baby one'.  I think he even took a photo for his blog.  We are heading out to Portland in a couple of weeks and are going to take my BIL some of the nicer ales from here - right now we have a Black Sheep, a Fursty Ferret and a Combined Harvest - any other suggestions?

York has only got positive reviews from people who have visited. Defo a good one then. Ive heard Whitby,Saltburn and Redcar were worth visiting too...

York is my favorite.  Whitby, Robin Hood's Bay, Scarborough can all be enjoyed in a weekend.

I wasn't too impressed with Wookey Hole, even though that's where DH and I met for our first date.

I think I've only been there once... can't really remember it though  . The main thing that's putting me off visiting Wookey Hole again is the price: £16 for an adult ticket and £11 for a child!!

I think I've only been there once... can't really remember it though  . The main thing that's putting me off visiting Wookey Hole again is the price: £16 for an adult ticket and £11 for a child!!

Wow! I can't remember how much it was when we went, but that would have been back in 2004. The only reason we met there is that we worked out that it was the midpoint between SW Pembs and SW Cornwall!

I thought I saw on one of your other threads that you'd been to Corfe Castle?  Did you go anywhere else on the south coast?  UKY can be a bit north-centric (), but there's great stuff in the south too!  The former Kingdom of Wessex is chock full of history.  Glastonbury, Bath, Stonehenge, Salisbury, Shaftesbury, Avebury, Sherbourne, Wells, Winchester, I could go on and on! 

 
I would add Portsmouth to the list as well-a lot of naval history there! 

Thread Hijack: Mrs R - Hubby got some NBA when we were in Rapid City last year and kept looking at the tiny little bottle going 'aww bless it's like a baby one'.  I think he even took a photo for his blog.  We are heading out to Portland in a couple of weeks and are going to take my BIL some of the nicer ales from here - right now we have a Black Sheep, a Fursty Ferret and a Combined Harvest - any other suggestions?

Heee - well, my hubby is partial to these:  Timothy Taylor Landlord, Theakston Old Peculier, the regular Black Sheep one, Copper Dragon Golden Pippin, among others.

If you want one with a funny label (and strong beer), get the 5.7% Black Sheep Riggwelter.  It has the little black sheep that has drunk too much beer, riggweltered, on its label.  (Riggwelter Ale takes its name from local Yorkshire Dales farming term which has Old Norse roots; “rygg” meaning back, and “velte” meaning to overturn. A sheep is said to be rigged or “rigwelted”, when it has rolled onto its back and is unable to get back up without assistance.)

Heee - well, my hubby is partial to these:  Timothy Taylor Landlord, Theakston Old Peculier, the regular Black Sheep one, Copper Dragon Golden Pippin, among others.

If you want one with a funny label (and strong beer), get the 5.7% Black Sheep Riggwelter.  It has the little black sheep that has drunk too much beer, riggweltered, on its label.  (Riggwelter Ale takes its name from local Yorkshire Dales farming term which has Old Norse roots; “rygg” meaning back, and “velte” meaning to overturn. A sheep is said to be rigged or “rigwelted”, when it has rolled onto its back and is unable to get back up without assistance.)

Hubby likes all of the above.  I always try to search out new ones with cool labels.  Love the back history on the meaning of Riggwelter!