[Closed] Memories of childhood holidays?

Triumph Herald convertibles, blue and orange ridge tent with wooden poles, Exchange & Mart US army down sleeping bags (feathers every where) and camp beds, primus stoves and tilleys, midges, midges, midges, cheeky camping all over Scotland, esp on the old road 'loops' that were just beginning to be improved, ending up with friends in Huna, fishing off the pier, outside shunky, fish auctions at Scrabster, building dams across streams on every beach I went to, hunting buckie groaties at John O'Groats .... glorious times

Cycling around Harlech with my cousin, him on a 3 speed road bike, me on his sister's Raleigh Shopper.

We used to drive to Spain for 2 weeks at Estartit, or Italy for 2 weeks at Lake Garda.

4 adults, me and my sister all in a Vauxhall Victor with a double length roof rack 🙂

Fantastic holidays. Happy days indeed.

we were poor but happy. trips to south coast beaches. home made pasties. sand in everthing. fella chatting up my sister. sun burn

I'm spending a fortune this summer to take my kids to Cornwall for a holiday based on childhood memories. It's a bloomin long drive from Denmark 🙂

Mum, Dad, my sister & me cycling across the south of Ireland to Kilarney. Our collection of bikes included a Raleigh 20 shopper and a Chopper. Luggage was in rucksacks. We had no idea what we were doing, I think social services should have had a word with my parents but it was my (bad) idea.

I remember pain, a farting horse cart ride in the rain, pain, an american looking at an independence memorial and loudly saying "I didn't know you had it yet", more pain, etc.

1 week in a holiday cottage in Magilligan (sp) shared with cousins.

Cold sea is what I remember...

I found a dead fish under our caravan in Port Soy, Mum wouldn't cook it for me.

I also remember being sent off for "un bloc d'glace" at Euro Camp, I took my Action Man Tank with me (obviously) but got caught short half way to the shop. Left my tank in the hedge and poo'd myself a little bit while running to the toilets.

Happy memories.

Bridge End Farm at the North end of Thirlmere. Sliding down the grassy hill on a sheet of cardboard, catching titchy fish in St Johns Beck, going up Helvellyn when I was about 7 (I'm talking 1963 here)
Happy camping days with Mum & Dad, now sadly gone.

Most memorable was a mendering camping trip to Orkney with a bell tent and primus stove in a Rover P5. My mum and Dad were Queen's Guides and Scouts so expert campers. They had us making all manner of camping gadgets from sticks and string.

The trip highlights were watching the car being lifted into the hold of the ferry in a cargo net, and bacon rolls from the ferry kitchen which was next to the open door to the polished and painted engine room.

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Camping in the Scottish Highlands.
My folks, my older brother and myself with a collie - all in a Morris Traveller.
The A9.
The campsite at Strathpeffer that is now a housing estate.
"Wild" camping at these out-of-the-way bits of land my Dad knew. I (much, much) later found out that they were regular campsites for the tinkers/travellers.

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mcm - loving the photo.
I remember my first visit to Skye when the Mallaig-Armadale ferry had this wee loading elevator. Bloody scary balancing on that on a fully-laden motorbike!

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Me too Druidh. 😥

Welsh Rain. English Rain. But mostly Scottish Rain. In a Saab, to the sound of Johhny Cash, Elvis and The Dubliners. Breathing in cigarette smoke nd arguing with my two sisters. Good times....

Druidh, they use to load animals in cargo nets, I'm struggling to find an image.

Before the outer isles ro-ro ferries came into service, fishing boats transported cars.

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The Glenelg ferry was another favourite.

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Playing on the beach at Charmouth and climbing Golden cap, playing in the river Char. Also staying on a farm in Langton Herring close to Chesil Beach, going into Weymouth and playing the Star Wars arcade game(late 70's)

And also driven about in a Vauxhall Victor Estate.