Staycation ideas

We were booked for Edinburgh and Torquay, before the virus struck. We have postponed both visits till next year. Hopefully there may be a vaccine or a treatment by then. Don't feel safe enough now.

I would recommend Edinburgh for a break away. We love it and go every year. It's a fantastic city and, if you want the seaside, it has a nice beach at Portobello. It is also within easy reach of some outstanding countryside. Its only downside is that some parts are a bit steep, which didn't bother me but is more of a problem now that I have arthritis.

I love Lyme Regis but my arthritic old knees were killing me after our last visit.

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You may struggle to find somewhere as once the schools are back, lots of retired people will have booked to go away, especially if they have been shielding so far. So I suggest not being too precise where you go, allowing plenty of options,

On the other hand some larger self catering cottages will probably have availability as they normally cater for families with children who by then will be back at school. Most of them will have a sliding scale of charges so if just two people want to book they'll have the pleasure of extra space around then and also a cheaper holiday.
I would suggest our own holiday home on the north west Norfolk coast, but we"re full all through September and a fair bit of October! May I mention it? It's The Patch at Snettisham Beach near the RSPB bird reserve and you can find it online if you're interested!

We live in South Wales and are off to the Lake District in a weeks time. Lovely cottage near Windemere. If you've not been it's a lovely area to explore.

Yes Trisher and dolphindaisy the N.E isn’t to be recommended, it’s too unspoilt ! ?

geekesse.. "Staycation" actually means to stay in ones' own country.. not specifically in ones' own hòme..?

jennil23 I was in Sidmouth for my hair appointment on Friday and I was shocked how full of tourists it was. The parking was very difficult. They insisted on walking down the roads 3-4 abreast where possible, large groups in Shops, no social distancing, no masks until stopped from entering shops without, and even then most reluctantly! My hairdressers said they’ve had quite a few comments about “they’ve come on holiday to get away from all that!”. I am used to Sidmouth being very busy in August with holidaymakers and the normal very successful Annual Folk Festival, but this was something else. I shall avoid Sidmouth until the tourist numbers go down considerably.

I’m looking for the week beginning 7 th Sept just looked at the Dorset place that Keeno mentioned all booked up until mid Oct ,there’s hardly anything available. I’ll keep on looking. Good luck to everyone hope you find what your looking for.

Check out West Dorset Leisure Holidays.
Beautiful Jurassic Coast, choice of parks, range of different accommodation, dog friendly, and taking coronavirus very seriously.
I just love their Golden Cap site, or Highlands End.

I also agree with Trisher, you really don't want to come to the North East coast with our beautiful beaches, castles, villages and wildlife - all those whippets wearing cloth caps - UGH

Get a boat over here with your car to N.Ireland. Scenery up around the North Coast and into Donegal is amazing. I'm heading up there in a week's time to stay and so looking forward to the beach walks and fresh salty sea air. Plenty of places to go, away from the seaside busier towns, take a picnic or get a bag of chips if you don't want to eat in anywhere. Love it! Best of all the dog gets to go too.

I despair at everyone visiting us here in the south west. Caravan upon caravan have descended on the M5 for weeks now and it’s not going to end anytime soon . We had a very low R number which I imagine will now be rising rapidly. People I’m sure think Covid is over the way I’ve seen how they behave, it’s like a parallel universe! I enjoy holidays as much as the next person but while the public move about from place to place with little or no distancing skills this pandemic will continue to take hold making the winter months very miserable indeed.

People are elbow to elbow in Salcombe at the moment - very busy with many Londoners in their huge SUVs. We locals avoid the narrow lanes as they tend to drive them in the middle of the road to avoid scratching the paintwork!

Try nearby Bigbury on Sea, where you can take the sea tractor across the bay to Burgh Island (site of Poirot episodes) and the sandy beaches and local countryside are lovely.

Cornwall, Roseland or Lizard peninsula.

I have been looking for self catering in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset anytime after schools are back. Proving very difficult. We love Scotland but we were there in July and the Lake District where recently did a weekend. A lot of people have the same idea this year it seems. I'll keep looking!

Cloth caps and whippets up here too, Trisher?

Trisher - exactly what I was going to say! Don’t mention the finest Norman cathedral in Europe either! ?

Will just add, re Lyme, a dd’s neighbours are a Spanish family who’ve been here about 15 years now - dd and SiL are very friendly with them.
Over a barbecue they once told me that their very favourite place in the U.K. , where they’d love to live if they could, is Lyme!
Somehow I just wouldn’t expect that from a Spanish family.

I love Lyme Regis! Have stayed there many times.

We did stay at Sidmouth once, at a hotel on the front that was evidently trying to be another Fawlty Towers.
I enjoyed it anyway - the displays of flowers were gorgeous - but dh couldn’t wait to move on - to him it was full of old people! (We were no spring chickens ourselves at the time, probably mid 50s.)

Next stop was Lyme for the very first time and I’ve loved it ever since. Have since gone more than once with dds/Gdcs.
If I were ever going to buy a holiday home, it’d be in Lyme.

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Don't waste your time coming to Brighton, it's a nightmare here, no social distances, day/weekend trippers packing beaches dumping rubbish everywhere, i just wish I could move away from here

It really depends on where you live and how far you want to go. The Yorkshire coast, Whitby will be too busy, Scarborough has much to offer, Bridlington and Filey, all great places to go. You don't want Wales, but my very favourite places is Llandudno which has two beaches and plenty of beautiful scenery round it. Or if you want to go further, there is Stranraer, with it's harbour, Girvan a lovely fishing town, Ayr has plenty to keep you busy and Prestwick Where I was brought up. Lovely clean beaches.

We're going to Blakeney in north Norfolk in September. Lovely area.

How about Jersey, Guernsey or Sark? Or the Cotswolds which are beautiful too. Wherever you go have a lovely time.

Lots of choice.....just google some hotels but Covid wise, west and south seems less likely to go into lockdown. ...(is this actually a ‘staycation?! I thought that was when you stay at home and go out for day trips!)

Thanks everyone. I live in Wales so the west country is probably best for us. We were thinking Sidmouth as we haven't been there since I broke my leg near there at Branscombe 9 yrs ago! Had to be airlifted to Exeter hospital! It was all high drama I can tell you. Might revisit the scene. Also thinking Salcombe possibly Weymouth. Will have to get a move on as Rumpunch said. Will let you know later.