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mole 
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 Topic: Worst places to sailPosted: 31 Jul 14 at 9:51am |
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40 years ago sailing in the River Stour race from Sandwich Bay SC on the coast up the river to Sandwich Town quay.
You had to pass Pfizers pharmaceutical plant where all sorts of effluent was put into the river. We managed to get in a pickle tacking up the river and capsize, my brother swallowed a lung full and was ill for 2 weeks. Also the sound of the dogs that were kept for experiments was off putting. Sorry to offend any vivisectionists. Anyway, , Pfizers is closed now (like everything else in Kent), so its a much nicer race. |
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blueboy
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Posted: 31 May 14 at 7:52pm |
In fact people did go on holiday to Hayling in the 1980s and still do e.g. Mill Rythe Holiday Village. It might not be the typical sailing demographic but it still exists. As for day trips to the seaside, I suspect they are going the same way as the family dinner. Families do less collectively than they used to. |
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blueboy
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Posted: 31 May 14 at 7:40pm |
UK annual trips per head peaked in 1995/1997. Distance travelled and trips of 1 mile or more peaked in 2005, both now around 7% below peak. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-travel-survey-statistics Edited by blueboy - 31 May 14 at 7:49pm |
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Medway Maniac
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Posted: 31 May 14 at 4:12pm |
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Surely nobody was still going on holiday to Hailing in the 80’s, and I don't understand why day-tripper numbers would drop off.
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winging it
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Posted: 31 May 14 at 3:45pm |
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People go further afield for their holidays. Hayling is just not so popular.
Some places have great water but no atmosphere.
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the same, but different...
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Medway Maniac
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Posted: 31 May 14 at 3:19pm |
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That makes a refreshing change - I don't think I’ve heard of anywhere else with less traffic than there was.
How has that come about, do you think? |
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blueboy
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Posted: 31 May 14 at 12:40pm |
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You just don't get the crowds on Hayling that you did 20-30 years ago. In the 1980s you could count on it taking 30-60 minutes to get off the island any sunny summer weekend afternoon. It's rare to experience that any more. I'm a regular visitor to Hayling and a bit of slow-moving traffic in the last couple of miles to the bridge is the worst I've experienced in the last 5 years.
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Blue One
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Posted: 31 May 14 at 12:37pm |
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Had a holiday at emsworth last year, in late July. Spent a lot of time cycling on and off hayling island. No sign of any trouble getting on or off the island.
The only traffic jams we got stuck in were at west wittering.
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maxibuddah
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Posted: 31 May 14 at 11:55am |
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I'm guessing that they haven't built another bridge or a tunnel or something to improve the access though in the last two years?
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Everything I say is my opinion, honest
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blueboy
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Posted: 31 May 14 at 11:50am |
It really is an awfully long time since you were there, isn't it? Have you considered the possibility that anything might have changed? The mass afternoon exit of the bucket and spade brigade is ancient history, for starters. Edited by blueboy - 31 May 14 at 11:54am |
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