Posts Tagged ‘ Aberystwyth ’

The Ceredigon Museum should be thanked for reminding us what many might consider to be a bygone age.

Adrian returns to Aberystwyth, still a big seaside and tourist holiday destination, to see what changes have taken place over the years

This week, Adrian largely follows stories from the home nations as he recovers from the Oktoberfest.

There I was, about 30 minutes into the bus journey and two red kites flew overhead. If I had been driving, I couldn’t have watched their graceful soaring on the thermal currents

Given the floods, Adrian ponders whether 2014 will be the year of the British beach holiday as Expedia claims 2013 was.

One of the abiding memories of going to the seaside when I was a kid was the Punch & Judy Show when we all cheered on whoever was about to clout the other and jeered when the constable came on.

Holiday accommodation can be expensive but the range of choice is wide. Beginning with hostels, campsites, caravan parks you can consider B&B’s, guesthouses and hotels of an increasing number of stars.
But have you ever considered university accommodation?
Obviously it has its drawbacks, not the least of which is you can’t stay there when the students are around. So you’re limited really to holiday times such as Easter, July through to the end of September and over Christmas. But those are also the times when other accommodation carries a premium price. And universities are in some of the most popular shortbreak and citybreak destinations. Take Cambridge for example. Trying to find accommodation there can be a real problem in summer when overseas tourists visit