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Is Holyhead a nice place?

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  • #32
    Tail Docker
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    somefeen wrote: »
    I was stranded there for 30 hours in the middle of winter with nowhere to stay. I haven't been the same since.

    Same. Hotel Transit in the port and had to venture out to explore...I was bored witless after an hour.


  • #33
    TheOtherBloke
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    You all are being helpful.. not a good idea then? Any of yas know what the locals are like?


  • #34
    Highflyer13
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    WesternZulu wrote: »
    You're know you're scrapping the barrel when Bangor is described as a decent town in comparison.

    Very accurate description of N Wales too...the abandoned slate mines and grey houses do nothing for the place.

    My exact thought the first time I passed through in 2006 was get me back to the red bricked houses of Dublin. I just glanced at Holyhead on google maps there and scarily enough its momentarily depressed the life out of me.


  • #35
    Tail Docker
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    TheOtherBloke wrote: »
    You all are being helpful.. not a good idea then? Any of yas know what the locals are like?

    They are ALL lovely. ALL of them.


  • #36
    lufties
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    TheOtherBloke wrote: »
    I was thinking of going there on these Stena Line Christmas deals..

    Just to holyhead? Or as a connection to somewhere in the uk?


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  • #37
    Highflyer13
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    TheOtherBloke wrote: »
    You all are being helpful.. not a good idea then? Any of yas know what the locals are like?

    Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch is just down the road and on Anglesey. You could visit there. I had great fun getting all the locals to say it for a while then I got bored again:(


  • #38
    EB_2013
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    The only interesting places to see there are the mountain and lighthouse but this wouldn't be the best time of year to venture up there.

    Wouldn't be bothered with the town, very run down and loads of chavs hanging around.


  • #39
    TheOtherBloke
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    Tail Docker wrote: »
    They are ALL lovely. ALL of them.

    Sarcasm?


  • #40
    somefeen
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    Tail Docker wrote: »
    Same. Hotel Transit in the port and had to venture out to explore...I was bored witless after an hour.

    "I suppose I could have another look around lidl...." :(


  • #41
    wing52
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    Went ONCE.

    The sky and the ground were the same shade of drizzle:(

    Got a cheese burger, the cheese was INSIDE the burger!

    The pub i was killing time in sold whiskey flavoured condoms:confused:


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  • #42
    Highflyer13
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    EB_2013 wrote: »
    The only interesting places to see there are the mountain and lighthouse but this wouldn't be the best time of year to venture up there.

    Wouldn't be bothered with the town, very run down and loads of chavs hanging around.

    It could actually be a decent spot if they got their act together and targeted the Irish day trip, weekend break market. And bring in serious revenue to the town.


  • #43
    TheOtherBloke
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    lufties wrote: »
    Just to holyhead? Or as a connection to somewhere in the uk?

    Connection after reading this thread haha


  • #44
    The Backwards Man
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    The wee chipshop just up to the left before you go down into the port used to do great fish, don't know if it's still there or not.


  • #45
    Tail Docker
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    somefeen wrote: »
    "I suppose I could have another look around lidl...." :(

    Lol. I feckin did too..many times...then it shut..Oh the excitement when it opened again in the morning.


  • #46
    EB_2013
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    Highflyer13 wrote: »
    It could actually be a decent spot if they got their act together and targeted the Irish day trip, weekend break market. And bring in serious revenue to the town.

    Yeah, I agree. There are plenty of outdoor activities to do around the island but most people don't seem to stay in the local area, just pass through.


  • #47
    The Backwards Man
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    Highflyer13 wrote: »
    It could actually be a decent spot if they got their act together and targeted the Irish day trip, weekend break market. And bring in serious revenue to the town.
    They need a slogan

    'Holyhead - there's more here than there is in Cairnryan'


  • #48
    Mr_Spaceman
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    I've had a few jars in the pub adjacent to the ferryport to pass the time.

    It's called, for some bizarre reason, the Edinburgh Castle. Open late, too, for the nocturnal wayfarer.

    And there's always the Lidl for cheap supplies to sustain you for the ferry trip.

    So that's Holyhead.


  • #49
    DivingDuck
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    Whosthis wrote: »
    Grim, this was probably snapped at lunchtime on a Saturday, even managed to get the ATM in.

    <snipped googlemaps link>

    Further up the road by the cross monument, there is also the "Soft Play Cafe". I don't know what that is, and frankly I'm afraid to Google it, but it's something else to see, anyway...

    Was here a few times in the 90s, and found it uninspiring. I didn't think that opinion would still be relevant, but after scooting around on street view, I'm astonished by how little had changed. I'm sure the people who live there like it well enough, but I wouldn't consider it a destination.


  • #50
    Nunu
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    We had a few hours to kill many moons ago. Went to the local cinema and had a local chav throw pennies at us from a few rows back. Marvellous place.


  • #51
    suicide_circus
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    If Hitler was a small costal Welsh town, he would be Holyhead.


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  • #52
    allthedoyles
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    My memory of Holyhead is the car nearly over-turning with the high cross-winds


  • #53
    Whosthis
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    Nunu wrote: »
    We had a few hours to kill many moons ago. Went to the local cinema and had a local chav throw pennies at us from a few rows back. Marvellous place.

    That probably put you on a higher hourly rate than most people in the town.


  • #54
    Highflyer13
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    Nunu wrote: »
    We had a few hours to kill many moons ago. Went to the local cinema and had a local chav throw pennies at us from a few rows back. Marvellous place.

    It fairness, could you imagine growing up in that place.:eek: *shudder*


  • #55
    Nunu
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    Actually, that cinema summed up what a kip the place was. Comically outdated. That's it done up!


  • #56
    The Backwards Man
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    There's a bar in Bangor with a barcam so you can go online and see who's in the bar, don't want to link it in case anyone's wife or husband aren't where they are supposed to be on that business trip :D


  • #57
    Highflyer13
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    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    There's a bar in Bangor with a barcam so you can go online and see who's in the bar, don't want to link it in case anyone's wife or husband aren't where they are supposed to be on that business trip :D

    Go on link it and we will make a rake of prank phone calls:pac:


  • #58
    Whosthis
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    Looks like right craic http://patricksbar.com/


  • #59
    deandean
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    best thing to do in Holyhead is lock the doors and sleep in your car.
    the place is a complete kip.
    a couple of years ago I ventured to the pub closest to the ferry. the sour barman practically threw a sour pint at me. then the two barmen continued their personal and vicious row in front of me.


  • #60
    Highflyer13
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    Whosthis wrote: »
    Looks like right craic http://patricksbar.com/

    Thats near the college. Lots of Irish folk over there.

    Edit £1 a pint on a Thursday :-)


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  • #61
    K4t
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    TheOtherBloke wrote: »
    Any of yas know what the locals are like?
    No idea, but I doubt they sit around on internet forums making fun of people or places in Ireland, which might make them somewhat interesting.


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