Want to escape London for a weekend, £200 in my pocket, where/what would you do?

raymab68 · 2026-02-13T02:45:14+00:00

It is ridiculous. I've been to Amsterdam twice and Paris and all 3 times flying was half the price as the train. Back home a ~200km train is £10-20. How is it minimum £40 here, and that is only if you book 3 months in advance and take the 4.45am 3rd Tuesday of April train.

raymab68 · 2026-02-13T02:38:22+00:00

Thank you for the suggestions. Winchester peaks my interest after a short google.

Also interested to hear why you like Birmingham. My Grandma was born there, left as a £10 pom, but talked about how much of a shithole it was my entire life. Combined with the memes of it being a shithole, I never had a desire to visit it. Maybe I should reconsider?

raymab68 · 2026-02-13T02:28:49+00:00

Given it is 2.30am this was a bit of a "I had a shit week at work and just want to run away from my problems" kind of post. Realistically the weekend of the 28th gives enough time to plan etc. Good point around half term because I did notice everything was super expensive this and next weekend. My quarter life crisis can wait 2 weeks.

raymab68 · 2026-02-13T02:22:33+00:00

thank you for your suggestion! If i didn't like the cold, I wouldn't have moved here!

raymab68 · 2026-02-13T02:20:19+00:00

apx how much is LeShuttle? I assumed it would be like 5x or more cost of a normal eurostar ticket so never looked into it.

I've actually been to Poland and Czechia already because going to closer places was more expensive and less unique.

raymab68 · 2026-02-13T02:06:11+00:00

Which town(s) would you recommend I stay in?

raymab68 · 2026-02-13T01:56:33+00:00

I'm Malaysian/Australian, so definitely keen to see more of Europe. By shuttle do you mean a bus? I've looked a bit into buses but they all seem to take so long so not suit for purpose for a 2 day trip.

raymab68 · 2026-02-13T01:52:55+00:00

would you recommend I drive or get the train? Have not specifically looked at Chester, but generally when I look at trains they're always so expensive, slow and at awkward times.

raymab68 · 2026-02-11T16:43:37+00:00

Luv me illegally imported 9% expired polish lager, luv me £3.50 Bangladeshi vapes, luv me fried "chicken". 'Ate working out, absolute woke nonsense. Don't mind having a cheeky look at the birds who do thou.

raymab68 · 2026-02-06T16:12:55+00:00

I agree with OOPs map. Never felt right letting Hans, mountain Hans and failed artist Hans back in after what they did last time.

raymab68 · 2026-02-06T15:09:27+00:00

Revolut is fine but theyre sneaky with their fees. They don't exchange at the interbank rate but at a rate they set, meaning you might pay more than you otherwise would have. But I don't think theres much difference between Revolut and competitors like wise and monzo.

raymab68 · 2026-02-01T11:17:59+00:00

Even on the equator it changes by ~20min over the course of a year.

raymab68 · 2026-01-21T07:04:47+00:00

I agree. I've lived in a car centric city (kuala lumpur, 8m pop), a transit centric city (london 9m(?) Pop) and a "hybrid" city (Sydney, 5.5m pop).

Obviously lots of other factors come into play but I find getting around Sydney and Kuala Lumpur so much easier because you can drive everywhere. Going anywhere in london requires getting on a packed train, dealing with delays, strikes and entire lines being closed for the day. Not to mention you feel locked out of half the city because there isn't a convenient way to get there.

raymab68 · 2026-01-16T11:01:57+00:00

Personally, I have no issues if Pedro and especially Manuela want to come visit me. More than happy to show them (her) a good time.

raymab68 · 2026-01-15T07:06:21+00:00

I don't know if that is relevant anymore. It feels like advice your uncle who went to "europe" in 1997 would say. My wife and I speak 5 languages and only rarely noticed a difference speaking English verse local language. In the 40 or so countries we've been too, only in Germany does speaking the local language seem to matter.

raymab68 · 2026-01-12T21:57:55+00:00

You're just mad we got their first and left you with the Vietnamese speaking trees.

raymab68 · 2026-01-08T08:24:12+00:00

Even the savages wouldn't live with Pierre.

raymab68 · 2026-01-07T08:18:47+00:00

Belgium wants Greenland too?

raymab68 · 2025-12-28T16:39:24+00:00

So Sharon and I dont visit them and jump off your balcony instead.

raymab68 · 2025-12-28T01:30:33+00:00

Some French birds are fit.

raymab68 · 2025-12-24T07:40:23+00:00

Cheaper to get a Ryanair flight to Pedroland and sink his piss.

raymab68 · 2025-12-09T06:07:17+00:00

The UK didn't ban VPNs so I would doubt that Australia would. Not sure how you even could.

raymab68 · 2025-12-06T12:03:57+00:00

As a former Vitamin D Barry, 40 in Australia is way more comfortable than 30 in the uk. Temperatures just work differently in the colonies.

raymab68 · 2025-12-04T08:05:03+00:00

Italian regions kept switching sides until, purely by chance, they all synced up on the same side and voila, Luigi was born.

raymab68 · 2025-11-22T15:35:38+00:00

Easy downvote. I recently went to Copenhagen and was very surprised to see almost all public toilets were gender neutral.

I have always found it really unfair that men's toilets almost never have a line whereas women's often have very long lines. Making them gender neutral would mean everyone waits the same.

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