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I'm planning a family vacation to Britain and Scotland sometime this summer. If we do visit the big cities, I'd like to keep it brief.
What are some nice rural areas we could visit without being intrusive (if such places even exist)?
Rural Britain/Scotland
>without being intrusive
what the fuck does that even mean?
I'm from America and have never left the country at 31 years of age. I'd like to visit "true" Britain without coming off as disrespectful to the natives if that makes sense.
Thank you, I'll keep those places in mind.
>I'd like to visit "true" Britain without coming off as disrespectful to the natives if that makes sense.
Please tell me this is a troll
lol you're not going to come across as disrespectful. rural brits will probably be interested in meeting an american tourist.
t. ex rural brit
>without coming off as disrespectful to the natives
don't worry about that, locals are more disrespectful to fellow locals than any visitor is. anyone bothered by tourist just being a tourist is just classic angry shouty british
In England :Somerset around Glastonbury,Shropshire around Ludlow, lake District, Yorkshire (north of York especially, round Helmsley).
Scotland :Not a fucking clue
Wales : North Wales is Britain's best kept secret, it's absolutely gorgeous (though it rains 99% of the year) and the people are incredibly friendly (unless you're English, then you can fuck off)
Good list
I also stayed a few days in Pembrokeshire. It felt a bit isolated and it was really nice. Wales in general was very nice.
A good tip is to drive around, take small roads and stop for lunch. You’ll often get nice “local” surprises along the way.
>the people are incredibly friendly (unless you're English, then you can fuck off)
Very true. They'll also ask if you're a Tory (say no if you want to be in their good books).
They're nice, but the chip on their shoulder is real. These people's granddads lost their coal mining jobs under Thatcher. I was running around with some Welsh people I met at a hostel once. They started telling me about the government flooding a village to build a reservoir for an English town across the border, lmao. These weren't even boomers letting off steam at a pub, they were like 24.
The impression I got was, like in America, you have to pretend to be for the major center-left party no matter what your actual beliefs are. What is it about Anglo shitholes that makes people weirdly political?
>What is it about Anglo shitholes that makes people weirdly political?
All anglosphere countries have systems of governance that give the illusion that your choice matters.
People think your political beliefs actually have an impact on the government and therefore their lives, so they take politics way too personally.
Thirdies know that whomever they vote for makes no difference in the end, so they don't become arrogant, self entitled cunts who think their opinion matters.
I’m from the Lake District , fuck off we are full. Unless you’re coming in literal dogshit weather season you’ll have queues at the peaks of any of the ones worth going up , it’s a shambles and the domestic tourism ramp up since Covid has completely ruined the Lake District.
Brit here, try anywhere in the Lake district or I personally like the Arena around Kinder Scout, very nice. To be respectful just do not go on private land & remember nobody cares that your great great great grandfather was British... It's really annoying when you guys say that. Otherwise enjoy, just make sure to bring weather appropriate clothes.
AREA** Fuck these captchas man
>remember nobody cares that your great great great grandfather was British
This is exactly what I was talking about. I almost certainly would have said something along these lines. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.
Why would you think that's a troll post?
People just generally find it amusing more than anything as it's a bit of a cliche. Unless you go "Up the RA!" or just generally bring up history in a critical way you're not going to piss anyone off.
You're not going to annoy someone being a chatty American tourist, you're probably going to find people are genuinely interested in talking to you. Non chain pubs and tea rooms/cafes, especially ones with older people and dog walkers are much more likely to have people who'll be happy to have a conversation.
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Most likely faux pas is just being too loud. Keep your voice to the level of noise wherever you are, cafes and tea rooms at lunch are naturally quieter than a pub at 8pm on a Friday. If you look around a historical church, keep your voice hushed (churches in tourist areas often are happy for people to look around between services and even happier if they put something in the collection box afterwards)
But seriously, there aren't any secret handshakes or weird rituals, if you're friendly and good at striking up conversation with strangers who are open to talking, that's all that really matters.
As a Frenchfag, it's been a while since I've been to your comfy island. I'd like to visit Scotland, never went up there, nor Wales. Plus I heard you guys have cute welsh catgirls.
I suppose I'm completely fucked if I don't want to rent a car? I suppose trains and buses won't get me far, other than maybe a few worthwhile cities and I'll be fucked for the countryside?
I already hate driving in the first place, but having to do so on the other side of the road will just be nightmare fuel as far as I'm concerned.
In the Cities, public transport is good enough. In rural areas, you need a car unless you're doing a guided coach trip.
Driving on the other side of the road seems intimidating but honestly, it's easy, the roads are designed for you to be on one side and you have to actively fight against the road layout to drive on the wrong side. I drove in France last year as a brit and it was fine (aside from there being a filter lane in the middle of a central reservation when turning left on a major road which was really weird). That was in a right hand drive car too (which makes roundabouts weirdly difficult).
I’m French and went to UK last year (and did a lot of Wales).
Basically what
said.
When I was in Manchester, I simply found a hotel with car park in the suburbs and mostly took public transport.
Elsewhere, in the countryside, you’re almost utterly fucked without a car. It’s not impossible, but you’ll have way less freedom and you won’t be able to just change plans any time you want or randomly stop anywhere you want.
Driving was ok, a bit confusing on the first day, but on the next day it was almost no problem. Get an automatic to make things a thousands times easier, but we had a manual and it was still ok. Apart from that, driving in the UK was very chill, people are more patient than in France and they are quite respectful, at least in the countryside.
Scotland is in Great Britain dingus
The cities ((Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen are the cities) are all a bit crap but them and their exurbs are where 90% of Scots live. Edinburgh is worth a day trip maybe.
Highlands and Islands are incredibly scenic and not very populated. However tourist hotspots do get very busy in summer. Even remote places like Calgary Bay on Mull will be full. You can’t really go wrong anywhere on that side of the Great Glen but getting there from elsewhere in the U.K. is a real pain.
How long would you be spending there? You can be on the likes of Skye for a fortnight easily if you like nature and outdoors stuff.
How's the cooming in rural Britain?
Easy if you like overweight older women with poor hygiene and an orange face.
There's plenty of British cuties, but they won't be easy to score if you're foreign, they will let themselves get railed by Josh who's captain of the rugby team in Little Claphamtonbury, but won't even consider you
>There's plenty of British cuties, but they won't be easy to score if you're foreign
ok ranjesh
I'm neither Indian nor foreign, keep seething Tyrone Gomez Demarquis
I know you're memeing but I've literally met a moron named Tyrone Rivera lol
>There's plenty of British cuties
Not really tbh, most young people leave the countryside when they turn 18 and only return when they're 40
t. lives a lonely existence in the countryside
>not being the toy boy of a rich older woman who wears wellies.
Rural areas are usually full of inbreds so expect lots of fat, grotesquely ugly, pale faced, toothless, hairy women.
If you're foreign, they will literally beg you for sex.
google "north coast 500", it's a scenic route around the scottish highlands
it has become a bit touristy but there'll still be huge areas where it will be just you and some sheep
Nicest area of Scotland IMO is Perthshire. Basically the Scottish version of the Lake District, with some of the most scenic mountain hikes. It's not exactly off the beaten tourist track, but neither is it on the route that 90% of tourists take.