Advantages: Is situated in one of the hottest,driest parts of the country Disadvantages: Suffers from an undeserved poor reputation
...I am about to start a series of opinions and reviews about areas of interest in and around Essex. I am proud to live in Essex and happily state that I am an “Essex girl” and, no I do not own, nor ever have owned a pair of white stilettos. I might have danced around my handbag once, when I was much younger and at a school disco probably, but that was then!
Now I live in NE Essex so obviously my ops will be centred around this part of the county. I wanted to start of with Colchester, the oldest recorded town in Great Britain, and my nearest town, but I couldn’t find a heading for that (I will suggest this to Ciao so watch this space…) and whilst I was browsing the opinion titles I came across Clacton-On-Sea so I thought I would start with that one.
There is already one opinion on Clacton so I went...
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Advantages: Great fun for all the family, lots of events and attractions Disadvantages: Sea defences
...I spent ten years of my life living in Clacton-on-Sea. During that time Clacton changed a lot and I spent the time to go out and do some of the things in and around the local area. I suppose Clacton has an image of being a retirement home with nothing there for younger people. To an extent this is still correct, it is indeed an area where many people go for their retirement, however, it is rapidly becoming much more tourism focused and the attractions and sights are becoming much more relevant to younger people.
During the 1960’s and 1970’s Clacton-on-Sea attracted lots of tourists but with the advent of holidays abroad, the number of tourists visiting Clacton rapidly fell during the 1970’s and 1980’s. This made Clacton the perfect spot for a peaceful retirement. In recent years, Clacton has undergone something of a rejuvenation...
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Advantages: Fantastic Wines, Excellent Pubs, Cultural Atmosphere, Fab Public Transport Disadvantages: none
...Wow, this is one long review! Sorry about that, but it took this much to hit everything. The categories I've covered are:
Quick Facts, Lifestyle, Restaurants, Cafes, Coffee/Tea Shops, take-away, Clubs and Pubs, Wineries, Shopping, Museums, Galleries, Libraries, Tourist Destinations, and Public Transport and finally Geography. One more quick comment about the review. The average daily budget could be as much or as little as you wish to spend and I've lived here for a few years so any time of year is what I've been referring to. I didn't use any season specific events in this review.
The City of Churches and Wines: Adelaide, South Australia
I first came to Adelaide in 2002 at which point I...
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