General: New Hampshire

After spending a week travelling around Maine as part of trip around New England (See my previous review) we were now heading for New Hampshire for a couple of days. This review is solely on New Hampshire in the White Mountain National park region & the town we were heading for, North Conway. INFORMATION ON NEW HAMPSHIRE New Hampshires are fiercely proud of their independence, their motto is 'Live free & or die' this motto is often seen stamped on car license plates. Six months before the declaration of independence on 4th July 1776 they formerly declared independence from Great Britain ... more

This is a while ago now, but as there isn't anything more recent on the site I thought I'd offer it up anyway. I'm posting under New Hampshire though it's partly across the river in Vermont...I hope the Vermonters will forgive me. There isn't a general 'New England' category. ---- Everyone knows what to expect of New England in the Fall. We’ve all seen the photographs. Before embarking on this trip, I would recommend that walkers do two things: 1) Go back and look at those pictures. You’ll see that most of them are taken from the air. There is a reason for that. 2) Read Bill Bryson ... more

Live free or die’ says the motto on every car plate from New Hampshire, and no-where is this more true than in the town of North Conway. The people are friendly, patriotic and extremely proud of their beautiful surroundings. North Conway is the ideal place to visit if you are interested in sports – in the winter it is an excellent skiing area and in the summer months is full of hikers and campers. The town is on the edge of the White Mountains and most visitors (ourselves included) take a trip to Mount Washington, which is the tallest in the Presidential range. The summit can be ... more

We fly to Manchester, New Hampshire most years. Len has his daughter, son-in-law and family living there. It has been great the last 3 trips. Two in June for graduation. Perfect weather for me, a Floridian with an English accent, who just loves hot weather, and the last one in July of this year for Len's grand-daughter's wedding.. However, we did fly up one March to drive a vehicle back to Florida. We stayed overnight and it was freezing. Len's daughter even got me to take a ride in her open top porsche. I had a thick ski jacket, scarf, leather gloves etc. and the heating on full blast. If you ... more

I went to NH this year in February with my school on a skiing holiday. New Hampshire is not like and other American state, its very english and hardly american at all. The motel we stayed in was brilliant, which was in Lincoln. The skiing was also brillaint, especially when we went to Loon mountain. The atmosphere was brillaint and some days it was even sunny. The first day i was there we were all skiing in t-shirts! Apaprt from skiing we also went ice skating, and to the cinema, and to an amazing shopping mall not far away. The prices were nealry half of what you would pay in England and thwy ... more