What was your most picturesque and idyllic holiday in the countryside?

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What was your most picturesque and idyllic holiday in the countryside?

Answer 1

There is a little spot not far from where I live in Weardale, Co, Durham, England, and about 40 years ago I had a Little old Ford van, and I used to cram my wife and six children into it, and take off into the dales with the dog, a tent and all the utensils for camping. we spent many weekends in that old tent, amidst the sheep, and sheep dung. A small stream ran through where we camped, the water straight off the Dales, we used it for washing and for the kids to play in. Money was scarce, so we had to do what we could, splashing in the water, damming it up. Climbing the hills nearby, collecting sheep's wool, catching tiddlers, and just enjoying nature!... My family have travelled all over the world since then, and so have my wife and I?, but those times were the best, and all ways will be, they were OUR TIME!.....never to return, but missed, oh! so much!.....

Answer 2

Not so long ago, my husband and I travelled in Scotland in a mobile home.. I've always made a fuss over not wanting to travel in a mobile home, that it wouldn't be any way for me to travel etc.; I've just been a handful of pain. So my husband found us that fancy Italian designer mobile home - and those holidays turned out to be the most wonderful in my life! I couldn't get enough of the beautiful landscape of Scotland, but the most wonderful scenery was on the Isle of Mull.



We drove from Iona to Tobermory but since my husband didn't want to detour by Craignure, we went cross fields - with that big camper on those narrow roads. The road was so narrow it wasn't even on the road map. So we hobbled across the grass - and suddenly, we hit the shore line on the west coast. We were speechless. The scenery that had opened up before us struck us like a lightning.



On the right side, there were rocky hills, but those rocks were covered with plants and grass. The slope went softly down to the road where we stood. It was like flowing into the sea. The evening sun was touching the hills and painted everything in a bright yellow and green, and the air was dancing with colours. The sea was so deep blue and the light was so bright but still, it didn't blind us.



We got out of the car and watched, stood there at the foot of the hills, beside the sea with the waves gently rolling in. In the distance, we could see the "white horses", and the sun shone so brightly out there that we thought we'd see white patches on the water. A small waterfall found its way down the rocks, disappearing at the foot and watering the flora.



Nobody was there except us. We were alone amidst that beauty of nature. It was so quiet, so tranquil, that still today, I feel the odd tear welling up when I think of it. It was like a place God had chosen to show himself to those who looked.

Answer 3

What was my most picturesque and idyllic holiday in the countryside? Hmmm…that is a tough one. I have been to many beautiful places in Europe and North America but an idyllic place is hard to put my finger on.



Well when I was young and handsome, I was dating my girlfriend and invited her to go cross-country skiing with me. We went to a state park in central New York State, about 40 kilometers north of Utica, New York. We crossed farm lands, forests, and other open fields. Everywhere was covered with snow, sprinkled with pine and maple trees, rolling hills, and all against a crystal clear blue sky. We traveled 10 kilometers and the temperature was about -3° C with very little wind. The scenery was beautiful and extremely relaxing.



Even though we were still moving, time seemed to just stop giving the feeling of appreciating that moment in time.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

When I was a young girl of fifteen, I took a coach from the bus station, on my own, and travelled south to Berkshire for my first experience of thatched cottages, milking sheds and village post offices.

I was thoroughly urban kid, brought up in the backstreets of a grimy northern city, attending a school in the shadow of Strangeways jail, and nothing in my life up to then prepared me for the church bells pealing on peaceful afternoons as lads played cricket on the Green and wildflowers nodded in the hedgerows

I was staying with a girl from this idyllic spot, who'd come North to live with her sister, a lecturer at Manchester Uni, and who'd invited me down to meet her wonderful family, with their country ways and lovely accent, in the summer hols

During that unforgettable week, I saw the ' Dreaming Spires' of Oxford for the first time ( I regret to say that my main focus that morning was to purchase new false eyelashes at Boots )

I found out what locks were and watched as the lock- keeper ( her uncle ) operated the gates

and visited the tiniest cinema I'd ever seen

Have you ever tasted Lardy Cake ? I enjoyed trying this local delicacy a few times - and the local cider, with a couple of lads who exploded with mirth at the novelty of my northern dialect

I went back the following year and loved it, but nothing was sweeter than that first time, seeing, hearing and smelling things I'd previously only known from story- books

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Answer 7

One of my favourite places to visit is The Gower Peninsula in South Wales.



South Wales has some beautiful landscapes, rolling hills with streams of mist, woodlands with so many greens, cheeks, rivers, lakes that reflect light. But most of all it has some great sea views, one of my favourite views is to watch the sun setting over water, the forever changing colour of sunlight at the end of a day.



And this picture is quite special to me, not only because of colours created with the sun reflecting on the clouds, but because of the captured image of a Seagull flying past.



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Another thing I like about Wales is it brings you closer to nature, living in a city you don't get to experience these things, like seeing wild horse roaming in the hills and marshes.



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The Gower does offer many things, not only is there great scenery to be experienced, the country is full of culture and history, there are many castles to visit and burial mounds seeped in history. Quirky little craft shops, traditional pubs that offer great food, Salt Marsh Lamb, Black Welsh Beef, and Lava Bread is one to try though it is an acquired taste.



So visiting Wales it has a lot to other if you want to get away from the beaten track, but still like to stay near civilisation.

Answer 8

My late father took us all up into the Dublin/Wicklow Mountain's about 12 miles outside of Dublin itself. We came to a place called Glendalough,and, looking back down the Mountain we could see Dublin and Dublin Bay spread out before us. We then travelled to Avoca(meeting of the waters) where the waters from the mountains joined to form the Ring of Kerry and the Killarney lakes. If any of you have seen the BBc TV series BallyKissAngel you are actually seeing Avoca Town. This holiday for me has always been MAGICAL!!!!!!!

Answer 9

I visited New Zealand in 1979 when I was 16 and I can remember the volcanic activities going on there. I went with my family and we visit Taupo one day and could see a mountain just over 100miles away on a clear evening and was volcanic and we also too photos and it was one of the best landscapes I had seen in my life.

I loved New Zealand for that and unspoilt country sides and beautiful landscapes. And mountains with full of sheep, cows and other live stock. I don't have a picture on the computer or a scan to scan the photos but I can remember this all in my head too and this makes me want to draw the scenery.

Answer 10

Several years ago myself and a friend visited Khao Sok rainforest in Thailand. Travelling there from the island we'd been staying on, we opted for a local bus rather than a tourist coach, and spent the six hour journey sat at the back happily sharing laughs and cigarettes with the conductor (for want of a better word) as we watched the landscape change from palm tree plantations to rainforest, with spectacular limestone formations towering up from the earth.



We were dropped off at our stop and immediately surrounded by tuk-tuk drivers wanting our custom, but we knew where we wanted to go and were relieved that the first person to indicate they knew the place was an English speaker with no desire to try and sell another place to us. He drove us the short journey to the resort (it wasn't quite that, but it's the best word to use), which was a collection of elevated wooden cabins - treehouses if you will - run by an Australian woman and her Thai husband.



The resort was in the process of installing electricity; the only place to have power was the restaurant area, which was also the reception area, bar and downstairs of the owners' home. This meant we were given oil lamps to use after dark - a lovely touch which made us glad we'd arrived before the work had been completed.



Our cabin was a short walk through the forest from the reception. It was set back about 30 feet from a small but fast flowing river, on the other side of which was a huge limestone cliff. This was home to gibbons, animals with very loud voices and a cheeky propensity to toss twigs and sticks down upon us from high up in the forest canopy.



We couldn't afford to do everything we'd hoped for in the area, but one activity involved a personal guided walk around the forest at night. Our two guides, I forget their names, were friendly (as is the Thai way) and seemed to enjoy every moment of taking us along trails and over streams, all the time pointing out the most hidden of animals, including encouraging a flying lemur to glide between trees right above us and chasing a snake in a very 'Steve Irwin' manner. Just before returning to the resort we sat on a small 'bridge' (a few planks) in a clearing, looking up at the clearest view of the stars I've ever seen in my life.



That was one part of a superb two week holiday. I've been back to Thailand since, but not to Khao Sok. Perhaps one day I will, but I doubt it'll ever match the experience of that short stay there.

Answer 11

I have been to two beautiful places which I will never forget. The first was in Norway, and the scenery was really breathtaking, and the following year I was in Maine in the USA, where once again the scenery was super, and the small Villages, were really beautiful. Australia is another Country where there are lots of places which have never been touched by man yet( and I hope they never will be ) There are a lot of places that man has never touched and I hope never will because that is when the whole of the scenery is ruined.Plus the wild life is disturbed and that is something that is happening all over this Planet. We are losing the Wild Life and Plants, Trees etc at an alarming rate which will never return but replaced by people who have the habit of making ruins of everything. The Population should be curbed now to let the Creatures of this Planet return because after all they were inhabiting this Earth long before Humans came along and ruined it.There should also be a ban on cutting trees down as they are the lifeblood also. We cannot breath without Trees, and with rising populations we need them more than ever, but once again they are now cutting down the very Forests that we rely on, and have been there since this Planet was evolved.That will become a major fault as the generations continue to grow the Air will become thinner and our life on this Planet will be harmed.... Does anyone ever listen or read about these problems.... of course not as the future after they have gone does not interest them, or about the future generations.

Answer 12

Don't think these will count as they are seascapes, not landscapes but two places have remained in my mind and if I close my eyes I can see them now.

The first is Friedrichshafen in Germany, it is right on Lake Bodensee which borders Germany, Austria and Switzerland and from the German side you look out over the lake to the snow covered mountains in Switzerland...beautiful! That is landscape i suppose....It is also home to the Zeppelin and I was lucky enough to go up once on the last trip of the day and the sunset over the lake was breathtaking! I went every other April for work and it made the long days so worthwhile.



The second was after arriving on Mauritius, after driving through sugar cane fields where we could see nothing of the countryside we suddenly came out right on the coast, the ocean was a deep turquoise colour and waves were crashing against the reef with huge rollers cresting over the top. Where we were staying you could see it every day, a wave would hit the reef right off to our left and roll like a mexican wave all the way along the coast into the distance to our right...again breathtaking...

I don't think I will ever be lucky enough to go back to either of these places again but the memories will live with me forever.

Answer 13

I think it was not one vacation that was unforgettable, it was all the vacations put together. From going to huge concrete structures, to a vast desert, to soaky rainforests, up in the air, or down below at sea or just enjoy a vacation with my friends was something special. It was the feeling of togetherness and happiness that made my trips so unique. Going to places like Malaysia and enjoying the numerous resorts, or to Sri Lanka just for the view, or to England for sighseeing, Or to South Africa to watch the World Cup always made my holidays something to remember. I think out of all of them i'd have to pick the "Desert Camp" where about 20 people came for 4 days and 3 night for something really unforgettable. After being all geared up and excited for the trip and after the exhausting car ride I was very much astounded by the sight. All I could see was desert. Endless Sand. Nothing else. Little did I know that I would never have wanted to leave this place after the few days I stayed there. What inspired me most was how vast it was. You could walk 100 miles but never reach the end of the desert. It was flat, so there was nowhere to hide but it was so vast that you could get lost and never be found. The sand was smooth and soft. There was just so much you could do there. There were people who actually lived there - in the middle of nowhere. It was amazing how they got through with their day to day lives when it was not convinent at all. When you walk into the desert you feel like you've transported thousands of years ago - back to the era of the dinasours. But it was amazing, and the experience and sight cannot be put into words. It was my best trip yet.

Answer 14

Having been to many picturesque places over the past 50 years including the Grand Canyon, Painted Desert, The Everglades, The far north of Norway including the North Cape and many places in the UK I have to say that the most unforgettable holiday was my last one.



My partner and I stayed at a small hotel in Snowdonia in North Wales in a village called Trefriw. It is hard to describe the feeling of being at home that we both felt and the peace and calm that the view over the valley and into the distant hills engenders. Knowing that we were about 30 minutes from Snowdon and 15 minutes from the North Wales coast made it even more special and brought home to me how much I miss those kinds of views living in the Fens on the East of England as I do.



In fact, we enjoyed it so much that we booked the same hotel for another break later this year - hopefully the same sense of calm will be there when we return.

Answer 15

My memories stretch back 50 yrs.Every year we hire a boat on the Norfolk Broads.Whether you go in the Springtime or Autumn the landscape is different.The spring flowers or the trees all changing colour in the Autumn.The rivers are ever changing and you can just take your own time cruising along,no locks to worry about and most of all the people are very friendly.It is a holiday when you leave your mobile,computer at home and just relax.Most of the boats are 240 volts,so you have a normal television,playstation,fridge,micro wave oven etc.but best of all is getting into the local hostelries and enjoying a meal and good company.If you have never seen a working windmill,the reed cutter at work or the eel fishermen this is the place to go.Get off the boat and ramble to your heart content.I love it and will be back this October.

Answer 16

This question isn't hard , but with me i won't know how to answer it because i never travel abroad or around my country.I don't shy when i tell or talk with my friends about that cause i know still have a lot of people in my country like me. But i'm sure i can answer this question as well as other people who had travel. With me, the most picturesque ans idyllic place is my country -VietNam.The name always has the word "war" followed it. But did you know how beauty my country is , how peaceful, how hard the life there after the War? When people travel to VietNam , they usually visit some famous places like Ha Long Bay . Nha Trang Beach , Hue , Hoi An , Sa Pa , Ho Chi Minh City ..... A few visit the countryside. I'm sure that we can't find amusements , parks , hotels,...But you will get more than that. Enjoy the peaceful atmosphere, let's imagine there only the green around you , green of rice paddies, of trees. Enjoy the sunshine in the morning and have a cup of hot tea .Then start your new day. Go to the countryside and you will know what is call " life". Friendly people and hospitality.If you like noisy and active ,let's go to the city , people like going to Ha Noi for travel and for bussiness they will go to Ho Chi Minh city. I don't know how romantic and peaceful is Ha Noi but I know a little about Ho Chi Minh city . The city which is always plenty of motobikes and cars , and must wait on the street for a few minute or even an hour in the afternoon ,with me it is the way the city makes me love it. Life there is very busy and stressful. But in some ways , that is the thing you can't fnd in another places.I know some guys think our country is just a poor country .Yes , we may poor about money but our heart are " big". I - a Vietnamese , a little girl who will be in grade 11 tomorrow ,now saying about my country with all of my heart just for one reason that i hope guys who read this answer know more about my country - VietNam!

Answer 17

When I was a teenager I went on an exchange with a French student over the Easter Holidays. Her family had two homes, one in Toulouse and the other in Esbareich (near the Pyrenees) I loved Toulouse but their second home blew me away! It was an old farmhouse with shutters at the windows and a huge gateway that a horse and cart would have fitted through, with a courtyard and lots of small buildings going off the main building. The rooms of their home were like something out of a glossy magazine with huge rooms, dark wooden, highly polished floors and pretty soft furnishings. I remember walking through little lanes to a farm and we bought "real" cheese with the crust still on it. I remember thinking it ugly but once the crust was removed the taste was amazing. I also remember eating al fresco and everyone chatting and smiling, eating and drinking wine. I remember thinking what a happy close family they were, even though I probably couldn't understand much of what was being said.



We could go on plenty of walks in the vicinity of the old farmhouse and I distinctly remember green hills and a valley...perfect!



What was even more perfect than this though (if that's possible?!?!) was the day her mother took us out for a trip that took in Andorra and one of the Pyrenee mountains. I remember standing at the top of the mountain and looking across at the most amazing view I have ever seen and will ever see again in my lifetime. There were mountains covered in snow for as far as I could see with the sun shining on them...absolutely breathtaking.



There is no language barrier to appreciating beauty!

Answer 18

The Scottish sea is amazing. You can go along the East coast visiting all the little fishing villages, go fishing off the piers, watch the fishing boats get on with their everyday business or just sit on a beach- only if it's low tide of course! Most of the people, just like in the rest of Scotland, are very friendly. We spent a whole week just going around the East coast. Also if you do go there you absolutely have to have fish 'n' chips from the Anstruther Chip Shop.



I would write more but I have to finish my Shakespeare homework!

Answer 19

the Sahara dessert was great one holiday ,and then again Holland the river and all the trees walking from Belgium into Holland so flat,and so calming the trees rustling in the wind?then again the architecture Gothic buildings in Gent so stunning and lovely to look at ? El Gem in Tunisia was another stunning place to think its older than the Colosseum it Italy? and there again right on my door step the castles in Scotland the mountains and the rivers the tranquillity and peace the cold wind on your face,and in your hair ?the smell of heather ,and after a walk how good you feel to go in somewhere for a cuppa or a bowl of soup and feel so fresh?

Answer 20

Sapa is a beautiful mountainous district of Lao Cai Province. It is famous for mountainous landscapes and a great diversity of ethnic minority groups.

Sapa has many natural sites such as Ta Phin Cave, Ham Rong Mountain, Rattan Bridge, and Silver waterfall. It is also a destination for climber or travelers who want conquer the Fansipan Mountain, which is located in Hang Lien Son Range, the highest mountain not only in Vietnam but also in the Indochina Peninsula. Hoang Lien Son Mountains are the place which has a rich diversity of flora and fauna.

Sapa is also a place which has a great diversity of ethnic minority groups. The residents of Sapa is approximately 36,000 including such as H’mong, Dao … and Tay. All of these groups make the customs of Sapa unique.

Answer 21

Himachal Pradesh is one of the most important travel destinations in north India, full of natural beauty. It is also known as the "Magical Showcase of Nature's Captivating " ideal for the travelers to enjoy the tour. There are many touristh palces and hill station like Shimla, Chail, Kufri, Manali, Rohtang Pass, Solang Vally, Dharamshala, Dalhousie attract the visitors to visit himachal pradesh. Shimala is the capital of Himachal Pradesh covered with natural beauty, some of the visiting places in shimala are Kufri, Mall road,Chail, Jaku temple etc. Manali is an important hill station in the mountains of Himachal PradeshManali is administratively a part of the Kullu district,Manali is a popular Himalayan tourist destination and accounts for nearly a quarter of all tourist arrivals in Himachal Pradesh. Manali's cool atmosphere provides a contrast to hot Indian summers.Manali is famous for adventure sports like skiing, hiking, mountaineering, paragliding, rafting, trekking, kayaking, and mountain biking. Yak skiing is a sport unique to this area. Manali also featured in Time magazine's "Best of Asia" for its "Extreme Yak Sports". Manali also offers hot springs, religious shrines and Tibetan Buddhist temples. Manali is the best place for honeymooners in North India. http://www.toursinhimachal.com/ provides a wonderful opportunity to explore the wonderful natural beauty of Manali Tour Package - which has been the second most preferred mountain place other than Kashmir for travelers, vacationers, families, nature lovers, adventure seekers, couples and honeymooners. some of the best places near manali are Malana Valley,Solang Valley,

Hadimba Devi Temple, Rohtang Pass etc. The Solang Nullah, Patalsu, Kothi, Marhi and Rohtang slopes are very good for skiing in the winters as well as in summers.The Beas River flowing through Kullu valley is suitable for not only white water rafting but is ideal for canoeing and kayaking too.

Answer 22

The best place i have been is Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.

Ive never seen anything more beautiful in my life.

The scenery is out of this world & everyone was very nice and helpful.

We also went to Khewra salt mines. That is something worth seeing. Totally amazing.. Really want to go back there.. Love it so much, just wish i had the funds to go back there and travel.

Answer 23

The Highlands of Scotland - Drumnadrochit looking over Loch Ness! Gorgeous! Didn't see the monster, though!

Answer 24

I don't need to go on holiday because I live in the most beautiful part of the World thats here where I Live- Kent 'The Garden Of England'

Answer 25

Well,I guess The Lake District in the Autumn is just beautiful, with stunning scenery, and beautiful autumnal colours.



On the other hand, the countryside around Cornwall has a rugged beauty,but is equally stunning.

Answer 26

4 places in the Philippines...mount mayon (very active volcano), mount Pinatubo (dormant volcano with a crater lake), Baguio City (a city on top of the mountains, the road up there is scary) and Palawan Subterranean river

Answer 27

Nepal - prayer flags and stupas, breath taking mountain scenery, poor people but very happy people



Dominican Republic - beach, jungle and happy friendly people



USA - Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina/Virginia, breath taking misty mountains, lovely

Answer 28

Audley End is lovely, just all the above, picturesque, lots of meadows, cows and horses, fresh air...

I once was invited there for lunch by someone working for the BBC. Cannot remember her name now though. Rosa ...

Answer 29

The Brenner Pass (between Italy and Austria) by train - Breathtaking!

Answer 30

Tintern,near the Abbey in the Wye Valley.

Answer 31

Lake district-england.

Answer 32

I went to corfu about 5 years ago where we stayed was beside the beach. And the sunset every morning was breathtaking and you could see mainland greece from where we were and all the boats and loads of olives was very beautiful and so romantic. And the sea was so bluey green it was like paradise :)

Answer 33

Hm.... Probably, either when I went to Whitby in Yorkshire, (England), with me mum and dad, or to the Isle of Wight with me nan and grandad, as a kid, I daresay. Peace and love! Be lucky! :)

Answer 34

The hike up Mount Kinabalu in Borneo (East Malaysia). I finished it two days ago.

Answer 35

Chow

Answer 36

Preferably somewhere in megan foxes bush.

Answer 37

oh my god it has to be yorkshire dales, yorkshire moors or the lake district they are all Beautiful and all in yorkshire !!!

if you can you could go to all three i have on day trips and i could of stayed there a full week ! its Amazing

Answer 38

Barnsley.

Answer 39

i went to Lyon, France it was sooo lovely

Answer 40

it was in spain in the sea

Answer 41

I have yet to see it. but will and I believe its somewhere in Ireland. hidden and waiting just for me to see it.