That does sound shit.
I used to love the family holidays camping in the South of France, and feel it couldn't have been much more expensive for your Dad to stop at Weymouth while Cornwall bound, pop the car on a ferry to Cherburg, and drive one more night down to the Dordogne, especially as all the food and booze would have been much cheaper in France.

It sounds like your parents were lacking in imagination rather than money.
( The Awful Puppy Bakery is still bored, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 18:55, 1 reply)

That would have been cool
but dad was old school. Wouldn't eat "forrin muck". Mum would've been okay with it but twas dad did the driving.
(Dildo Bugger destroyed a ring on, Thu 29 Aug 2013, 19:55, closed)