Cotswold Eagle

If you are referring to the Enderby Wharf plan, it twice received planning permission, in 2011 and 2015. The local objections were primarily on environmental grounds, as the plan was for housing right by the cruise terminal and the ships were expected to provide their own power. The plan was never “voted down” as such, although the local council is now against it. The new owner of the site is applying to vary the permission to build low-cost rental housing instead.

What can’t you find on the app? May 4th? South Hampton? (You know about this time at second time of asking, right?) Gatwick? A particular fare? The app and the various web portals pull the same data. It’s much easier to help folk when they are clear.

The strict answer is ‘no’ - but only because the English term ‘coffeeshop’’ is used to distinguish those establishments you wish to avoid. But Amsterdam has many cafes and bars where you can sit and enjoy a coffee - just avoid anywhere using the term ‘coffeeshop’, and usually displaying Rastafarian colours or palm leaves (direct advertising of the product is not allowed). And if you are still concerned, there’s always Starbucks,,,,

Well, yes, or they engage one of the well known agents (who take their own cut to do it). But it is still the buyer’s responsibility to get the forms endorsed by customs on departure to prove that they did take the good out of the relevant customs area.

In principle, you will need to get the refund documentation prepared by a participating retailer and stamped at your last port of call in the EU as you leave. The fact that you are flying out of the U.K. is irrelevant since the U.K. left the EU.

I suspect many people thought there was little value in this thread just becoming a long list of cities and towns in Europe and North Africa that we enjoy, especially with the OP’s somewhat vague “been to some, not to others” approach! Maybe if there were a few more criteria to apply other than “must see”! By the way, are you having trouble with the ‘quote’ function? It’s sometimes hard to distinguish when you are quoting (in bold) or answering (also sometimes in bold!) Just highlighting the relevant part of the post(s) you are replying to and pressing quote is working for me, as you can see 😀

You may wish to look at this thread from last month, which discussed the same question:

Yes. They are denominated in pounds Sterling and other Sterling notes (such as Bank of England) are very readily accepted in Guernsey. Acceptance of Guernsey notes outside Guernsey and Jersey is likely to be even more problematic than the issues with Scottish and Northern Ireland notes discussed above.

This is simply not true, I'm afraid. Any retailer can decide what methods of payment it chooses to accept (and indeed some are now not dealing with any form of cash at all).

That's a long day off an overnight flight with nowhere to rest. The alternative is to stay in London and travel down to the port the next day. The number of options to travel to Southampton (OP - please note the spelling!) mitigates the 'same day' risk somewhat. London hotels are expensive, of course, and there are very few bargains to be had these days, but the extra cost may be worth the convenience, only you can decide.

Such a hotel does not exist. There are innumerable threads on this board about travel to Southampton from Heathrow, or central London, including the sticky at the top of the list. Perhaps you were unable to find them because you have the spelling of your embarkation port wrong, but they are well worth reading to get a sense of your realistic options.

Just to circle back to this, the procession route has now been confirmed by the Palace. It is more or less the standard route used for many state occasions from Buckingham Palace to Westminster (down the Mall, through Admiralty Arch (not Horseguards), down Whitehall and round Parliament Square). In a break with tradition, the larger procession after the Coronation will simply take the same route in reverse. Thus disruption will be more contained than many people previously thought (and there's a lot less space for spectators). There's a map in this article from the BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65194594

I suspect the OP was using 'Normandy' as shorthand for "the World War II sites in Normandy". Even that I find quite sad, not to spend just a few hours in a lifetime paying respects and learning something of those momentous days in summer 1944 which shaped all our lives. You don't need to be a military history buff to get something out of that. Incidentally, to be pedantic, Normandy is one of the administrative regions of France, made up of several departments.

Important caveat entered in bold above. Despite the use of the word "Global", it offers no benefits other than on entry to the US, of course. Slightly odd thread for a Western Europe board 😀

Literally impossible to answer without knowing the possible airports! "An English airport" could be a couple of hundred miles and several hours from London... Also, "late in the day" is somewhat subjective.

Well, it depends where in Temple Bar you're starting from, of course! (Perhaps the classic confusion of the pub and the area?)

This is demonstrably untrue, I'm afraid, as per my post above! In any case, perhaps you are thinking of the 1916 Easter Uprising? 'The Troubles' are often dated from the civil rights marches in Derry/Londonderry in October 1968.

Just to put this into context, the threat in Northern Ireland from Northern Ireland related terrorism has been SEVERE since it was first publicly assessed in 2010, except for the last year when it has been SUBSTANTIAL, so this is really just the old status quo. These levels are a guide for the authorities's protective security stance, and my own assessment (this is an area I have some experience) is that the threat will relate to small scale, targeted attacks between groups and also on specific security targets, such as the shooting of a senior police officer some weeks ago. I do not believe there is a group in Northern Ireland with the will, capacity or capability to mount large attacks against so-called civilian targets.

What the heck does this mean?!

That would be Euro (€) in the Republic of Ireland, not GBP (£). Important for those who prefer to use cash!

I think there is some confusion here by your use of the outdated and unofficial term “Chunnel terminal”. Most of us would assume that means Eurotunnel Le Shuttle at Folkestone, which is the vehicle service (by train) through the Channel Tunnel. It seems you are actually thinking of Eurostar, the passenger service, which departs from central London, St Pancras, as outlined above.

I'd definitely go with the train - frequent services on both lines, and yes you appear to have been very unlucky! Cambridge is very car unfriendly, you'd need ti use a park and ride. In a sense, Cambridge IS the must see site in Cambridge, but I don't have kids. Maybe they might enjoy punting or the Zoological Museum?

No, there aren’t and haven’t been for several years. All ATMs on the airport, airside and landside, are operated by Travelex, a foreign exchange firm, and offer the same bad exchange rates as their counter service.

Don’t assume. BA also flies from T3.

That's not really how security at State occasions works! If the road is closed, it's closed. Based on precedent of other Royal occasions involving Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey (NOT cathedral), the road immediately outside the Rubens, Buckingham Palace Road, will be closed. However, the location is right on the edge of the usual cordon sanitaire, and the road alongside the hotel (Bressenden Place) will be open. How close to the junction, and therefore the hotel, you could be dropped off I don't know, but the hotel has been through this sort of thing many times and will be able to advise in due course. And as Gumshoe rightly says, the area will be very busy before, during and after the ceremony.