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geordieborn:

--- Quote from: maggiesaes on August 31, 2019, 05:43:43 PM ---We all have our own opinions and ideas formed through our own experiences and hopefully also with help from the advice of others.
We have our favourite places to eat or stay we have our preferred mode of travel and that is quite normal and healthy.

We here in W Wales are a bit stuck as far as getting to Corfu as we have only Tui flights from Cardiff and we have now given up trekking to Bristol except in very extreme circumstances.Maybe things will change for us befor we’re  too old to make it over.

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I have to say we are spoilt for choice! Manchester is nearest, but Leeds not much different. Apart from which we are not averse to going to Stansted and have done so dozens of times in the last 12 years. Add to that, that we are also not at all bothered about a hop to somewhere like Bergamo, have a few nights there and fly on to Corfu. Was just looking at flights from there to Corfu for September, Ryanair €23 base!

maggiesaes:
I really miss the choice.
When we lived in Herts we were spoiled.

Lesley:
Living here in the Winter we have no choice on flights everything is via Athens meaning a minimum of 2 flights each way, mostly long connection times then via Athens (or a European hub) into 'somewhere' in the UK.  Over the years there have been various campaigns for winter direct flights into CFU but to no avail.  So 4 flights can be a costly outlay when having to come to UK in an emergency.  Also we have to take into consideration during Winter months flights can be cancelled in/out of Corfu due to low visability, then there is actually getting to/from the airport normally entailing a taxi each way as the local bus network is very limited during off season months.  All things to consider for those thinking about retiring here or visiting family 'off season'........ 

geordieborn:

--- Quote from: Lesley on September 01, 2019, 12:35:34 PM ---Living here in the Winter we have no choice on flights everything is via Athens meaning a minimum of 2 flights each way, mostly long connection times then via Athens (or a European hub) into 'somewhere' in the UK.  Over the years there have been various campaigns for winter direct flights into CFU but to no avail.  So 4 flights can be a costly outlay when having to come to UK in an emergency.  Also we have to take into consideration during Winter months flights can be cancelled in/out of Corfu due to low visability, then there is actually getting to/from the airport normally entailing a taxi each way as the local bus network is very limited during off season months.  All things to consider for those thinking about retiring here or visiting family 'off season'........

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Ah I wondered if there were many people on here who ended up living there Lesley! We often thought of doing the same, but in the end decided the language was far too difficult and went elsewhere. And of course we knew living there, especially in winter, would be very different from holidays there….
I’ve read with interest the back posts on life there and attempts to extend the “holiday” season. I do wonder if there is a market there for none “sunbed/beach” visitors. Or is it a case of without the sun, beach and full swing resort there is no demand? 
Lesley the difficulties you mention are well known to us, they would not put us off. Reading some of your posts, winter there sounds superb! But it would have to be a place with heating, preferably the wood burner with several pallets of wood!

Chrissyann:

--- Quote from: maggiesaes on September 01, 2019, 10:09:34 AM ---I really miss the choice.
When we lived in Herts we were spoiled.

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I have just recently moved back to Yorkshire from the Midlands where we were 1/2 hour from park and ride (so easy). Now I have to go to Newcastle for a decent flight and as you get older the strain of an hours drive in the early hours is too much I've booked to stay in a hotel the night before .I have not been on the forum for a while but always read the comments.Do you think SS is changing ? I saw a lot of negativity this year 

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