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Every Day's A Holiday!
The leaves are back on the trees, the dust-sheets have come off His Lordship, the rollercoaster has been oiled, the lions and monkeys have come back from their winter breaks in the Algarve, and the admission prices have gone up.
Actually, it's a sign of the times that the 2012 Days Out Guide features a lot of places that haven't put their prices up. That's never happened before. The miserable pittance that we're paid to lovingly compile the Days Out Guide hasn't gone up either. But it is bigger and better than ever. That's how much love has gone into this here guide.
It doesn't matter if you've just arrived here on the coach from Krakow, or whether your ancestors arrived at the end of the last ice age and survived being eaten by the cannibals of Cheddar (see Rocks & Ruins section). There's loads to see and do over the spring, summer and autumn, and most of the people reading this guide will find loads of ideas for places they've probably not even heard of.
There's not room to mention everything, but we've crammed in quite a lot. While we've tried to include every single visitor attraction in Bristol and Bath and the immediate vicinity, we've had to be a little more choosy the further out we go. We've also included a few suggestions from further afield.
Used responsibly, we guarantee that Days Out 2012 will take you to some fabulous places that are within easy reach of home. Places where you can relax, places where you can have adrenalin-fuelled adventures, places where they do nice tea and scones, places where you can admire fine art and architecture, places where you can contemplate the utterly miserable lives that ordinary people in the past had, and therefore feel all grateful for living in the 21st century, economic troubles and all. It's going to be a good summer.
Eugene Byrne
(Editor and author, who has visited nearly all the places in the guide, but who didn’t do the active hairy-chested outings section as he has a sick-note. Simon Fry is the Active Outings Guy.)
But seriously…
We don’t claim to know everything, so if you disagree with anything we’ve said, please tell us. If we’ve got anything wrong, please tell us. If we’ve missed out somewhere you think should have been included, please tell us. Your feedback is essential. Praise is nice, but constructive criticism and helpful suggestions are much more useful. No, actually, to be honest, we prefer the praise. Send praise, criticisms and (most important of all) money to: Days Out Guide, Venue Publishing, Bristol News & Media, Temple Way, Bristol, BS99 7HE or email:
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