FabSwingers.com forum: School Trips

By *rightonsteve OP Man
3 weeks ago

Hove, mainly…

Thanks to Mobilebottom for reminding me…

Where did you go on a school trip? I remember going to the D-Day beaches in France and being mesmerised by a model of the beaches when I was about 10.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *naswingdressWoman
3 weeks ago

Manchester (she/her)

Canberra.

I rolled down Parliament House.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *actile TensionMan
3 weeks ago

Sussex

Amsterdam art trip

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *erdyHollyTV/TS
3 weeks ago

In a galaxy far far away

Never went abroad with one, but we had a few days trips.

The only one I really remember was a Roman Fort near Corbridge in Northumberland.

Pretty boring, but I bought a good rubber ruler from the gift shop afterwards

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *obilebottomMan
3 weeks ago

All over

My favourite was to a lovy place in Wales but can't remember what it was called. It was lovely day, beach was great, lots of ice cream and care free times.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *olvesxcoupleCouple
3 weeks ago

Round the bend

Boulogne. I was amazed that people actually poo'ed in what looked like a shower tray. Worse toilets I've ever seen.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *onin25Man
3 weeks ago

Durham

We went to Eden Camp which is a recreation of a German Pow camp on North Yorkshire. Also went to Jorvik Viking Centre and the Roman Fort near Corbridge mentioned above.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *Effy-Woman
3 weeks ago

Scotland

All of the above sounds ace!

We went to the battle of bannockburn site. Just a big field where we had to imagine what went on😃

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *hamallamadingdongMan
3 weeks ago

London

Day trips to museums and some place in the countryside I can't remember where we did a bit of kayaking, rock climbing and orientation.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *iamondsmiles.Woman
3 weeks ago

SW1A1AA

We went on a day trip to alton towers before it was a theme park. Just gardens

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *oeBeansMan
3 weeks ago

Derby

Went to Sherwood Forest, Cadbury World, The Peak District, The Lake District, The Houses of Parliament, and Conkers 😄

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *rightonsteve OP Man
3 weeks ago

Hove, mainly…

"All of the above sounds ace!

We went to the battle of bannockburn site. Just a big field where we had to imagine what went on😃"

Haha! It’s like when I took the family to Azincourt, talked it up, enthused about tactics and long bows and it was a big empty field. I backed off muttering ‘use your imagination’. Had to buy bows and arrows to make it up for the kids.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *actile TensionMan
3 weeks ago

Sussex

"All of the above sounds ace!

We went to the battle of bannockburn site. Just a big field where we had to imagine what went on😃"

😂

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *issilia AmoriWoman
3 weeks ago

North Welsh Borders

We went to Calais then on to Bologne

I remember feeling grown up as I ordered Chicken and chips in French

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *Effy-Woman
3 weeks ago

Scotland

"All of the above sounds ace!

We went to the battle of bannockburn site. Just a big field where we had to imagine what went on😃

The did have a gift shop so that kinda made up for the bore fest I had to endure.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ensualbicockMan
3 weeks ago

liverpool wavertree picton clock

Colomendy

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *lowupdollTV/TS
3 weeks ago

Herts/Leeds

Just one, which was to Exmoor. Nothing but barren land and sheep. What a famning indictment as metaphor of the modern disassociation of declining community ties I thought*, aged about 9.

*or similar thoughts.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *evilinDavina1Man
3 weeks ago

Bristol

"Amsterdam art trip"

Same here 👍 though we just smoked pot and got d*unk. Best trip ever. (It was college to be fair not school)

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *actile TensionMan
3 weeks ago

Sussex

"Amsterdam art trip

Same here 👍 though we just smoked pot and got d*unk. Best trip ever. (It was college to be fair not school) "

Was yr10 so 15ish? Teachers were loose af. looking back, they were probably up to no good too

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *wcoMan
3 weeks ago

West Midlands

We went to Majorca on a 5 day Spanish cultural trip. I was 15, I got so pissed one night that I had to be carried to my room and I got caught shoplifting on the last day.

I remember another trip to the Cotswolds where the toilets were smashed up. Feral were we, thank god I knew how to bring my own kids up.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *oxy-RedWoman
3 weeks ago

pink panther territory

Never went abroad

Also went to Roman fort

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ad NannaWoman
3 weeks ago

East London

France for the day.

Northumberland for two weeks.

Two rather different trips.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *wcoMan
3 weeks ago

West Midlands

We went to Magaluf. You couldn't make it up, just a sham trip for a teachers piss-up. At least they let us join in.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *naswingdressWoman
3 weeks ago

Manchester (she/her)

"Never went abroad

Also went to Roman fort"

Yeah, going overseas for a school trip was way outside the realms of possibility. (I grew up about four hours drive from Canberra)

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *actile TensionMan
3 weeks ago

Sussex

"Never went abroad

Also went to Roman fort

Yeah, going overseas for a school trip was way outside the realms of possibility. (I grew up about four hours drive from Canberra)"

That's the capital of Aussie land right?

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *naswingdressWoman
3 weeks ago

Manchester (she/her)

"Never went abroad

Also went to Roman fort

Yeah, going overseas for a school trip was way outside the realms of possibility. (I grew up about four hours drive from Canberra)

That's the capital of Aussie land right?"

Yes

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *actile TensionMan
3 weeks ago

Sussex

"Never went abroad

Also went to Roman fort

Yeah, going overseas for a school trip was way outside the realms of possibility. (I grew up about four hours drive from Canberra)

That's the capital of Aussie land right?

Yes"

Catches me out on every quiz

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *estructionDollyWoman
3 weeks ago

Manchester

Alton Towers.

Ypres to see all the WW1 stuff.

London on an art trip to the Tate Modern, Saatchi gallery, National Portait Gallery and some others.

When I did A-Level Art we went on a trip to New York to visit lots of galleries there and did some touristy stuff too that was pretty awesome. It was February and Central Park was covered in snow. It was quite magical.

There were probably others that I can't remember now.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *naswingdressWoman
3 weeks ago

Manchester (she/her)

"Never went abroad

Also went to Roman fort

Yeah, going overseas for a school trip was way outside the realms of possibility. (I grew up about four hours drive from Canberra)

That's the capital of Aussie land right?

Yes

Catches me out on every quiz"

When I was new to the UK, I heard a quiz show where they asked how many states there were in Australia.

They said twenty, and I threw things at the radio.

(Six 💀)

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *onin14Man
3 weeks ago

Dover

Went skiing to Bulgaria when it was still behind the curtain, had a big crash on the slope and ended up being felt up by the national slalom teams physio! It was an odd trip…

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *evilinDavina1Man
3 weeks ago

Bristol

"Never went abroad

Also went to Roman fort

Yeah, going overseas for a school trip was way outside the realms of possibility. (I grew up about four hours drive from Canberra)

That's the capital of Aussie land right?

Yes

Catches me out on every quiz

When I was new to the UK, I heard a quiz show where they asked how many states there were in Australia.

They said twenty, and I threw things at the radio.

(Six 💀)"

I always think it's Perth 🤦 duh

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *uckMe12FreeMan
3 weeks ago

(User no longer on site)

Bristol Zoo, every year when I was in junior school.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *evilinDavina1Man
3 weeks ago

Bristol

"Bristol Zoo, every year when I was in junior school. "

I never went and now it's closed 😔

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *aFemmeCoquetteWoman
3 weeks ago

Somewhere in the middle not the.....

Germany twice, went to our twin town but also went sight seeing in Colonge (climbed the top of that cathedral twice!)and the zoo, Went to the bundestag, fantasialand and a boat trip on the rhine from bonn to konigswinter. Teachers got d*unk at night and left us to our own devices 😂

Youth hostelling and hiking twice in the peak district

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *igerFiestaMan
3 weeks ago

Huddersfield

We just went to local farms, an old castle, a forest to look for leafs, and getting my wellies stuck in the mud in some bogland or beach. Barely remember any of it. Day trips only happened in primary school. No trips at all seemed to happen in secondary. I remember one effort was made to visit France, but it was cancelled. It was a poor school and closed soon after I finished.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *avinaTVTV/TS
3 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

My high school didn't do school trips. My wife's school took them on a battlefield tour of Natal, which was interesting. They visited Isandhlwana, Rorke's Drift, Blood River, and Ladysmith, I think.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *avinaTVTV/TS
3 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

My daughter's school took them to Venice, Barcelona, Normandy and New York. They also did the usual local trips to the Mary Rose, Shakespeare performance in Stratford, etc.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *apppymanMan
3 weeks ago

Kidderminster

Paris on a coach from the east midlands. Mostly spent on the coach..... did spend most of that time snogging the lovely sally ann

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *a LunaWoman
3 weeks ago

Wales

Stackpole for a week. An Outdoor Adventure Centre.

We did Orienteering (loved it!) and canoeing amongst other things.

The other School Trip I remember being available was Llangranog for a week but I didn’t do that one.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *earditallWoman
3 weeks ago

Lancaster

I was never allowed to go

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *lectrictouchMan
3 weeks ago

inverarary

All the usual everywhere from fertiliser factory Avebury wales London museums

My fav was cheddar gorge as got to see miss gudge’s

Knickers

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *dible_KinkCouple
3 weeks ago

Aberdeen

Our school trips were pretty unambitious. We went to places like Fort George and Culloden.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *olgateMan
3 weeks ago

on the road to nowhere in particular

Our first school trip was to a greenhouse in the local park

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ifelover999Man
3 weeks ago

Eastbourne

No where my school was banned from school trips🤦🤦

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *lackadderMan
3 weeks ago

Eastbourne

Snowdonia and a few overseas trips with air cadets.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *rinwinMan
3 weeks ago

Stockport

Gambia @ New Year...was meant to be on educational cruise on SS Uganda, but it was comandeered for Falklands war so ended up in Africa

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *ools and the brainCouple
3 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

Skiing to Mont Blanc .

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
3 weeks ago

For my GCSE art we went to London for a few days and went to the Tate and other galleries. I remember on the night though we just buggered off out got on the tube and went all over London. At 15. Far too strict these days.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *luefire2Couple
3 weeks ago

just somewhere around here

I went to cap d'agde twice on a watersports trip

Mrs R

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *dible_KinkCouple
3 weeks ago

Aberdeen

"I went to cap d'agde twice on a watersports trip

Mrs R"

Haha, now that's a school where the teachers know their stuff and are brazen enough to go and get it

And to top it off it was offically watersports

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *urry BlokeMan
3 weeks ago

I was banned from school trips for spilling Vimto on the coach seats

Most of ours were local attractions like Shibden Hall, Chatsworth House, Marton Mere Wildlife Reserve etc

Tho I did do a week long trip to Majorca with school in my final year

It was great

I remember the gossip mill when one of the female teachers brought her female 'friend' along with her too

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *tannersMan
3 weeks ago

stanley

Beamish Museum

Alnmouth Beach

Newby Hall

Light water valley

Lowther Wildlife Park

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *onin25Man
3 weeks ago

Durham

"Beamish Museum

Alnmouth Beach

Newby Hall

Light water valley

Lowther Wildlife Park"

Forgot about Beamish, we went there too. Have been to Newby Hall as an adult and it houses (or did a few years ago at least) Giles Brandreth's teddy bear collection.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By (user no longer on site)
3 weeks ago

"Beamish Museum

Alnmouth Beach

Newby Hall

Light water valley

Lowther Wildlife Park"

Will probably look very stupid now.....but is Beamish where the drink Beamish comes from?

I loved Beamish Red

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *onin25Man
3 weeks ago

Durham

"Beamish Museum

Alnmouth Beach

Newby Hall

Light water valley

Lowther Wildlife Park

Will probably look very stupid now.....but is Beamish where the drink Beamish comes from?

I loved Beamish Red "

No, Beamish Museum is in the North East of England. Beamish Red is(was?) Irish.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *onin25Man
3 weeks ago

Durham

"Beamish Museum

Alnmouth Beach

Newby Hall

Light water valley

Lowther Wildlife Park

Will probably look very stupid now.....but is Beamish where the drink Beamish comes from?

I loved Beamish Red

No, Beamish Museum is in the North East of England. Beamish Red is(was?) Irish. "

There is a restaurant just outside the museum that used to have its own microbrewery (I think the brewery bit closed - not been for years) but I don't think they sold it anywhere but the restaurant.

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *tannersMan
3 weeks ago

stanley

"Beamish Museum

Alnmouth Beach

Newby Hall

Light water valley

Lowther Wildlife Park

Will probably look very stupid now.....but is Beamish where the drink Beamish comes from?

I loved Beamish Red

No, Beamish Museum is in the North East of England. Beamish Red is(was?) Irish.

There is a restaurant just outside the museum that used to have its own microbrewery (I think the brewery bit closed - not been for years) but I don't think they sold it anywhere but the restaurant. "

The stables?

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *onin25Man
3 weeks ago

Durham

"Beamish Museum

Alnmouth Beach

Newby Hall

Light water valley

Lowther Wildlife Park

Will probably look very stupid now.....but is Beamish where the drink Beamish comes from?

I loved Beamish Red

No, Beamish Museum is in the North East of England. Beamish Red is(was?) Irish.

There is a restaurant just outside the museum that used to have its own microbrewery (I think the brewery bit closed - not been for years) but I don't think they sold it anywhere but the restaurant.

The stables?"

Yep, was really good the few times I went

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

By *tannersMan
3 weeks ago

stanley

"Beamish Museum

Alnmouth Beach

Newby Hall

Light water valley

Lowther Wildlife Park

Will probably look very stupid now.....but is Beamish where the drink Beamish comes from?

I loved Beamish Red

No, Beamish Museum is in the North East of England. Beamish Red is(was?) Irish.

There is a restaurant just outside the museum that used to have its own microbrewery (I think the brewery bit closed - not been for years) but I don't think they sold it anywhere but the restaurant.

The stables?

Yep, was really good the few times I went "

Yeah was always good, a former classmate was the manager there, not sure if she still is though

Reply privately

Reply in forum

Reply +quote

Post new Message to Thread