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OMG Kitty!! I lived there for a couple of years, I had a pub called "The Malt Shovel"
..lovely pub but I heted Dartford..what a dreadful place

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hehe - Mr Kitty has heard of The Malt Shovel! Is it the one of East Hill, just above Dartford Park? He did even more time than I did in Dartford - we were conned, you see... our Uni's name promised grandeur, instead, we got a campus in Dartford. lol

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Inside Nigella Lawson.

Only kidding of course!...She wasn’t the best place by a long shot. [/Predictable]

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I'm with you on Scumdee, best thing about it is leaving! Did see a cracking Arctic Monkeys concert in Caird Hall mind.

Not sure on the best place, probably Blumenau in SC Brazil. Or Brisbane.

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The worst place can be the best depending on who you are there with. I know, typical British demenour but I think its true. I went to Butlins at Skegness - it was as dire as I knew it was going to be, the "chalets" were cockroach hotels, the all-you-can-eat buffets were laughable and the weather was dire; but the crowd of people I was with made it one of the best holidays ever!

For scenery, I loved New Zealand - watching penguins hopping up the beach at Invercargill, kayaking in the Able Tasman, cruising Milford Sound. I adored my time there.

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Worst - Stoke-on-Trent, absolute craphole.

Best - Anywhere in New Zealand, Waiheke Island, Queenstown, even Auckland, awesome. Will be back there, sooner rather than later I hope.

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Yes it was a very lovely 16thC. Youngs pub..I loved the pub and the customers but the rest of Dartford was grim!!

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I went to Butlins at Bognor once. I booked in for 5 days - lasted 3. What a dump, we even had our towels nicked.... all you can eat buffets - beans, cheap ass sausages and smash. Never again!

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Cheap ass sausages, eh? So that's what happens to the donkeys on the beach when they get old...

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The food was grim. Very grim.

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By the 70's the journey was Cyprus, Gan then Singapore. :)

Best - tricky but, possibly the tiny island in the Maldives where I went a couple of years ago. Just 12 villas and totally relaxing.

Worst - Hated living in Uckfield for 2 months when I was a child. Everyone was horrible.

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Best - Acapulco in the 70's when it was both safe and beautiful; Santa Barbara and San Diego anytime; Hakkonne Mountains (Japan) - breathtaking and excellent on-sen

Worst - Riyadh, Chula Vista, Bakersfield, Most of Oakland


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Worst - Gabon ... French speaking unstable Africa... nuff said. Carmathen is a shathole....

Best - Antigua was great, Kenya had some v.good points, Holland was fun too. And Umbria was amazing....

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Best: Camp John Hay in Baguio City, Several Hertfordshire pubs, Beijing during Chinese New Year.

Worst: Sharjah, Bury Park & the town centre of Luton,.

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Best: Singapore, Mauritius, St Anton (for the Alpine scenery), Fujairah, Bangkok (well some of it), Greek Islands - Mykonos, Santorini, Naxos and Ios, anywhere in the Middle East that isn't a shithole

Worst: Darlington, Canvey Island, Olu Deniz (Turkey), Athens, Khalifa City A