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Butlins Minehead
Anyone know if their in house TV carries freeview?
I've been to the Skeggy one that advertises freeview in their premium accomodation, which I presume would be attached to the same TV system. I'll have to resort to booze if all I have is 1-5 & the Butlins in house channel, during my few breaks from Bob The Builder & Pingu. Departing tomorrow BTW, pre DSO. |
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"CD" wrote in message ... Anyone know if their in house TV carries freeview? I've been to the Skeggy one that advertises freeview in their premium accomodation, which I presume would be attached to the same TV system. I'll have to resort to booze if all I have is 1-5 & the Butlins in house channel, during my few breaks from Bob The Builder & Pingu. Departing tomorrow BTW, pre DSO. Do not know the up to date answer. Been to both just a few years back, the standard accommodation had 14" 4x3 crt analogue TV sets. The better apartments had w/s TV sets I assume they might have Freeview built in. Regards David |
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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:40:12 +0000, CD wrote:
Anyone know if their in house TV carries freeview? I've been to the Skeggy one that advertises freeview in their premium accomodation, which I presume would be attached to the same TV system. I'll have to resort to booze if all I have is 1-5 & the Butlins in house channel, during my few breaks from Bob The Builder & Pingu. Departing tomorrow BTW, pre DSO. Could you take your own decoder box? Just a thought. |
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"CD" wrote in message ... Anyone know if their in house TV carries freeview? I've been to the Skeggy one that advertises freeview in their premium accomodation, which I presume would be attached to the same TV system. I'll have to resort to booze if all I have is 1-5 & the Butlins in house channel, during my few breaks from Bob The Builder & Pingu. Departing tomorrow BTW, pre DSO. When I was there (admittedly years ago) half the accommodation had C/D aerials on Mendip, the other half group B's on Wenvoe. Each block had it's own rx aerial. The block we stayed in had a Mendip aerial, but a strong ghosty Wenvoe was available with re-tuning, so no filters were evident. |
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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:40:12 +0000, CD wrote:
Anyone know if their in house TV carries freeview? I've been to the Skeggy one that advertises freeview in their premium accomodation, which I presume would be attached to the same TV system. I'll have to resort to booze if all I have is 1-5 & the Butlins in house channel, during my few breaks from Bob The Builder & Pingu. Departing tomorrow BTW, pre DSO. A tip for you, drive - it'll be too windy to walk - into Minehead and buy strong booze and a suitable sized bottle of water. When going to the onsite (ahem) "club", fill the now empty water bottle with your own booze and drink from that. The prices across the bar will make your head reel, your knees buckle and force an involuntary "HOW MUCH?" from your mouth. Dunno about the tv, our set wasn't working and we left after enduring two days at the place. |
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"Harry" wrote in message ... On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:40:12 +0000, CD wrote: Anyone know if their in house TV carries freeview? I've been to the Skeggy one that advertises freeview in their premium accomodation, which I presume would be attached to the same TV system. I'll have to resort to booze if all I have is 1-5 & the Butlins in house channel, during my few breaks from Bob The Builder & Pingu. Departing tomorrow BTW, pre DSO. A tip for you, drive - it'll be too windy to walk - into Minehead and buy strong booze and a suitable sized bottle of water. When going to the onsite (ahem) "club", fill the now empty water bottle with your own booze and drink from that. The prices across the bar will make your head reel, your knees buckle and force an involuntary "HOW MUCH?" from your mouth. Dunno about the tv, our set wasn't working and we left after enduring two days at the place. You should maybe think about taking a fan heater as well judging by the recent review on tripadvisor.co.uk http://tinyurl.com/ykvu5mt Paul |
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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:04:17 +0000, Scott
wrote: Departing tomorrow BTW, pre DSO. Could you take your own decoder box? Just a thought. I'm taking my laptop & USB DVB stick, which will be an improvement on the 14" CRT, if they carry freeview that is. |
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On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:23:53 +0000, Harry
wrote: A tip for you, drive - it'll be too windy to walk - into Minehead and buy strong booze and a suitable sized bottle of water. When going to the onsite (ahem) "club", fill the now empty water bottle with your own booze and drink from that. The prices across the bar will make your head reel, your knees buckle and force an involuntary "HOW MUCH?" from your mouth. Dunno about the tv, our set wasn't working and we left after enduring two days at the place. I'm a seasoned pro at avoiding parting with my wedge at these places. Little money changes hands when I'm there. The (ahem) clubs at Butlins are on another level compared to any other holiday parks. |
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"CD" wrote in message ... On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:23:53 +0000, Harry wrote: A tip for you, drive - it'll be too windy to walk - into Minehead and buy strong booze and a suitable sized bottle of water. When going to the onsite (ahem) "club", fill the now empty water bottle with your own booze and drink from that. The prices across the bar will make your head reel, your knees buckle and force an involuntary "HOW MUCH?" from your mouth. Dunno about the tv, our set wasn't working and we left after enduring two days at the place. I'm a seasoned pro at avoiding parting with my wedge at these places. Little money changes hands when I'm there. The (ahem) clubs at Butlins are on another level compared to any other holiday parks. Agreed. I've stayed at Butlins twice at the instigation of others and took drink, and when staying in standard accommodation, a fan heater and electric kettle as the one in the accommodation was a kettle on an electric ring which took ages and cost a fortune in electricity. I have to say, I'll never go to Butlins again though, so hope you have a better experience. Their up market accommodation was tolerable, but the noise from neighbours, scrummage queuing and laughable dining facilities (evening meal 4.30 to 6.30pm!) were not. |
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"Harry" wrote in message ... On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:40:12 +0000, CD wrote: Anyone know if their in house TV carries freeview? I've been to the Skeggy one that advertises freeview in their premium accomodation, which I presume would be attached to the same TV system. I'll have to resort to booze if all I have is 1-5 & the Butlins in house channel, during my few breaks from Bob The Builder & Pingu. Departing tomorrow BTW, pre DSO. A tip for you, drive - it'll be too windy to walk - into Minehead and buy strong booze and a suitable sized bottle of water. When going to the onsite (ahem) "club", fill the now empty water bottle with your own booze and drink from that. The prices across the bar will make your head reel, your knees buckle and force an involuntary "HOW MUCH?" from your mouth. Dunno about the tv, our set wasn't working and we left after enduring two days at the place. last time i was in minehead, i was dissapointed that the sports pub which was a former cinema, and used the actual cinema screen to air the shows, had closed. it was an experience! -- Gareth. that fly...... is your magic wand.... http://dsbdsb.mybrute.com you fight better when you have a bear! |
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"Doctor D" wrote in message o.uk... Agreed. I've stayed at Butlins twice at the instigation of others and took drink, and when staying in standard accommodation, a fan heater and electric kettle as the one in the accommodation was a kettle on an electric ring which took ages and cost a fortune in electricity. I have to say, I'll never go to Butlins again though, so hope you have a better experience. Their up market accommodation was tolerable, but the noise from neighbours, scrummage queuing and laughable dining facilities (evening meal 4.30 to 6.30pm!) were not. They don't still charge for electricity do they? Oh my god....... The only time I ever stayed at a holiday (prison) camp was in Blackpool at Pontins when a friend of mine was playing in a band there. Wouldn't catch me there by choice ever!!! Paul |
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CD wrote:
Anyone know if their in house TV carries freeview? I've been to the Skeggy one that advertises freeview in their premium accomodation, which I presume would be attached to the same TV system. I'll have to resort to booze if all I have is 1-5 & the Butlins in house channel, during my few breaks from Bob The Builder & Pingu. Departing tomorrow BTW, pre DSO. When are you going? I believe DSO takes place in April for Mendip, which I assume would be the main transmitter for Minehead. -- Adrian |
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"Paulg0" wrote in message ... "Doctor D" wrote in message o.uk... Agreed. I've stayed at Butlins twice at the instigation of others and took drink, and when staying in standard accommodation, a fan heater and electric kettle as the one in the accommodation was a kettle on an electric ring which took ages and cost a fortune in electricity. I have to say, I'll never go to Butlins again though, so hope you have a better experience. Their up market accommodation was tolerable, but the noise from neighbours, scrummage queuing and laughable dining facilities (evening meal 4.30 to 6.30pm!) were not. They don't still charge for electricity do they? Oh my god....... The only time I ever stayed at a holiday (prison) camp was in Blackpool at Pontins when a friend of mine was playing in a band there. Wouldn't catch me there by choice ever!!! Paul I believe electricity is now included. |
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Terry Casey wrote:
In article , says... CD wrote: Anyone know if their in house TV carries freeview? I've been to the Skeggy one that advertises freeview in their premium accomodation, which I presume would be attached to the same TV system. I'll have to resort to booze if all I have is 1-5 & the Butlins in house channel, during my few breaks from Bob The Builder & Pingu. Departing tomorrow BTW, pre DSO. When are you going? I believe DSO takes place in April for Mendip, which I assume would be the main transmitter for Minehead. He did say: "Departing tomorrow BTW, pre DSO ..." Do try to keep up ... Didn't read to the end, was in a hurry yesterday. -- ^..^ This is Kitty. Copy and paste Kitty into your signature to help her wipe out Bunny's world domination. |
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On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:40:12 +0000, CD wrote:
Anyone know if their in house TV carries freeview? In Minehead a wire coat hanger will pick up the Welsh Freeview channels. Nick. |
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Think the judge would have given you community service, much leaner sentence
than Butlins. What was the offence again? "CD" wrote in message ... Anyone know if their in house TV carries freeview? I've been to the Skeggy one that advertises freeview in their premium accomodation, which I presume would be attached to the same TV system. I'll have to resort to booze if all I have is 1-5 & the Butlins in house channel, during my few breaks from Bob The Builder & Pingu. Departing tomorrow BTW, pre DSO. |
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On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:39:26 +0000, Nick Austin
wrote: On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:40:12 +0000, CD wrote: Anyone know if their in house TV carries freeview? In Minehead a wire coat hanger will pick up the Welsh Freeview channels. Well I never got to find out, my freeview stick wouldn't work with Windows 7, even after a session in McDonalds car park trying to get drivers. Getting sort of back on target, the TV system had all sorts on it. 1-5 looked like they were remodulated from a digital source. 1 & 3 were also available in a very snowy version with subs (No remotes for the tellys), as well as Cbeebies & the in house channel. No they don't charge for leccy, car access to your room is terrible, you have to cart your stuff from the car park on a trolley, but otherwise OK, the nipper enjoyed himself which was all that mattered. I'll probably give the Bognor one a go when the Sun £9.50 hols are next on. CD. |
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"Scott" wrote in message ... On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:40:12 +0000, CD wrote: Anyone know if their in house TV carries freeview? I've been to the Skeggy one that advertises freeview in their premium accomodation, which I presume would be attached to the same TV system. I'll have to resort to booze if all I have is 1-5 & the Butlins in house channel, during my few breaks from Bob The Builder & Pingu. Departing tomorrow BTW, pre DSO. Could you take your own decoder box? Just a thought. I tried that when I was staying away for a few weeks. At one B&B they had screwed the TV on the wall (as is the norm now) and it was wired into sockets hidden behind the TV with the shortest possible leads. It was absolutely impossible to add a STB to the system and connect it into their TV. tim |
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Just wondering...why go on holiday and watch TV ?
Don't get me wrong, I always switch it on, check on the technicalities of the distribution system, set up the settings properly if I can remember how to get past the Hotel Lock on the particular model. Then occasionally set up the channel names with something silly if I dont like the place....and then switch it off and get on with the holiday. |
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"widgitt" wrote in message
... Just wondering...why go on holiday and watch TV ? Don't get me wrong, I always switch it on, check on the technicalities of the distribution system, set up the settings properly if I can remember how to get past the Hotel Lock on the particular model. Then occasionally set up the channel names with something silly if I dont like the place....and then switch it off and get on with the holiday. Congratulations, you win the 2009 Nerd of the year award! Steve Terry -- Get a free Three 3pay Sim with £2 bonus after £10 top up http://freeagent.three.co.uk/stand/view/id/5276 |
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Good, thanks for that, was there a lot of competition ?
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"CD" wrote in message ... Anyone know if their in house TV carries freeview? I've been to the Skeggy one that advertises freeview in their premium accomodation, which I presume would be attached to the same TV system. I'll have to resort to booze if all I have is 1-5 & the Butlins in house channel, during my few breaks from Bob The Builder & Pingu. Departing tomorrow BTW, pre DSO. Should be back by now - how was Butlitz? Did they find your receiver? |
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