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.

"CD" wrote in message
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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

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.

"CD" wrote in message
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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.

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.

"Harry" wrote in message
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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.

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

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.

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.

Probably more in need of a portable sat dish device as per camp sites.

Brian

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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.

"CD" wrote in message
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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.

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.