Updated: 08/05/2012 10:09 | By Poorna Bell, editor, MSN Travel
Top things to do on a rainy day

The National Trust picks 10 top ideas for how to rescue a damp day out.



The National Trust picks 10 top ideas for how to rescue a damp day out. (© Eoin Clarke_LP)
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You could spend your weekend holed up indoors with just the TV for company, but where's the fun in that? Take a leap of faith and venture out to some of the most stunning places in our land, and even if the weather turns bad, we promise that these places, hand-picked by the National Trust, will have enough to keep everyone occupied.

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07/05/2012 13:54
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in none of the pics is it raining...are these things to do on a sunny day?
07/05/2012 08:03
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Hmmm ... well  I  wouldn't  want  to  be  doing  most  of  those  suggestions  on  a  rainy  day !
07/05/2012 15:27
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i spend more time on the computer or catch up on dvd,s that i havent watched yet as theres nothing on t.v

07/05/2012 12:49
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That's really handy. First suggestion = Lindisfarne. That works for me down in Bournemouth. Yeah that really works for me thanks MSN you're the best. 
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yea, stay in bed, all day, watching the snooker and doing sod all.
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Or you could get a film, bit of popcorn and ice cold pop or alcohol, get a blanket and let the girlfriend snug right into you, have a real nice day in, plenty of kisses and cuddles, then go upstairs later on ;)

If your single; playstation/xbox.
07/05/2012 05:55
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The photo of Speke Hall is wrong. I have been there many times. Speke hall is a tudor style house with a dry moat.
07/05/2012 22:33
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Get your wallets out because it's going to be very expensive - and that's just the petrol costs let alone the entry fees to these places.

As Jon said "buy some beers and watch the telly!" get drunk watching utter garbage on the tv whilst being bombarded by mind numbing, brainwashing adverts and drink yourself into an early grave and stupour awaiting the alarm to go off for another week of work to start in a system that milks you dry financially, mentally and spiritually.

I live in London. It takes me an hour just to drive out of the place.

If it were affordable everyone would be doing something this bank holiday. The fact is you break your balls for the elite to enjoy it.


want to get away to some country retreat in the Lake District for a few days ? they have it all sown up, you are looking at £85 a night for some basic room in a guesthouse. Go onto the motorway to a cruddy Premier Inn ? that will be around the same price. Fall asleep at the services on the motorway ? expect a fine. It's terrible.

When will this nightmare be over ? drop the bomb I say. It's no life here.




07/05/2012 18:12
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buy some beers and watch the telly!
07/05/2012 20:03
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Or just sleep, eat and watch tv and sleep again. Then maybe eat some more .

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"Family day outs" are too expensive these days for most families.
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No fun dragging kids out in all weathers, they soon get bored, and the national trust doesn't need screaming kids on their land and certainly not in their stately homes!!!  Safer bet to stay indoors!!!

07/05/2012 15:04
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spending precious time reply to this daft thread.

Doh! Smack!
07/05/2012 11:25
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It's not Speke Hall it's Croxteth Hall
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... and the National Trust are way too expensive.
07/05/2012 19:44
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Go to work for 12hrs on time and a half :)

07/05/2012 07:45
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Most defo right there Ron. The one shown might be "Sod all"
07/05/2012 08:02
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Television footage from Tsukuba showed houses swept from their foundations, overturned cars in muddy debris and fallen concrete power poles.

Aerial images showed possibly hundreds of houses and apartments with shattered glass windows, many of them with their roofs blown away.



07/05/2012 13:23
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