The Sunday Times Has A Competition Every Week Called "where Was I"

[gollob]

Todays competition is 3 nights in a hotel in St Mawes in Cornwall. Is it worth entering as it would be 720 miles there and back from Essex which is not included in the prize . So the cost to get there with stops there and back for food would be nearly the cost of the holiday
Also my son won a 14 day cruise For departures dates in June only and here was no alternative and as she was a schoolteacher and two children at school they could not go and it was non transferable

[goodgoalie]

Maybe give it a miss, then, gollob

[237SJ]

You also need to look at the availability dates. I nearly entered a competition in a magazine the other day and the prize was a couple of nights in a spa hotel in the SW. Then I looked at the dates and it had to be taken between the end of September and the middle of December. Waste of time really.

[Neveracrossword]

The availability dates are given before you enter, so I wouldn't enter if I couldn't go then.

[zebo]

Is it my imagination but have these been really easy the last few weeks, not much of a challenge? I'd be happy to go down to Cornwall anytime!

[MWG14]

Definitely give it a miss. My wife & I have been doing these competitions for more than 20 years, and getting the correct locations, and we have never won. The odds against winning must be huge.

[davidsmith69]

Yes Zebo I entirely agree. When Sean Newsom took over from Chris Fauntley in October 2018 I found the clues rather cryptic but the past three weeks have been very easy and straightforward and yes we love Cornwall so will be entering this week's puzzle.