What Is A Holiday ?
Holidays are different things to different people. Working in the Cruise Industry you do tend to think that everyone wants to cruise and that is the only type of holiday there is ! What could be better than sailing around the Mediterranean or the Caribbean, soaking up the sun and visiting lots of new and […]
Read MoreBeautiful Britannia – A Very British Ship
Britannia was christened last Tuesday by Her Majesty the Queen and I was lucky enough to be there on Tuesday ! Not for the actual launch but I did see The Queen in the distance – well her hat actually ! The Ocean Terminal at Southampton was decorated with red, white and blue […]
Read MoreIts Christmas – Well Almost !
My Christmas celebrations started early this year as I took a break from Cruise.co.uk for a trip to the little village of Hunmanby in Yorkshire last Friday for a few days. This was a long weekend to celebrate my friend Sue`s 50th birthday with a group of friends. The South Wing of Hunmaby Hall […]
Read MoreA Weekend In The Lake District
It seems like I have gone through most of the year without a break and now holidays are starting to look like buses – they all arrive at once! Thursday morning will see me packing my bags again and heading to Windermere for a 50th birthday weekend in the Lake District. Lake Windermere is 10.5 f […]
Read MoreMe And My Dog Are Having A Night Out Tonight
Tonight I`m taking my dog Ice for a night out because he is a very special dog! He`s a very special dog who has a back problem so he deserves to be treated like royalty, or at least I think he does! Not that we are going anywhere posh – in fact we are going to […]
Read MoreMy Little Bit Of Britain In Bloom
Summer is finally in full swing and the countryside and flowers are looking wonderful, I live in the country and am really quite proud of my own little bit of English country garden. The house is a small cottage set on its own in a country lane, surrounded by fields and opposite woodland, horses […]
Read MoreBluebell Sunday and Mr Pheasant
When I first worked in travel as a Thomson Overseas Representative the only holiday I considered worth taking was 14 nights on a beach somewhere warm and sunny. No less than 14 was even worth considering, neither was a cruise or a holiday in the UK!
Read MoreEaster Break in the Lakes
Spring is here, the sun is shining, lambs are running around the fields and its Easter this weekend . I am heading north on Thursday evening to the beautiful Lake District and it looks like the weather will be good.
Read MoreThe Hills Are Alive !!!
I have just had a really lovely weekend, and, as I normally work Saturdays it was a real treat to have two days off in a row. The weekend started on Friday evening with a friends 25th Wedding Anniversary celebration, they took ten of us to a lovely local restaurant for dinner and it was […]
Read MoreBack From London !
I am now back in the office this week after my break in London. We had a fabulous time and it has made me realise what a beautiful capital city we have. The weather was lovely and, staying with our friends in their apartment over looking the Thames, we woke up every morning with a view of […]
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