Tenerife Oct 2023
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Tenerife this time for some more relaxation and sun
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Gran Canaria Oct 2022
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Back to Gran Canaria for some much needed relaxation and sun
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Antigua Oct 2021
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Back to Antigua after the Covid lockdowns with Jonathon & Vikki
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Antigua Oct 2019
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A super holiday in the sun with Jonathon & Vikki
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Kos Oct 2018
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A sunshine break on the Greek island of Kos
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Kefalonia May 2017
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A week away in the sun at the Ionian Emerald hotel near Sami
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Barbados September 2016
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Mango Bay Hotel, upgraded to the executive suite, fantastic.
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Croatia July 2016
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Lovely place to visit, could even do it for a long weekend. Highly recommended.
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Turkey September 2015
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Never been to Turkey before - good fun holiday in the sun. The jeep safari was excellent!
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South Africa 2014
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A special holiday for Rachel to celebrate her birthday. We packed a lot in!
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Iceland March 2014
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A visit to see the Northern Lights is never guaranteed to deliver and we were unlucky and the lights didn't show.
We had a great time with Jonathon and Vikki though and have an excuse to go back again.
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USA Part 2 - Florida September 2013
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2nd week, joined by Jonathon and Vikki for some Disney magic.
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USA Part 1 - Road Trip September 2013
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As part of Rachel's Mum 70th birthday year we took a trip to America. 1st week was a mini road trip around Chattanooga, Nashville, Memphis and New Orleans.
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Cancun, Mexico September 2012
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Our first trip to Mexico, and probably not our last. Stunning hotel, lovely people, very relaxing.
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New York September 2011
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Part two of our trip with Rachel's Ma and Pa to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.
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Canada September 2011
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Part one of our trip with Rachel's Ma and Pa to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.
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Fuerteventura April
2011
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Another lazy holiday getting naked in the sun. Smashing.
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Antigua 2010
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Lovely relaxing holiday made even better by meeting a lovely couple, Andrew and Nichola Waite.
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Orlando October 2009
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Back to Florida so soon? Of course - it's just so much fun.
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Fuerteventura October 2008
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We decided we would like a really (really) lazy holiday and spent a fabulous two
weeks in the sun doing absolutely nothing. Well, we did go and watch and England
game one night, and we did eat, drink, laze in the sun, swim and have fun.
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Orlando October 2007
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There's no doubt about it. A trip to Orlando is a fabulous holiday and we love it.
With the children getting older we thought it would be nice to have a "final" trip
together to the land of dreams.
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Gran Canaria June 2007
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Time to relax in the sun. We've never been to Gran Canaria before, very enjoyable
trip.
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Dominican Republic 2005
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Our first trip to the Caribbean. We had a two week holiday, all expenses paid, for
less than we would have expected to pay for a trip in Europe. I guess you get what
you pay for as the holiday was ok but nothing special. We enjoyed ourselves on the
beach but the hotel could have been better and the food and service were definitely
lacking
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Portugal September 2004
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We didn't really enjoy Portugal very much. It was ok, but not great, and the people
were not very friendly.
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Sri Lanka May 2003
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Having been made redundant by August Group, I returned to contracting and worked
at Global Beach for 3 months. At the end of that contract we decided to take a short
break before starting to look for a new job. "Let's go whilst we still have
some money" was our sensible view of things.
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China August 2002
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Our first "organised" trip. We thought this was the best way to see this
amazing country, and we were right.
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Orlando Feb 2002
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A surprise birthday present for Rachel's daughter Kristine turned out to be a mega
family trip. Great fun - and we all got to meet Mickey Mouse and chums.
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Tunisia April 2001
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We decided to have an early break and try to "catch some rays". Tunisia
seemed to be a good bet and very nice it turned out too.
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Egypt 2000
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Rachel was lucky enough to be presented with a £1000 holiday voucher from
work. We decided to make the most of this and have a superb trip to visit the wonders
of Egypt. This was money well spent. Fascinating place, must go back again.
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Las Vegas 2000
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This was a very special trip. On millennium night 1999 Roy finally got around (and
down - on one knee) to proposing to Deb. The wedding was booked for July 4th in
Las Vegas and they were going to have a quiet wedding, or so they thought! The date
was actually moved to July 5th (a wedding on Independence day seemed wrong somehow!)
but the big surprise was that Rachel decided that Roy and Deb should not get married
alone. Mum and Dad should be there; and Rachel with Steve; can't forget Vikki and
Rich; or Kim Trevor and Patrick; and it would be so wrong to leave Kristine and
Mick behind! The story of Vegas
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Australia
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What a fabulous holiday. Stopped off for two days in Hong Kong on the way and then
spent some glorious days in Sydney and Cairns. We were lucky enough to be able to
meet up with some old friends in Sydney. Greta is a fabulous lady that Steve worked
with for only 3 months about 10 years ago - but they have stayed friends ever since.
Pete and his wife Mags were co-workers of Steve's through various incarnations in
England. They moved back to Oz and it was a real pleasure to meet up with them (and
see their new family too).
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Hong Kong
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Part of our trip to Oz was a two day stop over in Hong Kong. Some people think this
is a fabulous place. Not me. I thought it was dirty and smelly (mostly) and too
much hustle and bustle for my liking. Perhaps it's because I don't like shopping!
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New York
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The trip to New York was special for two reasons. This year was my Mum's 65th birthday
and it was also Kristine's 18th. Mum had always said that she would love to go and
see the musical Les Miserables. We decided that we would take her, but make it extra
special by taking her to Broadway! It also made a lot of sense to combine this with
a present for Kristine - a big Disney fan. The Lion King was getting rave reviews
and (at the time) could only be seen on Broadway. Tickets booked, job done, we were
on our way. Turned out to be a fabulous trip in all ways.
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