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New Forest – 2 June 2024

After a stressful few days, we decided to pop off to a field for some R&R. A few sunny days in the forest with some wandering and chilling were just what was needed.

Mediterranean Cruise – May 2024

A very early start. Up and dressed at 4am in the car and off to Bournemouth Airport for our flight to Mallorca. By half past 6 we were on the plane, We arrived in Mallorca, collected our bags and found a representative and we were shepherded into a coach which left in short order to …

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April’s birthday – April 2024

My lovely husband wished me away to a beautiful hotel to be spoilt and pampered for my birthday. Lovely view from the room, nice meal in the evening followed by a spa day and cream tea. The only issue was the couples ‘salt’ treatment, after rubbing salt on each other, a steam then cold shower …

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London – Feb 2024

Nice stay at Abbey Wood, using the Elizabeth line to pop into town. Off to see the Tom Hanks Moon experience and the Monet show. We had a great weekend, Jez getting to see the moon landing and me some nice art. We also managed to visit the London library to see some very important …

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December 2023

New Forest – Dec 2023

Having an issue with the fact the Christmas is around the corner and I have not done any autumn stuff yet, we decided to pop off to the New Forest for the weekend. Jez had just bought an electric bike so we thought we would have a go with that as well. The journey to …

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The Earth Experience – Nov 2023

Quick London break to see the David Attenborough Earth Experience for Jez’s birthday. I had thought I had booked a lovely hotel, but this turned out to be a well decorated hole in the ground. We were in the basement, with work going on in the rooms around us, the bathroom was apparently an arctic …

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Gloucester and The Cotswolds – Oct 2023

Short break to visit Gloucester, we were just going to visit the city, we had a treasure trail that took us through the town and along the canal, (which I was not expecting). It was all very lovely, we even ended up being able to visit the light show in the cathedral which was a …

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Malvern Hills

So on the way to our narrow boat break in northern Wales, we stopped for a few nights in the Malvern Hills. Unfortunately the weather was rather wet, so the view was so misty we were unable to see the hills or the valleys. We did pop into Great Malvern which was very pretty and …

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New Forest September 2020

After being lockdown for many months, we ventured into the woods to see what we could find. We had a lovely river trip in Christchurch a bit of paddle boarding in Poole some deep meaningful donkey chats and evening by the fire or in the hot tub. All covid free!