Summer Holidays 2022
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Summer Holidays 2022
Where's everyone of to this summer, if indeed you are getting away.
I am going back to Turkey and Icmeler, familiar with the resort and got fortunate with flight prices if not flight times but at the time of booking they were half the price of the daytime flights.
Downside travel out on the 30th July and back on the 14th August, which means missing 3 Saturdays at the start of the season. Having to take school holidays and changing jobs left a limited window to travel.
I am going back to Turkey and Icmeler, familiar with the resort and got fortunate with flight prices if not flight times but at the time of booking they were half the price of the daytime flights.
Downside travel out on the 30th July and back on the 14th August, which means missing 3 Saturdays at the start of the season. Having to take school holidays and changing jobs left a limited window to travel.
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Currently in Roda Corfu. Back Monday. Albufeira in September followed by cruise on the QE Barcelona to Singapore in Oct. Partially retired so enjoying the proceeds of over 40 years hard work.
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Wishing you many happy holidays following your retirement.
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Spain once... Canary Islands twice.
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We have booked a week in August but really can’t get excited by it given all the challenges people are having at airports.
Thankfully we are going later in the summer holidays so hoping it will be a bit quieter and after all the rush at end of July/start of august.
Once I’m there, it’s all inclusive and I’m hoping for a week of pure downtime and just being able to have a few drinks and nice food and to forget about the world for for a while whilst getting a bit of colour
Thankfully we are going later in the summer holidays so hoping it will be a bit quieter and after all the rush at end of July/start of august.
Once I’m there, it’s all inclusive and I’m hoping for a week of pure downtime and just being able to have a few drinks and nice food and to forget about the world for for a while whilst getting a bit of colour
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Orlando - Universal and Disney World. Third time lucky hopefully.
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Just back from Croatia & Slovenia. Fantastic.
Enjoy your jollies everybody.
Enjoy your jollies everybody.
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Xante on Friday. Can’t wait to get OFF the plane, everything up to then will be a nightmare.
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Barcelona to Singapore? Thats some cruise if I may say.
Both places I have worked in. Both great places in their way, particularly Barcelona.
I'm scheduled to go to Japan via Shanghai. Just waiting for Shanghai to re-open. Another of my favourite cities. Spent a lot of time there.
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Start of the school holidays a week in Trecco Bay with the Mrs 2 x kids and 2x big dogs. Then mid August just my 14 old lad and I are going Hurgarda 4 star all inclusive but booked a 5 day diving package 2 x boat dives per day . worked out a lot cheaper than a live aboard
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Currently got a week in Romania to visit the Mrs family then hoping for a last minute deal somewhere in August.
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We are having two weeks in a Tyrolean spa hotel in July. Had it booked in 2020, and obviously we couldn't go. Same in 2021. Can't wait.
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Two weeks in Costa Rica at the end of June then 2 weeks in Mexico in November!
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ClaretDiver - slightly off topic but did you see the sky docu on Koh Tao and if so what are your views on the inference of foreigners going missing and dying in mysterious circumstances ?
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I was living there when Hannah and David were murdered, it was at the bottom of my pathway....I watched the doco and there are probably some truths in it but, hand on heart, in 5 years of actually living on Koh Tao I never experienced any problems with the locals. There were rumours at the time about who did that particular murder but the others.....I think relatives were clutching at straws to find blame rather than admit their relatives were responsible for their own demise....just my opinion though!
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It was a really interesting programme, didn't get to Koh Tao but went to Koh Phan Gan and Samui, great places.
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Torrevieja on the 11th June for 2 weeks,haven’t been back since before covid so very excited, 2 weeks in Dominican Republic in February,the rest of the time here in sunny Devon
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I’ve dived Sail Rock there, and HTMS Mataphon. Last time I’ve dived, ever, was Christmas Eve 2004 at koh-doc-mai. I was due to dive again Boxing Day, but I got a call about a death in the family Christmas day and took a flight to Bangkok that evening….
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British Columbia to photograph bears and whales at the end of august, and then Falklands, South Georgia and the Antarctic for Penguins in Late September. A week in Scotland before that for Ospreys, Badgers, Dolphins etc
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The Mataphon is out of Pattaya and Sail Rock out of Samui/Tao....2 great dives! Koh Doc Mai.....cracker!! Shame you have never dived again mate!
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Been to Gran Canaria in march and off to Protaras in Cyprus in a few weeks time.
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Is Pushpinpussy off to Malaga (or just staying at home in Rossy and saying he is on holiday)
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Camping in the Vendée region of France for two weeks...get some decent weather hopefully and chill out!
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Tell me about it. Me and my wife have escaped the virus so far………Burnleyareback2 wrote: ↑Sat May 28, 2022 8:28 pmUS as well but can’t get excited until we have the clear Covid entry tests the day before…
There’s also my daughter’s passport to arrive yet!
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Had planned to take my youngest up to Scotland to see my mum, but mum can't be arsed to confirm anything so I'll go somewhere else instead, maybe North Wales or Lincolnshire
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Touring cycling in France. Four old blokes on old steel bicycles, plenty of nice food and Cotes du Rhône with a bit of cycling to boot. Then on my return straight off again, taking my wife to Paphos for two weeks. Apprehensive about Manchester airport delays though.
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Off to Lotz in Poland for the Irish game in a couple of weeks time then spending two weeks in Poland .
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Dubai and Maldives for mine and Mrs Leyland Claret delayed 50th birthday celebrations. Not going in summer though because that would be madness but waiting until October when it cools down a little
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2 weeks in Spain visiting partner's son and friends then Week cruise of Greek Islands and kusadasi in Turkey, for a visit to Ephesus. Then off to Scotland near end July.
Upside of getting old!
Upside of getting old!
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Been to Kusadasi and did the trip to Ephesus twice Ian enjoyed it immensely.
Kusadsi a typical resort town for cruise ships with the usual bars etc (the Markets great if you are in town when its on) but if you are off a cruse ship then its probably a choice between Ephesus or Pammukale/Hieropololis (another great day out visit)
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Two weeks escorted motorcycle tour of Himalayan foothills. Up to 16,000 feet. Departing for New Delhi on 18th June……I hope my Visa gets sorted before I go!
India Tourist Visa applications are a pain in the ass!
India Tourist Visa applications are a pain in the ass!
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Ephesus is great. Check out the Roman’s secret tunnel between the library and brothel. I don’t think it was for blokes sneaking out of the brothel to go for a visit to the library. Also the oldest advertisement ever discovered…….again for a brothel!
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enduroclaret wrote: ↑Sun May 29, 2022 3:44 pmEphesus is great. Check out the Roman’s secret tunnel between the library and brothel. I don’t think it was for blokes sneaking out of the brothel to go for a visit to the library. Also the oldest advertisement ever discovered…….again for a brothel!
I first went to Ephesus in 1973!
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On my first trip in 1973, I went on a ferry to Samos, which was totally untouched by tourism. I got 6 stamps in my passport! 3 out and 3 back! They don't like each other!Bosscat wrote: ↑Sun May 29, 2022 3:39 pmBeen to Kusadasi and did the trip to Ephesus twice Ian enjoyed it immensely.
Kusadsi a typical resort town for cruise ships with the usual bars etc (the Markets great if you are in town when its on) but if you are off a cruse ship then its probably a choice between Ephesus or Pammukale/Hieropololis (another great day out visit)
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A week taking a look around Montenegro next week. Can't wait.
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That sounds like a good trip that, as long as you don’t get the Delhi Belly.enduroclaret wrote: ↑Sun May 29, 2022 3:39 pmTwo weeks escorted motorcycle tour of Himalayan foothills. Up to 16,000 feet. Departing for New Delhi on 18th June……I hope my Visa gets sorted before I go!
India Tourist Visa applications are a pain in the ass!
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Motorcycle saddles can be tooenduroclaret wrote: ↑Sun May 29, 2022 3:39 pmTwo weeks escorted motorcycle tour of Himalayan foothills. Up to 16,000 feet. Departing for New Delhi on 18th June……I hope my Visa gets sorted before I go!
India Tourist Visa applications are a pain in the ass!
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Pembrokeshire again (3rd year running)
Got spooked a bit by the COVID resurgence in the winter so we just rebooked the airbnb we've stayed in the last two summers
Five minutes from a great body boarding beach for the kids, and loads of walking and cycling
Could be worse
Got spooked a bit by the COVID resurgence in the winter so we just rebooked the airbnb we've stayed in the last two summers
Five minutes from a great body boarding beach for the kids, and loads of walking and cycling
Could be worse
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Off to Croatia and Montenegro on Sunday for a couple of weeks, 2 trips to local islands july september golf trip tp Portugal end of September and November Lanzarote for 2 weeks, woohoo
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Seeing al the plans so many other posters have makes me feel very unadventurous ( oh go on then - boring).
Like Lancasterclaret I’m still a bit anxious about COVID - two years of shielding has become ingrained in my psyche. So, not foreign trips for me. Mind you - living in a beautiful village on the Cornish coast, literally a 20 minute dog-walk from Maenporth beach makes any “staycation “ very enjoyable!
Happy Hols, all.
Like Lancasterclaret I’m still a bit anxious about COVID - two years of shielding has become ingrained in my psyche. So, not foreign trips for me. Mind you - living in a beautiful village on the Cornish coast, literally a 20 minute dog-walk from Maenporth beach makes any “staycation “ very enjoyable!
Happy Hols, all.
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First ever time to Majorca for me, a place called Cala Bona. After going to Cornwall last year (and being underwhelmed) i’m really looking forward to going abroad. Going to miss the first two weeks of the season though.
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After going to Cornwall last year (and being underwhelmed) i’m really looking forward to going abroad.
Cornwall is bereft.
Cornwall is bereft.
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Currently in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Beautiful location but strangely not popular with Brits possibly because it requires driving considerable distances to reach.
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Not anxious about catching COVID, just got a bit concerned about places closing and not being able to go anywhereMiddle-agedClaret wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 5:58 pmSeeing al the plans so many other posters have makes me feel very unadventurous ( oh go on then - boring).
Like Lancasterclaret I’m still a bit anxious about COVID - two years of shielding has become ingrained in my psyche. So, not foreign trips for me. Mind you - living in a beautiful village on the Cornish coast, literally a 20 minute dog-walk from Maenporth beach makes any “staycation “ very enjoyable!
Happy Hols, all.
Bit silly with hindsight
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I live two minutes from a beautiful Mediterranean beach here on the Costa del Sol and I am not looking forward to all the bloody tourists from Madrid, UK, Germany, Scandinavia etc coming down here taking up all the parking spots, clogging up the beaches and restaurants etc.
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…says the expat living in a tourist resort.Vino blanco wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 6:41 pmI live two minutes from a beautiful Mediterranean beach here on the Costa del Sol and I am not looking forward to all the bloody tourists from Madrid, UK, Germany, Scandinavia etc coming down here taking up all the parking spots, clogging up the beaches and restaurants etc.
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Went to Lanzarote two weeks ago to see some friends.
New York in a couple of weeks never been before - looking forward to it
New York in a couple of weeks never been before - looking forward to it
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I lived on Hilton Head for a year. As you say it's a beautiful place, but found it a bit strange. Felt really remote and isolated.
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Struggle to justify trips in Summer with living here, although im going to Milan to see The Stones in mid June.
Weekend by the lake this weekend and again in July but otherwise my sun lounger and pool will have to do lol
Did a week's AI on Costa del Sol in Feb, and doing the same in Croatia in September then Costa del Sol in October.
The perks of being a single bloke working in tech ha
Weekend by the lake this weekend and again in July but otherwise my sun lounger and pool will have to do lol
Did a week's AI on Costa del Sol in Feb, and doing the same in Croatia in September then Costa del Sol in October.
The perks of being a single bloke working in tech ha