Category: Holidays
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14 January 2026
Today was a gentle day. We nearly missed breakfast as we slept in til after 8.20am and breakfast is over by 9:00. So after we went off to explore the quay side and got nobbled by every shop keeper on the shops. We did manage to get 2 half pint for our tea point in…
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13 January 2026 Finally in Luxor
We started at 4:30am in Manchester and now nearly it is 20:30GMT (UK) and I am tucked up on board the Al Horeya in Luxor Egypt. It’s been a long day. We took off from Manchester Airport at 9:00am and landed in Luxor at 4:15 pm local (Egyptian) time. But here are some highlights from…
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Parkrun Tourist Part 3
Friday 18 April heading to Barnsley Judith wanted to return to Barnsley where she first worked for the YMCA and to meet up with friends who she originally knew as youth club members. So we took an afternoon train to Barnsley with plans she would do the Locke Park Parkrun. So Friday evening we met…
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Saturday 22nd March
The wind has abated….well slowed down from 35kph to 6kph. We waited for the air to warm up and then caught the local bus into Rhodes City at 11.00am It is a 15 minute bus ride to the centre of the city and the medieval walled city. Occupied by The Order of St John of…
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Friday 21 March
Friday 21st March – we spent two days just hanging round the hotel…well I did anyway, Judith went for an early morning run two days along the beach front, went swimming in the indoor pool (and got white finger) the water was chilly, and had a deep muscle massage. Meanwhile I avoided the chilly winds…
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Saturday -Sunday 16th March
Our hotel for Saturday night had a balcony with a sea view facing due west. We had a lovely sunset looking out. Later that night a full moon came over the hotel to light up the room. The hotel is designed so no other rooms can see into our balcony and it is high up…
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Saturday 15th March
Today we set off to go to Aphrodisia, the former capital of Caria in Greek times. Aphrodisia under the Greeks had the Temple to Aphrodite, the goddess of love. Later the Romans took over the city and when Rome became Christian a Bishop was appointed who wanted to remove the memory of Aphrodisia and renamed…
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Off to the Aegean
Back in May 2024 we booked for 15 days in the Aegean. Meant to start on Tuesday 11th March. Due to an error on my part, we were prevented from joining the tour until 13th March, having missed the original flight we were determined to join the by the 3rd day deadline granted by RSD…
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Weekend in Brighton
So on Friday 28 Feb we had our Slimming World weigh-in and then collected our luggage and set off for a weekend of “running” in Brighton. We enjoyed Friday evening on the promenade and watched a spectacular sunset and the we had dinner at the Shelter Hut down by the beach. On Saturday 1st March…
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ParkRun Tourism
This year we are celebrating Judith’s 80th year by touring to Parkruns around the UK and hopefully abroad. January was too wet and cold to travel in the hope that the weather would allow a ParkRun. Even her home run – Cannon Hill Park in Birmingham was cancelled at least twice and once she elected…
Tina’s Travels 