Tag: holiday

  • 14 January 2026

    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…

  • 13 January 2026 Finally in Luxor

    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…

  • Visiting home 2023

    Finally got to come home to see family this year. The trip was originally planned for 2020 but sadly was cancelled by Covid pandemic and lockdowns. So being cautious about sharing air in a full airplane of people. So 7th July 2023 was our day to set-off to spend a month visiting family in Pennsylvania,…

  • A Few Days in Torquay

    A Few Days in Torquay

    Saturday on the M5 Earlier this year Colin, Judith’s brother, rang to invite us to join himself and Helen & Michael in Torquay. Colin invested in a timeshare of a canal boat many years ago and now swaps his timeshare off for holidays around Europe in a system that is a complete mystery to me.…

  • Brief description of our holiday in Jaipur

    Brief description of our holiday in Jaipur

    We went to Jaipur on an organised tour with Colouricious Holidays with the theme of Block Printing with Jamie Malden. It was well organised and planned. Our time was filled with visits to textile factories (not of the western sort) but small buildings where fabrics are handprinted by teams of workers. We were able to…