Pre holiday aperitif ... Gin tonic and strawberries, a drink we first had in Spain last year. Well it would be rude not to. Housemates are safely installed in their hotel for a little over a week and we have had the best part of the day to get ready for our 6am flight from star stead tomorrow. Yes Essex.... My sister decided to move this side of the QE2 bridge so instead of a 30 minute journey from her former abode (that I allow 1 1/2 hours just in case) we hav...

Porthcawl: benidorm of Wales! Mobility scooters at every turn! Having never eaten an Indian/Bangladeshi meal in Wales we opted for the Jaipur, situated on the prom just a minutes walk from butterfly guest house. The menu was reassuringly familiar yet with the addition of a few unfamiliar that we were keen to try. The waiter took our order and waited in stunned silence for a very long 30 seconds. As tumbleweed rolled past us vikki and I looked up at each other a...

Wales: Probably our favourite country, and somewhere we usually visit every year if we can. Last year westest Wales, Newquay (yes there's a Newquay in Wales as well as Cornwall) to see the dolphins and this year porthcawl to see the welshies. The lovely couple Steve and Jackie (lovely boy) we met on holiday in turkey last year. Well all that 'we must keep in touch' 'let's meet up next year' means we really should make an effort. Given that vikki and I never ...

Armageddon ? No just heavy aircraft leaving or arriving at RAF mildenhall Even the heaviest sleeper (me) couldn't sleep through that noise! So last holiday lay in interrupted :( New have sunshine! Yes sunshine! I had forgotten what it was like to see the outdoors swathed in light! You can visibly see people's mood lifting as they celebrate the news via all forms of social media tweeting: yay I can play flappy birds while riding a bike at centre parcs. Facebook...

They have radically changed the pool area here, improved it. Well improved the possibility of taking more money and reduced the possibility of families bringing their cool boxes in and eating their own food! Hardly anywhere to sit.... Seating area 1: now Starbucks, seating area 2: family cabana available to hire for £40 for 3 hours, seating area 3: new water ride (actually don't mind that lol) Seating area 4: larger cabanas! Seating area 5: security lockers f...