A couple of days ago my family and I were spending a very rare evening together.It doesn’t happen as often as I would like, so when it does it’s good reason to have a laugh.
My daughter is off on a school trip to Spain later on in the year and we were talking about how much we will miss her – NOT.
Anyway, it got me thinking back to my youth and although my school trips didn’t go anywhere like Spain, they were an important part of the growing up process.
However a UK Short Breaks trip was the limit of my very first (and last) school holiday when we visited Wales. Glamorous it wasn’t. Our accommodation was these dreadful caravans, which were plonked in the middle of nowhere with absolutely no heating. The company the school had booked the holiday with was dubbed as a Uk Activity Holidays specialist. They have actually gone out of business now, and to be honest that doesn’t surprise me in the slightest. They didn’t have a clue about anything and the activities they planned for us all were atrocious. One of the activities we had to do was canoeing on the lake and we also had to learn how to rotate our canoe so at one point we were submerged in the water and then we had to right ourselves. Now this itself was pretty rubbish, but it was the midst of January, so imagine how freezing cold the water was. We also had to take part in mountain climbing. This was pretty scary as the mountains were full of snow and ice and for us youngsters it was really dangerous.
At least I can be confident that when my daughter goes to Spain the weather should be pretty decent. I am really praying that she doesn’t get up to too much mischief.
Whilst she is away on her holiday, it gives me a great opportunity to return to Wales for a short break. This time though I will not be staying in some damp and smelly caravan, Holiday Cottages Wales are my preferred choice of accommodation and I intend to book one with all the mod cons and enjoy all that Wales has to offer me.
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