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I have a strong independent streak and will do any venture on my own if I can, but any alternative needs to be looked at quite carefully and comparing benefits can be quite tricky. For example if you're going to a new country and you know nothing of it, it might be preferable the first time around to be at least shown the basics and thus avoid waste of time and possibly waste of money through...

So we are off today Monday 17th March 2025 for a five-day break in the Lancashire area including visits to Manchester, Chester and Liverpool. We are traveling with 'Just Go Holidays'. We were based in Bolton at the Britannia Hotel. This time I'm not going to write so much by chronology but by themes and the theme for this first day is as indicated above. The traffic system is grossly overloaded...

The lunch date that never happened We were looking forward to meeting with the friend in Coleford at a community facility called The Hub where a group of good people produce lunch every Wednesday Thursday and Friday. You don't have to book up, you just turn up the meals are supposed to be very reasonably priced and I'm sure cooked with love. We arrived at the place at the agreed time of 12:15 to...