The Booking Details for our Seattle to Chicago Holiday August-September 2001
are now available by clicking here.

Gail and Steve let in the New Year at Llandudno, North Wales together with a group of friends from the Community Centre.
We stopped in the Regency Royal Hotel for 4 days from 30 December to 2 January. We also enjoyed trips out to Caernarfon Castle where Prince Charles was crowned as Prince Of Wales, also as you can see in the photograph - "That" place in Wales with the longest name in the world. On the way to Wales we stopped off in Chester for a few hours. On the Way back we stopped off at Trentham Gardens, Stoke.

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Our family group consisted of 3 adults and three teenagers. We spent a week at the Villa between 2 - 9 August 2010. This period was one of the hottest on record for Cyprus and so the heat provided its own challenges. Happily the Villa was perfectly equipped to deal with such extreme temperatures, there was air conditioning units in each bedroom and the lounge. A private swimming pool was the centre piece with a large patio area, outside shower and a gas fired barbecue.
A table with a large parasol and 4 chairs, 6 sun loungers. The teenagers loved it so much that they preferred to remain at the Villa whilst my wife and I went out exploring the various places of interest in Cyprus of which there are many.
The Villa includes everything that you could possibly need, a cooker, microwave oven, Fridge, Washing machine, double sink, plenty of cupboards. Everything you would expect in a kitchen was there, cups, drinking glasses, plates, bowls, cutlery, cooking utensils - nothing had been overlooked.
During our 7 day stay my eldest son and his three teenage children twice took full advantage of the barbecue but my wife and I went out sampling the delights of the many available restaurants. The food and service at those establishments we found to be excellent, reasonably priced, friendly staff and very pleasant.
In addition to the amenities already mentioned you will find satellite television, a DVD player, and a music centre. The two bedrooms were spacious and comfortable.
Plenty of standard UK 3 pin plug points. The master bedroom also has a balcony with a table and chairs overlooking the swimming pool. The shops were just a short distance away including a supermarket, chemist, bank, bakery, newsagents.
Without a doubt we gave this Villa a full 10 out of 10.

As you can see by this entry I managed to connect to my own computer in our Kitchen at home. I did this by connecting with my Mobile Phone hooked up to the netbook and used as a modem. Problem is we don't seem to be able to connect to any other sites - Gails attempts to check her Bingo Site complained that she has not yet proven that she is over 18. The dongle is one step better than last trip overseas. At least this time I was able to register the dongle to a local network but that's where it stops. I could not connect the dongle to the internet. Internet from overseas is still not cheap when you use your own equipment. 3 Megabytes costs £5. unlike in the UK where you purchase your connection by the day or month.

Thursday 30 December 2010 for 4 days £259 per person. Gail and myself have provisionally booked the last two remaining places on the trip. All  need now is to make sure that I get the time off, which strictly speaking I should as can be seen from this email I sent to Cath Shannon: Links: Copy of Itinerary and booking form. The Hotel Website

"Cath, I know this is perhaps a bit far in advance but there were only 2 places left and so I had to provisionally book an excursion with my Local Community Centre. If my (new) shift pattern remains as it currently is, plus if my proposed “personal pattern” to accommodate my 30 hours per week is approved then the entire above period will be Rest Days / Free days. Could the above dates be noted on our forward planner because should any changes to the shift pattern be made, or if for any reason I move to another unit, then obviously those dates could turn into “working days." I shall also be requesting a week off during February 2011, the exact dates have yet to be established but is likely to be Saturday 14 Feb 2011 to Sunday 20 Feb 2011."

Our journey from the Community Centre began at 0700 hrs on Monday 15 February 2010, we arrived at about 1800 hrs. There were several road works on the M6 due to a scheme to use the hard shoulder as a fourth lane, also they are still building the M73 near Stirling. In addition the drivers hours rules meant that our coach driver Barry had to make 2 x 45 minutes breaks and a 20 minute break. After arriving at our hotel we discovered that Wicksons (The tour operator) had made a BIG mistake with our booking, instead of the advertised itinerary of All Inclusive - Bed, breakfast, lunch, evening meal and a free bar 1900-2200 hrs, Wicksons had only booked our group in for bed and breakfast - oops. Neil spoke to Wicksons by telephone and they agreed that due to the mistake being on their part that they would stand the cost and so we continued to enjoy our All Inclusive holiday at no extra cost. The only real bad point about the Hotel was the fact our lift was out of order, a sign was displayed stating they hoped to get it fixed on Tuesday. Thing was there was no date to show which Tuesday and it will still out of order on our departure on Friday. Our room was on the third floor and it was quite a climb. To see our photo album please click on the picture of Nessie above.

Today we booked our flight from Manchester Airport.
Click here for a copy of the booking.