Well Marlene, as a child living in Kent, I always enjoyed visiting my widowed maternal grandmother in Hereford and seeing my cousins once a year if we were lucky. Some Trivvies may know when holidays became a general thing for "workers' as I seem to remember my father working year in and year out. After I married we spent several holidays, as well as weekends in the New Forest before the M 27 existed and the A 31 was upgraded. We also holidayed in Northumberland and the border country. Lovely to look back on, remembering the shepherd we met with his black faced flock and dogs. Other times we spent with my brother in USA seeing some of New England, but our last holiday was in 1993.when we stayed in Carnarvon, north of Perth where we saw wedge tailed eagles in the wild. We also stood on cliffs watching sharks below having a feeding frenzy on fish they had herded. Best of all though was standing in the water and seeing the dolphins all around us. Jean Oz > Thinking back on years of holidays got to wondering > what other folk like doing, and pondering on it bought > on this sonnet of what mine have been in the past. > SO come out of the woodwork, put those cardmaking > tools away for a while, stop that cross stitching and > relive some of your favourite hols. > Marlene > Here is some what my favourite have been ...... > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Where ever on Holidays that I go > I love to see how the area doth flow, > Amid the fun I also like to search > For historic sites and a lovely church. > By the seaside I love to ponder > Paddling the water as I wander. > Remembering many a time from the past > It's wonderful how these memories last. > > As I do not drive, it recently has been a shame > Missing many a lovely village and a pretty lane. > Do remember a very long bicycle trip one year > >From Terling to Maldon on Mud with a cousin dear, > We stopped on the way to earn just a mere two bob > Picking one sack of peas ~~ 'twas a terrible job > Marlene Cox > June 21st 2006 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~