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Summer Holiday ‘10 day 6

Fran — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:37:09 +0000

Today Wayne’s parents arrive in Spain. My parents are somewhere but on the other side of Spain me thinks. But Wayne’s rents are gona be right round the corner so they’re gona come pick us up and spend the afternoon with them. The morning we chill by the pool as always and then head down to the beach. Wayne decides that he wants to do some shell hunting. WE find lots of pretty shells and put them all in my bag. They are very pretty We take them back to the hotel in preparation for Wayne’s parents arriving and give them a wash. Heading up to the pool to catch some rays before Wayne’s parents arrive. And then the phone call ‘we’re here’ so we head outside and wait for the car to pull up. They’ve been shopping which is why it took a little bit longer but food is always good. So off to the villa we go. It’s in a nice secluded area way up in the mountains. It’s still lovely and warm though. It’s a beautiful villa and the first thing we do is jump in the pool. Mmm wine and beer and pool. We chill out by the pool, wayne does some exploring and we find two little geckos in the pool. They’re so cute. See video attached by Waynos. I like gecko’s they’re very cute. I might get one tattoed… We all play in the pool with water rocker things and frisbee’s, of coure the boys play fight while Tracy and I chill out in the sun. before we know it, it’s dinner time and we have some pizza and salad and chips. Yum. After a very filling dinner and some wine we play cards and chill out. I never lose so I’m sure I win every game Soon it’s time to head home. If we didn’t have Gibraltar tomorrow we would love to stay but tomorrow is the biggest adventure so far.

Summer Holiday ‘10 day 5

Fran — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:17:19 +0000

Today is a very chilled day. We get up for breakfast and go and chill out by the pool for most of it. Mmm sleeping in the sun is the best pastime ever. Eventually we start to get very hot and sweaty and decide that we’ll head out for a walk. Wayne wants to check out the harbour we saw when we were on the pedalo so we start walking. On our way out of the hotel we pass the poor ponies giving carriage rides to people. They look so hot and no water to drink or food to eat. Poor ponies. So off we go and we keep on walking. We find a car park, and head on through it. We can see the boats so we know we’re in the right place. We head out towards the ocean passing all the cars, but there are barriers in the way and we can’t make our way through Wayne tries to jump it but me and my flip flops aren’t so confident. We head out as far as we can but don’t make it around all the really posh boats. Heading back home for some more sun soaking then out to dinner. We go to a nice italian restaurant on the street. We can see the beach and ocean from here. We look up and everybody is standing by the water. Very much a ‘is it a whale? is it a shark? no it’s a…?’ We never got to find out what it was but something made everybody stir. Anyways back to dinner. Nom nom nom. Pizza and carbonara. We decide afterwards to walk out on the man made rock pier. We get some lovely pics and videos of the waves crashing down upon the rocks. It’s mesmerising. So we walk down the street some more, the opposite way this evening to the first night. We see a guy making crocodiles out of sand. It’s very cool. We walk past the little market stalls and the looky looky men. Tis a nice relaxed evening. So we head back in for some more drinkies and more rummy.

Summer Holiday ‘10 day 4

Fran — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 23:12:45 +0000

So we’ve decided to get up early and start making the most of our days. We got the stuff for our excursions and decided we’d take the first one.

The trip to the zoo. It has a name but I’m sure Wayne will remember better than I do. So we head out. Our rep Dan says it’s only a short walk from here so we should be fine. So we head out following the signs for the zoo. it’s a long walk and we pass a few… sex shops? :s Following down the main high street we keep on track with the street signs. It’s baking hot but we persevere. We pass a few buildings and signs that point us in the right direction but something seems odd. We keep walking in the direction the last sign told us to but this doesn’t seem right… eventually we get out the map and realise we’re right on top of the zoo but need to go back the way we came. Confused.com. We find a little scenic area, like a picnic park with some water running through it.
It’s really sweet and we find some tadpoles (my speciality) in the water. After a few munchies (we brought crisps and bread we head back and pass a burger king and hey presto it’s the place we passed with the giant flags outside of it! So we head on in and get our discounted tickets and head on inside. We follow the zoo map (I’ve had enough of getting lost for one day) and turn left as we walk in. First up some pretty african birds or something like that
and then the aligators.

(Wayne please insert picture here).

They look good from above and I like to keep it that way but Wayne heads down a little turning. He’s so gona get eaten. I find him down there and it looks like he’s in with the aligators. Thank god there’s glass in between. Must find out what the cleaners use for
that glass. So we head on round up a little hill and see some more animals. We pass monkeys and meercats and hippos. All very cool.

Following the path we find the tiger enclosure. There’s a tiger pacing up and down going crazy but it’s nice to see them active as they’re normally sleeping. We follow round the cornere to see some more tigers ans low and behold…

(insert picture of tigers getting it on here)

Dirty little buggers. Anyways… we head on around
and decide to go see one of the shows, or maybe the only show… we sit right at the front sort of in the middle (thank you Mr English tour guide man). It’s amazing, we see real live animals up close, birds flying above our heads (i duck a lot) get it, duck – birds
hahaha I’m so funny (hmmm lol u crack me up – waynos). But it’s really cool. We head back round more of the park and some random singing tribe with bongos walk past us dancing.. weird anyway into the reptile bit we see snakes and scary things as well as some killer frogs. They’re tiny. So we’ve run
out of animals to see, we’re quite efficient when we go out and it’s mid afternoon. We passed a BK on the way in so after playing about in the souvenirs shop we head back out to find some food – fast. Haha more bad humour. It looks like a 60’s diner I’m not gona lie. Very odd but retro. They sell food I don’t care lol.

So after some refreshments and our fair share or terrible food we head back to the hotel. We manage not to get ourselves lost but pass a few more sex shops… We don’t go in, this isn’t amsterdam. we get a few rays of sun in at the pool but then head back out for some more munchies. and we come back with alcohol oops.. So a few drinks later and we’ve reinvented, Rummy hehehe. It’s a good night.

Edit by waynos – a fkin great night might i add… balcony, candles, cards, booze.. u cant even imagine how the rest goes… up against the glass, ok ill stop now.

Summer Holiday ‘10 day 3

Fran — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:57:35 +0000

So… it’s up at the usual cryptic couple time of something in the afternoon lol. We decide to do a bit more exploring today.

We sit in the room finalising our list of excursions and counting out all our money ready to book things and then head out. We meet Dan downstairs, morning! then we head on out for another glorious day of sunshine . We decide to spend some time at the beach and after laying in the baking sun for about an hour we decide a cool off with a pedalo ride is just what we need. So we speak to the man and a few minutes later we’re pedaling out into the ocean on a nice blue boat with a cool slide… Eeek Watch out for
sharks!

We realise about half way out that neither of us actually like sea water. It makes my skin itch and Wayne is just… fussy lol sorry
huni. (noo, lol its cos I don’t like jelly fish because i was stung by one once ) So we go out as far as we’re ’supposed’ to go and then decidethat a little further wont matter hehe we love to push the boundaries and be rebellious. We pedal around in all directions and then let it just drift and take us whilst we chill in the sun. We see a random apple floating by…it’s a bit random but it’s just there lol Weird. We have some more fun just chilling around and Wayne decides that he wants to go to the end of one of the piers at some point where all the boats are. Whatever you say huni. We start to head back in as our time is nearly up and without sliding down the slide of our pedalo which is the entire point it’s getting just a little too hot. So of course, we head back to where we left our stuff in the sand. Phew, it’s still there. We pack up and head back to the hotel. The pool at our hotel is much quieter and so we chill out there for the rest of the day. I’m reading and Wayne is listening to music and playing on his iPhone. Soon the sun starts to go in and we decide that we’ll go get ready for dinner. Yum yum yum dinner time and as usual we take
a little walk out afterwards and then head upstairs. we have lots of fun hehe.

Summer Holiday ‘10 day 2

Fran — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:47:01 +0000

So we’re up sort of early. We have to meet our rep for the
holiday and look around the hotel. We meet our rep, he’s a really
ncice guy but we find out later in the holiday that he’s an Arsenal
fan. It’s all down hill from here lol. So we meet Dan by the sofas
and we are the only people thre until a few more couples and
families turn up. He gives us maps and the excursions list. So many
things to do and we hope to do all of them. hmm trip to gibralta
and zoo sounds cool! After the meeting we decide to explore the
hotel so one of the first things we do is take a trip up in the
lift, all the way up to the top floor. My stomach goes so much but
its a nice view from the pretty glass elevator :s so after my
stomach feels like it a about to drop out and we’ve explored the
hotel and the spa on the ground floor we go for a walk around
town. We check out the gloriuos beachs and the little shops in the
left direction. Whoop we find a mercadona (supermarket) and grab
some rolls, ham and Philadelphia and water of course to keep us
going. Yum. its the worst layout ever of supermarket we actually
got a bit lost in there.. any way back to the hotel for a bit of
lunch. We chill out for the day down by the pool then and wait for
dinner to roll around. Tis a nice buffet. It’s chinese night, tis
very yum. After dinner we head out for a walk in the opposite
direction to this afternoon. I.e turn right out of the hotel. We
walk for as far as we can go across a nice bridge in the bright
sunshine, we take a few pictures and and find an old fort up on the
cliffside. We go exploring and it’s closed so we’re not allowed to
go in. But we find a big sign on the side of the hill on the way
down and take some pics of Waynos. He’s such a poser. So we walk
back in the sunset and it’s lovely, so nice and warm. Once we get
back we sit in the bar. I ask the Woman for a cocktail of anything
and I get one (edit by wayne, ahem i beleive you said anything as
long as it has alchomohol LOL ). Whoop. Tis yum. And after some
seranding from the Hotels cheesy band we head up to bed to get some
rest (some rest) for tomorrow’s advenutre.

Summer Holiday ‘10 day 1

Fran — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:24:08 +0000

It’s another lazy start for the cryptic couple, but we’re
getting packed and ready for our summer holiday!!! so excited!!
Everything has all been ready, tickets, passport, Lolliphant So
we head out to Gatwick in the Cupra and get ready for our journey.
We arrive at Gatwick and after some rushing around we make it to
the summer speacial car park. At least we’re in the right place So we leave the car (waynes worried about anyone else driving it lol ) and wait for our bus to the north terminal. Whoop we’re in and after
some speedy check in by the cryptic couple we’re soon waiting in
the terminal for our flight. We have a little walk about and do our usual, stare at the exotic cars you can win in a raffle and play about at the gadgets in the electric store then we head down to our departure terminal. We are of the first people down there.
Tick tock tick tock, we wanna get on the plane like asap!! Whoop
finally our rows are called and on to the plane we go. Let’s have
some fun. After some gruelling time on the aeromplanes we finally
land in Spain! It’s a very nice airport, and we’re having a look
around while waiting for our bags. We’re soon out and on our private mini bus that will drop us to our hotel We’re like the second or third one. It doesn’t matter we just can’t wait. Soon we’re off the bus and
checking into the hotel. It looks beautiful, time to look around
tomorrow but for now we’re ready to get going to bed. The lift
scares us both, we’re only on the 2nd floor but the glass elevator
makes my stomach go. Into the room we go and it’s lovely. We push
the TWO beds together to make one and curl up. The tv welcomes us
hehe Philips Wayne Lee. Night night x

Wales Trip Day 3

Fran — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 18:44:15 +0000

So it’s another sort of early start hehe. We’re spending
the day with Jackie and Louis today. It begins with breakfast and
chilling in the gorgeous sunshine in the garden. It’s a beautiful
day almost like summer. So after breakfast we head out to the town
and do some looking around. We go to the old ruins first, past the
shop where Wayne had his tattoo done. We play in the ruins and even
have Jackie and Louis running around with us. We take a walk down
towards the river and up through all the country pathways. Wayne
decides to have a little fun as always and climbs over some rocks
and is now in the middle of this river. Jackie is screwing saying
he was always the naughtiest of the kids and getting himself into
trouble. I can see him falling in any minute but he manages to keep
himself dry and we continue round the walkway. We see some like
display boards with some picture and some mosaics. Random but
pretty. so we head back up towards the town and go into a few shops
Some nice stuff but not my style. Even the gothic shop doesn’t
really suit me. Never mind. we head back home and stop off to grab
some food on the way. Little spot of lunch and sweets for us to
ahve on our journey home. Yum pizza was so good. So we say our
goodbyes and we hope to see them again soon. And we head off home.
no rest stops for us this time, we try and make a straight run of
it. We’re home in no time for another chilled evening with the
cryptic couple.

Wales Trip Day 2

Fran — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:33:19 +0000

So it’s starts off early. Well early for the cryptic couple
anyway. We head to the beach at Mwnt, Wayne used to go to as a kid. Wayne’s car of course looks beautiful in the sun, so he takes some pics of it the Poser! So some pics are taken and we head up the hill to the cliff edge. Sea air rushing past us. It’s a long walk up but the site at the top of the hill looking down on the beach is stunning.

Its a bit steep but after we negociate down to a suitable grassy bit we run back down and head towards the little white church at the bottom of the hill. We go inside, it’s so very chic. So we look around then take a postcard for the scrap book and then make our way to the beach to play in the sand. It has to be done, a nice big FD <3 WP was drawn in the sand for all to see

We take our shoes off and dip our toes very lightly in the sea. Then wayne clibs up the rock face its quite slippy so i tell him to get down, we came across a little cove but it's blocked off by the rushing sea water. Oh no! We spend ages debating whether or not to run into it for "funsies", when a father and his daughter run in before we had the courage to! Cheek of it, nicking our little cove! Never mind, once they
leave we run in quickly and back out again.

Then back up the windy stones stiars, take more pictures and head towards the car for a quick spot of packed lunch sitting in the boot of the car with the sun shining down on us.

Ok back down the windy roads, if any cars come we're in trouble as most of them can only fit one car! We make it out ok and head to the countryside to go see some more sites. After going out for a nice drive we park up at a river (cenarth falls). Have a walk down and we find it's
quite shallow. Usually it's fully flowing but on this warm Summer day the river is quite calm. We walk out into the middle and start playing.

Wayne's running about and i can see he's gona fall in at some point lol. We head up the river walking in the middle. There's 'rapids'. The water is fast flowing and I stay well back. Hopefully no one falls in. We keep walking up and come across some likkle tadpoles. Wayne wants to touch some but is too scared. And me being as far from girly as possible put my hands in the water and catch some tadpoles for King
Wayne. hehe they squirm a lot so we put them back and head further
up river.

We're getting a bit stuck in the middle of the river bed so decided to stick to the path so when we found a bridge we crossed it. Yikes! i make Wayne try it out first and he doesn't fall throough. Whoop! but I'm being a big girl and Wayne talks me across and grabs my hand at the other side. We walk up until we lose the river and just follow the path. It's so beautiful. We pick some flowers and I put them in my hair Pretty Fran.

We soon start to head back we know it will be dinner time soon, but not before seeing some very cute little ducklings in the river. I try to convince Wayne to steal one for me but he wont never
mind, we got a video of them anyways They were still very cute.

We take the short drive back home past a welsh school Wayne used to do swimming lessons in. We travel up and down the hills and eventually make it back home to some nice yummy spaghetti.

Wales Trip Day 1

Fran — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:19:10 +0000

Ok so we wake up rather late. So tired from the drive down.
But we’re up and sort of ready to face the day. Breakfast first, or
was it lunch hmm. So we’re up and we head go food shopping with
Jackie and Louis. Wayne’s fussy and so we have to accomodate for his
food tastes. Although it’s saturday so we know that tonight’s
dinner is Spaghetti. Yum. So after mooching around tescoo we head
back home and Wayne and I head out into town to do some
exploring. It’s a little bit cloudy but we park up and
head to the park. After chasing out the ‘hoodies’ we have
a little play, it’s like being kids again. Wayne’s playing up of
course and doing dangerous things on the tyre swing but it’s still fun. So after we get nice and wet (not in the fun way) we head home for dinner. We watch the million pound drop with Jackie and Louis. The tension is high and we see a nice couple win some monies. one day that will be us. So off to bed we go, waiting for tomorrow’s adventures to begin.

Wales trip – the drive down

Fran — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:20:16 +0000

Ok so we left my house in full swing ready for the long journey to Wayne’s g parents house. Driving happily down the m4 commenting on all the poor drivers that won’t move out the way.

Wayne’s starting to get hungry and will pull into a services to get a burger king. It’s 9:08 and a sign states it closes at 9. Well that’s no good to us. Next services, we’ll pull in again to get a hot meal. Next bk we pull in.it closes at 10 and we show the bloke our phones and the time. 5 to ten! The bloke says it’s 10 and wont serve us. insert *inappropriate curse word here* Wayne’s going mad, we just want some food. So in the end we stop in to WHSmiths and stack up on sweets. Nom nom nom, milkways and fruit pastels!!

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Waynos got a twix and a fanta and some chrisps Just as we sat in the car to set off, in the sky we could see some bright lights in the distance… then there were more, it was like an alien UFO attack… we finally realised it was a load of those chinease burning lantern floating things and there were literally 30 of them it looked so cool! Fran gets her camera out to take a picture but the pics didnt come out to well, this was before the days of the 4.0 iPhone software and Fran had a clever camera app which could zoom, but still this didnt get a good picture, so we watched and enjoyed it anyway was v pretty.
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So back on the road we go for another long drive. Wayne’s telling me to try and stay awake, man it’s so hard. That’s when i started writing this, took a lot of spell checking lol. So yeh and after taking some ridiculous back roads we finally arrive at the g-rents house. It’s beautiful and Wayne ruins it with his loud engine, as always. Waking up the whole neighbourhood. G rents come to the door, bless them they’ve been waiting up for us. so we go in and say hi but we don’t stay up for long. we have the whole weekend to have adventures. So after some refreshments and introductions we head to bed… Mmm bed this could be fun until tomorrow, the fun begins.