When two pickleball friends of ours, Navin Gurung and Leo Gonzalez, showed us a proposed programme of travel to Nepal with an opportunity to play a pickleball match as well, my husband and I jumped at the chance.
The particular trip which we had planned was to take us from Puerto Banus via Gibraltar, past Ceuta and onto the Moroccan mainland where we moored at Marina Smir in Tetouan.
Having spent nearly two years not doing very much, my husband and I decided that we were long overdue for a bit of an adventure. And that adventure was to be white water rafting.
We were in the departure lounge at Southampton Port with our fingers crossed that we would have a negative test from the lateral flow we had to do in the car park. There had been so many changes to travel announced by various governments in the run up to our trip, and we were justifiably nervous. Eventually the text came through telling us we were both negative. We were invited to check in, go through customs and finally we were on board.
Opposite Waitrose in Sunningdale on a parade of shops, alongside some restaurants and a hairdresser stands a rather unlikely business. Jo Downs Glass is home to a vast array of ornamental glass ornaments, jewellery, wall coverings and so much more
Clutching our negative Covid PCR tests in our hands my husband and I arrived at Gatwick airport in October 2020, more excited than normal about our forthcoming holiday to Antigua.
The Datai has to be one of my favourite hotels in the world. It nestles in the treetops on the beautiful island of Langkawi, Malaysia.
Our small group of four travelled by train from Madrid to Soria and began our voyage in Barbadelo. Although this may sound quite an intrepid trip, we had booked through a specialist firm. As such they provided us with an itinerary outlining exactly how far we would walk each day, and gave us detailed notes on the daily route.
My husband and I had planned a trip to Australia in the year before lockdown to visit friends in both Sydney and Melbourne. We wanted to tag on a few days relaxing at one of the resorts in the Whitsundays. We chose Hamilton Island as it is a place of sun, sand, the bluest sea as well as incredible nature and wildlife.