Apr
28
Posted By: Julie
We're baaaack!!
Well actually we've been back since Saturday night, but I'm just getting round to sorting the photos out to put them on here. We have had a really busy time over the past week, which would take waaaay too long to tell every detail, so I'll try to keep it short.
- Saturday 19th - left house at 9:30am and headed to Dizzy Rascal's for Daniel's birthday party en route. Had lunch there then left about 12pm. We stopped off at my Aunt Doreen's house to visit on the way. We arrived at my Mum & Tom's house about 5pm
- Sunday 20th - Had a lazing about morning. I had a fancy bubble bath and Kory decided to strip off and come in too! Later we visited Tom's mum and dad round the corner. After dinner Mum & I went to Laura's work for me to see round! Then to Asda for some food shopping for the holiday.
- Monday 21st - Got on the road just after 10am to head south. James and I ended up going the wrong way, but the kids slept so that was fine. Arrived at Haggerston in the afternoon and checked in at 4pm. Headed to our caravan, set up beds then went to the on site restaurant for dinner and into the cabaret for the evening. It was a male singer who was really good. Probably see him on X-Factor next season! That night was SO cold, we had Krystal in our bed and Kory under 2 quilts!!
- Tuesday 22nd - Got up and sorted for the day and then went for a swim on the park with the kids. Late afternoon was nap time for James and them, so they were all happy for the evening!! We went to a chinese for dinner which was yummy. That evening Kory got his first taste of slot machines and racing car games courtesy of Daddy! There was a band on that night and they had to stop as the fire alarm went off and we all had to get out.
- Wednesday 23rd - We headed into Berwick for a look round the shops and had lunch in a lovely wee shop. After they all napped we had dinner in the caravan then made it to the kids show for the first time. Kory sat in awe but didn't want to join in. The cabaret in the other room that night was some rubbish singing lady who couldn't hold a note!!
- Thursday 24th - We had a lazy morning then took the kids swimming again. It was the best chance to clean them as there was no bath in the caravan!! We went to the pub for dinner that night and saw the end of the kids show. Through in the cabaret was the best show they had done all week. The onsite entertainers did a top 20 disco songs, all singing and dancing for hours. Krystal crashed out on my knee watching it and Kory was playing arcade machines!
- Friday 25th - We slept in and had to be out the caravan about 10am, oops. We drove back up to Mum's house, had lunch then went to visit my friend Nicola who had a baby 3 weeks ago. Thankfully I wasn't at all broody! At night I went to Asda with mum while James chilled in front of the 50inch TV on the reclining sofas!
- Saturday 26th - We got up and left about 9:30am for Glasgow, we met my Dad at the home my Grandpa is in. We visited him for about 30 mins then went to my Gran's house for about the same time. We then went over to Dad's house for lunch and back on the road about 3pm and headed for home. We got chinese for dinner as we had no food in.
- Sunday 27th - This was a chilling out and sorting day, we did some shopping, lots of washing, James & Kory cut the grass and I cleaned the windows!
So that's our week and a bit, and yes, that was the short version!!
Julie.xx
Comments
A holiday camp! How cool, youre getting me excited for my holidays now!!! Sounds like you had a good time.
Hope to see you all soon.
What did you think of it?
Only complaints were that our caravan was damp and very cold. In fact we ended up with Krystal in our bed for the whole trip because her floor was soaking wet. There wasn't much to choose from in terms of food either. They had a Chinese "all you can eat" place, bar - which was actually terrible and I ended up getting our money back because the food was overcooked and rolls were rockhard - or a Burger King or Fish n Chip Shop.
Next time I'll be getting an upgrade, taking an electric heater or going when it's hotter :-)
I also went in the summer season with the kids (who loved it, I have to say) but this was before the England smoking ban and you could barely breathe anywhere on site and as you said, the food was poor and there's not really anywhere local you can escape to either!
The outdoor heated pool was an experience though!
The outdoor heated pool wasn't open when we were there and needed a serious clean as there were piles of dirt floating in it. I can't tell if you're being sarcy though Jill :-).
The no smoking ban did make a big difference yeah.
There were just a few things that I thought could have been better and I would do differently next time.
Oh well next stop is Cyprus :-). The next holiday on our list for this year