Foreign holiday
When was the last time you took a foreign holiday? Maybe you haven't had one for many years, due to lack of funds or your health problems?
Get the violins out; I haven't had one since 1997. It was only a week in Kos.
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It's nice to have something to look forward to, I hope you get that holiday.
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My last one was last year. I usually go around September time because a couple of weeks with considerably less pain for me is worth its weight in gold.
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September sounds good to me, especially for fair skinned types such as myself.
I remember my parents taking me to Spain in high summer, and it was too hot to do anything.
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35 years
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I went last February, march.
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I haven't had a holiday in 15 years
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Your 35 beats my nearly 28! Amazing how quickly time passes.
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Not since September 2004, it was thankfully a decent one, to Las Vegas. It was bleddy hot though! 😆
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12 years ago saved up all my days off for the year and went to mexico for 3 weeks for a family wedding on dawnies side would rather of stayed home to be honest scotland or Ireland 2 of the best places i think
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Mine was May 2007 to Maspalomas in Gran Canaria for 7 nights. Paid c 400.00 for an earlier flight back home/left after 4 nights as I missed my dogs too much 🙄🤣. They were very pleased when I turned up at the kennels for them. I never regretted it though couldn't travel now, just daydream with my globe 🤭🫠
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I haven't left the UK since the eighties and have not had any sort of break for 25 years. Money is tight but it's primarily the pain associated with my physical state and the physical and emotional upheaval. It's good to know I'm not alone. When people ask, I feel so small. I
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It really does
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My last one was 1999. Just across the channel so barely counts as foreign. Last UK holiday was 2006.
There are so many places I'd like to go, both in the UK and around the world, and I could afford it now, but don't see it ever being possible with my health conditions unfortunately.
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I agree with you entirely
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The thought of all the upheaval and a lack of mobility put me off now. My family wanted to take me away somewhere for my 50th, but, well, I don't have a passport for one thing!
I took a day trip to Edinburgh 2 summers ago, and the train was a nightmare. I couldn't get off the train and ended up bum shuffling off the damned thing. I also fell in the middle of the road in South Charlotte Street; all the traffic had to stop whilst I was assisted. Very embarrassing.
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bump
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not a word you want to hear while rock climbing 🤣
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My last holiday was to the Dominican Republic in July 2016 with my 2 children. The only reason I could afford the Caribbean was because when I'd been awarded PIP a few years earlier, the disability premium was never added to my Income Support. So I ended up with approx £7500 in back pay.
I knew it was highly unlikely that I'd ever that kind of money again. I really wanted to take them away somewhere special, so I did and it felt great to be able to do so.
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