On Friday we are off to Ipplepen near Totnes in Devon with DD,SIL and girls for a week Staying at heron cottage. Girls are very excited and have informed me we will be swimming every evening in the heated pool 
. We will take them on the somerset and dorset steam train, think Gramps is more excited about that than the girls. The cottage sleeps 6 with cosy log burner for the chilly evenings. All mod cons, think we will be eating out more than in. We insist on buying most of the meals out as DD would not take anything towards the cost of the cottage. Of course property browsing is on the agenda in and around the village DD want's to be in. She has even organised a small Tesco delivery of the essentials for our arrival. I think Shiloh is going to enjoy some very long and enjoyable walks. None of us mind the cold as long as we do not get to much of the wet stuff. We arrive home on the 17th and 2 weeks later on March 1st I am going to be spending 17 days away with my friend on a cruise. Not the carribbean (thankfully) been there, done that twice. No- very exotic Asia. We fly to Turkey,then onto Singapore staying overnight in a 5* hotel We hope to get to Raffles and enjoy a gin sling,has to be done doesn't it ! We then join our ship and sail to Thailand, then onto Malaysia and Vietnam. Being a sun lover I have checked out the temperatures and average 30-34c . We have our usual outside stateroom with private balcony. Neither of us are relishing the long haul but to get to these exotic places its part of the deal unfortunately, and there will be all those lovely airport shops to browse in while we wait. I know I am a lucky lady, but boy I am ready for this holiday. So once home from Devon it will be a mad dash getting organised for the cruise,I have naughtily bought 2 more lovely evening dresses and already have lots of the usual holiday staples,shorts,t shirts, bikinis,sarongs etc. Just have to get hubs into the loft to seek out all my other lovely evening clothes and fancy pant shoes. I know they will cripple me,but hey ho it's into the lift and down to dinner not as though I have to walk far. Can't wait for the adventure of visiting these wonderful places,have friends who have and they have told me how wonderful they are.
. We will take them on the somerset and dorset steam train, think Gramps is more excited about that than the girls. The cottage sleeps 6 with cosy log burner for the chilly evenings. All mod cons, think we will be eating out more than in. We insist on buying most of the meals out as DD would not take anything towards the cost of the cottage. Of course property browsing is on the agenda in and around the village DD want's to be in. She has even organised a small Tesco delivery of the essentials for our arrival. I think Shiloh is going to enjoy some very long and enjoyable walks. None of us mind the cold as long as we do not get to much of the wet stuff. We arrive home on the 17th and 2 weeks later on March 1st I am going to be spending 17 days away with my friend on a cruise. Not the carribbean (thankfully) been there, done that twice. No- very exotic Asia. We fly to Turkey,then onto Singapore staying overnight in a 5* hotel We hope to get to Raffles and enjoy a gin sling,has to be done doesn't it ! We then join our ship and sail to Thailand, then onto Malaysia and Vietnam. Being a sun lover I have checked out the temperatures and average 30-34c . We have our usual outside stateroom with private balcony. Neither of us are relishing the long haul but to get to these exotic places its part of the deal unfortunately, and there will be all those lovely airport shops to browse in while we wait. I know I am a lucky lady, but boy I am ready for this holiday. So once home from Devon it will be a mad dash getting organised for the cruise,I have naughtily bought 2 more lovely evening dresses and already have lots of the usual holiday staples,shorts,t shirts, bikinis,sarongs etc. Just have to get hubs into the loft to seek out all my other lovely evening clothes and fancy pant shoes. I know they will cripple me,but hey ho it's into the lift and down to dinner not as though I have to walk far. Can't wait for the adventure of visiting these wonderful places,have friends who have and they have told me how wonderful they are.
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